2023 IPW + ELI-FaNS + Proli-GEAFaSa workshops report (22-27 Oct, Polokwane. South Africa) 2023 compilation of PPT presentations in Polokwane 2021 – 2022 Prolinnova international progress report (Nov 2023) 2022 Prolinnova Africa Partners Workshop + SULCI-FaNS + Proli-GEAFaSa workshop report (10-14 Oct, Nairobi, Kenya) Main report in English and French Compilation of presentations 2021 SULCI-FaNS …
A blog by Molly Theobald from the Worldwatch project Nourishing the Planet features the funding of local innovation in water management, including an example from the piloting of Local Innovation Support Funds supported by Rockefeller Foundation under the Prolinnova umbrella: “As climate change worsens, and fresh water availability grows more erratic, the food security of …
Funding the blue revolution: Worldwatch features LISF-supported farmer innovator Read More »
The overlooked knowledge: exploring knowledge circulation in the scaling up of local innovation: the case of beehive construction and queen replacement in Enebsie District, Ethiopia, by Ashagrie Getnet (MSc thesis, Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands), 2008
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Experiences of Prolinnova partners were presented at the international symposium on Innovation and Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Food (ISDA) held on 28–30 June 2010 in Montpellier, southern France, as part of Hot Topic 4 “Acting collectively: what kinds of institutions, policies and forms of governance can strengthen society’s capacity for resilience”. The paper entitled …
LISF showcased at international symposium on innovation and agriculture Read More »
A member of the Prolinnova–Ethiopia Working Group – Yohannes GebreMichael from Addis Ababa University – represented the international Prolinnova network at an international conference on “Pastoralism and climate change adaptation in Africa” held on 24–28 May 2010 at Egerton University in Njoro, Kenya. The conference was organised by the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) …
Farmer innovators who are piloting a Local Innovation Support Fund (LISF) in Ambo, Ethiopia, were recently trained in documenting their own experimentation and innovation. The LISF pilot is being coordinated by the Ethiopian Rural Self-Help Association (ERSHA), a local NGO that is part of the Prolinnova–Ethiopia network. The facilitators of the training were Fetien Abay, …
Training local innovators in Farmer-Led Documentation in Ambo, Ethiopia! Read More »
Following the RUAF/Prolinnova -organised workshop on “Influencing and Assisting National Policy Processes” held at Doorn, The Netherlands from 10-12 October 2009, Prolinnova SA organised a country workshop to broaden the understanding of policy influencing, mainly amongst its National Steering Committee members, and to begin planing how go about it. Attached is the report by the …
Policy Influencing Worskhop: Institute for Natural Resources/Prolinnova South Africa! Read More »
Since 2009, it is noted that there is an increasing number of institutions, research and development projects using PID and other Prolinnova tools in implementing their activities with their own resources. Among others, in Niger there are INRAN, PPILDA, Faculty of Agronomy, NGO CDLD Gaya, Farmer Platforms and Misereor partners. An important transborders (Niger and …
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) organized the first national farmer innovator conference 10-11 February in Phnom Penh. CEDAC was invited to participate in this conference as a guest. The objectives of the conference were to: 1) enable farmer to share their innovations with each other as well as with MAFF officials; and …
