The National Meeting of Farmer Innovators was held on 4 December 2015 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A total of 45 innovations were selected. The fair was attended by 51 innovators, 38 stands from six departments: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi,Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. The event began at 10:30 a.m. with a Forum. Elizabeth Vargas, representing Prolinnova-Bolivia, presented the Prolinnova netowrk, its approach Participatory …
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 …
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The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the African Development Bank and the CGIAR Consortium organised a workshop on 8-9 September 2015 in Montpellier, France, on “Mobilizing Youth within Phase 2 CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs)”. One member of the Prolinnova International Secretariat, Ingrid Flink, took part in this meeting, representing both the Prolinnova network and the Royal Tropical …
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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 …
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The 3-year LINEX-CCA project supported by Misereor in the group of three Asian countries – Cambodia, India and Nepal – was completed in December 2014. The Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in these three countries were engaged in facilitating local innovation and experimentation as a means of helping smallholder farmers adapt to climate change. Women’s innovation was a …
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 …
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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 …
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New technologies coming from both international and national agricultural research institutions are often a poor match for smallholder farmers’ priorities. Moreover, many of the “top” technologies developed by these research institutions cannot be widely spread because smallholders cannot access and/or afford them. Putting smallholder farmers in the centre of agricultural research would help to overcome …
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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 …
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After regular elections by Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in May 2015, two new members have joined the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG). The POG has nine seats: four seats for elected representatives of Prolinnova CPs, four seats for independent members (including one from a farmer organisation) and one seat for a member of the Prolinnova International Support Team. In …
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