Regional Platforms

2022 report from Eastern & Southern Africa Prolinnova platform

11. June 2023 / Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events

The 2022 annual report on the activities of the Prolinnova subregional platform in Eastern and Southern Africa highlights the achievements, challenges and perspectives at both subregional and Country Platform levels. The achievements include identifying, documenting and sharing local innovation processes (and local innovations), facilitating farmer-led participatory innovation development, capacity strengthening, networking and fundraising. It also …

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Asian regional platform 2022 report

4. June 2023 / Asia & Pacific

This report provides an overview of activities that took place at the country and regional level in 2022 within the Prolinnova–Asia regional platform. The year was mainly focused on the re-establishment and activation of Country Platforms (CPs) in Cambodia, Nepal and South India. Efforts were also made to raise funds through concept note submission and …

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New POG member / Nouveau membre du POG : Franklin Avornyo, Ghana

31. May 2023 / West & Central Africa, News & Events

The Country Platforms (CPs) in West & Central Africa have elected a new person to take the seat for their region in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG): Franklin Avornyo from Ghana. Franklin is an animal nutrition scientist in the Animal Research Institute (ARI) under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Ghana. He …

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Proli-GEAFaSa project 2020–2022: rapport final / final report

16. May 2023 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform

Le rapport final du projet de Promotion de l’innovation locale en Gestion de l’Eau dans l’Agriculture Familiale au Sahel (Proli-GEAFaSa) a pour but de partager l’information sur le déroulement des activités clefs du projet au fil des trois années d’activité (janvier 2020–décembre 2022) de même que les principales leçons apprises pour les projets futurs. Proli-GEAFaSa …

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Innovative Water Management Forum in Senegal / Forum sur la gestion innovante de l’eau au Sénégal

7. April 2023 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

Innovative Water Management Forum in Senegal On 30–31 January 2023, the Proli-GEAFaSa (Promoting local innovation in water management in family farming in the Sahel) project held a forum in Thiès, Senegal, on agricultural water management in the Sahel to provide space for different actors in research and advisory services to discuss their role in processes …

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SULCI-FaNS project in Africa completed!

13. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Burkina Faso Country Platform, Cameroon, Ghana Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

The 3-year “Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security” (SULCI-FaNS) ran from 1 October 2019 to 30 November 2022, with funding from Misereor/KZE Germany. The project aimed to strengthen the innovative capacities of rural communities, particularly of women, and to increase local resilience to change. It also contributed to building platforms …

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African Partners Workshop + SULCI-FaNS/Proli-GEAFaSa workshops Oct 2022

23. July 2025 / NaviNut Project, West & Central Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, Eastern & Southern Africa, PID in water management, News & Events

On 10–14 October 2022, the biennial Prolinnova African Partners Workshop (AfPW) was held back-to-back with the final workshops of the Proli-GEAFaSa and SULCI-FaNS projects. Prolinnova–Kenya, coordinated by World Neighbors, hosted the three events. Also representatives from the NaviNut project in Benin were invited to join the AfPW in Kenya; this provided an opportunity for exchange …

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New Subregional Coordinator in West & Central Africa / Nouveau coordinator sous-régional en Afrique occidentale et centrale !

2. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, News & Events

Kouété Paul Jimmy is the new Prolinnova Subregional Coordinator (SRC) for West & Central Africa (WCA) as of 1 March 2023. His position is paid out of the new ELI-FaNS (Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition) project funded through Misereor/KZE (Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid), Germany. He will …

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Misereor approves ELI-FaNS project in Africa!

18. February 2023 / West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, Innovation in Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS / ELI-FaNS, News & Events, Ghana Country Platform

A new 3-year project “Expanding the promotion of local innovation for food security and healthy nutrition to strengthen resilience with a focus on women” (ELI-FaNS) has been approved by Misereor/KZE (Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid), Germany. Starting in January 2023, it involves five Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) – in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya …

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