Prolinnova–South Africa held a three-day workshop (30 Nov–2 Dec 2005) on Participatory Innovation Development (PID) in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, in northern South Africa. It was the first in a learning sequence that continues with fieldwork in the participants’ working areas and a second workshop in early 2006. A total of 34 people (24 men, 10 …
The first ever extension summit for the Pacific, organised by the Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC) and its “Development of Sustainable Agriculture” project, was held in Tonga on 21–25 November 2005. Laurens van Veldhuizen of ETC EcoCulture gave a keynote address on institutionalising participatory research and extension. He also made a presentation on modern …
The coordinator of FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources), Anton Krone of Prolinnova -South Africa, was in Montpellier, France, in mid-October 2005 taking part in a meeting of coordinators of the twelve projects that have won support from the DURAS (Promoting Sustainable Development in Agricultural Research Systems) Competitive Grant Scheme. DURAS is a research-for-development programme …
Starting FAIR Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs) Read More »
From 27 October to 7 November 2005, Tim Hart and Chris Opondo were in Rome, Italy, at the 18th International Farming Systems Association (IFSA) Symposium on “Farming Systems and Poverty: Making a Difference – Global Learning Opportunity” (or “GLO” for short) to present papers on African farmers’ innovations and explore possibilities for collaboration in development-oriented …
Betty del Rosario, Chair of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), attended the Annual Meeting of the GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) to present an update on the Prolinnova network. The meeting took place 1-4 December 2005 in Marrakesh, Morocco, immediately before the Annual General Meeting of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). …
Prolinnova at GFAR and CGIAR 2005 meetings, Dec 2005 Read More »
The Prolinnova partners have been discussing issues of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for some time. The Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) has now agreed on some basic guidelines for “Fair recognition of Prolinnova partners’ contributions” and “Documentation to hold local innovations in the public domain”. This text is not meant to be the “last word” on …
Guidelines on some issues of IPRs in Prolinnova, Nov 2005 Read More »
The GFAR Global Partnership Programmes (GPPs) are currently being reviewed by a two-person team composed of Oumar Niangado (Mali) and Julian Gonsalves (India). The multi-stakeholder partnership-building process in the Prolinnova programme is receiving special attention. The evaluation team members have already visited the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Uganda and Nepal and will be visiting the …
Evaluation of partnership-building in the GPPs, Oct 2005 Read More »
Getenesh Sintayehu, a member of the National Steering Committee for PROFIEET (Promoting Farmer Innovation and Experimentation in Ethiopia, as the Prolinnova Country Platform calls itself there), attended a workshop on 3-5 October 2005 about “How Can the Poor Benefit from the Growing Markets for High-Value Agricultural Products?”. The workshop was organised by the GFAR (Global …
Benefits for the poor from high-value farm products? Read More »
Jean-Marie Diop from ETC Ecoculture attended a workshop on the “Convergence of Sciences” project, held on 25-28 October 2005 in Cape Coast, Ghana. This project, facilitated by the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, is building capacity in Africa to develop sustainable agriculture through multi-stakeholder consultation, action and social learning. His participation was financed by …
At the annual Tropentag (International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development) conference held on 11–13 October 2005 at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, Ann Waters-Bayer from the Prolinnova International Support Team spoke about multi-stakeholder partnership building to institutionalise participatory research and development. She highlighted the benefits and constraints of …
Prolinnova featured at German Tropentag Conference, Oct 2005 Read More »
