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.
Vincent Mariadho, PK coordinator, presenting Joe Ouko’s locally formulated dairy goat meal Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) joined other organisations around the world to share its knowledge and approach in an online event on 19–23 October 2020. The virtual Horn of Africa & Sahel Knowledge Share Fair under the theme of “Promoting innovation to build resilience against climate …
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Photo by Laurens van Veldhuizen Photo by Chesha Wettasinha Joe Ouko, a farmer innovator in Kenya and a member of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), was a panelist in a webinar hosted by A Growing Culture (AGC). This was one in a webinar series on the theme “Hunger for Justice”. Joe shared his …
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The coordinator of Prolinnova–Kenya (PK), Vincent Mariadho, has made an overview of PK’s main activities in 2019, most of which were funded through Misereor in the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation for food and nutrition security) project. He reports also on PK’s participation in the International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Senegal and the inception workshop for …
In September 2019, Chesha Wettasinha, a member of the Prolinnova International Support Team was in Kenya on a field visit. She was inspired by the farmer innovators she met and how they are making positive change in their communities. Read her account here.
The Prolinnova–Kenya coordinator Vincent Mariadho reports on Year 3 (2018-19) of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project. He gives particular attention to the innovativeness of rural women and their active participation in agricultural shows and the International Farmer Innovation Day celebrations, as well as a workshop on gender mainstreaming in …
Various partner organisations in the Prolinnova–Kenya network have identified and profiled 37 innovations by small-scale Kenyan farmers – women, men and groups – to improve the food and nutrition security of their families and communities. The 48-page well-illustrated Catalogue of Local Innovations was compiled by Makonge Righa and Vincent Mariadho of World Neighbors Kenya, the …
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The coordinator of Prolinnova-Kenya, Vincent Mariadho, has compiled a 10-page report on activities of the Country Platform (CP) in 2018. The report focuses on the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, but also includes information on farmer innovation fairs, the regional meeting of African CPs, a training workshop on gender issues …
In its 2017 annual report, Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) focuses mainly on its activities in the “Promoting Local Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project, in its second of three years. This builds on experiences of PK over previous years, e.g. in the FAIR and CLIC–SR initiatives under the Prolinnova umbrella, to show the value of …
A total of eight cases of farmer-led joint experimentation in agriculture or NRM – two from each of the four Country Platforms involved – were brought together in the publication Compilation of cases of joint experimentation from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
