Amanuel Assefa Ezezu, 1960-2019 (credit: Chesha Wettasinha) The Prolinnova network mourns the unexpected death of Amanuel Assefa Ezezu in December 2019 in Addis Ababa. Amanuel played an important role in the Prolinnova network from very early on. While he was working with the NGO AgriService Ethiopia (ASE), he was a driving force behind setting …
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Quelques participants à l’atelier de lancement de Proli-GEAFaSa / Some participants in the Proli-GEAFaSa inception workshop (Photo: AgriBio Services) Du 7 au 9 décembre 2019 s’est tenu au Centre Mampuya à Toubab Dialaw au Sénégal l’atelier de lancement du projet Proli-GEAFaSa (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au …
English version below Le projet de réseaux de recherche dirigé par les agriculteurs en phase II En juin 2019, le projet de réseau de recherche dirigé par les agriculteurs (FaReNe) a entamé une deuxième phase de trois ans, avec un financement de la Fondation McKnight (États-Unis). L’objectif général est de renforcer les réseaux de recherche …
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Supporting local innovation is key to improving food and nutrition of small-scale farmers in Africa Under the “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project that was implemented from October 2016 to September 2019 in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya, with funding from Misereor, Germany, the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in …
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Participants in SULCI-FaNS inception workshop in Centre Mampuya, Senegal (Photo: Urban Fraefel) Two new Prolinnova projects have been approved by the German development-support organisation Misereor / KZE (Katholische Zentralstelle e.V. / Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid) – namely, SULCI-FaNs (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, …
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In November 2019, the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) approved the application of a multistakeholder group in Zimbabwe to be recognised as a Country Platform (CP) in the Prolinnova Community of Practice. The group includes people from the network PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land Use Management) Zimbabwe, the NGO Cluster Agriculture Development Services (CADS), the NGO The …
Prolinnova was invited to join a workshop held by SKI (Seed & Knowledge Initiative) in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2019 on “Advancing the practice of agroecology in Southern Africa”. The workshop aimed to increase understanding of agroecology and decide where SKI should focus to increase its impact in the region. SKI is a regional initiative that …
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The “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project has come to an end. It was funded by Misereor/KZE (Germany) for somewhat more than three years (1 August 2016 to 30 September 2019) and was implemented by Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in five African countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya. …
Prolinnova completes Yr 3 of Proli-FaNS – and starts Yr 1 of SULCI-FaNS Read More »
Award ceremony in Kassel – the man on the left, Christian Huelsebusch, made for Ann the statue of a Fulani woman with cow Our heartiest congratulations to Ann!! Ann Waters-Bayer, a co-founder of Prolinnova and a longstanding and indefatigable member of the International Support Team, received a lifetime achievement award from the German Council for …
The Subregional Coordinator for West & Central Africa, Georges Djohy, has made a summary of the annual reports of three of the Country Platforms (CPs) in the subregion: Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mali. The summary highlights the key activities implemented by the CPs, the challenges they dealt with, and their perspectives with respect to promoting …
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