Voir texte français ci-dessous Prolinnova–Benin was set up in May 2021 – a long-held idea that could finally be realised through the project “Capacity building of agricultural college teachers to support social entrepreneurship based on local innovation for food and nutritional security” carried out by the University of Parakou (UP) in northern Benin, the Prolinnova international network, …
Suman Manandhar (Nepal), an independent member of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), agreed during the July 2021 POG meeting to co-chair the POG alongside Lisa Williams van Dijk (UK). The previous co-chair was Chris Macoloo (Kenya), who was a very important pillar in the governance of Prolinnova during the process of regionalising the network. Suman …
Based on reports from the Country Platforms, Subregional Coordinators and other members of Prolinnova’s International Support Team (IST), the IST compiled a report on the activities of the network at national regional and global level from January 2019 to December 2020. The Prolinnova network, which was conceived at a GFAR-supported meeting in 1999 and presented …
Cameroon Farmer Innovation Fair prize winners (Photo: Jeanne Sikangwa) The Country Platform (CP) in Cameroon organised the first Farmer Innovation Fair in the country on 27–29 May 2021. The fair gave value to the innovativeness of farmers throughout Cameroon and to gave innovative farmers an opportunity to network with other farmers, formal researchers and agricultural …
The CP in Burkina gives a 2-page English update of activities in 2020 in the project “Supporting and strengthening farmers’ research networks to improve local innovation in Burkina Faso and Mali, Phase II” (FaReNe II). The update focuses on farmer-led joint experimentation in Gomponsom (Northern Region). Le CP au Burkina donne une mise à jour …
FaReNe activities in Burkina in 2020 / Activités de FaReNe au Burkina en 2020 Read More »
The June 2021 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine (Vol. 48, No. 2) brings three articles about Prolinnova – one on social innovation for improved food and water security in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; another on setting up a multistakeholder platform to promote farmer-led research and innovation in Benin; and a third one on the election …
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The report on progress in the Misereor-funded project “Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security” (SULCI-FaNS) in the period from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 summarises activities and outputs achieved by the four Country Platforms involved (in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya), by the Subregional Coordinators in Africa …
Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon (FIPAC) News about FIPAC broadcast on national television CRTV in English See the programme (in French) ! The Prolinnova community of practice and its partners in Prolinnova–Cameroon are holding a Farmer Innovation Fair in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27–29 May 2021. This event brings together stakeholders in agricultural research and development …
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Participants à l’atelier / Workshop participants (Photo: Mass Photo-Video) English below Mise en place d’une plateforme multi-acteurs de promotion de l’innovation locale au Bénin Le samedi, 15 mai 2021, s’est tenu à Parakou au Nord-Bénin l’atelier de mise en place d’une plateforme multi-acteurs de promotion de l’innovation locale et du développement participatif d’innovation (DPI) du …
As part of the regionalisation process within the Prolinnova network, two subregional coordinators (SRCs) were appointed part-time in Africa, with funding through the SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security) project. In the West & Central Africa subregion, Abdel-Karim Ali Mahamane started work as the new SRC in April …
