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Prolinnova farmers speak at international Tropentag conference in Prague

29. September 2022 29. September 2022 / Program Information and News, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Two farmers in the Prolinnova network were panellists in the opening plenary session of the Tropentag 2022 (TT22) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15–18 September 2022: Rebecca Dero, farmer innovator from Kenya, and Elisabeth Mpofu, member of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) in the seat for farmer organisations. They brought in their views as …

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Study visit by PID trainees from Sudan & South Sudan to Kenya

27. May 2022 24. July 2022 / Sudan Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

For professionals in two universities in Sudan and South Sudan, Nuffic (Netherlands) is supporting tailor-made training in farmer-led participatory innovation development (PID), an approach that puts small-scale farmers at the centre of the research and development process. In order to facilitate practical learning about PID, the trainees were hosted by Prolinnova–Kenya to visit its Kisumu …

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UNDP approves Prolinnova–Kenya’s funding proposal

6. May 2022 31. October 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

Joe Ouko with his goat-meal innovation (Credit: Laurens van Veldhuizen) In early 2022, Prolinnova–Kenya won a grant from the Innovation Small Grants Aggregator Project (ISGAP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The 18-month project will focus on the local innovation developed by the small-scale farmer Joe Ouko: Locally Formulated Dairy-Goat Meal (LOFODA-G-Meal). The aim …

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Articles in “Appropriate Technology” on local innovation in Kenya & Senegal

22. March 2022 30. October 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Two articles about Prolinnova work in Eastern Africa and in West Africa were published in the March 2022 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: “Learning from Covid-19 to improve food and nutrition security”, about how Covid-19 has drawn attention to the importance of home-grown solutions to deal with effects of the pandemic, and thus increased also recognition …

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GFAR blog on woman innovator in Kenya

1. March 2022 24. July 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

The GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation) has posted a blog Local farmer innovation: an entry point for farmer-led joint research written by Vincent Mariadho, Prolinnova–Kenya Coordinator, about an innovation by the small-scale Kenyan farmer Rebecca Auma Dero. She modified and improved an introduced technology to make her own sack-garden irrigation kit …

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2021 report on Prolinnova activities in Kenya

17. February 2022 24. July 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

The 2021 annual report from Prolinnova–Kenya highlights the major activities undertaken in the two action-learning sites in Kisumu (Kisumu West and Nyakach Sub-Counties) and Makueni (Mukaa Sub-County) primarily within the SULCI-FaNS project and various activities at national level. The report includes a detailed account of the visit to Kenya made by members of Prolinnova–Sudan together …

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Kenyan farmer innovator featured in “Mother Earth News”

16. January 2022 16. January 2023 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

An article by Meredith Leigh in the magazine Mother Earth News “Animals on the farm: a holistic approach” (March 2021) describes how farmers around the world are developing innovative ways of integrating livestock into farming operations. One of the main examples is the feed for dairy goats developed by the Kenyan small-scale farmer Joe Ouko …

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Prolinnova–Kenya gives PID training to stakeholders in NaviNut project

30. September 2021 30. October 2022 / NaviNut Project, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Participants in the NaviNut LI/PID training in Marsabit (Photo: Diba Tari) Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) conducted a training on promoting local innovation (LI) and participatory innovation development (PID) for stakeholders of the NaviNut project in Marsabit County, Northern Kenya. NaviNut is a three-year project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL), implemented by a consortium …

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Women innovators showcased in Appropriate Technology magazine

10. April 2021 30. October 2022 / Nepal Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The March 2021 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine (Vol. 48, No. 1) published two articles on women innovators in Kenya and Nepal. Prolinnova partners in the two countries have been working with these women in farmer-led joint research and helping them share their experiences within and beyond their communities. Both women presented their innovations …

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PK’s 2020 annual report

20. February 2021 24. July 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

The coordinator of Prolinnova–Kenya, Vincent Mariadho, reports on the Country Platform’s activities in 2020, focused primarily on implementation of the SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security) project, including documentation and global sharing of experiences in farmer-led participatory innovation. You can find the report here.