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Ann Hollemann, a researcher linked to the Centre for International Studies of the Free University of Amsterdam, just finalised her mostly web-based study to explore the extent to which Prolinnova type of concepts and approaches (related to IK, local innovation and PID) are referred to in academic studies as well as in projects and websites of …

Results of Prolinnova mainstreaming efforts at international level studied! Read More »

Beyene Tedla from the Local Seed Business (LSB) Project at Mekelle University in Tigray, Ethiopia, attended the AgKnowledge Share Fair organised by ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) in Addis Ababa in late October 2010. There, he took part in various focus groups, such as on collaborative writing, social media, documenting farmers’ knowledge, and women and …

U of Mekelle / Prolinnova–Ethiopia at AgKnowledge Share Fair! Read More »

This is the third in a series of booklets that collect experiences of Prolinnova partners from diverse countries in promoting participatory agricultural research and development in ways that enhance local innovation capacities. The nine case studies in the booklet describe how Prolinnova partners have tried to bring different stakeholders – scientists, extensionists, development agents and …

Booklet on farmer-led joint research published Read More »

On 23-24 September 2010, 41 participants (15 women and 26 men) gathered in Yaoundé in a workshop for the launching and planning  of the platform for local farmer-led innovation. The key outcomes of the workshop were: The NGO COSADER has been nominated as spearhead of the platform. A  reflection group with 5 NGOs was formed around COSADER. …

Inception workshop to build Prolinnova-Cameroon from 23-24 September 2010! Read More »

  This month Femke van der Lee, until recently MSc student at Wageningen University and Research, finalised her report on the study of policy change processes in the Limpopo Province of South Africa towards integration of participatory approaches in theory and practice: Actors, Politics and Narratives: Policy Change Processes in the Limpopo Department of Agriculture. …

MSc Study published on experiences in South Africa in changing policies towards acceptance of PID! Read More »

Prolinnova partners in Bolivia, Ethiopia and Nepal jointly produced an issue paper in the GTZ series People, Food and Biodiversity, as part of the sector project Sustainable Management of Resources in Agriculture, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (www.gtz.de/en/themen/umwelt-infrastruktur/18501.htm). Entitled “Promoting local innovation in managing agricultural biodiversity”, it …

Fundamentals of agrobiodiversity: promoting local innovation Read More »

The 2011 Prolinnova International Partners Workshop took place 21–27 March 2011 in Tanzania, with the Prolinnova-Tanzania National Steering Committee and coordinating NGO PELUM-Tanzania hosting the event.

IIRR and ETC (Prolinnova Secretariat) conducted a training course on participatory monitoring and evaluation for 23 of its partners based in 2 countries in Asia (Nepal and Cambodia) and 9 countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania). Six of the 23 participants are female. There are 20 partner organizations …

IIRR joins ETC in Conducting a Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Training for Prolinnova Partners Read More »

2023 IPW + ELI-FaNS + Proli-GEAFaSa workshops report (22-27 Oct, Polokwane. South Africa) 2023 compilation of PPT presentations in Polokwane 2021 – 2022 Prolinnova international progress report (Nov 2023) 2022 Prolinnova Africa Partners Workshop + SULCI-FaNS + Proli-GEAFaSa workshop report (10-14 Oct, Nairobi, Kenya) Main report in English and French Compilation of presentations 2021 SULCI-FaNS …

Prolinnova network reports Read More »