The 2009 Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW) took place on 8-11 May in Pokhara, Nepal. It allowed participants to visit cases of Participatory Innovation Development (PID) in the field and to share and learn on the basis of concrete experiences of the Country Platforms (CPs). The workshop was hosted by the Prolinnova-Nepal National Steering Committee, …
Farmer First Revisited: Innovation for Agricultural Research and Development edited by Ian Scoones and John Thompson, with foreword by Robert Chamberspublished by Practical Action, London Agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the front line of some of the world’s most pressing issues – climate change, globalization and food security. Twenty years …
Announcing two new books on farmer-first innovation Read More »
As of 1 February 2009, a new country-level initiative has become part of the Prolinnova Community of Practice: Prolinnova–Nigeria. In late October 2007, the International Secretariat in the Netherlands received an expression of interest from a group of people from different governmental and non-governmental organisations in northern Nigeria to launch such an initiative. They proposed …
An invited paper on Promoting gender equality and empowering women through livestock (PDF file: 1.29MB), co-authored by Ann Waters-Bayer and Brigid Letty, was presented by Ann at a symposium on The Role of Livestock in Developing Communities. This symposium, organised by the University of the Free State (UFS) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), …
World Conference on Animal Production, Nov 2008, Cape Town, South Africa Read More »
4-7 May 2009 • Kathmandu, Nepal An international symposium on agricultural innovation systems in Asia and the Pacific, focusing particularly on southern and eastern Asia, was held on 4–7 May 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was jointly organised by CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture)–Asia, ICIMOD (International Centre for integrated Mountain Development) and Prolinnova (Promoting …
Innovation Asia-Pacific Symposium – First call for abstracts Read More »
The International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held a conference on “Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries through Knowledge and Innovation” on 7–9 April 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference provided a forum for exchanging ideas and experiences on knowledge and innovation for development among …
Pro-poor innovation highlighted at IFPRI conference Read More »
Maria Omonte, working with Prolinnova-Bolivia, has recently compiled a publication on PID in Spanish. Besides an in-depth discussion on PID and its practice, it also brings an introduction on Prolinnova in general. The document hopes to trigger reflection and discussion on the role technicians and policymakers are to play towards a more supportive role to …
PID in Spanish!! Desarrollo Participativo de Innovación – publicación en Español! Read More »
Earlier this month, the Rockefeller Foundation (one of Prolinnova’s core donors) confirmed its interest in supporting a second phase of Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds (LISF) by Prolinnova. These pilots aim at finding best ways to make resources available directly to farmers to experiment and innovate, where needed jointly with support agencies and researchers. Initial pilots in five countries (Cambodia, Ethiopia, …
The 2008 Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW), held in Tamale, Ghana, brought together 33 advocates of participatory innovation development (PID) from 22 countries including farmers, NGOs, and staff of government ministries and extension agencies, research organizations and universities. The participants discussed experiences in the various countries with PID, formulated lessons learnt and mapped out strategies …
