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Local innovations identified for food & nutrition security

24. July 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events

Supporting local innovation is key to improving food and nutrition of small-scale farmers in Africa  Under the “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project that was implemented from October 2016 to September 2019 in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya, with funding from Misereor, Germany, the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in …

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Inception workshops for two new Prolinnova projects

30. October 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events

Participants in SULCI-FaNS inception workshop in Centre Mampuya, Senegal (Photo: Urban Fraefel) Two new Prolinnova projects have been approved by the German development-support organisation Misereor / KZE (Katholische Zentralstelle e.V. / Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid) – namely, SULCI-FaNs (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, …

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New Prolinnova Country Platform in Zimbabwe!

30. October 2022 / News & Events

In November 2019, the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) approved the application of a multistakeholder group in Zimbabwe to be recognised as a Country Platform (CP) in the Prolinnova Community of Practice. The group includes people from the network PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land Use Management) Zimbabwe, the NGO Cluster Agriculture Development Services (CADS), the NGO The …

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Prolinnova at SKI agroecology workshop in Zambia

24. July 2022 / Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events

Prolinnova was invited to join a workshop held by SKI (Seed & Knowledge Initiative) in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2019 on “Advancing the practice of agroecology in Southern Africa”. The workshop aimed to increase understanding of agroecology and decide where SKI should focus to increase its impact in the region. SKI is a regional initiative that …

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Prolinnova completes Yr 3 of Proli-FaNS – and starts Yr 1 of SULCI-FaNS

24. July 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events

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. …

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Ann Waters-Bayer receives lifetime achievement award from German Council for Tropical & Subtropical Agricultural Research

7. August 2022 / News & Events

Award ceremony in Kassel – the man on the left, Christian Huelsebusch, made for Ann the statue of a Fulani woman with cow Our heartiest congratulations to Ann!! Ann Waters-Bayer, a co-founder of Prolinnova and a longstanding and indefatigable member of the International Support Team, received a lifetime achievement award from the German Council for …

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Summary of activities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon & Mali in 2018

24. July 2022 / News & Events

The Subregional Coordinator for West & Central Africa, Georges Djohy, has made a summary of the annual reports of three of the Country Platforms (CPs) in the subregion: Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mali. The summary highlights the key activities implemented by the CPs, the challenges they dealt with, and their perspectives with respect to promoting …

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Agrecol: Northern Focal Point of Prolinnova network

13. June 2023 / News & Events

During the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) meeting and the International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Senegal in mid-May 2019, the Prolinnova network agreed to ask Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology to serve as the Northern Focal Point (NFP) for the network. The POG felt that Agrecol would be a very suitable “home” for the NFP, …

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IPW 2019 + Proli-FaNS annual meeting in Senegal

28. December 2022 / News & Events

The International Partners Workshop (IPW) 2019 and the third annual partners meeting of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project were held on 13–17 May 2019 in Centre Mampuya / Sahel Vert near Toubab Dialaw in Senegal. It was hosted by Agrecol Afrique, the NGO that coordinates the Prolinnova Country Platform …

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Once in the Prolinnova family… always in the Prolinnova family…

24. July 2022 / Nepal Country Platform, News & Events

Dharma Dangol has been an active member of Prolinnova-Nepal from its inception. He was also the Country Platform (CP) coordinator in the period during which the CP secretariat was hosted by the Natural History Museum of the Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. Dharma retired in April this year but is committed to continuing the work of …

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