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New in POG: Elizabeth Mpofu, Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum

4. August 2022 6. August 2022 / News & Events

Ms Elizabeth Mpofu (eliz.mpofu@gmail.com), a family farmer who practises agroecology, has accepted the seat for farmer organisations in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG). Elizabeth is founder and former chairperson of the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF), based in Harare, and founding member of the African Women Collaborative for Healthy Food Systems. She served as International General …

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Two Prolinnova-Kenya articles in “Appropriate Technology”

14. July 2022 7. August 2022 / News & Events

In the June 2022 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine, there are two articles written by people involved in the Prolinnova network and related projects: “Local food fair for joint learning on child nutrition”, about a fair organised together with pastoralist and agropastoralist women by the NaviNut (https://www.prolinnova.net/navinut_project) project team in Kenya “UNDP approves Prolinnova-Kenya’s funding proposal” …

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Foire d’Innovation Paysanne juillet 2022

Prolinnova West & Central Africa a organisé une foire d’innovation paysanne à l’Hôtel de Ville de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, du 18 au 20 juillet 2022, avec une exposition d’innovations locales liées à la gestion de l’eau agricole au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso. Pour plus d’informations, consultez le poster. Prolinnova West & Central Africa held …

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SULCI-FaNS in first half of Year 3

28. June 2022 24. July 2022 / Food & Nutrition Security Proli-FaNS / SULCI-FaNS, News & Events

The SULCI-FaNS project funded by Misereor and coordinated by ACDEP (Ghana) is in its third and final year. The semi-annual progress report highlighs the activities and acheivements in the first half of Year 3, the period from October 2021 to March 2022. The project partners in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya are now working …

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Rapport annuel 2021 / annual report 2021 Mali

23. June 2022 24. July 2022 / Mali Country Platform

Le rapport annuel de Prolinnova–Mali décrit plusieurs activités réalisées en 2021 à travers deux projets à savoir : « Promouvoir l’expérimentation et l’innovation paysannes pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et la conservation des ressources au Sahel » (PROFEIS) et « Projet de renforcement des réseaux de recherche dirigés par les agriculteurs pour améliorer l’innovation locale » (FaReNe, acronyme anglais). PROFEIS …

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Scaling up innovation to better integrate women’s empowerment & nutrition in agroecology in Senegal

16. June 2022 24. July 2022 / Senegal Country Platform

A consortium involving the Prolinnova–Senegal partner organisations Agrecol-Afrique and AgriBio Services, coordinated by Groundswell International, developed the project “Scaling up innovation to integrate nutrition and women’s empowerment into advisory services supporting agroecology in Senegal”. From the more than 50 proposals submitted to the GIZ Innovation Challenge 2021, the Senegal proposal was one of six finalists …

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Mitiku Haile, Mekelle University, awarded 2021 World Agriculture Prize !

15. June 2022 24. July 2022 / News & Events

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 …

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Vidéo « Projet OKP/TMT+ – Innovation local » (12 min)

1. June 2022 24. July 2022 / Benin Country Platform, News & Events

Cette vidéo résume les réalisations et acquis du projet Orange Knowledge Programme Tailor-Made Training Plus (OKP/TMT+) au Bénin : « Renforcement de capacités des enseignants des lycées agricoles pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat social basé sur l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle » (2020–22). Ce projet financé par Nuffic a été mis en œuvre dans le cadre d’un …

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Catalogue d’innovations locales au Bénin / Catalogue of local innovations in Benin

30. May 2022 24. July 2022 / Benin Country Platform, News & Events

Ce « Catalogue d’innovations locales » est un produit du projet financé par Nuffic « Renforcement de capacités des enseignants des lycées agricoles pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat social basé sur l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle » (2020–22). Le projet a été réalisé dans le nord du Bénin par la Faculté d’agronomie de l’Université de Parakou (Bénin), l’Institut …

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Study visit by PID trainees from Sudan & South Sudan to Kenya

27. May 2022 24. July 2022 / Sudan Country Platform, Kenya Country Platform

For professionals in two universities in Sudan and South Sudan, Nuffic (Netherlands) is supporting tailor-made training in farmer-led participatory innovation development (PID), an approach that puts small-scale farmers at the centre of the research and development process. In order to facilitate practical learning about PID, the trainees were hosted by Prolinnova–Kenya to visit its Kisumu …

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