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 …
Workshop on farmer-led research / Atelier FIPAO 2015 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 »
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 …
Newly elected Prolinnova Oversight Group members Read More »
Since 1 July 2015, the Prolinnova International Secretariat is hosted by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam. See below the announcement in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. We thank ETC Foundation for hosting the Secretariat since the launch of Prolinnova until now! The Board of Trustees of ETC Foundation, which hosted the Prolinnova International Secretariat until …
Prolinnova International Secretariat moves to KIT ! Read More »
Photo credit: David Elliot (Joe Ouko is in the middle, talking) In May 2015, Joe Ouko, chair of the Farmer Innovators Association of Kenya, and three other members of the Prolinnova international network took part in a consultation in Geneva, Switzerland, on small-scale farmer innovation in agrobiodiverse systems. They were invited by the Quaker United Nations Office …
Kenyan farmer innovator at international consultation in Geneva Read More »
See the CCAFS photo story of the fair under https://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/photo-story-fair-promotes-farmer-innovations-west-africa The West African workshop on approaches to farmer-led research and the West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair (FIPAO in French: Foire de l’Innovation Paysanne en l’Afrique de luest) was held on 12–16 May 2015 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Continuing in the spirit of the International Year of Family …
West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair + Workshop on Farmer-Led Research Read More »
Prolinnova-Ethiopia, coordinated by PANE (Poverty Action Network Ethiopia), hosted the International Partners Workshop (IPW) on 27-30 April 2015 in Axum, Ethiopia. This was a return visit to Ethiopia, where the first IPW took place in March 2004 in Yirgalem. The IPW 2015 provided a good platform for the Country Platforms (CPs) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania …
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The Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda held a two-day regional meeting for coordination of and co-learning from the CLIC–SR (Combining Local innovation Capacities with Scientific Research) project funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. The main topics covered were: 1) Studies on local innovation as a response to change perceived by farming communities …
