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Synthesis report on piloting LISFs in 8 countries in Africa and Asia

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events

The synthesis report on Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: Findings and lessons learnt on facilitating Local Innovation Support Funds has now been published by Prolinnova. It describes the process and results of the action research in eight countries in Africa and Asia to answer the following central questions: Can the LISF be an effective farmer-led …

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Prolinnova-Uganda Local Innovation Support Fund (LISF) implementer’s guide

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Uganda Country Platform, News & Events

Prolinnova-Uganda would like to share her experience of piloting Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs). The guide has been drawn from experience of four years (2007-11) of piloting and has been compiled to inform and guide institutions and organisations that would want to support innovation processes with such a funding mechanism. PDF file: 754 KB

Reports on transition phase toward scaling up LISFs

28. October 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities

The four Prolinnova Country Platforms involved in the transition phase to develop LISF upscaling models and strategies offer their reports on their various activities in 2012: Ethiopia – Prolinnova–Ethiopia annual report 2012 Ghana – Prolinnova–Ghana annual report FAIR III Kenya – Prolinnova–Kenya transition phase report FAIR III Uganda – Prolinnova–Uganda annual report FAIR III Synthesis report by …

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Strategy for upscaling Local Innovation Support Funds (LISFs) in Ghana and Ethiopia

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events, Ethiopia Country Platform

Under the transition phase of FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources), multistakeholder Country Platforms that have been piloting LISFs have analysed their experiences and have developed LISF models that they consider suitable for the specific context of their respective countries. They have also developed strategies for scaling up the LISF The first reports have been …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR 2): main findings and lessons learnt in piloting LISFs in Nepal

24. July 2022 / Nepal Country Platform, Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events

LI-BIRD, the lead NGO of the Prolinnova Nepal network was the first to pilot innovation funds within Prolinnova. This idea was elaborated and nurtured through the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources project that was rolled out in several countries in the network including Nepal. The experiences, findings, challenges and lessons are documented in the report, …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) 2 in South Africa: findings and lessons learnt

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events, South Africa

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 …

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Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: experiences with piloting Local Innovation Support Funds in Uganda

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Uganda Country Platform, News & Events

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 …

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Action research on Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR): Ghana’s experience

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

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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Ethiopian report on piloting farmer-managed innovation funds

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities, Ethiopia Country Platform

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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