The Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS) project funded by Misereor under the German Government’s “One World No Hunger” initiative is being implemented in five African countries in the Prolinnova network. Three of them – Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya – are anglophone and two of them – Burkina Faso and Cameroon – …
Anglophone Proli-FaNS training in PID in Nairobi Read More »
The Quakers United Nations Office (QUNO) invited Prolinnova to participate in a global consultation on the role of the public sector in supporting small-scale farmers and agricultural biological diversity. This is the first in a series called “Dialogue to Action “ (DtA) that QUNO is organising with the goals of: a) Raising awareness amongst national …
A subregional training was held for francophone partners in the Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security (Proli–FaNS) project. This project, funded by Misereor/KZE (Germany), is being implemented by Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Cameroon. It aims to develop the innovative capacities of rural communities, particularly women, to …
After discussions in an Open-Space session at the Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW) in June 2015, partners agreed to invite “Friends of Prolinnova” to support the network in improving multistakeholder partnerships, strategy development, fundraising and public relations. This group complements and reinforces the guidance given by the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) to the network, without …
In order to stimulate policymakers and practitioners to recognise farmer innovation in agricultural research and development (ARD), partners in the Prolinnova network have been developing and using various methods and tools for advocacy and lobbying. One of these is the Farmer Innovation Fair. These guidelines reflect the network’s experiences in organising and hosting such fairs, with a …
Some guidelines for organising a Farmer Innovation Fair Read More »
During the Proli-FaNS inception workshop in 2016, the participants from the five Country Platforms involved (in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya) brainstormed about criteria for identifying and prioritising local innovations to be documented and used as entry points for farmer-led participatory research in the coming three years. See the file (in English and …
Criteria for identifying innovations in Proli-FaNS project Read More »
Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security” (Proli-FANS) is a 3-year project being implemented by Prolinnova Country Platforms (CPs) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya with funding from Misereor/Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid through a grant from the “One World No Hunger” (SEWOH) initiative of the German Government. The Association of …
The Country Platform in Mozambique has been facilitating farmer-to-farmer sharing about local innovations with the support of the Catalonian NGO CIC-batá in Spain. Some of these activities in 2015 are described in this brief annual report in Portuguese and English.
Traduction française ci-dessous New (3rd) project : ELI-FaNS (1 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2025) Current ELI-FaNS CP-level coordinators / Coordinateurs actuels d’ELI-FaNS au niveau CP : Benin: (Ms) Nicole Sarah (sanitah04@yahoo.fr) Burkina Faso: Siaka Bangali (siakabangali@yahoo.fr) Ghana: Samuel Atia Ayamga (samuelatiaa@gmail.com) Kenya: Vincent Mariadho (mariadhovincent@yahoo.com) South Africa: Richard Chuene (chuener@agric.limpopo.gov.za) Overall project coordinator / …
Prolinnova contributed a feature article on small-scale farmer innovation for sustainable agriculture to the December 2016 edition of Palawija Forum, published by the Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The article discusses the importance and advantages of participatory innovation development as …
Prolinnova featured in Palawija Forum, CAPSA-UNESCAP Read More »
