In November 2019, the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) approved our application to be recognised as a Country Platform (CP) in the Prolinnova Community of Practice. Our multistakeholder group includes people from the network PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land Use Management)–Zimbabwe, the NGO Cluster Agriculture Development Services (CADS), the NGO The Phiri Award (named after the renowned …
Timor Leste Country Platform as of May 2017! At its meeting in May 2017, the Prolinnova Oversight Group approved the membership of Timor Leste (East Timor) as a new Country Platform within the Prolinnova community of practice. The CP comprises NGOs, government agencies and two universities. The host organisation – RAEBIA (Resilient Agriculture and Economy …
In 2005, the regional network Prolinnova–Andes (Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador) was created with the aims of promoting farmer innovation processes and exchanging experiences in participatory innovation development (PID). Since then, regional- and national-level activities to promote local innovation were carried out, i.e., two regional workshops (in 2005 and 2008), Field Day for Local Innovators in …
In 2011, the Prolinnova network agreed that all Country Platforms (CPs) would meet certain minimum commitments in terms of activities and outputs, even without specific funding for them (Guidelines #8 under www.prolinnova.net/content/prolinnova-guidelines). The Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) declares those CPs that are not meeting these minimum commitments to be temporarily “inactive”. In recognition of the …
A meeting of stakeholders in agricultural research and development (ARD) was organised by Development Resource Initiative (DRIVE) on 20 August 2008 to facilitate the establishment of Prolinnova in Nigeria. The meeting was attended by 26 stakeholders drawn from farmers’ groups, NGOs, national research institutes, the national extension system, colleges of agriculture, an association of agricultural …
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Local innovation and experimentation: an entry point to climate-change adaptation for sustainable livelihoods in Asia Progress report from INHERE / Prolinnova-India for January-June 2013. PDF file: 95 KB
Prolinnova in Niger has a different history and takes a different form as compared to Prolinnova platforms in other countries. In the past several years, a number of organisations in Niger have worked together to bring about deep changes in agricultural research, extension and education in the country. In this, they worked according to the …
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Lloyd Ruvengo, a small-scale farmer in Mwenezi District of Zimbabwe, has developed a unique system to harvest rainwater. He says he found a way to speak the same language with water when he observed how rainwater behaved when it flowed during the wet season: “I started channeling water from the hills that are opposite my …
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The new director of PRODII, José A. Arratia Ríos, reports on some activities to promote farmer-led innovation in Bolivia in 2019. PRODII is the host organisation of Prolinnova-Bolivia. El nuevo director del PRODII, José A. Arratia Ríos, informa sobre algunas actividades para promover la innovación liderada por los agricultores en Bolivia en 2019. PRODII es …
In 2018, Prolinnova–Bolivia partners were interested in the experiences of African Country Platforms in working with Local Innovation Support Funds/Facilities (LISFs). One of the partners, PRODII, arranged that documents on LISF be translated into Spanish, and the partners agreed to try out LISFs in Bolivia. World Neighbors drew up a proposal with a budget from …
The Prolinnova Oversight Group welcomes Timor Leste (East Timor) as a new Country Platform within the Prolinnova community of practice as of May 2017. The CP comprises NGOs, government agencies and two universities. The host NGO – RAEBIA (Resilient Agriculture and Economy through Biodiversity in Action) – grew out of work supported by USC–Canada for …
The network in Bolivia has produced a brief report on its activities in 2016 – in both Spanish and English – drawing attention especially to two videos on the Farmer Innovation Fair in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jajFMKh3Y50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhxMTVoOdYY&feature=em-upload_owner
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The Prolinnova group in Bolivia report (in Spanish) on their activities in 2014 and 2015, including a training workshop in Participatory Innovation Development (PID), a national farmer innovation fair. The group is coordinated by Maria Omonte of Vecinos Mundiales (World Neighbors).
The National Meeting of Farmer Innovators was held on 4 December 2015 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A total of 45 innovations were selected. The fair was attended by 51 innovators, 38 stands from six departments: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi,Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. The event began at 10:30 a.m. with a Forum. Elizabeth Vargas, representing Prolinnova-Bolivia, presented the Prolinnova netowrk, its approach Participatory …
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