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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR 2): main findings and lessons learnt in piloting LISFs in Nepal

LI-BIRD, the lead NGO of the Prolinnova Nepal network was the first to pilot innovation funds within Prolinnova. This idea was elaborated and nurtured through the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources project that was rolled out in several countries in the network including Nepal. The experiences, findings, challenges and lessons are documented in the report, …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) 2 in South Africa: findings and lessons learnt

Prolinnova South Africa was one of the seven countries that piloted local innovation support funds (LISFs) under the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The report Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) 2 in South Africa: findings and lessons learnt captures some of the key experiences and lessons of …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Uganda

Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Uganda is a report by Prolinnova-Uganda on a 3-year pilot under the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project funded by Rockefeller Foundation. It looks at the structure of FAIR in Uganda, the functioning of LISFs in the Ugandan context, M&E of the …

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Action research on Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR): Ghana’s experience

Prolinnova Ghana has published the findings of the pilot undertaken in promoting local innovation support funds (LISFs) under the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) phase 2 financially supported by Rockefeller Foundation. This is one is a series of publications by the seven countries that undertook the pilot. It describes the process followed in calling …

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Ethiopian report on piloting farmer-managed innovation funds

Prolinnova-Ethiopia is proud to announce the publication of Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences in piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Ethiopia 2008–2011.  It forms part of the series of country reports presenting the findings and lessons learnt in action research on community-managed funds for decentralised farmer-led experimentation and innovation. The report describes and assesses the structure, functioning, process …

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Climate change, innovation and gender

Prolinnova and the CGIAR Research Program on CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) are collaborating in exploring the linkages between innovation and climate-change mitigation and adaptation through a gender lens. This work involves a workshop to be held in Cambodia in April 2013 plus follow-on collaboration to support women smallholder farmers’ innovation in several …

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