Prolinnova–Nepal aims at developing and institutionalising partnership and methodologies that promote processes of local innovation in environmentally sound use of natural resources. It is an initiative undertaken in partnership between several Nepal-based organisations. Some activities of Prolinnova–Nepal since it was set up in 2004 have been: reviewing previous studies and documents on local innovation, developing …
Voir la traduction en anglais ci-dessous La mise en place du réseau Prolinnova en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) est une œuvre de longues années. En effet, nombreux acteurs-trices de la société civile congolaises ont, par le passé, pris connaissance et collaboré avec Prolinnova dans différents domaines, dont celui de la recherche et de l’innovation. …
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Development organisations and researchers working in rural communities have often failed to base their intervention technologies and approaches on small-scale farmers’ innovative capacities and active participation in the context of local production systems on which they have depended for decades for their livelihoods. Introduced technologies have often failed because they depend on high levels of …
Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) is a network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government research and extension organisations, farmer organisations, universities and community-based organisations (CBOs). It came together to provide a multistakeholder platform (MSP) to learn about promoting farmer-led innovation processes. This was initiated in 2007 with the goals to recognise the dynamics of indigenous knowledge and to enhance …
The entry themes of Prolinnova-Senegal (formerly called PROFEIS – Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) differ according to region: (1) Kaolack and Fatick Regions: conservation and regeneration of natural resources (soil and water) in millet- and peanut-dominated farming systems; (2) Thiès and Diourbel Regions: enhancing the value of indigenous woody species in the …
English text below Prolinnova–Bénin a été créée en mai 2021 – une idée de longue date qui a finalement pu être réalisée grâce au projet de « Renforcement de capacités des enseignants des lycées agricoles pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat social basé sur l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle », mis en œuvre par l’Université de Parakou (UP) dans …
Prolinnova–Mozambique is a network that promotes local innovation in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management in Mozambique. The network builds on and scales up farmer-based approaches to development. It strives to stimulate and enhance partnerships among the various stakeholders in research and development, mainly among farmers, extension workers and researchers. Besides the eight National …
Prolinnova–Uganda is an NGO-led initiative to develop a national learning network for the promotion of local innovation in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). Prolinnova–Uganda was initiated in 2003, with the secretariat at Environmental Alert, an NGO. The programme seeks to: Set up an effective multistakeholder partnership programme in Uganda Set up lasting …
The Farmer-Led Innovation Network (FLIN) in the UK was accepted in April 2020 as the first Prolinnova Country Platform (CP) in the Global North. FLIN was set up in 2018 to share knowledge and experiences and provide a collective advocacy voice for farmers directly involved in these initiatives. Its main aim is to understand, learn …
About Prolinnova–South India Innovations and practices developed by farmers and local communities for addressing location-specific needs, based on practical knowledge and local resources, are gaining more and more importance and significance, especially in the present agrarian crises of climate change, agricultural biodiversity erosion and food insecurity. Prolinnova–South India, a multistakeholder platform formed in 2020, intends …
In 2005, the regional network Prolinnova–Andes (composed of partners in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador) was created to promote local innovation processes and to learn from each other about farmer-led participatory innovation development (PID). Since then, some activities at regional and national level were carried out, including two regional workshops in 2005 and 2008 and an …
The Institute of Natural Resources (INR) is the facilitating NGO for Prolinnova-South Africa, which aims to build and strengthen partnerships between the various stakeholders involved in agricultural research and development in South Africa. The platform in South Africa was launched in 2004. Projects that have been undertaken by Prolinnova-South Africa have included: Farmer Access to …
Prolinnova–Cambodia is the national platform to promote local innovation in Cambodia and to enhance capacity of development practitioners and farmers in participatory innovation development (PID). Prolinnova–Cambodia builds day-to-day strong relationships between farmers, researchers and extensionists and empowers farmer-led experimentation in ecological agriculture and sustainable natural resource management. Prolinnova–Cambodia is composed of 21 institutions. They are …
