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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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Climate Change, Innovation & Gender (CCIG)

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID

Prolinnova and the CGIAR Research Program on CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) are collaborating in exploring the linkages between innovation and climate-change mitigation and adaptation through a gender lens. This work involves a workshop to be held in Cambodia in April 2013 plus follow-on collaboration to support women smallholder farmers’ innovation in several …

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HAPID synthesis report

29. July 2025 / HAPID

The findings and outcomes of the HAPID action research were compiled in a synthesis report on Participatory Innovation Development in the face of HIV/AIDS, by co-authors Brigid Letty, Max Mudhara, Noma Shezi, Ronuald Rutazihana, Gilda Fafetine, Carolien Aantjes, Michael Loevinsohn & Ann Waters-Bayer.

Report on Local Innovation Support Funds in Tanzania

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

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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Experiences with farmer-managed innovation funds in Kenya

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

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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Prolinnova and CCAFS linking knowledge to action

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, News & Events

The Prolinnova international network, hosted by ETC Foundation, has entered into a partnership with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) to explore approaches that enhance knowledge-to-action linkages among actors in agricultural innovation systems. The initiative, in collaboration with scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on behalf of CCAFS, …

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Rockefeller Foundation supports new initiative in eastern Africa: CLIC-SR

24. July 2022 / Climate Change & PID, News & Events

Drawing on its experiences of promoting farmer-led joint innovation, the international Prolinnova network is applying this approach in building local adaptive capacities and strengthening community resilience to change, including climate change (CC). Rockefeller Foundation has approved a proposal by the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for a 3-year project that aims to:  …

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FAIR in Kenya: County workshops for local fund management committees

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

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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McKnight Foundation workshop – LISF as social innovation

24. July 2022 / Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds / Facilities

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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Sharing LISF experiences at Coady Institute, Canada

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

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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