Farmer-led documentation (FLD) is an empowering process in which local communities take the lead role in the documentation process. The results are used by community members for learning within the community and for exchange between communities (horizontal sharing) and among communities, development agents and policymakers (vertical sharing). Many development agents are interested in FLD but are …
Local innovation in the development of smallholder agriculture: a literature review and case study in the Department of Cochabamba Bolivia by Markus Frank, BSc thesis, University of Kassel / German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture, Witzenhausen. 2012. The first part of the thesis is a review of literature on different approaches to understanding and …
Prolinnova–Burkina Faso shares its third annual report in the third phase of the FaReNe project (June 2022–May 2025), which was finally completed in August 2025 after a three‑month no‑cost extension. The project is funded by McKnight Foundation for the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Mali and Burkina Faso. The report is available here.
Prolinnova Burkina Faso, through the Réseau MARP NGO, is implementing the project “Promoting Local Innovation in Water Management in Family Farming in the Sahel” (Proli-GEAFaSa). The second phase of this project, running from July 2023 to June 2026, has already documented twenty local innovations in agricultural water management. The catalogue of these innovations is available …
In 2017, the Farmer-Led Innovators Association of Kenya (FALIA) worked together with the Prolinnova partner organisation A Growing Culture (AGC) to document farmer innovations in Kisumu in Western Kenya. FALIA and AGC identified 20 promising innovations addressing a range of issues from biodiversity preservation and economic empowerment to gender equality and improved food security. Their …
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In 2007, three small farmer led documentation (FLD) pilots were implemented by participating organizations in the first FLD workshop (Kampala, Nov 2006). On this page you find a description of the pilot projects, including final activities reports. Africa 2000 Network, Uganda Africa 2000 Network-Uganda seeks to pilot a process in which farmer innovators will be …
The future of family farming – an important part of the family by Nageeb Ibrahim Bakheit for Agricultures Network website
(this appears as a printed booklet in English and Tigrigna for use in development organisations and schools in Tigray) View document (PDF file; size : 630 KB)
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by Fetien Abay & Gebrecherkos Gebregiorgis (PDF file; size : 709 KB)
Ce manuel (2008) est destiné aux paysans innovateurs et aux agents de développement qui travaillent avec les communautés à la base. Il fournit quelques orientations méthodologiques pour caractériser les innovations et capitaliser les processus d’innovation. L’initiative de la capitalisation peut être prise par l’innovateur lui même, seul ou en partenariat avec les acteurs extérieurs. Mais …
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