January - October 2006 News
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Training Report on Participatory Innovation Development (PID): A Training of Facilitators Course
>> Posted: October 20, 2006
Last 26 June to 12 July 2006, an international course on Participatory Innovation Development: A Training of Facilitators (PID-ToF) sponsored by the Prolinnova Global Partnership Programme was conducted by IIRR in Kampala, Uganda.
 The 17-day course primarily focused on key competencies to support local innovation in agriculture and natural resource management. The course offered the 21 participants from 14 countries with an understanding of socio-organizational arrangements needed to regulate the use of natural resources, tap into the social capital within communities and discover new ways of stakeholder interactions that will encourage local innovation development. It also focused on the competencies needed for building capacities of staff in PID/PTD, to prepare for and implement effective training and learning programs in this field.
Through experience sharing, the participants became aware of the challenges faced by development professionals and scientists in moving local innovations further towards joint experimentation and integrating relevant information and ideas coming from others including formal research. more... (full training report from the IIRR website)
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New Publication on R&D towards Sustainable Agriculture by Willem Stoop and Tim Hart
>> Posted: October 3, 2006
An article entitled Research and Development Towards Sustainable Agriculture by
Resource-Poor Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Strategic
and Organisational Considerations in Linking Farmer Practical
Needs with Policies and Scientific Theories by Willem Stoop and Tim Hart was published in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. More information about this publication and other Prolinnova publications appear in the Readings and Resources - Prolinnova Publications section of this website.
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Anil Gupta, National Innovation Foundation of India, visited Prolinnova SA
>> Posted: October 3, 2006
Professor Anil Gupta, President of the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) of India and the founder of the Honey Bee Network, accompanied by Reinie Biesenbach; Director of the Global Research Alliance (GRA) and Cynthia Malan, coordinator of the GRA Nerve Centre, paid a one-day visit in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) last 12 September 2006, where some activities of the Prolinnova South Africa programme are being carried out. Anil was visiting the World Bank office, the Global Research Alliance and South African Government in Pretoria and Johannesburg. He travelled about 600 km from where he was staying in Pretoria to visit an innovative farmer in Nhlazuka village, Richmond, KZN, and shared his experiences with some staff of the University of KZN and members of Prolinnova SA. The host of the visit was the Farmer Support Group (FSG), which is the Community Development and Outreach Division of the Center for Environment, Agriculture and Development (CEAD) of the University of KZN, and is coordinating Prolinnova SA. The Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project, a recently initiated action-research project of Prolinnova, facilitated the field visit and seminar. The FAIR project is designed to understand how funding support mechanisms can provide local people with access to resources for experimentation and learning in agriculture and natural resource management.
Anil and his colleagues, together with staff of FSG, visited Mr Ephraim Mtshali, an innovative farmer who is undertaking interesting experiments on crop protection, soil fertility and poultry production. Mr Mtshali is experimenting with garlic, chilli, tobacco and soap to treat pest infestation of his vegetable garden. He got the ideas from a cross visit and he is now trying them out in his own way. He has also planted velvet beans to see its impact in improving soil fertility, while other farmers are using it only as a source of food. His poultry experiment is aimed at improving meat production performance of local chickens by crossing them with exotic ones. He aims to decrease greatly the length of time for the local chickens to attain market weight. He is also involved in community innovation activities. He mentioned a local initiative to select a bull of superior quality from the local area and the attempt of the community to design a mechanism of how to use the bull collectively. Apparently, the community members have set selection criteria and chosen a bull that is a crossbred of Nguni (indigenous type) and an exotic bull whose blood type is not precisely known. Discussion is still going on among the community members concerning the management of the bull and the modality of payment for its service. Mr Mtshali mentioned that he is not getting much support from external agencies, but he is always keen to find out new things that work in his context.
In a seminar held after the field visit, Anil presented fascinating experiences of the NIF in India. These revolve around identification, documentation and promotion of local innovations. The efforts made to influence the Government of India to pay attention to local innovation initiatives are an important achievement of the NIF. Anil presented interesting examples of innovations in the area of agriculture, farm implements, cottage industries and other machines. He emphasised the importance of recognising the innovators and the intermediary persons and agencies that may be involved in identifying and supporting local innovators. His source of inspiration to become an advocate and promoter of local innovators was the fact that he felt extremely guilty about exploiting the knowledge and experiences of the local people. As a consultant and academic, he did not give due recognition to the owners of knowledge, nor to sharing the benefits with them. People are powerless to claim their shares and prevent exploitation of their intellectual property rights. This prompted him to rethink his role and make a radical shift in culture, to put the local people who are owners of the knowledge/innovations in the forefront of enjoying the benefit as well as receiving recognition. He further mentioned that this is the core value which is shared by the members and supporters of the NIF and the Honey Bee Network. At the moment, Anil is trying to establish networks in many parts of the world amongst people and groups who share similar values and are committed to supporting local innovators and innovation processes.
