Niger

About the Niger Country Platform – archived because no longer active

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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Niger innovation catalogue for Innovation Africa project

In the framework of the EC-funded project “Innovation Africa” in collaboration with ETC Foundation, Netherlands, Saidou Magagi and Adam Toudou from Prolinnova-Niger made an inventory of local innovations for improved food security. The aim of the Innovation Africa project is to help rural communities formulate their own local food security plans. Community members were trained …

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Farmer-Led Documentation: Learning from Prolinnova Experiences

eds: Laurens van Veldhuizen, Ann Waters-Bayer, Chesha Wettasinha & Wim Hiemstra Chapter 5: Combining farmers’ documentation and adult literacy in Niger by Magagi Saidou, Adam Toudou, Gagara Chaibou, Saâdou Moumouni, Bassirou Seybou & Zeinabou Abdou  

Prolinnova contribution to 2011 State of the World

In the book 2011 State of the World: Innovations that nourish the planet published by the Wordwatch Institute in Washington DC, Prolinnova contributed a chapter on ‘Farmers take the lead in research and development’ (by Brigid Letty, Qureish Noordin, Saidou Magagi & Ann Waters-Bayer). The chapter introduces the concept of farmer experimentation, focusing on cases …

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Pastoralist Innovation: Prolinnova at Future of Pastoralism conference

Some results of Prolinnova’s exploratory study into local innovation in the face of climate change were presented by Yohannes GebreMichael (University of Addis Ababa) from Prolinnova-Ethiopia at the recent conference on “The Future of Pastoralism in Africa”, held 21–23 March 2011 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was convened …

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