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West African Farmer Innovation Fair & workshop on farmer-led research / Foire et atelier sur l’innovation par les paysan/nes en Afrique de l’Ouest (FIPAO)

30. October 2022 / West African Farmer Innovation Fair, information

Traduction française ci-dessous On 12–16 May 2015, Burkina Faso hosted a West African workshop on approaches to research by and with smallholder farmers and a West African Farmer Innovation Fair – Foire de l’Innovation Paysanne en Afrique de l’Ouest (FIPAO) – in Ouagadougou. This was an initiative of the Prolinnova/PROFEIS network in collaboration with AgriProFocus …

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Prolinnova is seeking enthusiastic volunteers!

4. August 2022 / General Information

Prolinnova is seeking enthusiastic volunteers! PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) is the essence ofProlinnova. In several countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific, diverse organisations have joined forces to promote local innovation in agriculture and NRM.After analysing their own experiences in agricultural research and development (ARD), they have …

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Consultative workshop on perception of change and identification of local innovations in Tahtay Maichew

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

A consultative workshop was held in Tahtay Maichew, Tigray Region of Ethiopia, to explore together with farmers and other stakeholders the local perceptions of change and to identify local innovations in response to change. The workshop was organised by Prolinnova-Ethiopia (PE), particularly by its member organisations Best Practice Association (BPA) and Institute for Sustainable Development …

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Capacity building in farmer-led joint experimentation in Tahtay Maichew, Tigray Region

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

Capacity building for farmers and other stakeholders who are engaging in joint experimentation was held in Tahtay Maichew District of Tigray Region. The workshop was organised by Best Practice Association (BPA) and Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) in collaboration with other Axum Prolinnova Platform members – innovator farmers, Aksum University, District Agricultural Office, Zonal Food …

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International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) Celebration 2013 in Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

Prolinnova-Ethiopia celebrated the International Farmer Innovation Day in 2013 by organising a consultative meeting in Axum with innovator farmers, experts, partner organisations and longstanding members from the local and Tigray region and other regions in Ethiopia with a theme “Farmers’ Innovation Improves their Resilience to Change”. The event included presentations, lively discussions and filed visits. Please see …

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Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks in the Sahel

24. July 2022 / News & Events

The Sahel is an environmentally sensitive region and climate change is likely to worsen the situation. Farmers therefore need to adapt their agricultural methods and practices to the changing climatic conditions and their effects. Agro-ecological intensification leads to higher productivity and improved food and nutrition security without having negative environmental impacts. Formal ARD gives little …

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CLIC-SR Ethiopia Project Field Report of Enebse Sar Medir (ESM)

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, Program Information and News, Ethiopia Country Platform

Prolinnova-Ethiopia conducted a learning workshop in Enesbe Sar Medir (ESM), Mertule-Mariam, one of the project sites where CLIC-SR project is implemented. The learning workshop involved exchanging ideas with local people on perceived changes in recent years affecting their livelihoods and local innovations in response to these changes. After conducting the learning workshop, a study team was …

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Prolinnova Kenya CLIC-SR progress report 2012

24. July 2022 / information

PDF file; size 158 KB   Since September 2012, Prolinnova-Kenya (PK) is a partner in the regional programme CLIC-SR – Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research: Enhancing Community Resilience to Change – with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Also the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda are part of this programme. This is the …

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CLIC-SR 2013 coordination & co-learning meeting

24. July 2022 / information

The Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda held a one-day regional project meeting for coordination of and co-learning from CLIC–SR (Combining Local innovation Capacities with Scientific Research) funded by Rockefeller Foundation, USA. Makonge Righa (World Neighbors, Prolinnova–Kenya), Marise Espineli (International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, IIRR) and Wim Hiemstra & Ann Waters-Bayer from ETC Foundation / …

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