At the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) meeting in Tanzania in late March 2011, a proposal from INHERE (Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education) was accepted to initiate a Prolinnova platform in India. INHERE will carry out a series of multi-stakeholder consultations for developing regional collaborative action plans to promote agricultural research and innovation for …
In the book 2011 State of the World: Innovations that nourish the planet published by the Wordwatch Institute in Washington DC, Prolinnova contributed a chapter on ‘Farmers take the lead in research and development’ (by Brigid Letty, Qureish Noordin, Saidou Magagi & Ann Waters-Bayer). The chapter introduces the concept of farmer experimentation, focusing on cases …
Prolinnova contribution to 2011 State of the World Read More »
Some results of Prolinnova’s exploratory study into local innovation in the face of climate change were presented by Yohannes GebreMichael (University of Addis Ababa) from Prolinnova-Ethiopia at the recent conference on “The Future of Pastoralism in Africa”, held 21–23 March 2011 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was convened …
Pastoralist Innovation: Prolinnova at Future of Pastoralism conference Read More »
In 2010, UNU-Merit (a research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University (UM), based in southeast Netherlands), with support from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), circulated a call for proposals for the development of case studies of innovation processes in Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa. The purpose of the initiative …
In November 2010, Ann Waters-Bayer brought Prolinnova perspectives into a 2-day international workshop in London on “Improving the impact of development research through better communication and uptake”. The workshop was organised by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS). The …
PROLINNOVA at international workshop on research communication Read More »
A member of the Prolinnova International Support Team, Ann Waters-Bayer (ETC Netherlands, Leusden), was a speaker at the “Workshop on Gender and Market Oriented Agriculture (AgriGender2011): From Research to Practice” that the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) hosted on its campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in early February. At the workshop, she made a presentation …
Empowering women livestock-keepers to make decisions! Read More »
Ann Hollemann, a researcher linked to the Centre for International Studies of the Free University of Amsterdam, just finalised her mostly web-based study to explore the extent to which Prolinnova type of concepts and approaches (related to IK, local innovation and PID) are referred to in academic studies as well as in projects and websites of …
Results of Prolinnova mainstreaming efforts at international level studied! Read More »
Beyene Tedla from the Local Seed Business (LSB) Project at Mekelle University in Tigray, Ethiopia, attended the AgKnowledge Share Fair organised by ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) in Addis Ababa in late October 2010. There, he took part in various focus groups, such as on collaborative writing, social media, documenting farmers’ knowledge, and women and …
U of Mekelle / Prolinnova–Ethiopia at AgKnowledge Share Fair! Read More »
This is the third in a series of booklets that collect experiences of Prolinnova partners from diverse countries in promoting participatory agricultural research and development in ways that enhance local innovation capacities. The nine case studies in the booklet describe how Prolinnova partners have tried to bring different stakeholders – scientists, extensionists, development agents and …
On 23-24 September 2010, 41 participants (15 women and 26 men) gathered in Yaoundé in a workshop for the launching and planning of the platform for local farmer-led innovation. The key outcomes of the workshop were: The NGO COSADER has been nominated as spearhead of the platform. A reflection group with 5 NGOs was formed around COSADER. …
Inception workshop to build Prolinnova-Cameroon from 23-24 September 2010! Read More »
