Prolinnova–Kenya has provided an update on its activities in 2016. These include: i) implementation of two projects – Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research (CLIC–SR) and Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS); ii) presentation of a paper at the Africa Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia; iii) various sharing, learning …
The Prolinnova-Kenya report on CLIC–SR (Combining Local Innovation Capacity with Scientific Research – Strengthening Community Resilience to Change) outlines the objectives and achievements within the budget-neutral extension period of this project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Prolinnova-Kenya (PK) focused most of its activities in 2014 and 2015 in Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research – Enhancing Community Resilience to Change (CLIC-SR), a regional programme in Eastern Africa funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. PK’s CLIC-SR work is being carried out in the dryland areas Machakos and Baringo. PK is also engaged in information sharing and policy …
Prolinnova-Kenya brief report on activities in 2014 and 2015 Read More »
Photo credit: David Elliot (Joe Ouko is in the middle, talking) In May 2015, Joe Ouko, chair of the Farmer Innovators Association of Kenya, and three other members of the Prolinnova international network took part in a consultation in Geneva, Switzerland, on small-scale farmer innovation in agrobiodiverse systems. They were invited by the Quaker United Nations Office …
Kenyan farmer innovator at international consultation in Geneva Read More »
Prolinnova-Kenya (PK) is a partner in the regional programme Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research – Enhancing Community Resilience to Change (CLIC-SR) with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Also the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda are part of this programme. PK is focussing its CLIC-SR work in the dryland areas Machakos and Baringo. The report covers the activities …
One of the first activities of Prolinnova-Kenya in the CLIC–SR (Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research) project was to conduct a field study in Machakos Country, one of the two areas selected for this project. The main aims of the study were: i) to document and assess how smallholder farmers and their communities perceive the …
Since January 2013, Prolinnova-Kenya is working together with the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This is the report on the activities in the first year of the collaboration.
The Sept 2013 issue of the Baobab Magazine includes an article on joint learning in agricultural innovation in Kenya and another on social learning at the Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair in May 2013. Joint learning in agricultural innovation cases: Researchers are making advances in seed and fertiliser technologies, but creative solutions are also needed to …
Report on workshop to build the capacity of resource persons involved in CLIC-SR in participatory innovation development (PID) and climate-change adaptation (CCA), 16–18 Oct 2012, Nairobi, Kenya The Prolinnova–Kenya training workshop on PID & CCA aimed to strengthen capacity to support farmer-led joint innovation building on local creativity, in order to reinforce community resilience to change, …
In May 2013 Prolinnova-Kenya hosted the Eastern Africa Farmer Innovation Fair in Nairobi, where farmers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda showcased their innovations. Numerous documents (blogs, photos, videos, reports etc) can be found here.
