Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS

Integrating the PID approach into state and non-state organisations in Ghana

7. June 2024 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Integrating PID into education, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

For many years, the multistakeholder Prolinnova–Ghana platform has been implementing the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach through several successive projects. It has mobilised numerous stakeholders in agricultural research and development (ARD) to identify local innovations within farming communities and to collaborate with farmers in improving these innovations through farmer-led joint experimentation. These projects have all …

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Prolinnova IPW 22-27 October 2023 in South Africa

22. November 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, PID in water management, News & Events, South Africa

Prolinnova-South Africa is hosting the 2023 International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, back-to-back with the partner meetings of two projects funded by Misereor: SULCI-FaNS (involving Prolinnova Country Platforms in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa) and Proli-GEAFaSa (involving Burkina Faso and Senegal). Several sessions will be in hybrid format in order …

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Articles on Benin and on ILEIA/Compas in Appropriate Technology

19. June 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Benin Country Platform, News & Events

In the June 2023 issue (Vol.50, No. 2) of the Appropriate Technology magazine, two articles appeared in the Prolinnova section: Workshop on promoting farmer innovation in Benin unleashes local capacities for farmer-led research and development (pp 14 – 16); and ILEIA and Compas publications on agroecology digitalised (p 17). The Appropriate Technology magazine has regularly …

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ELI-FaNS inception workshop, 20-24 Feb 2023, Accra

10. March 2023 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events

The inception workshop for the new 3-year project (Jan 2023 – Dec 2025) funded by Misereor “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience, with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) took place in Accra on 20-24 February 2023. Representatives of the five Country Platforms involved in on-the-ground activities …

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SULCI-FaNS project in Africa completed!

13. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Burkina Faso Country Platform, Cameroon, Ghana Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

The 3-year “Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security” (SULCI-FaNS) ran from 1 October 2019 to 30 November 2022, with funding from Misereor/KZE Germany. The project aimed to strengthen the innovative capacities of rural communities, particularly of women, and to increase local resilience to change. It also contributed to building platforms …

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African Partners Workshop + SULCI-FaNS/Proli-GEAFaSa workshops Oct 2022

23. July 2025 / NaviNut Project, West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, PID in water management, News & Events

On 10–14 October 2022, the biennial Prolinnova African Partners Workshop (AfPW) was held back-to-back with the final workshops of the Proli-GEAFaSa and SULCI-FaNS projects. Prolinnova–Kenya, coordinated by World Neighbors, hosted the three events. Also representatives from the NaviNut project in Benin were invited to join the AfPW in Kenya; this provided an opportunity for exchange …

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Prolinnova–Ghana NSC meeting with field visit

8. April 2023 / Ethnovet Project, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Ghana Country Platform

The November 2022 meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) of Prolinnova–Ghana included two days of field visits to the Walewale and Bongo action-learning sites before the actual meeting was held at the office of ACDEP, the host organisation for the Country Platform. The field visits gave NSC members an opportunity to see Prolinnova activities …

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Misereor approves ELI-FaNS project in Africa!

18. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

A new 3-year project “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) has been approved by Misereor/KZE (Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid), Germany. Starting in January 2023, it involves five Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) – in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya …

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Farmer innovation fairs in Bongo and Walewale

7. October 2022 / Farmer Innovation Fair, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

In March 2022, ACDEP in collaboration with NABOCADO and CEAL organised farmer innovation fairs (FIFs) in Bongo and Walewale Districts, respectively, in northern Ghana. The purpose was to provide innovators the opportunity to showcase and share their innovations in food security, animal health and environmental management to the general public, government authorities and other development …

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