Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities

The case of Local Innovation Support Funds (LISF), funded by Rockefeller Foundation and implemented by eight Prolinnova Country Platforms in Africa and Asia, has been highlighted in the recently launched World Bank sourcebook on Agricultural Innovation Systems. The paper “Providing farmers with direct access to innovation funds” was written by Bernard Triomphe, Mariana Wongtschowski, Anton …

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Prolinnova presentation at CTA International Conference on Innovations in Extension & Advisory Services, 15–18 Nov 2011, Nairobi, Kenya PPT: Farmer-managed innovation funds drive multi-stakeholder innovation processes Paper in CTA proceedings: Farmer-managed innovation funds drive multi-stakeholder innovation processes (10pp)

The Prolinnova International Secretariat presented experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs) to representatives of African farmer organisations, European civil society organisations, research and the private sector at a workshop in Brussels, Belgium, on 27 September 2011. The workshop was organised by the Belgian NGO Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires (CSA) in the framework of PAEPARD …

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Bernard Triomphe (CIRAD, France) conducted a study to design a set of generic impact assessment guidelines for Local Innovation Support Funds/Facilities (LISFs) to be used / adapted by all Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) engaged in the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project. The guidelines were developed, adapted and field tested together with two CPs: …

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