From the side of the host organisation (FSG), a paper was presented in the seminar by Amanuel Assefa (PhD student in Innovation Studies with CEAD and coordinator of Prolinnova Ethiopia) and Nono Ngubane, coordinator of the South African pilot site of the FAIR project. The presentation introduced the history and background of Prolinnova. It also briefly discussed the rationale, philosophy and methodological approach of the FAIR project and its application in the context of South Africa.
Anil Gupta gave feedback on the field visit and the FAIR project. He mentioned that he was very inspired by the work of the farmer, Mr Mtshali, and described the trials on pest control, poultry breeding and bull services as “wonderful”. He presented his observations and reflections on the Mr Mtshali’s innovation performance. The perspective from which Anil looked at the farmer’s practices was very educational. Innovation performances of smallholder farmers are often microscopic and complex. Outsiders might not trace those innovations unless their mindset is changed and they are keen to understand the small but important changes that may take place in the farms as well as in the lives of the innovative farmers. The audience came to realise and to appreciate that Mr Mtshali is a very interesting innovative farmer.
Finally, Anil expressed his appreciation for the FAIR project and advised those involved in the project to keep it simple and dynamic. He also strongly advised that, in a project like FAIR, where a number of stakeholders are expected to be involved, the project drivers should always keep it moving, even when some of the important actors are lagging behind. That is the only way to make progress so that results can be achieved in the anticipated period of the project life. The other point that he emphasised is that Prolinnova should be able to use students in identifying and documenting local innovations. The fact that Prolinnova SA is coordinated by an NGO affiliated to the University offers the advantage of working with students, so that quicker impacts in recording innovations can be achieved in the country.
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DGIS Support to Prolinnova 2007-2010 confirmed
>> Posted: September 26, 2006
The Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed its commitment to co-fund Prolinnova for the next 4 years, 2007-2010. The Prolinnova application was part of the succesful proposal by the Dutch IST member organisation, ETC Foundation, to the new MFS subsidy window of the Ministry. In its assessment the ministry mentioned the consistency of the strategic choices, the clear links between objectives, activities and means (log frame) and the visibility of results/M&E as particularly strong points of the proposal. The Ministry was not so convinced (50% score) of the relevance of our work in terms of Dutch development cooperation policy prioirities.
Though Prolinnova is supported by various donors, the co-funding by the Dutch government is crucial as it supports the overall programme and thus provides the basis on which other sub-programmes, with focused donor support, are being build.
Prolinnova can now look ahead strategically and continue to plan for strengthening and expanding its work.
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New Prolinnova Reports: 2006 Mid-Year Report and Cambodia Workshop Report
>> Posted: September 26, 2006
Two new reports are now available (in PDF format) at the Prolinnova website. The 2006 Mid-Year Report can be found at the Reports section of this website. A full report of the Prolinnova 3rd Partners' Meeting held from March 5-10, 2006 in Cambodia is also available in the Reports section.
Go to the Reports section to view the reports.
View previous news article about the 3rd Partners' Meeting in Cambodia.
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New Publication: Indigenous Knowledge on the South African Landscape
>> Posted: September 18, 2006
Indigenous Knowledge on the South African Landscape is an Occassional Paper written by Tim Hart and Ineke Vorster and published by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
An e-copy of the paper is available on the South Africa Country Program section of this website and also from the HSRC Press website.
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Workshop Announcement: Farmer-Led Documentation for Sustainable Agriculture/NRM
>> Posted: September 18, 2006
PELUM Association - Uganda and PROLINNOVA have taken the initiative to organise an
exchange and capacity building workshop on farmer-led documentation for sustainable
agriculture and natural resource management (NRM). This five-day event will take place from
6th- 10th November, 2006 in Uganda.
Kindly refer to this file (PDF file; size : 113 KB) for more details about the upcoming workshop.
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Government Support for SRI Extension and Farmer Innovation in Cambodia
>> Posted: September 18, 2006
With support from GTZ and Oxfam, the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) and the Department of Agriculture and Land Improvement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) organized a national workshop on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) held 7 August at MAFF headquarters. The 165 participants included officials from all Provincial Departments of Agriculture, farmers, researchers, representatives of NGOs, and international organizations. The workshop reviewed the progress of SRI in Cambodia, sharing experiences and lessons learned, and promoting wider dissemination of SRI in Cambodia.
The Minister of Agriculture attended both the opening and the closing sessions of the workshop. In his speech, he urged all government officials to widely promote SRI in Cambodia, especially to promote SRI without using agro-chemicals. He also encouraged all directors of Provincial Agriculture Departments to pay more attention to learning from farmers and to documenting farmer innovations, which he characterized as important assets for the country’s agricultural development. The Minister also emphasized the need to conserve traditional rice varieties as they are our national treasure.
