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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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CABI Publishing has recently brought out a book on “Innovations in Rural Extension: Case Studies from Bangladesh”. An electronic version (PDF file) of the final chapter on “People and pro-poor innovation systems” by Paul van Mele, Ahmadd Salahuddin and Noel Magor is available in the Selected PTD Readings section of this website (under Readings and …
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The Global Partnership Programme (GPP) Prolinnova met in Entebbe, Uganda, on 5–7 June 2005. The meeting showcased a participatory approach to designing a GPP through joint planning and review of country-level activities and using this as a basis for planning inter-country activities. The agenda for the meeting included: reviewing the progress of building country-level partnerships …
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Coordinators of the Prolinnova Country Programmes in South Africa and Nepal presented experiences in North–South partnerships in agricultural research for development (ARD) at the EFARD (European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development) conference held in Zurich, Switzerland on 27–30 April 2005. In the session on “Innovation through ARD partnerships”, the GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural …
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On 12 May 2005, 70 conference delegates recognised the significance of farmers’ social and technical innovations by awarding Roberta Burgess and Tim Hart (both Core Team members of the South African Prolinnova network) the prize for best scientific paper at the 39th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Agricultural Extension, held in Bloemfontein. …
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