Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova launches new project in Uganda and Kenya

31. August 2025 6. September 2025 / Platforms, Eastern & Southern Africa, Uganda Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The Prolinnova Platform in Eastern and Southern Africa Sub-Region (ESA), together with partners in Uganda and Kenya, received a grant of USD50,000 from the East Africa Regional Agroecology Fund (EARAF) to support an 18-month project titled “Strengthening Grassroots-led Agroecology Practitioners for Climate Resilience and Policy Dialogue in Kenya and Uganda”. The project will run from …

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About the Kenya Country Platform

30. September 2022 11. January 2023 / Kenya Country Platform

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 …

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Three NaviNut policy briefs

17. September 2025 17. September 2025 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The NaviNut project “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands”, which took a transdisciplinary approach to research & development – co-creation of innovations by local people and scientists from different scientific disciplines – has brought out three policy briefs: Strengthening women’s role and agency Mothers’ contribution to …

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NaviNut project completed – see the many outputs!

28. July 2025 17. September 2025 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

In June 2025, the NaviNut project “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands” finalised its report to the funder: the German Federal Ministry of Food & Agriculture (BMEL). NaviNut took a transdisciplinary approach to research & development: co-creation of innovations by local people and scientists from different …

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Prolinnova articles in June 2025 issue of Appropriate Technology

17. July 2025 22. July 2025 / Burkina Faso Country Platform, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

Two articles from the Prolinnova network were published in the June 2025 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Beating drought in the Sahel by supporting water-conserving farmer innovations – by Kouete Paul Jimmy, Djibril Thiam, Augustin Ouedraogo, Assane Gueye, Hamade Sigue & Chesha Wettasinha Getting farmer-led joint innovation processes mainstreamed: lessons from Kenya and Ghana …

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New Prolinnova Working Paper on integrating PID into local government

15. July 2025 25. July 2025 / Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova Working Paper 39: The role of a local government officer in integrating PID into the practice of small-scale farmers in Kenya, authored by Martha Opondo, Vincent Mariadho & Amos Okore, has been uploaded on the Prolinnova website and is available in both English and French (Le rôle d’un fonctionnaire local dans l’intégration du DPI …

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Prolinnova articles in March 2025 issue of Appropriate Technology

23. May 2025 23. July 2025 / South India Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Two articles from the Prolinnova network were published in the March 2025 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: From research to action: collaborating with agropastoralist women in dryland Africa, in Appropriate Technology 52(1): 36–39, by Patricia Kiprono, Brigitte Kaufmann, Paul Jimmy Kouété & Ann Waters-Bayer, with photos by Jamal Omar Integrating local innovations and multiplying …

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4th Webinar about institutionalising PID

24. April 2025 24. April 2025 / Ghana Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

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 …

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NaviNut action research featured in March 2025 issue of Appropriate Technology

23. April 2025 23. July 2025 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The highly collaborative approach taken by the NaviNut project in Benin and Kenya integrated the knowledge of agropastoralist women about caring for young children with the knowledge of local food processors and community healthworkers and the knowledge of African and German researchers in various disciplines. NaviNut engaged in action research in which the local women …

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PID training workshop in Kenya

2. December 2024 2. December 2024 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

On 8–11 October 2024, Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) hosted a training workshop in Kisimu to introduce and reinforce concepts participatory innovation development (PID) and its institutionalision to people – some of them new to the Prolinnova network – who are involved in the ELI-FaNS project (Expanding the promotion of Local Innovation for Food Security and healthy Nutrition …

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Farmer Research Network Convening & National Agroecology Symposium in Kenya

2. December 2024 2. December 2024 / FaReNe, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Vincent Mariadho, Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) coordinator, attended two events in October and November 2024 in which he presented Prolinnova’s approach and achievements: the Farmer Research Network (FRN) Convening organised by McKnight Foundation and the first National Agroecology Symposium hosted by PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land Use Management) Kenya. The FRN Convening included a visit to local innovators …

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Final NaviNut workshop / Atelier final de NaviNut

27. November 2024 27. November 2024 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The closing workshop of the NaviNut transdisciplinary research project, under the banner of “Together for Better Child Nutrition”, was held on 5–7 November 2024 in Marsabit in northern Kenya. This was an opportunity for the Kenyan and German researchers and the local Kenyan women involved in the project to share their results with various other …

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