Tanzania Country Platform

Host organisation: Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Tanzania (PELUM–Tz)
POB 54, Dodoma, Tanzania

Contact persons:

Zacharia Malley, CP Coordinator – malley.zacharia@gmail.com
Donati Alex Senzia (PELUM-Tz) – senzia75@yahoo.com / info@pelumtanzania.org

About the Tanzania Country Platform

Prolinnova-Tanzania started in 2005 and is currently hosted by PELUM-Tanzania. It aims to build the capacity of network members and partners in Participatory Innovation Development (PID), create a platform for documentation and communication about farmer innovation and farmer-led research, and to facilitate networking of farmer innovators and other actors in agricultural innovation. Prolinnova-Tanzania members include …

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Prolinnova-Tanzania annual report 2019

The national coordinator of the Country Platform (CP) in Tanzania, Zacharia Malley, reports briefly on CP activities in 2019, including Prolinnova-related activities of member organisations focused on farmer-managed seed systems. The 3-page annual report can be found here.

Learning for farmer innovation from Local Seed & Food Fair

Partners in Prolinnova–Tanzania attended the Local Seed & Food Fair in Karatu District, Arusha Region, and drew lessons about promoting farmer innovation and innovations. The 8-page report “Learning for promoting local innovation from the Local Seed and Food Fair in Karatu District, Tanzania – Local seed, a forgotten treasure” can be found here.

Prolinnova–Tanzania annual report 2018

  The national technical coordinator of Prolinnova–Tanzania, Zacharia Malley, reports briefly on the activities of the Country Platform at national and regional level in 2018, plus a self-assessment of network functioning. The 3-page report with annex on local innovation and experimentation to combat the fall armyworm can be found here. ]]>

African farmer innovation in biopesticides against fall armyworm

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda, FAW) has recently appeared in Africa, where it is threatening food security, as it infests maize, which is a staple crop in many countries. Farmer innovators in Ethiopia and Tanzania (among surely many others) are trying out different ways to combat this new pest. The 4-page report “Towards farmer-led bio-management of …

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Report on Local Innovation Support Funds in Tanzania

As the second in a series of country reports presenting the findings and lessons learnt in the action research on Local Innovation Support Funds, Prolinnova-Tanzania is proud to announce its recent publication FAIR Lessons learnt on facilitating Local Innovation Support Funds in Tanzania. It describes and assesses the structure, functioning, process and results of LISFs …

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Strengthening multistakeholder partnerships in Tanzania

Based on six years of experience in facilitating the Prolinnova-Tanzania platform, the coordinating organisation PELUM Tanzania compiled contributions of partners, including farmer innovators, into a booklet entitled Strengthening multistakeholder partnerships: experiences from Prolinnova-Tanzania. The work was co-funded by EED (Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst), Germany, and the Dutch Government through DGIS and the International Prolinnova Secretariat at ETC …

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