Then on 10 August, the Minister organized a study trip for around 200 people from 11 provinces to visit SRI farmers in Tramkok district, Takeo province. This is where CEDAC and MAFF, with funding support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), are working together to improve the situation of small-farm households through ecological agriculture. At the end of the study tour, the Minister instructed all directors of Provincial Departments to make sure that in each commune there should be at least one SRI demonstration. He strongly recommended the farmer-to-farmer extension approach, especially farmers visiting farmers, to promote SRI.
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FAIR Updates - as of August 2006
>> Posted: August 30, 2006
The Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) project has the following news updates:
Global Research Alliance/ World Bank Innovation Video-based Learning Event
A representative from Prolinnova's FAIR Project, Amanuel Assefa of AgriServices Ethiopia, was invited to introduce the participants to the work being undertaken by FAIR. The event was organised the under the theme: "Cross regional learning event to promote community innovation". Participants were drawn from Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Burundi, India, Sri Lanka, Washington, Ghana and South Africa.
FAIR is requested to host Dr Anil Gupta and the GRA/ World Bank partnership in South Africa
An opportunity to share experiences and strategy with Anil Gupta of the Honeybee Network has arisen. A one day programme of presentations, site visit and discussions are planned for September.
 View or download the new FAIR poster / brochure
(PDF file; size : 1 Mb)
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Report and Proceedings of the Follow-up PID Workshop in Limpopo, South Africa
>> Posted: August 23, 2006
Prolinnova-South Africa: A capacity-building programme was initiated in 2004 involving over twenty-five government and civil society organizations, mainly from KwaZulu-Natal, involved in agriculture and rural development. They identified and documented over twenty innovations of smallholder farmers. The results were published in a catalogue, which was launched at a two-day National Stakeholder Workshop in February 2005.
A second capacity-building programme was initiated in Limpopo. The first workshop took place from 30 Nov-2 Dec 2005 in Polokwane. Participants received an assignment to document local innovations, innovation partnerships and/or develop profiles of farmer innovators. A feedback workshop was scheduled for 28-29 March 2006, preceded by a one-day training in photography for farmers, as had been requested by farmers at the first workshop. This report outlines the process and outcomes of the photography training and follow up PID workshop.
Read Follow-up PID Workshop Report / Proceedings ... (Word document; size : 615 kb)
View Powerpoint Presentations
(Note: all presentations below are MS Powerpoint .PPT files. Most of the files are large and will take time to download)
Report: International Workshop in Cambodia by M. Salomon (1 Mb)
FSG Innovations by M. Salomon (748 kb)
Innovations in MSinga (732 kb)
Looking Back at the Workshop on PID by Ann Waters-Bayer (40 kb)
PID Limpopo by Ann Waters-Bayer (256 kb)
Keeping Dairy Goats in Rural Communities by Ernest Letsoalo (12 Mb)
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Summary of 2005 self-assessment reports by Prolinnova partners
>> Posted: July 20, 2006
The e-copy of the "Summary of 2005 self-assessment reports by Prolinnova partners" document is now available for viewing or download. Kindly use the following link to the document:
Summary of 2005 self-assessment reports by Prolinnova partners (PDF file; size : 260 kb)
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Prolinnova inception phase – starting up in the Andes
>> Posted: July 20, 2006
The process of starting up a Prolinnova-Andes dates back from 2004, when Agrecol, World Neighbors and the IIRR-Latin American office showed interest in spearheading this process in the region, supported by ETC.
At the beginning of 2006, funds were made available for a small ensemble of starting up activities. World Neighbors, Agrecol Andes, IIRR and ETC have jointly organized (and co-funded) a first inception workshop for the establishment of "Prolinnova-Andes". The workshop took place on the 18th and 19th May 2006, in Lima. The local partners organized the workshop with the logistical support of RAE (Red de Agricultura Ecológica - Peruvian Ecological Agriculture Network). Read summary report of inception workshop ... (Word document; size : 73 kb)
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New programme to promote local innovation in the Sahel
>> Posted: June 28, 2006
A new action-research programme PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal will explore how the embedding of research and extension within farming communities can enable a constructive exchange of experience and knowledge between farmers, extensionists and researchers. Relevant local innovations will be identified, supported and jointly improved and disseminated to contribute to increased food production and sustainable natural resource management. PROFEIS, which shares the same guiding principles and approaches as Prolinnova, is coordinated by the NGO IED Afrique (’Innovations, Environnement & Développement en Afrique’), based in Senegal. Its director, Bara Gueve, has joined the International Support Team (IST) for Prolinnova and PROFEIS combined. The other members of the IST who will be mainly involved in facilitating PROFEIS activities are Jean-Marie Diop of ETC EcoCulture and Chris Reij of the Centre for International Cooperation at the Free University of Amsterdam (CIS-VUA). The francophone West African country programmes under PROFEIS will elect a representative for a seat within a joint Oversight Group for both Prolinnova and PROFEIS. more...
