This Prolinnova Working Paper highlights practices in and perceptions on the use of a Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach and discusses some issues regarding integration of this approach into the existing agricultural extension system in Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It is based on a case study made in late 2010 to track the process of …
This case study synthesises findings on the institutionalisation of Participatory Innovation Development (PID) with special emphasis on promoting local innovation and farmer-led joint research (FLJR). The synthesis is based on primary data collected from the District Office of Agriculture (OoA) in Tahtay Maychew District and the Tigray Regional Bureau of Agriculture (BoA) in Mekelle. The …
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 »
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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 …
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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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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 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, a …
Training Ethiopian farmer innovators to do their own documentation in Ambo, Ethiopia Read More »
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