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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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2022 report from Prolinnova-UK / FLIN

24. March 2023 / News & Events, United Kingdom Country Platform

The Farmer-Led Innovation Network (FLIN) was established in 2018 to share knowledge and experiences and provide a collective advocacy voice for farmers leading innovation processes. Currently, FLIN is made up of 20 organisations, including governmental and non-governmental organisations, research institutes, the levy board, farmer organisations and advisory services. FLIN was recognised as the UK Prolinnova …

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ELI-FaNS inception workshop, 20-24 Feb 2023, Accra

10. March 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events

The inception workshop for the new 3-year project (Jan 2023 – Dec 2025) funded by Misereor “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience, with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) took place in Accra on 20-24 February 2023. Representatives of the five Country Platforms involved in on-the-ground activities …

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Innovative Water Management Forum in Senegal / Forum sur la gestion innovante de l’eau au Sénégal

7. April 2023 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

Innovative Water Management Forum in Senegal On 30–31 January 2023, the Proli-GEAFaSa (Promoting local innovation in water management in family farming in the Sahel) project held a forum in Thiès, Senegal, on agricultural water management in the Sahel to provide space for different actors in research and advisory services to discuss their role in processes …

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GFAR Talks: Can higher education meet farmers’ needs?

21. March 2023 / Integrating PID into education, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

In the GFAR Talks session online on 1 March 2023, Vincent Mariadho from Prolinnova–Kenya explained Prolinnova’s perspective on how universities can meet small-scale farmers’ needs by integrating the approach of recognising local innovation and facilitating farmer-led participatory research engaging university students and staff. Vincent discussed with Jim French, Secretary General of GCHERA (Global Confederation of …

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Prolinnova–Nepal networking meeting 12 Dec 2022

25. February 2023 / Nepal Country Platform, News & Events

Prolinnova–Nepal convened a half-day Country Platform (CP) meeting on 12 December 2022 in Hotel Greenwich Village in Kathmandu, organised by the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) Co-chair Suman Manandhar and the Asia Regional Coordinator Sharad Rai. The participants included past and new members of the Nepal network from government institutions, NGOs, universities and private consulting firms, …

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