“Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience with focus on women” (ELI-FaNS, 2023–25) is a follow-on project to SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate in Food and Nutrition Security, 2019–22) and has the following objectives: 1. Small-scale farmers (especially women and youth) actively innovate to improve …
For many years, the multistakeholder Prolinnova–Ghana platform has been implementing the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach through several successive projects. It has mobilised numerous stakeholders in agricultural research and development (ARD) to identify local innovations within farming communities and to collaborate with farmers in improving these innovations through farmer-led joint experimentation. These projects have all …
Integrating the PID approach into state and non-state organisations in Ghana Read More »
Prolinnova-South Africa is hosting the 2023 International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, back-to-back with the partner meetings of two projects funded by Misereor: SULCI-FaNS (involving Prolinnova Country Platforms in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa) and Proli-GEAFaSa (involving Burkina Faso and Senegal). Several sessions will be in hybrid format in order …
Prolinnova IPW 22-27 October 2023 in South Africa Read More »
The international magazine Appropriate Technology (www.appropriate-technology.com) has published two articles about Prolinnova activities in southern Africa: Rural women in Mozambique innovate to restore their landscape, by Romuald Rutazihana, Domingos Tsucane, Gilda Fafitine & Jacob Wanyama in Appropriate Technology 50 (3): 42–44 Observing local innovation in Swayimane, South Africa, by Mzo Mndali, Thabo Makhubedu & Brigid …
Prolinnova activities in southern Africa published in Appropriate Technology Read More »
In the third quarter of 2023, Prolinnova-Philippines continued its efforts to strengthen partnerships and empower farmers. This report summarises notable activities conducted by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in alignment with the Prolinnova approach during this period. Moving forward, the Prolinnova-Philippines Country Platform aims to rebuild or strengthen partnerships while continuing to share …
Misereor has approved the second phase of the project “Promoting local innovation in water management in family farming in the Sahel” (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel, Proli-GEAFaSa-2). Misereor approuve la 2e phase du projet de ‘’Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture …
Proli-GEAFaSa Phase 2 has started! / La phase 2 de Proli-GEAFaSa a démarré ! Read More »
Prolinnova Webinar Series 2023 – Webinar 1 Report: “Linking with universities and research institutions in promoting farmer-led participatory innovation development in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management” Prolinnova has initiated a series of three webinars to provide an opportunity for its Community of Practice to share experiences in linking with university and research actors …
Webinar report on linking with universities & research institutes in PID Read More »
Traduction en français ci-dessous As partners in the European PhD programme AgTraIn (Agricultural Transformation by Innovation), members of the international Prolinnova network co-advised the research of Aboubakar Iyabano from Cameroon over several years. Abou recently successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Unravelling the positions, roles, and agency of farmers’ organizations in the promotion of agroecology in …
FO members deciding about agroecological innovations in Burkina Faso Read More »
The Prolinnova network has long given great value to mutual learning between partners in different countries and continents – something that the Internet has made much easier. An example was the South–South mentoring that took place by Zoom in late June 2023: a partner in Nepal invited a partner in South Africa to share experiences …
In the June 2023 issue (Vol.50, No. 2) of the Appropriate Technology magazine, two articles appeared in the Prolinnova section: Workshop on promoting farmer innovation in Benin unleashes local capacities for farmer-led research and development (pp 14 – 16); and ILEIA and Compas publications on agroecology digitalised (p 17). The Appropriate Technology magazine has regularly …
Articles on Benin and on ILEIA/Compas in Appropriate Technology Read More »
