Prolinnova Tanzania started in 2005. It is coordinated by PELUM-Tanzania, a network of NGOs and CBOs working in the field of sustainable agricultural development, part of the wider PELUM network in Eastern and Southern Africa. Prolinnova Tanzania aims to build the capacity of network members and partners in the field of Participatory Innovation Development, create a platform for communication and documentation, facilitate networking of farmer innovators and facilitate advocacy work for the protection of genetic resources. Prolinnova Tanzania partners include MVIWATA, the national farmer network, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Sokoine University of Agriculture, the Cooperative College Moshi, INADES-Tanzania and many other NGOs.
PELUM-Tanzania: Coordinator of Prolinnova Tanzania
PELUM-Tanzania stands for "Participatory Ecological Land Use Management in Tanzania". It is an associate member of the Regional network called 'PELUM Association' which is a network of civil society organisations operating in East, central and Southern Africa to facilitate effective learning and advocacy in participatory land-use management. Members of PELUM-Tanzania have come together to facilitate learning, networking and advocacy in sustainable agriculture. We feed our experiences into a strategic process to influence rural development. PELUM-Tanzania was launched in 1995 and registered in 2002. It has presently thirty three Member Organisations and collaborates with many other partners.
The PELUM vision is that farmers, men and women, especially small holders, are managing sustainably their environment and have the capacity to identify problems, to experiment and innovate, using locally available resources. PELUM wants to see that farmers are well organised and have formed strong networks to promote their interests at local and national level. It builds the capacity of its members in Sustainable Agriculture, strengthens training skills for empowering farmer groups as well as communication skills, supports members in fund raising, organises Action-Learning processes. PELUM gives high priority to gender policies. PELUM-Tanzania is to establish an information centre as a tool for documentation and communication to capitalise experiences and disseminate them in the network. It is also an advocacy tool with and for Farmer Organisations and Development Organisations to influence Government, Donors and NGOs on development issues and policies based on common analysis between farmers and organisations, especially on free market mechanism.
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