Agrecol Association welcomes Prolinnova–Kenya in Germany

15. October 2022 / News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Immediately after attending the Tropentag 2022 conference in Prague, Czech Republic, three Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) partners travelled to Radebeul near Dresden, Germany, to join a weekend workshop of Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology. These were Rebecca Dero, farmer innovator from Kisimu County; Vincent Mariadho, PK coordinator, at World Neighbors, Nairobi; and Hussein Wario, Director of …

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About Gender & PID

17. December 2022 / Gender & PID

Despite frequent gender-sensitivity training given to staff members of agricultural research and development (ARD) organisations, many of them still seem to regard agriculture – growing crops / trees and keeping livestock – as primarily the domain of men. Still today, most scientists in research stations, teachers at universities or agricultural colleges, and advisors in agricultural …

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About the Kenya Country Platform

11. January 2023 / Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) is a network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government research and extension organisations, farmer organisations, universities and community-based organisations (CBOs). It came together to provide a multistakeholder platform (MSP) to learn about promoting farmer-led innovation processes. This was initiated in 2007 with the goals to recognise the dynamics of indigenous knowledge and to enhance …

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About the Prolinnova-Ghana platform

14. March 2023 / Ghana Country Platform

Development organisations and researchers working in rural communities have often failed to base their intervention technologies and approaches on small-scale farmers’ innovative capacities and active participation in the context of local production systems on which they have depended for decades for their livelihoods. Introduced technologies have often failed because they depend on high levels of …

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NaviNut partners at Tropentag 2022 conference in Prague

29. September 2022 / NaviNut Project, Benin Country Platform, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Prolinnova network members from Benin and Kenya involved in NaviNut, a project under the Prolinnova umbrella, took part in the Tropentag 2022 (TT22) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15–18 Sept 2022. The “Tropentag” (German for “Tropical Day”) is an annual international conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture and rural development. TT22 was …

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Prolinnova farmers speak at international Tropentag conference in Prague

29. September 2022 / Program Information and News, News & Events, Kenya Country Platform

Two farmers in the Prolinnova network were panellists in the opening plenary session of the Tropentag 2022 (TT22) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15–18 September 2022: Rebecca Dero, farmer innovator from Kenya, and Elisabeth Mpofu, member of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) in the seat for farmer organisations. They brought in their views as …

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How to use and manage the new Prolinnova Website using WordPress

23. April 2024 / information

Log in to WordPress: You can login on this page: https://prolinnova.net/wp-login.php If you don’t have a password but a username https://prolinnova.net/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword If you don’t have a username yet, request one here. Edit a Post: Find the post you want to edit, after being locked in. At the top you have to click the edit post …

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PID in water management: introduction

4. September 2023 / PID in water management

Voir la traduction française ci-dessous Introduction to Phase 2 of Proli-GEAFaSa The project ”Promoting local innovation in water management in family farming in the Sahel” (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel, Proli-GEAFaSa) ran from January 2020 to December 2022 in two West African countries of the international …

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