2022 annual report from Prolinnova South India
The coordinator of the CP in South India, TJ James, reports on CP activities 2022, operating completely with internal ressources. Find the report here.
Country Platforms
Prolinnova–Ghana annual report 2022
The Country Platform (CP) in Ghana has been very active in the past year. The National Steering Committee (NSC), the technical support team (Working Group) and the local multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) at the total of six action-learning sites continued to support the two main projects: Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate in Food and Nutrition …
2022 report from Prolinnova-UK / FLIN
The Farmer-Led Innovation Network (FLIN) was established in 2018 to share knowledge and experiences and provide a collective advocacy voice for farmers leading innovation processes. Currently, FLIN is made up of 20 organisations, including governmental and non-governmental organisations, research institutes, the levy board, farmer organisations and advisory services. FLIN was recognised as the UK Prolinnova …
Innovative Water Management Forum in Senegal / Forum sur la gestion innovante de l’eau au Sénégal
Innovative Water Management Forum in Senegal On 30–31 January 2023, the Proli-GEAFaSa (Promoting local innovation in water management in family farming in the Sahel) project held a forum in Thiès, Senegal, on agricultural water management in the Sahel to provide space for different actors in research and advisory services to discuss their role in processes …
2022 report on Prolinnova-Kenya activities
The 2022 annual report by Prolinnova-Kenya (PK) highlights its achievements in engaging Maseno University to include the participatory innovation development (PID) approach in its revised curriculum for the School of Agriculture. The report also describes PK’s activities related to documenting and encouraging local innovation and PID, capacity strengthening, and networking and policy dialogue to scale …
GFAR Talks: Can higher education meet farmers’ needs?
In the GFAR Talks session online on 1 March 2023, Vincent Mariadho from Prolinnova–Kenya explained Prolinnova’s perspective on how universities can meet small-scale farmers’ needs by integrating the approach of recognising local innovation and facilitating farmer-led participatory research engaging university students and staff. Vincent discussed with Jim French, Secretary General of GCHERA (Global Confederation of …
GFAR Talks: Can higher education meet farmers’ needs? Read More »
Prolinnova–Nepal networking meeting 12 Dec 2022
Prolinnova–Nepal convened a half-day Country Platform (CP) meeting on 12 December 2022 in Hotel Greenwich Village in Kathmandu, organised by the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) Co-chair Suman Manandhar and the Asia Regional Coordinator Sharad Rai. The participants included past and new members of the Nepal network from government institutions, NGOs, universities and private consulting firms, …
SULCI-FaNS project in Africa completed!
The 3-year “Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security” (SULCI-FaNS) ran from 1 October 2019 to 30 November 2022, with funding from Misereor/KZE Germany. The project aimed to strengthen the innovative capacities of rural communities, particularly of women, and to increase local resilience to change. It also contributed to building platforms …
Prolinnova-Sudan field study leads to catalogue of ITK/local innovations
Researched & written by Nageb Ibrahim Bakheit “The real classroom is outside. Get out into it!” A. Introduction: A Sudanese proverb goes “He who forgets his past is lost” (Ibn Oaf translation, 2008). Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) might be old, but need not be outmoded. ITKs were cost-effective, locally available, and mostly organic in nature, …
Prolinnova-Sudan field study leads to catalogue of ITK/local innovations Read More »
Two Prolinnova–South Africa articles in “Appropriate Technology”
In the December 2022 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine, there are two articles written by people involved in the Prolinnova network in South Africa: Using Mohlopi tree roots to make caffeine-free coffee in Limpopo Province, South Africa, by Ernest Letsoalo, Richard Chuene & Believe Hlahla (pp 18–19) Rural South African women collaborate with engineer for better …
Two Prolinnova–South Africa articles in “Appropriate Technology” Read More »