The NaviNut project “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands”, which took a transdisciplinary approach to research & development – co-creation of innovations by local people and scientists from different scientific disciplines – has brought out three policy briefs: Strengthening women’s role and agency Mothers’ contribution to …
In June 2025, the NaviNut project “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands” finalised its report to the funder: the German Federal Ministry of Food & Agriculture (BMEL). NaviNut took a transdisciplinary approach to research & development: co-creation of innovations by local people and scientists from different …
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Two articles from the Prolinnova network were published in the June 2025 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Beating drought in the Sahel by supporting water-conserving farmer innovations – by Kouete Paul Jimmy, Djibril Thiam, Augustin Ouedraogo, Assane Gueye, Hamade Sigue & Chesha Wettasinha Getting farmer-led joint innovation processes mainstreamed: lessons from Kenya and Ghana …
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Prolinnova Working Paper 39: The role of a local government officer in integrating PID into the practice of small-scale farmers in Kenya, authored by Martha Opondo, Vincent Mariadho & Amos Okore, has been uploaded on the Prolinnova website and is available in both English and French (Le rôle d’un fonctionnaire local dans l’intégration du DPI …
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Prolinnova Nepal is taking a strategic step to expand its network and broadening its horizon at the provincial level. Till now, Prolinnova Nepal has been more or less active around Kathmandu and Chitwan districts. In this regard, the Asia Regional Coordinator (Sharad Rai) visited headquarters of Ilam district (one of the hill districts of Eastern …
The ELI-FaNS Prolinnova project team in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, have documented another interesting innovation at Ozwathini. Read about it here. Preparing ash from aloe for preserving bean seed. Source: Tema Matebula, Mahlathini Development Foundation
Two articles from the Prolinnova network were published in the March 2025 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: From research to action: collaborating with agropastoralist women in dryland Africa, in Appropriate Technology 52(1): 36–39, by Patricia Kiprono, Brigitte Kaufmann, Paul Jimmy Kouété & Ann Waters-Bayer, with photos by Jamal Omar Integrating local innovations and multiplying …
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Yesterday we had a successful webinar about institutionalising the approaches supported by Prolinnova into NGOs and governmental organisations. The first presentation, from Ghana, was made by Joe Nchor from ACDEP, Issifu Sulemana and Scholastica Atarah from the Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Livelihoods (CEAL). The second presentation was by Martha Opondo from Kenya Agriculture and …
The team from Senegal has prepared their annual report for 2024, which is available here.
The team from Mali has prepared their annual report for 2024, which is available here.
