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Best Practice Association (BPA) and the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) have compiled descriptions of innovative practices developed by small-scale farmers in the book “Best practices of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia”. The stories give recognition to and celebrate the innovative capacity of Ethiopian farmers and are meant to inspire other farmers as well as professionals …

Prolinnova-Ethiopia brings out new book on farmer innovation Read More »

This was the topic of a Global Discourse in September 2015 at the Centre for Development Research (CDR) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria. The discussants were Ann Waters-Bayer from Prolinnova/KIT and international consultant Lemlem Sissay Fetene, moderated by Birgit Habermann from CDR/BOKU. A summary of the discussion …

Can grassroots innovation bring global solutions? Read More »

During the 5th Global Conference “Let’s Build the Future: Family Farming” organised by the World Rural Forum (WRF) on 21–23 September 2015 in Bilbao, a roundtable on linking family-farmer organisations and research centres was held. This gave attention to the relevance of identifying, documenting and facilitating farmer-led innovation processes. The roundtable was moderated by Robin …

Prolinnova at WRF Global Conference on Family Farming Read More »

Four members of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), each representing his/her regional constituency, took part in the Constituent Assembly of the GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 24–26 August 2015:  Sonali Bisht (Asian NGOs and member of the GFAR Steering Committee on behalf of NGOs) Esther Penunia (Asian farmer organisations …

Four POG members attend GFAR Constituent Assembly Read More »

In July 2015, the study on farmer-led research made by the Prolinnova team based in the Netherlands was featured in the “FSC in Dialog” series of the Food Security Centre (FSC) at the University of Hohenheim in southern Germany. Ann Waters-Bayer, a member of the International Support Team of Prolinnova, was invited to speak on “Attaining and sustaining food …

Farmer-led research featured at Food Security Centre in Germany Read More »

During the West African Farmer Innovation Fair on 15–16 May 2015 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Jean-Marie Diop on behalf of Prolinnova interviewed farmer exhibitors to gain insight into their perspectives of what enhances and constraints local innovation.  A synthesis of the findings can be found in the report Les perceptions des paysans innovateurs sur la …

Farmer innovators’ views on capacity to innovate Read More »