English text below Prolinnova–Bénin a été créée en mai 2021 – une idée de longue date qui a finalement pu être réalisée grâce au projet de « Renforcement de capacités des enseignants des lycées agricoles pour soutenir l’entrepreneuriat social basé sur l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle », mis en œuvre par l’Université de Parakou (UP) dans …
Prolinnova–Mozambique is a network that promotes local innovation in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management in Mozambique. The network builds on and scales up farmer-based approaches to development. It strives to stimulate and enhance partnerships among the various stakeholders in research and development, mainly among farmers, extension workers and researchers. Besides the eight National …
The Farmer-Led Innovation Network (FLIN) in the UK was accepted in April 2020 as the first Prolinnova Country Platform (CP) in the Global North. FLIN was set up in 2018 to share knowledge and experiences and provide a collective advocacy voice for farmers directly involved in these initiatives. Its main aim is to understand, learn …
About Prolinnova–South India Innovations and practices developed by farmers and local communities for addressing location-specific needs, based on practical knowledge and local resources, are gaining more and more importance and significance, especially in the present agrarian crises of climate change, agricultural biodiversity erosion and food insecurity. Prolinnova–South India, a multistakeholder platform formed in 2020, intends …
In November 2019, the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) approved our application to be recognised as a Country Platform (CP) in the Prolinnova Community of Practice. Our multistakeholder group includes people from the network PELUM (Participatory Ecological Land Use Management)–Zimbabwe, the NGO Cluster Agriculture Development Services (CADS), the NGO The Phiri Award (named after the renowned …
In 2005, the regional network Prolinnova–Andes (composed of partners in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador) was created to promote local innovation processes and to learn from each other about farmer-led participatory innovation development (PID). Since then, some activities at regional and national level were carried out, including two regional workshops in 2005 and 2008 and an …
Timor Leste Country Platform as of May 2017! At its meeting in May 2017, the Prolinnova Oversight Group approved the membership of Timor Leste (East Timor) as a new Country Platform within the Prolinnova community of practice. The CP comprises NGOs, government agencies and two universities. The host organisation – RAEBIA (Resilient Agriculture and Economy …
The Institute of Natural Resources (INR) is the facilitating NGO for Prolinnova-South Africa, which aims to build and strengthen partnerships between the various stakeholders involved in agricultural research and development in South Africa. The platform in South Africa was launched in 2004. Projects that have been undertaken by Prolinnova-South Africa have included: Farmer Access to …
Prolinnova-Cambodia is the national platform to promote local innovation in Cambodia and to enhance capacity of development practitioners and farmers in participatory innovation development (PID). Prolinnova-Cambodia builds day-to-day strong relationships between farmers, researchers and extensionists and empowers farmer-led experimentation in ecological agriculture and sustainable natural resource management. Prolinnova-Cambodia is composed of 21 institutions. They are …
]]> Le réseau PROFEIS a été mis en place au Burkina Faso depuis 2007 avec une vingtaine d’organisations au départ qui ont constitué une cellule de coordination. Mais au fur et à mesure, la participation des membres a diminué pour ne laisser qu’un noyau composé de trois ONGs : Réseau MARP, Voisins Mondiaux et Diobass. La …
Prolinnova–Ethiopia is a national platform to create space and provide a conducive environment for recognising and enriching local innovation processes in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). It aims to scale up and integrate Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approaches in governmental and non-governmental organisations concerned with agricultural and NRM research, extension, education and training. Its overall objective is to contribute to enhancing food security, …
Prolinnova–Cameroon started in March 2011, when the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) approved an application from the then newly formed multi-stakeholder National Steering Committee (NSC) in the country. This Country Platform (CP) seeks to develop Cameroonian agriculture by integrating endogenous solutions into rural development policies and strategies. It is putting in place a framework for spreading …
Development organisations and researchers working in rural communities have often failed to base intervention technologies and approaches on small-scale farmers’ innovative capacities and active participation in the context of local production systems and practices on which they have depended for decades for their livelihoods. External technologies have often failed because of their dependence on …
In Mali (Ségou Region), the entry theme of the PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) programme was conservation of biodiversity, which has two sub-themes: (1) Biodiversity of sorghum and millet, which focus on farmer innovation related to developing adapted varieties, combating genetic erosion, variety conservation, endogenous diffusion of knowledge and exchange between farmers; (2) Domestication …
Prolinnova-Nepal aims at developing and institutionalising partnership and methodologies that promote processes of local innovation in environmentally sound use of natural resources. It is an initiative undertaken in partnership between several Nepal-based organisations. The Working Group, which supervises the day-to-day implementation of the activities, was coordinated for several years by LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, …
The entry themes of Prolinnova-Senegal (formerly called PROFEIS Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) differ according to region: (1) Kaolack and Fatick Regions: Conservation and regeneration of natural resources (soil and water) in millet- and peanut-dominated farming systems; (2) Thiès and Diourbel Regions: Enhancing the value of indigenous woody species in the agroforestry …
The Prolinnova initiative in Sudan aims at building/strengthening partnerships between the different stakeholders involved in agriculture, natural resource management, agricultural research and development in the country. The preparatory work started in 2004 by contacting the concerned government institutions, namely the Technology Transfer and Extension Administration (TTEA) and the Agricultural Research and Technology Corporation (ARC). The Prolinnova-Sudan Country …
Prolinnova-Tanzania started in 2005 and is currently hosted by PELUM-Tanzania. It aims to build the capacity of network members and partners in Participatory Innovation Development (PID), create a platform for documentation and communication about farmer innovation and farmer-led research, and to facilitate networking of farmer innovators and other actors in agricultural innovation. Prolinnova-Tanzania members include …
Prolinnova–Uganda is an NGO-led initiative to develop a national learning network for the promotion of local innovation in ecologically oriented agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). Prolinnova–Uganda was initiated in 2003, with the secretariat at Environmental Alert, an NGO. The programme seeks to: Set up an effective multistakeholder partnership programme in Uganda Set up lasting …
Promotion de l’innovation locale en Gestion de l’Eau dans l’Agriculture Familiale au Sahel (Proli-GEAFaSa) Rapport Annuel 2021 (février 2022) Promoting local innovation in water management by family farmers in the Sahel (Proli-GEAFaSa) Annual Report 2021 (February 2022) Rapport-An2-proligeafasa
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 …
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 …
The Farmer-Led Research Network was recognised as a Prolinnova multistakeholder platform in the UK in April 2020. This report brings some history of FLIN and gives a summary of its activities in 2020 and 2021, including webinars and conferences and helping to set up the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture.
The Farmer-Led Research Network was recognised as a Prolinnova multistakeholder platform in the UK in April 2020. This report brings some history of FLIN and gives a summary of its activities in 2020 and 2021, including webinars and conferences and helping to set up the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture.
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 …
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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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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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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La Plateforme-Pays (PP) Prolinnova Burkina Faso, au cours de l’année 2021, a assuré la poursuite de l’extension de son dynamisme dans les domaines bien ciblés que sont : le développement du partenariat, le renforcement de capacités, la mise en oeuvre et le suivi des projets, la concertation reguliére et la partcipation à des rencontres sous-regionales et …
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