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Articles on Benin and on ILEIA/Compas in Appropriate Technology

19. June 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Benin Country Platform, News & Events

In the June 2023 issue (Vol.50, No. 2) of the Appropriate Technology magazine, two articles appeared in the Prolinnova section: Workshop on promoting farmer innovation in Benin unleashes local capacities for farmer-led research and development (pp 14 – 16); and ILEIA and Compas publications on agroecology digitalised (p 17). The Appropriate Technology magazine has regularly …

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Prolinnova Mozambique Annual Report 2022

25. July 2023 / Platforms, Mozambique Country Platform, News & Events

In early 2022, the Mozambique Government relieved most restrictive measures that had been put in place to prevent Covid-19, so Prolinnova–Mozambique could resume some activities to promote local innovation and participatory innovation development (PID), holding face-to-face meetings and receiving visits from outside the country. Major activities carried out in 2022 were: Visit of the Prolinnova …

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ILEIA and Compas publications now online

11. June 2023 / News & Events

Agroecology was on the margins of international attention in 1984 when the Information Centre for Low-External-Input Agriculture (ILEIA) was created in The Netherlands at ETC Foundation. ILEIA sought to collect and share practical experiences that offered alternatives to “Green Revolution” agriculture – alternatives appropriate and feasible for small-scale farmers. The centre facilitated learning about local …

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Policy workshop on promoting ethnoveterinary medicine in Ghana

11. July 2023 / Ethnovet Project, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

The 4-year project “Promoting Ethnoveterinary Medicine for Sustainable Animal Husbandry Practices in Northern Ghana” funded by Misereor (Germany) wrapped up with a 2-day National Stakeholders Workshop on 17–18 May 2023 in Tamale, Ghana. The project aimed to improve animal health, production and productivity by small-scale farmers through increased recognition and use of ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) …

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2022 report from Eastern & Southern Africa Prolinnova platform

11. June 2023 / Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events

The 2022 annual report on the activities of the Prolinnova subregional platform in Eastern and Southern Africa highlights the achievements, challenges and perspectives at both subregional and Country Platform levels. The achievements include identifying, documenting and sharing local innovation processes (and local innovations), facilitating farmer-led participatory innovation development, capacity strengthening, networking and fundraising. It also …

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New POG member / Nouveau membre du POG : Franklin Avornyo, Ghana

31. May 2023 / West & Central Africa, News & Events

The Country Platforms (CPs) in West & Central Africa have elected a new person to take the seat for their region in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG): Franklin Avornyo from Ghana. Franklin is an animal nutrition scientist in the Animal Research Institute (ARI) under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana. He …

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Three Prolinnova articles in “Appropriate Technology”

3. August 2023 / News & Events

In the March 2023 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine, there are three articles about Prolinnova people and activities: Farmers’ varieties mitigate and adapt to climate change in South India, by TJ James, Hubby Mathew & Stebin Sebastian from the Prolinnova–South India network (pp18–20) Promoting women’s innovation for food and nutrition security, by ELI-FaNS project coordinator Joe …

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Webinar on practising PID within universities & research institutes

4. May 2023 / Integrating PID into teaching material & curricula, Integrating PID into education, News & Events

Continuation of the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach will depend on learning by younger generations who will enter into work in agricultural research and development institutions. Prolinnova partners at country level are therefore linking with universities and colleges to involve students and young researchers in PID processes and give them opportunities to learn also through …

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