Country Platforms

Prolinnova-Kenya brief report on activities in 2014 and 2015

24. July 2022 / Kenya Country Platform

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 …

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New host for the Prolinnova-Nepal network

24. July 2022 / Nepal Country Platform

The Natural History Museum of Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu has accepted the task of hosting the Prolinnova network in Nepal. Since the network started in 2003, it has been capably hosted by LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives in Biodiversity, Research and Development) based in Pokhara. On 27 March 2016, the Executive Director of LI-BIRD, Balram Thapa, handed …

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PROFEIS Mali coordinator named Special Advisor to the Government

24. July 2022 / Mali Country Platform

In February 2016, Ms Assétou Kanouté, the national coordinator of the activities of PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) in Mali, was named Special Advisor to Ms Assétou Migan, the Malian Minister for Scientific Research. This provides an excellent opportunity to integrate the concepts and approaches of promoting farmer innovation and farmer-led …

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Celebrating International Farmer Innovation Day 2015

24. July 2022 / News & Events, Philippines Country Platform

IIRR-Philippines, the coordinating NGO of Prolinnova-Philippines, organised two activities to encourage farmers to learn from each other: 17 farmers from Guinayangan, Quezon, took part in a “roving workshop” with a special emphasis on coffee and cacao production, and 70 farmers took part in a “farmer learning event” in which farmer trainers shared innovations in livestock management. See the report …

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PROFEIS-Mali annual report 2014

24. July 2022 / Mali Country Platform

This 4-page report summarises the governance and activities of PROFEIS-Mali in 2014, including farmer-led experimentation, training, International Farmer Innovation Day celebrations, communication and advocacy. It also describes some farmer cooperatives that are emerging as a result of PROFEIS activities.

Guide de formation DPI en français / PID training guide in French

30. October 2022 / Mali Country Platform

The PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) group in Mali has published a training guide on Participatory Innovation Development (PID) compiled by Jean-Marie Diop, senior advisor to PROFEIS-Mali. The guide explains the main concepts behind PID and the various activities and methodologies involved in promoting local innovation and farmer-led experimentation, including documentation, …

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Kenyan farmer innovator at international consultation in Geneva

24. July 2022 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

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 …

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Mainstreaming PID in policy & practice: national dialogue in Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Ethiopia Country Platform

In April 2015, Prolinnova–Ethiopia (PE) held a national workshop in Addis Ababa to share the results of the CLIC–SR project with relevant organisations that could have the capacity and interest to take some of the ideas forward. Presentations by farmer innovators from the two CLIC-SR project areas played a great role in influencing other participants …

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