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GFAR Talks: Can higher education meet farmers’ needs?

2. March 2023 21. March 2023 / Integrating PID into education, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

In the GFAR Talks session online on 1 March 2023, Vincent Mariadho from Prolinnova–Kenya explained Prolinnova’s perspective on how universities can meet small-scale farmers’ needs by integrating the approach of recognising local innovation and facilitating farmer-led participatory research engaging university students and staff. Vincent discussed with Jim French, Secretary General of GCHERA (Global Confederation of …

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SULCI-FaNS project in Africa completed!

13. February 2023 13. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS / Proli-SAM, Burkina Faso Country Platform, Cameroon, Ghana Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

The 3-year “Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security” (SULCI-FaNS) ran from 1 October 2019 to 30 November 2022, with funding from Misereor/KZE Germany. The project aimed to strengthen the innovative capacities of rural communities, particularly of women, and to increase local resilience to change. It also contributed to building platforms …

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African Partners Workshop + SULCI-FaNS/Proli-GEAFaSa workshops Oct 2022

2. February 2023 23. July 2025 / NaviNut Project, West & Central Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS / Proli-SAM, Eastern & Southern Africa, PID in water management, News & Events

On 10–14 October 2022, the biennial Prolinnova African Partners Workshop (AfPW) was held back-to-back with the final workshops of the Proli-GEAFaSa and SULCI-FaNS projects. Prolinnova–Kenya, coordinated by World Neighbors, hosted the three events. Also representatives from the NaviNut project in Benin were invited to join the AfPW in Kenya; this provided an opportunity for exchange …

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Prolinnova–Ghana NSC meeting with field visit

30. December 2022 8. April 2023 / Ethnovet Project, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS / Proli-SAM, Ghana Country Platform

The November 2022 meeting of the National Steering Committee (NSC) of Prolinnova–Ghana included two days of field visits to the Walewale and Bongo action-learning sites before the actual meeting was held at the office of ACDEP, the host organisation for the Country Platform. The field visits gave NSC members an opportunity to see Prolinnova activities …

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Local innovation: How to teach and what to teach (Nepali version)

24. December 2022 11. January 2023 / Integrating PID into teaching material & curricula, Integrating PID into education, Nepal Country Platform

Guidelines in Nepali on how to integrate teaching about local innovation into school curricula: Sthaniya-anweshan_1-merged

Misereor approves ELI-FaNS project in Africa!

21. December 2022 18. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS / Proli-SAM, Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

A new 3-year project “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) has been approved by Misereor/KZE (Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid), Germany. Starting in January 2023, it involves five Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) – in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya …

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2022 quarterly reports on Proli-GEAFaSa project

19. December 2022 19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform

Rapports trimestriels sur le projet Proli-GEAFaSa 2022 Ces rapports portent sur les activités qui ont été mise en oeuvre au cours des trois premiers trimestres de l’Année 3 du projet « Promotion de l’Innovation Locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel » (Proli-GEAFaSa), qui a démarré en janvier 2020 au Burkina …

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Catalogues d’innovations locales dans la gestion de l’eau / Catalogues of local innovation in water management

18. December 2022 19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

Les partenaires du projet Proli-GEAFaSa (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel), financé par Misereor, ont produit deux catalogues : l’un présentant 25 innovations locales développées par des paysans au Burkina Faso et l’autre présentant 25 innovations développées par des paysans au Sénegal. The partners in the Misereor-funded …

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NaviNut partners at Tropentag 2022 conference in Prague

29. September 2022 29. September 2022 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova network members from Benin and Kenya involved in NaviNut, a project under the Prolinnova umbrella, took part in the Tropentag 2022 (TT22) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15–18 Sept 2022. The “Tropentag” (German for “Tropical Day”) is an annual international conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture and rural development. TT22 was …

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Local food fair for joint learning on child nutrition

24. August 2022 24. April 2024 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events

An article on “Local food fair for joint learning on child nutrition“, reporting on work in the NaviNut project in northern Benin, was published in June 2022 in the Appropriate Technology magazine.