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FaReNE writeshop in Mali documents 3 years of experience

31. January 2019 30. October 2022 / FaReNe, News & Events

The Farmer-led Research Network (FaReNe) project is a joint project of Prolinnova partners in Burkina Faso and Mali with financial support from the McKnight Foundation and technical support from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), host of the Prolinnova international secretariat. It looks at how best to organise and use farmer-led innovation approaches, such as Participatory …

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African farmer innovation in biopesticides against fall armyworm

10. January 2019 24. July 2022 / Tanzania Country Platform, Ethiopia Country Platform, News & Events

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda, FAW) has recently appeared in Africa, where it is threatening food security, as it infests maize, which is a staple crop in many countries. Farmer innovators in Ethiopia and Tanzania (among surely many others) are trying out different ways to combat this new pest. The 4-page report “Towards farmer-led bio-management of …

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Seeking external evaluator of Proli-FaNS project!

20. December 2018 24. July 2022 / News & Events

The Association of Church-based Development Projects (ACDEP), the Ghanaian NGO that is coordinating the implementation of the project “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS), is seeking the services of a consultant to conduct an end-of-project evaluation. The terms of reference, deadline and procedure for submission of expression of interest are indicated here. …

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Farmer-led innovation promoted at FAO symposium

24. November 2018 24. July 2022 / News & Events

The International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers on 21–23 November 2018 in Rome opened with recognition of innovation by small-scale farmers, when Anil Gupta from Honeybee put a spotlight on this in the first keynote address. In the panel on “Putting Family Farmers at the Centre” chaired by farmer confederation leader Fernando López …

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Subregional taskforce leaders in Africa

20. October 2018 30. October 2022 / West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events

As part of the process of regionalisation of the Prolinnova network, subregional taskforces have been created in Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA) and in West & Central Africa (WCA). These taskforces recently agreed on who will coordinate the interaction within each taskforce and with the respective subregional coordinator, Amanuel Assefa and Georges Djohy, in order …

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Exploring local innovation in animal health

1. October 2018 24. July 2022 / Burkina Faso Country Platform, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

In May 2018, Swiss scientists from TPA (Tropical and Public Health Institute) made a quick inventory of some local innovations in animal health treatments in Burkina Faso and Ghana with a view to studying their effectiveness in terms of health and productivity. TPA and the Prolinnova platforms in the two countries are exploring possible collaboration, focusing on anti-parasitic and …

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Poster on FaReNe project

22. September 2018 4. March 2024 / News & Events

A poster in French on the project “Renforcement des réseaux de recherche dirigés par les agriculteurs” / “Strengthening farmer-led research networks” (FaReNe) under the umbrella of the multistakeholder Prolinnova network can be found here.

Lionel Vigil from Peru named to Prolinnova Oversight Group

15. June 2018 24. July 2022 / News & Events

In May 2018, the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Bolivia and Peru named Lionel Vigil as the Andes representative in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG). Lionel holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands and degrees in education and health sciences from Peru. …

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Prolinnova–Kenya annual report 2017

28. May 2018 5. November 2022 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

In its 2017 annual report, Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) focuses mainly on its activities in the “Promoting Local Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project, in its second of three years. This builds on experiences of PK over previous years, e.g. in the FAIR and CLIC–SR initiatives under the Prolinnova umbrella, to show the value of …

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Proli-FaNS + African Regional Meeting in Nairobi

28. May 2018 24. July 2022 / News & Events

Participants in African Regional Workshop of Prolinnova partners, Nairobi, May 2018 (Photo: Loren Cardeli) As part of the regionalisation of Prolinnova outlined in the network’s 2016–20 strategy, the focus in 2018 is on strengthening the subregional and regional networks. On 22–23 May 2018, the five African Country Platforms (CPs) that are involved in the Proli-FaNS …

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