Regional Platforms

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

  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

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

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

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

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 He has been replaced by Brigid Letty from South Africa.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

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

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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Subregional taskforce leaders in Africa

As part of the process of regionalisation of the Prolinnova network, subregional taskforces have been created in Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA) and in West & Central Africa (WCA). These taskforces recently agreed on who will coordinate the interaction within each taskforce and with the respective subregional coordinator, Amanuel Assefa and Georges Djohy, in order …

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West & Central Africa coordinator’s contribution to Proli-FaNS Year 2

In the 2nd year of implementing the “Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FaNS) project (August 2017 – July 2018), the Prolinnova Platform for West & Central Africa (WCA) played its part in seeking to achieve the overall objectives of the project. In this report in French and English, the Subregional Coordinator (SRC) for WCA recalls the …

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