Stakeholders in agricultural research and development gathered at the end of Dec 2012 in Addis Ababa to review experiences in piloting Local Innovation Support Funds and to discuss how this approach could be mainstreamed. PDF file: 5.9 MB
This 4-page brief is based on the experience of Prolinnova-Ethiopia in piloting Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs) at three sites in the south, centre and north of Ethiopia. It shows how farmer-managed funds for local innovation and adaptation initiatives can be handled effectively at local level, add value to production and enhance local capacities. It …
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This report [PROLINNOVA–Ethiopia Activity Report for the Year 2012] covers the period Jan–Dec 2012 and includes highlights of activities of Prolinnova–Ethiopia (PE). In 2012, a major policy challenge made it necessary for PE to change the host organisation for the Secretariat. The report describes the new institutional arrangement, the key achievements of the work on Local Innovation Support Funds, …
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Under the transition phase of FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources), multistakeholder Country Platforms that have been piloting LISFs have analysed their experiences and have developed LISF models that they consider suitable for the specific context of their respective countries. They have also developed strategies for scaling up the LISF The first reports have been …
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Prolinnova-Ethiopia is proud to announce the publication of Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences in piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Ethiopia 2008–2011. It forms part of the series of country reports presenting the findings and lessons learnt in action research on community-managed funds for decentralised farmer-led experimentation and innovation. The report describes and assesses the structure, functioning, process …
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Brief summary of Prolinnova-Ethiopia (PE) activities in 2011, accompanied by New Strategic Directions for 2012 and beyond, compiled by the PE Secretariat at AgriService Ethiopia (ASE) on the basis of discussions in the PE Core Group.
Fanos Mekonnen carried out research in Cambodia and Ethiopia (Tigray) into how participatory innovation development (PID) is being integrated into government extension systems. Her findings, showing how committed partners at the grassroots level can integrate a participatory approach into hierarchical government systems to improve smallholder agricultural development, are summarised in this 4-page Prolinnova brief.
eds: Laurens van Veldhuizen, Ann Waters-Bayer, Chesha Wettasinha & Wim Hiemstra Chapter 4: Learning farmer-led documentation in Ethiopia by Fetien Abay, Gebrecherkos Gebregiorgis & Lemlem Hailemichael
