Mitiku Haile, founder of and professor at Mekelle University, Ethiopia – and a very early member of the Prolinnova network, still a member to this day – has been awarded the 2021 World Agriculture Prize by the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA).
Mitiku has been active in incorporating participatory approaches into agricultural education, as documented in a couple of papers on the Prolinnova website:
- Learning for sustainability: incorporating participatory approaches into education for rural development in Ethiopia and Tanzania, Chapter 31 in Farmer Innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development, eds Reij C & Waters-Bayer A (London: Earthscan), pp 331–346 (2001)
- Clapping with two hands: bringing together local and and outside knowledge for innovation in land husbandry in Tanzania & Kenya, Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 7 (3): 133–142 (2001).
