Host organisation: Agrecol Afrique, Thiès, Sénégal
Contact persons:
Djibril Thiam, AgriBio Services (thiamdjibril@yahoo.fr / agribioservices@gmail.com)
Assane Guèye, Agrecol Afrique (agueye.gueye@gmail.com)
Websites:
Agrecol Afrique: http://agrecolafrique.org/
AgriBio Services: http://agribioservices.org/
PROFEIS: http://www.iedafrique.org/-PROFEIS-Promouvoir-l-.html
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 …
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 …
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 …
Two articles about Prolinnova work in Eastern Africa and in West Africa were published in the March 2022 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine: “Learning from Covid-19 to improve food and nutrition security”, about how Covid-19 has drawn attention to the importance of home-grown solutions to deal with effects of the pandemic, and thus increased also recognition …
Articles in “Appropriate Technology” on local innovation in Kenya & Senegal Read More »
The February 2021 issue of AgriBio Services’ newsletter Nat-Bi includes an article (page 8) on the presentations made by West & Central African coordinator Abdel-Karim Ali Mahamane on the Prolinnova network and by project coordinator Ms Oumy Ndiaye on the Proli-GEAFaSa project to promote innovation in water management by small-scale farmers. These were made during …
Prolinnova-Senegal & innovative gardeners featured in Nat-Bi newsletter Read More »
Le coordinateur de Prolinnova-Sénégal a présenté les activités de la plateforme nationale au cours de l’année écoulée lors de l’atelier virtuel des partenaires africains du 26 au 28 octobre 2020. La présentation du PPT se trouve ici et le rapport (7 pages) ici. The coordinator of Prolinnova–Senegal presented the national platform’s activities during the past …
Prolinnova-Senegal reports briefly on its activities in 2018 related to networking, project development and preparing to host the 2019 International Partners Workshop (IPW) in Centre Mampuya. See the 2-page report (in French) here. La Plateforme Pays Prolinnova au Sénégal rend brièvement compte de ses activités en 2018 liées au résautage, au développement de projets et …
Brief report on activities in 2018 / Bref rapport sur les activités en 2018 Read More »
The full PROFEIS-Senegal report for 2016 is in French. As a brief English summary, the main activities reported are: Four National Steering Committee meetings held with the basic objective of organising the IPW, reporting and following up on the Global Resilience Consortium (GRC) platform. Organisation of IPW 2016, which was one of the main activities …
En décembre 2016, AGRECOL Afrique organisait sa quatrième édition des journées de promotion de l’agriculture biologique. Cet événement, financé par l’ONG Broederlijk Delen, visait à sensibiliser les agents du développement et la population à l’importance de préserver les semences paysannes pour une agriculture durable. L’événement a été une réussite, mais l’équipe organisatrice a dû faire …
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