A regional workshop bringing together African Country Platforms (CPs) was held on 26–28 October 2020. It had originally been planned to be hosted by Prolinnova–Cameroon, but – because of the travel restrictions in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic – had to be held on the Zoom platform. The virtual workshop was organised and facilitated …
Ce rapport du projet de Promotion de l’innovation locale en Gestion de l’Eau dans l’Agriculture Familiale au Sahel (Proli-GEAFaSa) a pour but de partager sur l’avancement de la mise en œuvre des activités au cours de la première année. Ce projet financé par Misereor vise à améliorer la gestion de l’eau en agriculture familiale au …
Year 1 of the 3-year Misereor-funded project Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security (SULCI-FaNS) was completed in September 2020. Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya are engaged in strengthening the innovation capacities of small-scale farmers, particularly women and women’s groups, to improve food and nutrition …
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GLOBAL FARMER INNOVATION FAIR 2021 A VIRTUAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE LOCAL CREATIVITY OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS HOSTED BY PROLINNOVA + A GROWING CULTURE 10 – 11 FEBRUARY 2021 HERE IS THE SUMMARY BROCHURE WITH THE VIDEOS FROM THE EVENT! On 10–11 February 2021, Prolinnova and A Growing Culture (AGC) celebrated small-scale family farmers through the …
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As part of the regionalisation process within the Prolinnova network, two subregional coordinators (SRCs) were appointed part-time in Africa, with funding through the SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security) project. In the Eastern & Southern Africa subregion, Jacob Wanyama started work as the new SRC in June 2020, taking …
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1/ Prolinnova–Sudan Country Platform (CP) meeting Prolinnova–Sudan meeting in National Centre for Research (NCR) on 27–29 Oct 2017 in Khartoum (Photo: Ahmed Salem) Key Prolinnova guidelines presented by Amanuel Assefa, ESA coordinator on 28 Oct 2017 (Photo: Ahmed Salem) This meeting succeeeded in reactivating Prolinnova–Sudan and selecting the National Steering Committee and NCR as host …
The project NaviNut “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands” held its start-up workshop in early December 2020. It takes a transdisciplinary research approach: co-creating knowledge across different scientific disciplines and societal stakeholders. The German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) coordinates the work together with …
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In December 2020, Peter Gubbels – a Canadian living and working in northern Ghana – was selected by the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in West & Central Africa to take the seat for this subregion in the Prolinnova Oversight Group. He was nominated by the CP in northern Ghana. Peter is the Director for Action …
Prolinnova–Kenya (PK), in collaboration with World Neighbors and Inades Formation Kenya, celebrated a Farmer innovation Fair that was hosted by the Makueni Local Steering Committee on 23 February 2019 at Kasikeu Market. The event was graced by 192 participants and seven organisations, both governmental and non-governmental. Under the day’s theme, “Creating opportunities through farmer-led innovations”, …
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International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) was celebrated in Nepal on 29 November 2020 using the Zoom platform. The virtual event was organised by the Institute for Social and Environmental Research–Nepal with sponsorship from Interscaff Safety Training Solution Pvt Ltd. As invited speaker, Mr Hari Bahadur KC, Joint Secretary in Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock …
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