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Celebrating International Farmer Innovation Day 2015

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

IIRR-Philippines, the coordinating NGO of Prolinnova-Philippines, organised two activities to encourage farmers to learn from each other: 17 farmers from Guinayangan, Quezon, took part in a “roving workshop” with a special emphasis on coffee and cacao production, and 70 farmers took part in a “farmer learning event” in which farmer trainers shared innovations in livestock management. See the report …

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Prolinnova presented at migration conference in Malta

24. July 2022 / News & Events

The strong flows of migrants into Europe have raised awareness of the need to promote economic opportunities and development in the Global South in order to address the root causes of displacement and migration. For its 2015 Annual Conference, the Malta National Contact Point of the European Migration Network invited a presentation of Prolinnova’s work with …

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Prolinnova partnership with Access Agriculture

24. July 2022 / News & Events

The Prolinnova network recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Access Agriculture, an international non-governmental organisation registered in Kenya with a global mandate to promote the sharing of videos in support of sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in developing countries. Prolinnova and Access Agriculture will collaborate in promoting the production, translation, distribution and use …

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Prolinnova-Ethiopia brings out new book on farmer innovation

24. July 2022 / News & Events

Best Practice Association (BPA) and the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) have compiled descriptions of innovative practices developed by small-scale farmers in the book “Best practices of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia”. The stories give recognition to and celebrate the innovative capacity of Ethiopian farmers and are meant to inspire other farmers as well as professionals …

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Farmer Innovation Fair in Bolivia

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

The National Meeting of Farmer Innovators was held on 4 December 2015 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A total of 45 innovations were selected. The fair was attended by 51 innovators, 38 stands from six departments: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi,Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. The event began at 10:30 a.m. with a Forum. Elizabeth Vargas, representing Prolinnova-Bolivia, presented the Prolinnova netowrk, its approach Participatory …

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Can grassroots innovation bring global solutions?

24. July 2022 / News & Events

This was the topic of a Global Discourse in September 2015 at the Centre for Development Research (CDR) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria. The discussants were Ann Waters-Bayer from Prolinnova/KIT and international consultant Lemlem Sissay Fetene, moderated by Birgit Habermann from CDR/BOKU. A summary of the discussion …

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Prolinnova at Workshop on Mobilising Youth in CGIAR Research Programs

24. July 2022 / Youth and PID, News & Events

The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the African Development Bank and the CGIAR Consortium organised a workshop on 8-9 September 2015 in Montpellier, France, on “Mobilizing Youth within Phase 2 CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs)”. One member of the Prolinnova International Secretariat, Ingrid Flink, took part in this meeting, representing both the Prolinnova network and the Royal Tropical …

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Prolinnova at WRF Global Conference on Family Farming

30. October 2022 / News & Events

During the 5th Global Conference “Let’s Build the Future: Family Farming” organised by the World Rural Forum (WRF) on 21–23 September 2015 in Bilbao, a roundtable on linking family-farmer organisations and research centres was held. This gave attention to the relevance of identifying, documenting and facilitating farmer-led innovation processes. The roundtable was moderated by Robin …

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LINEX-CCA project completed!!

24. July 2022 / Local INnovation and EXperimentation, News & Events

The 3-year LINEX-CCA project supported by Misereor in the group of three Asian countries – Cambodia, India and Nepal – was completed in December 2014. The Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in these three countries were engaged in facilitating local innovation and experimentation as a means of helping smallholder farmers adapt to climate change. Women’s innovation was a …

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Four POG members attend GFAR Constituent Assembly

24. July 2022 / News & Events

Four members of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), each representing his/her regional constituency, took part in the Constituent Assembly of the GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 24–26 August 2015:  Sonali Bisht (Asian NGOs and member of the GFAR Steering Committee on behalf of NGOs) Esther Penunia (Asian farmer organisations …

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