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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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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PowerPoint presentation (PDF file: 813 KB) McKnight Foundation invited Ann Waters-Bayer from the Prolinnova IST to join as a resource person in their Leadership Meeting for the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP). The meeting (30 July – 1 August 2012 in Minneapolis) was designed to share diverse approaches to social innovation that can support technical …
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Coady International Institute at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, invited Ann Waters-Bayer of the Prolinnova IST to speak about “Investing in farmers’ creativity”, On 5 June 2012, Ann shared with staff and students of the university the experiences and lessons from the Prolinnova CPs that are piloting LISFs. After the presentation, Mr …
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Report on the International FAIR Partners Meeting, Bamako, Mali, 9-10 March 2012(PDF file: 1.89 MB)
