Kenya Country Platform

Learning in innovation systems in Kenya

In Kenya, the Prolinnova network and the EU-funded JOLISAA (Joint Learning in Innovation Systems in African Agriculture) project are jointly coordinated by Teresiah Ng’ang’a, based in KARI (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute). At a JOLISAA–Kenya workshop in November 2011, farmers, extension agents and researchers involved in two cases of innovation in Baringo District – controlling the …

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Innovation in extension through adult literacy classes

The experience of Prolinnova-Kenya partners was presented at a session on “Learning networks” at the international conference “Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services” held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15-18 November 2011. The conference was organised by CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU) and GFRAS (Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services). Geoffrey Kamau …

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Prolinnova contribution to 2011 State of the World

In the book 2011 State of the World: Innovations that nourish the planet published by the Wordwatch Institute in Washington DC, Prolinnova contributed a chapter on ‘Farmers take the lead in research and development’ (by Brigid Letty, Qureish Noordin, Saidou Magagi & Ann Waters-Bayer). The chapter introduces the concept of farmer experimentation, focusing on cases …

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