Dear all, IDS Researcher Robert Chambers books (authored or co-authored) have been made open access for all to read for free. We are thrilled to announce that the IDS Participation, Inclusion and Social Change (PISC) cluster, in collaboration with Practical Action Publishing, and a generous group of crowdsource funders have recently made his back catalogue …
The NaviNut project “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands”, which took a transdisciplinary approach to research & development – co-creation of innovations by local people and scientists from different scientific disciplines – has brought out three policy briefs: Strengthening women’s role and agency Mothers’ contribution to …
The Prolinnova Platform in Eastern and Southern Africa Sub-Region (ESA), together with partners in Uganda and Kenya, received a grant of USD50,000 from the East Africa Regional Agroecology Fund (EARAF) to support an 18-month project titled “Strengthening Grassroots-led Agroecology Practitioners for Climate Resilience and Policy Dialogue in Kenya and Uganda”. The project will run from …
Prolinnova launches new project in Uganda and Kenya Read More »
Reposted: This document is an agreement on how the Country Platforms (CPs) in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) subregion want to interact and for what purposes. It explains the roles of the current entities – Country Platforms (CPs), Subregional Coordinator (SRC) and Subregional Taskforce – and provides suggestions about how the agreements may be …
Charter guiding the Eastern & Southern Africa Prolinnova platform Read More »
The report from the PID training of trainers workshop that took place in Senegal on 7-17 July is now available and can be downloaded here. The participants in the workshop were selected from the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs), namely Scholastica Atarah from Prolinnova-Ghana, Jackson Kadiaka (Prolinnova-South Africa), Martha Opondo (Prolinnova-Kenya), Augustin Oudraogo (Prolinnova-Burkina Faso), Oumi …
PID Training-of-Trainers workshop in Senegal, July 2025 Read More »
We are happy to announce that Peter Taylor has accepted our invitation to join the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) as an independent member. We warmly welcome Peter and are looking forward to a fruitful collaboration. Peter Taylor is the Director at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Previously he was Director, Strategic Development, at the …
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In June 2025, the NaviNut project “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands” finalised its report to the funder: the German Federal Ministry of Food & Agriculture (BMEL). NaviNut took a transdisciplinary approach to research & development: co-creation of innovations by local people and scientists from different …
NaviNut project completed – see the many outputs! Read More »
Two articles from the Prolinnova network were published in the June 2025 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Beating drought in the Sahel by supporting water-conserving farmer innovations – by Kouete Paul Jimmy, Djibril Thiam, Augustin Ouedraogo, Assane Gueye, Hamade Sigue & Chesha Wettasinha Getting farmer-led joint innovation processes mainstreamed: lessons from Kenya and Ghana …
Prolinnova articles in June 2025 issue of Appropriate Technology Read More »
In 2023, Prolinnova held three webinars to provide an opportunity for its Community of Practice to share experiences in linking with university & research actors in promoting the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach. Webinar 1 (19 April 2023): “Case studies on PID activities implemented in Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in collaboration with university and research …
Webinar series about institutionalising PID in research institutes & universities Read More »
A true pioneer of agroecology and organic farming in Senegal, Assane Gueye was the coordinator of the NGO, Agrecol-Afrique, the host organisation of Prolinnova–Senegal. He played an important role from the beginning of Prolinnova’s establishment in Senegal and was personally involved in ensuring that the local innovation and participatory innovation development (PID) approach was institutionalised …
