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Prolinnova participates in 7th AFAAS Extension Week, 12–16 May 2025, Malawi

25. July 2025 / News & Events

The 7th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW 2025) was held in Lilongwe, Malawi, on 12–16 May, co-hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Malawian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (MaFAAS). The AAEW is a biennial flagship event of the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), which brings participants from across Africa and globally …

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Deadline extended: Farmer Field Schools Innovation Award 2025

25. July 2025 / News & Events

The FAO’s Global Farmer Field School Platform, in collaboration with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) and Prolinnova, are running an initiative to give recognition to the innovative capacity of farmers and other stakeholders associated with farmer field schools. Applications are open until 25 May 2025, and we look forward to receiving yours! …

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NaviNut action research featured in March 2025 issue of Appropriate Technology

23. July 2025 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

The highly collaborative approach taken by the NaviNut project in Benin and Kenya integrated the knowledge of agropastoralist women about caring for young children with the knowledge of local food processors and community healthworkers and the knowledge of African and German researchers in various disciplines. NaviNut engaged in action research in which the local women …

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Prolinnova articles in December 2024 issue of Appropriate Technology

23. July 2025 / South India Country Platform, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

Two Prolinnova articles were published in the December 2024 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Replicable innovation for rural farming: a solution to cassava harvesting challenges in Kerala and beyond, by James TJ & Stebin K (AT 51(4)). This can be found here. Sadia Issifu – farmer innovator and women’s banker in Walewale, North Ghana …

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Prolinnova showcased at 2024 South African Society of Agricultural Extension conference

22. July 2025 / News & Events, South Africa

The Limpopo Task Team from Prolinnova South Africa presented two posters at the South African Society for Agricultural Extension (SASAE) conference held in August 2024. This was an opportunity to showcase the joint experimentation work of the Country Platform with small-scale farmers. The poster about ethnoveterinary innovation can be found here while the one about …

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Another opportunity for institutionalising PID in Limpopo Province

11. March 2025 / Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events, South Africa

A farmer innovation day held in Limpopo Province at Mashite village in Ga-Mphahlele, Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality. The event was facilitated by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (LDARD), University of Limpopo (UL), University of Venda (UNIVEN) and the South African branch of the Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF SA) on …

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Prolinnova–Asia annual report for 2024

4. March 2025 / Asia & Pacific, Cambodia Country Platform, Nepal Country Platform, South India Country Platform, News & Events, Philippines Country Platform

This 4-page report provides an overview of activities that took place in the Asian Country Platforms (CPs) in Cambodia, Nepal, the Philippines and South India and at regional level in 2024 within the Prolinnova–Asia network. The year was mainly focused on re-activating the Nepal CP and ensuring continuing contact among the CPs in the region …

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Prolinnova participates in DeSIRA CONNECT Days Asia & the Pacific

22. February 2025 / Andes Regional Platform, Nepal Country Platform, News & Events

On behalf of the Prolinnova network, Suman Manandhar from Prolinnova–Nepal was invited to take part in the DeSIRA CONNECT Days Asia & the Pacific held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 14–16 January 2025. A total of 76 participants from 17 countries in the Asia–Pacific region joined the event. DeSIRA (Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture) is …

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