Regional Platforms

Vacancy: Subregional coordinator in Eastern & Southern Africa

14. August 2022 / Eastern & Southern Africa

  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 …

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

24. July 2022 / West & Central Africa

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 …

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Nouveau projet sur la gestion de l’eau en agriculture familiale / New project on water management in family farming

19. December 2022 / West & Central Africa, Burkina Faso Country Platform, PID in water management, Senegal Country Platform, News & Events

  Quelques participants à l’atelier de lancement de Proli-GEAFaSa / Some participants in the Proli-GEAFaSa inception workshop (Photo: AgriBio Services) Du 7 au 9 décembre 2019 s’est tenu au Centre Mampuya à Toubab Dialaw au Sénégal l’atelier de lancement du projet Proli-GEAFaSa (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au …

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Prolinnova at SKI agroecology workshop in Zambia

24. July 2022 / Eastern & Southern Africa, News & Events

Prolinnova was invited to join a workshop held by SKI (Seed & Knowledge Initiative) in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2019 on “Advancing the practice of agroecology in Southern Africa”. The workshop aimed to increase understanding of agroecology and decide where SKI should focus to increase its impact in the region. SKI is a regional initiative that …

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Prolinnova at SKI agroecology workshop in Zambia

24. July 2022 / Eastern & Southern Africa

Prolinnova was invited to join a workshop held by SKI (Seed & Knowledge Initiative) in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2019 on “Advancing the practice of agroecology in Southern Africa”. The workshop aimed to increase understanding of agroecology and decide where SKI should focus to increase its impact in the region. SKI is a regional initiative that …

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Summary of activities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon & Mali in 2018

24. July 2022 / West & Central Africa

The Subregional Coordinator for West & Central Africa, Georges Djohy, has made a summary of the annual reports of three of the Country Platforms (CPs) in the subregion: Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Mali. The summary highlights the key activities implemented by the CPs, the challenges they dealt with, and their perspectives with respect to promoting …

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ESAPP coordinator’s report April 2018-March 2019

24. July 2022 / Eastern & Southern Africa

The outgoing Subregional Coordinator (SRC) of the Eastern & Southern Africa Prolinnova Platform (ESAPP), Amanuel Assefa, reports on his activities in the period April 2018 – March 2019, until he resigned from the post because of his workload in other activities. He has been replaced by Brigid Letty from South Africa. His report highlights his …

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Prolinnova activities in the Andes 2018–19

24. July 2022 / Andes Regional Platform

In the Andes region, two Prolinnova Country Platforms are active – one in Bolivia, hosted by PRODII (Interdisciplinary Integrated Development Programme), and the other in Peru, hosted by World Neighbors. A one-page summary of their activities in 2018 until early 2019 can be found here.

Prolinnova-Bolivia report for 2018

24. July 2022 / Andes Regional Platform, Bolivia Country Platform

In 2018, Prolinnova–Bolivia partners were interested in the experiences of African Country Platforms in working with Local Innovation Support Funds/Facilities (LISFs). One of the partners, PRODII, arranged that documents on LISF be translated into Spanish, and the partners agreed to try out LISFs in Bolivia. World Neighbors drew up a proposal with a budget from …

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