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NaviNut action research featured in March 2025 issue of Appropriate Technology

The highly collaborative approach taken by the NaviNut project in Benin and Kenya integrated the knowledge of agropastoralist women about caring for young children with the knowledge of local food processors and community healthworkers and the knowledge of African and German researchers in various disciplines. NaviNut engaged in action research in which the local women …

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Prolinnova articles in December 2024 issue of Appropriate Technology

Two Prolinnova articles were published in the December 2024 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Replicable innovation for rural farming: a solution to cassava harvesting challenges in Kerala and beyond, by James TJ & Stebin K (AT 51(4)). This can be found here. Sadia Issifu – farmer innovator and women’s banker in Walewale, North Ghana …

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Prolinnova showcased at 2024 South African Society of Agricultural Extension conference

The Limpopo Task Team from Prolinnova South Africa presented two posters at the South African Society for Agricultural Extension (SASAE) conference held in August 2024. This was an opportunity to showcase the joint experimentation work of the Country Platform with small-scale farmers. The poster about ethnoveterinary innovation can be found here while the one about …

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Another opportunity for institutionalising PID in Limpopo Province

A farmer innovation day held in Limpopo Province at Mashite village in Ga-Mphahlele, Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality. The event was facilitated by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), University of Limpopo (UL), University of Venda (UNIVEN) and the South African branch of the Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF SA) on …

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Prolinnova–Asia annual report for 2024

This 4-page report provides an overview of activities that took place in the Asian Country Platforms (CPs) in Cambodia, Nepal, the Philippines and South India and at regional level in 2024 within the Prolinnova–Asia network. The year was mainly focused on re-activating the Nepal CP and ensuring continuing contact among the CPs in the region …

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Prolinnova participates in DeSIRA CONNECT Days Asia & the Pacific

On behalf of the Prolinnova network, Suman Manandhar from Prolinnova–Nepal was invited to take part in the DeSIRA CONNECT Days Asia & the Pacific held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 14–16 January 2025. A total of 76 participants from 17 countries in the Asia–Pacific region joined the event. DeSIRA (Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture) is …

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Prolinnova represented at FAO ATIO writeshop in the Netherlands

Martha Opondo from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) represented the international Prolinnova network virtually at FAO’s Agrifood Systems Technology and Innovations Outlook (ATIO) writeshop held in Soesterberg, Netherlands, on 7-9 October 2024. The other participants were from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Wageningen University, Universidad de Talca, International Food Policy Research …

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Celebrating IFID 2024 in Senegal / Célébration de la Journée Internationale de l’innovation paysanne au Sénégal

The Prolinnova network celebrates the International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) every year on or about 29 November. In this context, Prolinnova–Senegal organised a forum on agricultural water management on 28 November 2024. This brought together 20 innovators (including 6 women) whose innovations had been selected and validated in Phase 2 of the “Promoting Local Innovation …

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