Neina Naginpoan, a female small-scale farmer in northern Ghana, did her own experimentation with a local dish “wasawasa”, traditionally made from steamed yam flour, and made it instead from maize flour and powder from the yellow pulp of the dawadawa (Parkia biglobosa) fruit. She sells the food to schoolchildren and on the local market. Neina …
PID with women in Ghana to improve nutritional value of local foods Read More »
A group of women who grow and sell vegetables in northern Burkina Faso faced a problem with insect attacks. Because chemical pesticides are costly and possible dangerous, the women sought a non-chemical solution. Through their own experimentation, they developed a natural pesticide, called “goama”, using various locally available plants, which proved effective in controlling the …
PID on local biopesticide innovation / DPI sur un biopesticide innovatif au Burkina Faso Read More »
The “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project has come to an end. It was funded by Misereor/KZE (Germany) for somewhat more than three years (1 August 2016 to 30 September 2019) and was implemented by Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in five African countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya. …
Prolinnova completes Yr 3 of Proli-FaNS – and starts Yr 1 of SULCI-FaNS Read More »
Prolinnova–Ethiopia’s final report on the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security) project covers the period from August 2016 to July 2019. It gives an overview of the actors involved and the activities they carried out to enhance the innovative capacities of rural communities, to support particularly women innovators and to promote collective …
The Prolinnova–Kenya coordinator Vincent Mariadho reports on Year 3 (2018-19) of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project. He gives particular attention to the innovativeness of rural women and their active participation in agricultural shows and the International Farmer Innovation Day celebrations, as well as a workshop on gender mainstreaming in …
The Prolinnova-Cameroon coordinator Jean Bosco Etoa reports on activities in Year 3 (2018-19) of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project funded by Misereor/KZE. Farmers and staff from NGOs and institutions of higher education in Cameroon have been collaborating in ways that help develop the innovative capacities of rural men and …
Prolinnova–Ghana is proud to present its report on the third year (Aug 2018–Sept 2019) of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project. It describes the newest cases of joint experimentation on local innovations in food processing and preservation and ethnoveterinary medicine to treat African swine fever, and the recognition given by …
Within the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, partners in Prolinnova-Ghana are identifying local innovations that improve food and nutrition security and are facilitating processes of farmer-led joint research. The 3-page document “Improving sheabutter processing and marketing to benefit rural women in the Bongo District of Ghana” presents a local innovation …
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Within the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project, partners in Prolinnova-Ghana are identifying local innovations that improve food and nutrition security directly and indirectly. The 3-page document “Social innovation for protecting trees in Kabre Community in Bongo District, Ghana” describes a local institutional innovation called the Tisenaaba or “Tree Chief” that …
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During the Proli-FaNS project, partners in Mertulemariam in the Enebse Sar Mider action-learning site in Gojjam in Amhara Region of Ethiopia identified several innovations by men and women farmers that contribute to improving the food and nutrition security of their families and communities. Twelve of these innovations, referring mainly to biopesticides for crops and livestock …
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