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Learning from the National Farmer Innovation Fair in Nepal, 2009

30. October 2022 / Nepalese Innovation Fair

The first national Farmer Innovation Fair (FIF) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 2-4 May 2009. LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development), the local NGO that coordinates the Prolinnova network in Nepal, organised this event together with several partner organisations, with support from the Prolinnova International Secretariat at ETC Foundation in the Netherlands. …

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Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair, Kenya, 2013

30. October 2022 / Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair

Building on the experiences and lessons from the Farmer Innovation Fair (FIF) in Nepal in 2009, the Eastern African FIF took a step further to include farmer innovators from several countries in a region: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – a challenge that demanded even more collaboration and coordination than the fair in Nepal. The …

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Study on impact of farmer-led research & development

29. July 2025 / PID impact studies

In collaboration with CGIAR Research Programs on Aquatic Agricultural Systems and on Climate Change, Agriculture & Food Security, the Prolinnova International Support team made a study of the longer-term impacts of various farmer-led research & development approaches facilitated by civil-society organisations (CSOs). Background Many of the efforts to transform scientific knowledge into sustainable agriculture and …

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Prolinnova seeks enthusiastic volunteers! / cherche des volontaires enthousiastes! / busca voluntarios entusiastas!

26. July 2025 / getinvolved

Prolinnova is seeking enthusiastic volunteers! PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) is the essence of Prolinnova. 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 …

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Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks in the Sahel

4. September 2022 / FaReNe

  An initiative funded by the McKnight Foundation (USA) under the umbrella of the Prolinnova community of practice seeks to strengthen and support farmer-led research networks (FaReNe) in which small-scale farmers take the lead in joint experimentation by farmers and formal researchers for agro-ecological intensification, building on local knowledge and innovation. FaReNe objectives are: to …

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Innovation Africa Symposium, 20-23 Nov 2006, Uganda

29. July 2025 / information

An international symposium on agricultural innovation systems in Africa was held on 20-23 November 2006 in Kampala, Uganda. It was jointly organised by CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture), IFPRI-ISNAR (International Service for National Agricultural Research division of the International Food Policy Research Institute), ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), IIRR-Africa (International Institute of Rural Reconstruction) …

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Field visit to CLIC-SR site in Amhara Region

24. July 2022 / information

The new coordinator of the Prolinnova Country Platform in Ethiopia, Gebeyehu Woldemichael, visited Enebse Sar Medir in Amhara Region, one of the sites where the Prolinnova activities to strengthen community resilience to change are being carried out as part of the CLIC-SR (Combining Local Innovative Capacities with Scientific Research) project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. …

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Field visit to CLIC-SR site in Amhara Region

24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

The new coordinator of the Prolinnova Country Platform in Ethiopia, Gebeyehu Woldemichael, visited Enebse Sar Medir in Amhara Region, one of the sites where Prolinnova activities to strengthen community resilience to change are being carried out as part of the CLIC-SR (Combining Local Innovative Capacities with Scientific Research) project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. His …

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About the Philippines Country Platform

30. April 2023 / General Information, Philippines Country Platform

There is a need for models for innovation platforms at lower levels that can bring together stakeholders and foster innovation development, promoting and outscaling farmer innovations and helping national planners to recognise the value of local-level outscaling as an important basis for upscaling through the institutions. The interest to influence policy has to be grounded …

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