The Farmer-led Research Network (FaReNe) project is a joint project of Prolinnova partners in Burkina Faso and Mali with financial support from the McKnight Foundation and technical support from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), host of the Prolinnova international secretariat. It looks at how best to organise and use farmer-led innovation approaches, such as Participatory Innovation Development (PID), Local Innovation Support Facility/Fund (LISF) and farmer networking, and how these can contribute to agro-ecological intensification. ADAF-Gallè, the host organisation of the Country Platform in Mali, hosted a writeshop for partners from both countries in late 2018. The team in Burkina Faso, coordinated by World Neighbors Burkina, produced the following three documents on their past three years of experiences with PID, LISFs and farmer-led research networks:
- L’importance des processus d’expérimentation conjointe dans l’intensification agro-écologique : deux cas d’expérimentations conjointes de technologies agricoles dans la commune de Manni et de gestion des ressources environnementales dans la commune de Gomponsom au Burkina Faso
- Vers un mécanisme de financement innovant pour la promotion de l’innovation paysanne: mise en oeuvre du Fonds d’appui à l’Innovation Locale dans la zone du projet FaReNe au Burkina Faso
- Réseaux des Paysans Innovateurs et intensification agro-écologique : du renforcement des réseaux à la promotion de l’intensification agro-écologique au Burkina Faso
The Burkina team also arranged translation of the three documents into English:
