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About the Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) is a network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government research and extension organisations, farmer organisations, universities and community-based organisations (CBOs). It came together to provide a multistakeholder platform (MSP) to learn about promoting farmer-led innovation processes. This was initiated in 2007 with the goals to recognise the dynamics of indigenous knowledge and to enhance …

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About the Mozambique Country Platform

Prolinnova–Mozambique is a network that promotes local innovation in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management in Mozambique. The network builds on and scales up farmer-based approaches to development. It strives to stimulate and enhance partnerships among the various stakeholders in research and development, mainly among farmers, extension workers and researchers. Besides the eight National …

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Criteria for identifying innovations in Proli-FaNS project

During the Proli-FaNS inception workshop in 2016, the participants from the five Country Platforms involved (in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya) brainstormed about criteria for identifying and prioritising local innovations to be documented and used as entry points for farmer-led participatory research in the coming three years. See the file (in English and …

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Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa

On 14–18 November 2016, a three-year international project called “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) Project was officially launched at a meeting of all partners in Accra, Ghana. The project contract is held and coordinated on behalf of the Prolinnova network by Association of Church-based Development Projects (ACDEP), the host organisation of …

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Rapport du lancement du projet PROLI-FaNS et de la célébration de la journée internationale de l’Innovation au Cameroun

 Introduction La célébration de la journée internationale de l’innovation paysanne cette année a coïncidé avec le lancement du projet « Promoting local innovation for food and nutrition security (PROLI-FaNS) ». Cet évènement a eu lieu dans le village Ekoumdouma au lieu-dit « surface ». Elle a connu la participation de cinquante-deux (52) producteurs venant des neuf (09) organisations membres …

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Farmer Innovation Fair in Bolivia

The National Meeting of Farmer Innovators was held on 4 December 2015 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A total of 45 innovations were selected for exhibit. The fair was attended by 51 innovators and included 38 stands from six departments: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi, Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. The event began at 10:30 h with a …

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West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair + Workshop on Farmer-Led Research

See the CCAFS photo story of the fair under https://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/photo-story-fair-promotes-farmer-innovations-west-africa The West African workshop on approaches to farmer-led research and the West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair (FIPAO in French: Foire de l’Innovation Paysanne en l’Afrique de luest) was held on 12–16 May 2015 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Continuing in the spirit of the International Year of Family …

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