Country Platforms

Progress in the Ethnovet Project Oct 2020-Mar 2021

24. July 2022 / Ethnovet Project, Ghana Country Platform

In this progress report, Foster Awuni, coordinator of the Misereor-supported Ethnovet project, describes activities and outputs achieved in the period from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 and some challenges faced. He then outlines activities planned for April–June 2021. The activities implemented in the reporting period included: literature review on ethnobotanicals and phytochemical properties …

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FaReNe activities in Burkina in 2020 / Activités de FaReNe au Burkina en 2020

24. July 2022 / FaReNe, Burkina Faso Country Platform, News & Events

The CP in Burkina gives a 2-page English update of activities in 2020 in the project “Supporting and strengthening farmers’ research networks to improve local innovation in Burkina Faso and Mali, Phase II” (FaReNe II). The update focuses on farmer-led joint experimentation in Gomponsom (Northern Region). Le CP au Burkina donne une mise à jour …

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Rapport annuel 2020 / Annual report 2020 Burkina Faso

25. July 2022 / Burkina Faso Country Platform

Au cours de l’année 2020, la Plateforme Pays (PP) du Burkina Faso a poursuivi la dynamique d’appui à l’innovation locale et le renforcement de la collaboration entre ses membres. La PP a continué la mise en œuvre des projets SULCI-FaNS (Accroître les capacités locales d’innovation pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle), FaReNe (Renforcement des Réseaux …

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Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon, 27–29 May 2021

24. July 2022 / Cameroonian Farmer Innovation Fair, Cameroon, News & Events

Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon (FIPAC) News about FIPAC broadcast on national television CRTV in English See the programme (in French) ! The Prolinnova community of practice and its partners in Prolinnova–Cameroon are holding a Farmer Innovation Fair in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27–29 May 2021. This event brings together stakeholders in agricultural research and development …

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Prolinnova-Ghana annual report 2020

24. July 2022 / Ghana Country Platform

The Country Platform (CP) in Ghana had been very active in 2020. It is implementing two projects under the Prolinnova umbrella, namely SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security) and Ethnoveterinary Medicine (Ethnovet), with field activities in two and four learning sites, respectively. The National Steering Committee and Core Support …

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Women innovators showcased in Appropriate Technology magazine

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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1st Proli-GEAFaSa partners meeting in Burkina

19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

The first meeting of the partners of the Proli-GEAFaSa project was hosted by the Country Platform (CP) in Burkina Faso on 1–3 April 2021. This Misereor-funded project covers two Prolinnova CPs in West Africa (Burkina Faso and Senegal) and aims to promote local innovation in water management in family farming. Workshop participants were the national …

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