]]> Le réseau PROFEIS a été mis en place au Burkina Faso depuis 2007 avec une vingtaine d’organisations au départ qui ont constitué une cellule de coordination. Mais au fur et à mesure, la participation des membres a diminué pour ne laisser qu’un noyau composé de trois ONGs : Réseau MARP, Voisins Mondiaux et Diobass. La …
Prolinnova–Ethiopia is a national platform to create space and provide a conducive environment for recognising and enriching local innovation processes in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). It aims to scale up and integrate Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approaches in governmental and non-governmental organisations concerned with agricultural and NRM research, extension, education and training. Its overall objective is to contribute to enhancing food security, …
Prolinnova–Cameroon started in March 2011, when the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) approved an application from the then newly formed multi-stakeholder National Steering Committee (NSC) in the country. This Country Platform (CP) seeks to develop Cameroonian agriculture by integrating endogenous solutions into rural development policies and strategies. It is putting in place a framework for spreading …
There is a need for models for innovation platforms at lower levels that can bring together stakeholders and foster innovation development, promoting and outscaling farmer innovations and helping national planners to recognise the value of local-level outscaling as an important basis for upscaling through the institutions. The interest to influence policy has to be grounded …
In Mali (Ségou Region), the entry theme of the PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) programme was conservation of biodiversity, which has two sub-themes: (1) Biodiversity of sorghum and millet, which focus on farmer innovation related to developing adapted varieties, combating genetic erosion, variety conservation, endogenous diffusion of knowledge and exchange between farmers; (2) …
The Prolinnova initiative in Sudan aims at building/strengthening partnerships between the different stakeholders involved in agriculture, natural resource management, agricultural research and development in the country. The preparatory work started in 2004 by contacting the concerned government institutions, namely the Technology Transfer and Extension Administration (TTEA) and the Agricultural Research and Technology Corporation (ARC). The Prolinnova-Sudan Country …
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 …
Yesterday we had a successful webinar about institutionalising the approaches supported by Prolinnova into NGOs and governmental organisations. The first presentation, from Ghana, was made by Joe Nchor from ACDEP, Issifu Sulemana and Scholastica Atarah from the Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Livelihoods (CEAL). The second presentation was by Martha Opondo from Kenya Agriculture and …
The team from Senegal has prepared their annual report for 2024, which is available here.
The team from Mali has prepared their annual report for 2024, which is available here.
The team from Burkina Faso has prepared the annual report for 2024, which is available here.
The team from Ghana has prepared their annual report for 2024, which can be read here
The Limpopo Task Team from Prolinnova South Africa presented two posters at the South African Society for Agricultural Extension (SASAE) conference that was held in August 2024. This was an opportunity to show case the joint experimentation work of the platform with smallscale farmers. The poster about ethnoveterinary innovation can be found here while that …
A farmer innovation day held in Limpopo Province at Mashite village in Ga-Mphahlele, Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality. The event was facilitated by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), University of Limpopo (UL), University of Venda (UNIVEN) and the South African branch of the Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF SA) on …
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This 4-page report provides an overview of activities that took place in the Asian Country Platforms (CPs) in Cambodia, Nepal, the Philippines and South India and at regional level in 2024 within the Prolinnova–Asia network. The year was mainly focused on re-activating the Nepal CP and ensuring continuing contact among the CPs in the region …
On behalf of the Prolinnova network, Suman Manandhar from Prolinnova–Nepal was invited to take part in the DeSIRA CONNECT Days Asia & the Pacific held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 14–16 January 2025. A total of 76 participants from 17 countries in the Asia–Pacific region joined the event. DeSIRA (Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture) is …
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The Prolinnova network celebrates International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) every year on or about 29 November. In this context, Prolinnova–Senegal organised a forum on agricultural water management on 28 November 2024. This brought together 20 innovators (including 6 women) whose innovations had been selected and validated in Phase 2 of the “Promoting Local Innovation in …
