Brief summary of Prolinnova-Ethiopia (PE) activities in 2011, accompanied by New Strategic Directions for 2012 and beyond, compiled by the PE Secretariat at AgriService Ethiopia (ASE) on the basis of discussions in the PE Core Group.
Fanos Mekonnen carried out research in Cambodia and Ethiopia (Tigray) into how participatory innovation development (PID) is being integrated into government extension systems. Her findings, showing how committed partners at the grassroots level can integrate a participatory approach into hierarchical government systems to improve smallholder agricultural development, are summarised in this 4-page Prolinnova brief (http://www.prolinnova.net/cambodia).
