New Prolinnova Subregional Coordinators in Africa

From the over 150 candidates that applied to be Subregional Coordinator (SRC) of Prolinnova activities in Africa, the two personsselected by the Country Platforms in the respective subregions and the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) were Amanuel Assefa forthe Eastern & Southern Africa subregion and Georges Djohy for the West & Central Africa subregion.     …

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Development outcomes of local innovation in Sri Lanka & Vietnam

Members of the Prolinnova International Support Team (IST) were responsible for two case studies conducted in 2016 as part of a wider study on “Development Outcomes of Local Innovation” (DOLI) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). These were cases selected from the earlier desk-study by Prolinnova: “Study on impacts of farmer-led research …

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New Prolinnova Country Platform in Timor Leste

The Prolinnova Oversight Group welcomes Timor Leste (East Timor) as a new Country Platform within the Prolinnova community of practice as of May 2017. The CP comprises NGOs, government agencies and two universities. The host NGO – RAEBIA (Resilient Agriculture and Economy through Biodiversity in Action) – grew out of work supported by USC–Canada for …

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Proli-FaNS launched in Bongo District of Upper East Region of Ghana

The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Catholic Diocesan Development Office (NABOCADO), in collaboration with the Association of Church-based Development projects (ACDEP), has launched a three-year project in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region to promote local innovation for food and nutrition security (Proli-FaNS) under the umbrella of the international Prolinnova network. The project will focus on developing …

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Rapport annuel 2016

L’année 2016 a connu plusieurs activités par la plateforme nationale Prolinnova-Cameroun : La participation aux rencontres internationales L’identification des innovations paysannes La célébration de la journée de l’innovation paysanne. Lisez le rapport d’activités en detail ici.

Proli-FaNS partners meeting

Partners from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya in the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project met in Tamale, Ghana, immediately after the 2017 Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW). Both events were hosted by ACDEP (Association of Church-based Development Projects), which coordinates the Prolinnova-Ghana multistakeholder platform and the Proli-FaNS project. …

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Documentation and dissemination of innovations for climate change adaptation and mitigation

This was conducted largely through implementation of targeted participatory processes involving key stakeholders at community, local and national levels, as part of activity implementation under the CLIC–SR project. Consequently, the following publications were generated and disseminated: A booklet of innovations for climate change adaptation and mitigation; Policy brief on innovations for climate change adaptation and …

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Prolinnova–Uganda’s update for 2016

Prolinnova–Uganda gives an update on its work in completing the CLIC–SR work in 2016, including two examples of farmer-led joint experimentation that were documented as case studies. Also a booklet and a policy brief were published on innovations for climate change adaptation in Uganda. Numerous dialogues with policy- and decision-makers in research, academia, government and …

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