Climate Change & PID

Prolinnova and CCAFS linking knowledge to action

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, News & Events

The Prolinnova international network, hosted by ETC Foundation, has entered into a partnership with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) to explore approaches that enhance knowledge-to-action linkages among actors in agricultural innovation systems. The initiative, in collaboration with scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on behalf of CCAFS, …

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Rockefeller Foundation supports new initiative in eastern Africa: CLIC-SR

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, News & Events

Drawing on its experiences of promoting farmer-led joint innovation, the international Prolinnova network is applying this approach in building local adaptive capacities and strengthening community resilience to change, including climate change (CC). Rockefeller Foundation has approved a proposal by the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for a 3-year project that aims to:  …

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New Misereor project LINEX-CCA in Asia !

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID

On 1 January 2012 a new regional programme was started by Prolinnova partners in Cambodia, India and Nepal. “Local INnovation and EXperimentation: an entry point to Climate-Change Adaptation for sustainable livelihoods in Asia“ is known as LINEX–CCA for short. Misereor, Germany, has approved activities for three years. The content coordination of LINEX–CCA lies with LI-BIRD in Nepal, the administrative …

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Strengthening local resilience to climate change: the role of grassroots adaptation and PID

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID

Prolinnova contribution to study day on strengthen local resilience to climate change On 25 January 2012, Laurens van Veldhuizen from the Prolinnova International Secretariat attended a study day on community-based adaptation to climate change organised  by Germany-based Misereor. He presented the findings of the initial work on local innovation and climate-change adaptation undertaken by partners in Nepal, Niger and …

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Useful links

2. November 2022 / Climate Change & PID

This list is intended to provide links to related networks, bibliographic sources, databases and other organisations that are in some way involved in the dynamics of indigenous knowledge, promoting local/ farmer innovation and institutionalisation of participatory innovation development (PID) approaches. While acknowledging that there are many other possible contacts and links to be added, especially …

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Pastoralist Innovation: Prolinnova at Future of Pastoralism conference

24. July 2022 / Niger, Climate Change & PID, News & Events, Ethiopia Country Platform

Some results of Prolinnova’s exploratory study into local innovation in the face of climate change were presented by Yohannes GebreMichael (University of Addis Ababa) from Prolinnova-Ethiopia at the recent conference on “The Future of Pastoralism in Africa”, held 21–23 March 2011 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was convened …

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