Ethiopia Country Platform

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, …

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Fetien Abay, a long-time member of the Prolinnova network, has just published a chapter in a new book Women in precision agriculture: technological breakthroughs, challenges and aspiration for a prosperous and sustainable future (edited by Takoi Khemais Hamrita) issued in 2021 by Springer Nature Switzerland. The chapter “Women farmer–breeder partnerships in plant breeding, seed and …

Participatory research for food innovation by women in Tigray Read More »

The narrative report on Year 3 of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project in Ethiopia covers the period from August 2018 to July 2019. It outlines achievements in strengthening the innovative capacities of rural communities, gaining more recognition of women farmers as innovators and contributing to building a subregional Prolinnova …

Report on 3rd year of Proli-FaNS in Ethiopia Read More »

As part of the monitoring and evaluation effort in the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, focus group discussions (FGDs) with farmer innovators were carried out in the two action-learning sites to find out how they assess the project’s impacts. The report on the discussions for impact assessment in the Axum …

Impact assessment of Proli-FaNS in Ethiopia Read More »

The report on the period May–July 2019, the final quarter of the third and final year of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project in Ethiopia, covers farmer-led research in Tigray and Amhara Regions, and issues around project management that affected the focus intended on documentation. The report can be found …

Final months of Proli-FaNS project in Ethiopia Read More »

The 2018 annual report on Prolinnova activities in Ethiopia focuses on the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project implemented in the Axum area of Tigray Region and the Enebse Sar Mider area in Gojjam in Amhara Region. It also refers to the wider activities of the network advised by the National …

Prolinnova-Ethiopia annual report for 2018 Read More »

During the Proli-FaNS project, partners in Mertulemariam in the Enebse Sar Mider action-learning site in Gojjam in Amhara Region of Ethiopia identified several innovations by men and women farmers that contribute to improving the food and nutrition security of their families and communities. Twelve of these innovations, referring mainly to biopesticides for crops and livestock …

12 innovations by men & women farmers in Mertulemariam, Amhara Region Read More »

The Prolinnova-Ethiopia coordinator, Ms Beza Kifle, compiled a report on the activities of the Country Platform within the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project covering the period August-November 2018. The report can be found here.