Country Platforms

Prolinnova–Sudan national workshop to promote farmer-selected pearl millet variety

24. July 2022 / Sudan Country Platform

On 31 January 2013, Prolinnova–Sudan held a national workshop in El Obied Agricultural Research Station, North Kordofan, to promote the newly released, farmer-selected pearl millet variety Wadelbashir. SOS Sahel–Sudan, the NGO that coordinates Prolinnova–Sudan, collaborated with El Obied Research Station and the Climate Change Network in organising this event. Back in 2009, when Prolinnova–Sudan was …

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Strategy for upscaling Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs) in Ghana and Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events, Ethiopia Country Platform

Under the transition phase of FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources), multistakeholder Country Platforms that have been piloting LISFs have analysed their experiences and have developed LISF models that they consider suitable for the specific context of their respective countries. They have also developed strategies for scaling up the LISF The first reports have been …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR 2): main findings and lessons learnt in piloting LISFs in Nepal

24. July 2022 / Nepal Country Platform, Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events

LI-BIRD, the lead NGO of the Prolinnova Nepal network was the first to pilot innovation funds within Prolinnova. This idea was elaborated and nurtured through the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources project that was rolled out in several countries in the network including Nepal. The experiences, findings, challenges and lessons are documented in the report, …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) 2 in South Africa: findings and lessons learnt

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events, South Africa

Prolinnova South Africa was one of the seven countries that piloted local innovation support funds (LISFs) under the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The report Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) 2 in South Africa: findings and lessons learnt captures some of the key experiences and lessons of …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Uganda

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Uganda Country Platform, News & Events

Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Uganda is a report by Prolinnova-Uganda on a 3-year pilot under the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project funded by Rockefeller Foundation. It looks at the structure of FAIR in Uganda, the functioning of LISFs in the Ugandan context, M&E of the …

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Action research on Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR): Ghana’s experience

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

Prolinnova Ghana has published the findings of the pilot undertaken in promoting local innovation support funds (LISFs) under the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) phase 2 financially supported by Rockefeller Foundation. This is one is a series of publications by the seven countries that undertook the pilot. It describes the process followed in calling …

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Ethiopian report on piloting farmer-managed innovation funds

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Ethiopia Country Platform

Prolinnova-Ethiopia is proud to announce the publication of Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences in piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Ethiopia 2008–2011.  It forms part of the series of country reports presenting the findings and lessons learnt in action research on community-managed funds for decentralised farmer-led experimentation and innovation. The report describes and assesses the structure, functioning, process …

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Report on Local Innovation Support Funds in Tanzania

24. July 2022 / Tanzania Country Platform, Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events

As the second in a series of country reports presenting the findings and lessons learnt in the action research on Local Innovation Support Funds, Prolinnova-Tanzania is proud to announce its recent publication FAIR Lessons learnt on facilitating Local Innovation Support Funds in Tanzania. It describes and assesses the structure, functioning, process and results of LISFs …

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Experiences with farmer-managed innovation funds in Kenya

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Kenya Country Platform

The report Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Kenya describes and assesses the structure, functioning, process and results of LISFs in four pilot sites in Eastern and Western Kenya. The report includes the main findings of a participatory impact assessment and draws lessons for improving and scaling up …

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FAIR in Kenya: County workshops for local fund management committees

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Kenya Country Platform

In April–May 2012, Prolinnova–Kenya facilitated two 3-day workshops for the Local Steering Committees of the Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs) in Eastern Region and Western Region. The workshops allowed the sharing of lessons from other Prolinnova Country Platforms piloting LISFs, discussion of challenges faced in piloting LISFs in Kenya and participatory assessment of how the …

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