The first meeting of the partners of the Proli-GEAFaSa project was hosted by the Country Platform (CP) in Burkina Faso on 1–3 April 2021. This Misereor-funded project covers two Prolinnova CPs in West Africa (Burkina Faso and Senegal) and aims to promote local innovation in water management in family farming. Workshop participants were the national …
Sharad Rai is not a stranger to Prolinnova. He joined Prolinnova–Nepal in 2005 representing Practical Action and was an active member of the National Working Group (NWG). Sharad was involved in identifying and documenting farmer innovation and supporting farmer-led joint research in Nepal. During his time in the NWG, he developed guidelines for Participatory Innovation Development …
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Ce rapport 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 sur l’avancement de la mise en œuvre des activités au cours de la première année. Ce projet financé par Misereor vise à améliorer la gestion de l’eau en agriculture familiale au …
Rapports trimestriels sur le projet Proli-GEAFaSa 2020 Ces rapports portent sur les activités qui ont été mise en oeuvre au cours des trois premiers trimestres de l’Année 1 du projet de 3 ans « Promotion de l’Innovation Locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel » (Proli-GEAFaSa), qui a démarré en janvier …
The McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crops Research Program made a one-page “Research to Impacts Map” to describe the achievements of the FaReNe project in the first phase (2015–19). It summarises the project as follows: “The project aims to strengthen and support farmer-led research networks in which smallholders lead joint experimentation for agroecological intensification (AEI) building on …
As part of the regionalisation process within the Prolinnova network, two subregional coordinators (SRCs) were appointed part-time in Africa, with funding through the SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security) project. In the Eastern & Southern Africa subregion, Jacob Wanyama started work as the new SRC in June 2020, taking …
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Jacob Barasa Wanyama has been selected as the new Prolinnova Subregional Coordinator (SRC) in Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA). He took over from Brigid Letty from South Africa on 1 June 2020; Brigid mentored him throughout the month of June. He is coordinating the subregional activities of the Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Ethiopia, Kenya, …
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The annual report for 2019 from the subregional platform in Eastern & Southern Africa covers activities undertaken by the 8 Country Platforms (CPs) in the subregion: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe, as well as activities at subregional level. These were related to workshops and networking, backstopping of CPs, strengthening the structure and …
Prolinnova is seeking a new coordinator (part-time) in Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA). The key responsibility is to coordinate the setting up and operation of the ESA subregional platform for mutual learning and joint action in promoting local innovation and farmer-led participatory research and development, particularly within institutions of agricultural research, advisory services and …
Vacancy: Subregional coordinator in Eastern & Southern Africa Read More »
Abdel-Karim Ali Mahamane is the new Prolinnova Subregional Coordinator (SRC) for West & Central Africa as of 1 April 2020. His position is paid out of two projects funded through Misereor/KZE (Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid) in Germany: SULCI-FaNS (Scaling Up Local Capacity to Innovate in Food and Nutrition Security) and Proli-GEAFaSa (Promoting local …
