Kouété Paul Jimmy, Subregional Coordinator in West & Central Africa (jimmykouetepaul@yahoo.fr)
In its 2016–20 strategy, the Prolinnova network decided to create regional and subregional platforms of country-level multistakeholder networks (“Country Platforms”). The West & Central Africa (WCA) Subregional Platform includes the Country Platforms in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and Senegal and is open to other Prolinnova Country Platforms that may become active again, such as …
The 6th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW 2023) was held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 5–11 November, co-hosted by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development and the Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS). The AAEW is a biennial flagship event of the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), which brings participants …
Prolinnova participation in 6th AFAAS Extension Week 2023 Read More »
The Prolinnova West & Central Africa Subregional Platform is happy to announce its 2022 annual report, which highlights the achievements, challenges and perspectives at both subregional and country-platform level. These include the identification, documentation and sharing of local innovations as well as participatory innovation development (PID) processes, capacity strengthening, networking and fundraising. It also describes …
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 …
New POG member / Nouveau membre du POG : Franklin Avornyo, Ghana Read More »
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 …
Proli-GEAFaSa project 2020–2022: rapport final / final report Read More »
Paul Jimmy, the new SRC in West & Central Africa, was introduced in the March 2023 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: Prolinnova names new Subregional Coordinator for West & Central Africa (pp22–23).
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 …
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 …
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 …
African Partners Workshop + SULCI-FaNS + Proli-GEAFaSa workshops Oct 2022 Read More »
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 …
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 …
