2004
Mid-year Report
South Africa Country
Programme
Identification
of national partners
A Core Team is formed comprising the Farmer Support Group (lead
agency), MIDNET (secretariat), ARC and PELUM South Africa to implement
the project activities of the PROLINNOVA South Africa initiative.
On account of the limited resources for the first year, it was agreed
to take KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) as first pilot area.
Communication
and information
A
summary sheet of the PROLINNOVA South Africa initiatives has been
prepared to share information about the initiative with organisations
involved in research and development programmes promoting local
innovation. It includes basic information about the goal, objectives,
progress and partners of the project. The information sheet has
been put on the PROLINNOVA website and will be distributed to the
collaborative partners and other organisations interested in the
initiative. It also serves as an open invitation for all interested
organisations to engage in and give feedback on where they have
seen farmer innovation that can inform pilot studies.
Training
of PID facilitators
Two
persons, one from the secretariat office (Farmer Support Group)
and another from the Farming Systems Research Unit of the KZN Department
of Agriculture attended a two-week training of facilitators in Participatory
Innovation Development held at IIRR in the Philippines, and will
report back on their experiences.
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