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Applications closed! For the new 3-year project “Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS), the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) is seeking two individuals to serve as Sub-Regional Coordinators (SRCs) – one in each of the two sub-regions: West & Central Africa (Country Platforms in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Senegal; contact persons …

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Misereor (Germany), Prolinnova and McKnight Foundation collaborated with the German development magazine WeltSichten in producing a dossier in German, English and French on Small-scale farmer innovation. French version: Innovation paysanne; German version: Bäuerliche Innovation. The short and highly readable articles explore how agricultural research can be carried out so that it supports small-scale farmers effectively …

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In late September, the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) member Esther Penunia, from the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) attended a colloquium in Germany on food security and nutrition in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It was organised by the High-Level Panel of Experts (HPLE) on Food Security and Nutrition of the …

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The project “Strengthening Community Resilience to Change: Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research” (CLIC–SR), supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, was completed on 31 August 2016. During the four years since 2012, the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda made large strides in: strengthening the innovative capacity of small-scale farmers and their …

Farmer-scientist CLIC–SR project completed! Read More »

The Prolinnova network has entered into a partnership with A Growing Culture (AGC) to develop a knowledge base for showcasing and making accessible local innovations and farmer-led documentation. The partners come together around a shared vision to strengthen the channels for exchanging innovations and farmer-led documentation in our communities and beyond. The knowledge base is …

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The 12th European IFSA (International Farming Systems Association) Symposium was hosted by the Harper Adams University in Newport, UK, on 12-15 July 2016 on the theme “Social and technological transformation of farming systems: diverging and converging pathways”. Ann Waters-Bayer of Prolinnova co-organised one of the workshops on “Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for learning and innovation”. This workshop …

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