View an interactive map of PROFEIS programme locations.
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Nouveau programme pour la promotion de l’innovation locale au Sahel
>> Posted: June 28, 2006
Une nouveau programme de recherche action appelé PROFEIS (’promotion de l’expérimentation et l’innovation paysannes au Sahel) au Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger et Sénégal va étudier comment l’ancrage de la recherche et la vulgarisation au sein des communautés locales peut permettre un échange positif et constructif d’expériences et de connaissances entre chercheurs, vulgarisateurs et paysans. Des innovations pertinentes vont être identifiées, appuyées et améliorées conjointement et disséminées afin de contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire et à la conservation naturelles des ressources. PROFEIS partage les mêmes principes directeurs que le programme PROLINNOVA (’promotion de l’innovation locale en agriculture écologique et gestion des ressources naturelles’). PROFEIS est coordonné par l’ONG IED Afrique (Innovations, Environnement & Développement en Afrique). Son directeur, Bara Gueye a rejoint le Groupe d’Appui International (GAI) des programmes PROLINNOVA et PROFEIS. Jean-Marie Diop de ETC EcoCulture et Chris Reij du Centre pour la Coopération Internationale à l’Université Libre d’Amsterdam sont également membres du GAI et seront impliqués dans la facilitation des activités PROFEIS. Les pays francophones du programme PROFEIS vont élire un représentant auprès du Groupe de Supervision des deux programmes PROLINNOVA et PROFEIS. more...
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South African study on setting up Local Innovation Support Fund
>> Posted: May 31, 2006
The first country study in the FAIR (Farmer Access to Innovation Resources) project under the Prolinnova umbrella has been completed. FAIR is an action-research project on decentralised funding to enable innovative farmers to access resources for participatory innovation development (PID) and communication. In each of the four countries where LISFs (Local Innovation Support Funds) will be piloted under the FAIR project - Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Africa and Uganda - a study is being made to identify the most feasible way to set up the pilot funding mechanisms with a view to their long-term sustainability. The first report come from South Africa: “Feasibility study into the introduction on a local innovation support facility into Okhahlamba District, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa”.
This study was made by Anton Krone, coordinator of FAIR. Anton is attached to the Farmer Support Group (FSG), the NGO that facilitates partnership in Prolinnova-South Africa and is also responsible for managing the FAIR project. This project is supported through the DURAS (Supporting Sustainable Development in Agricultural Research Systems) programme of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
more info ...
View Piloting Local Innovation Support Funds section of the website
View the South Africa Country Program section of the website
Note: The full FAIR Feasibility Study - South Africa can be viewed from both the two sections mentioned above.
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Innovation Africa Symposium, 20-23 Nov 2006, Kampala, Uganda
>> Posted: May 24, 2006
On 20-23 November 2006, an international symposium on agricultural innovation systems in Africa will be held in Kampala, Uganda. It is being jointly organised by CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture), IFPRI-ISNAR (International Service for National Agricultural Research in the International Food Policy Research Institute), ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), IIRR-Africa and Prolinnova. It will bring together researchers and practitioners - including innovative farmers - to share current thinking, experiences, advances and lessons about innovation systems. more...
View / download Symposium Brochure (PDF file; size : 196 KB)
View / download Call for Contributions (PDF file; size : 59 KB)
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Prolinnova 3rd Partners Meeting
>> Posted: May 24, 2006
The 3rd Prolinnova Partners' Meeting was held from 5-10 March 2006 in Cambodia. Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun delivered the Keynote Address during the Opening Ceremony held at Juliana Hotel in Phnom Penh.
more...
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External review of Prolinnova based on internal mid-term review
>> Posted: May 24, 2006
Consultant Report: External review of Prolinnova based on internal mid-term review (Word document; size : 126 KB)
This assessment by the external reviewer (Dr. Julian Gonsalves, PhD) was designed to complement the internal mid-term review undertaken by PROLINNOVA in late 2005 and early 2006, reports of which were an important input into this study. Presentations made during the PROLINNOVA International Workshop held in Cambodia (6–12 March 2006) were another important input. Selected country-specific documentation was also referred to. Dr. Gonsalves, having been involved in the review of the Global Partnerships Programmes (GPPs) of the GFAR, had prior exposure to partnership-based R&D programmes, including Prolinnova, and had inputs from Prolinnova Country Programmes (CPs) in Nepal and Cambodia and (via his co-reviewer of the GPPs) from the Uganda-based CP.
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Prolinnova Annual Report 2005 now available
>> Posted: May 24, 2006
The e-copy of the 2005 Prolinnova Annual Report is now available for viewing or download. Kindly use the following links to the documents:
2005 Annual Report (PDF file; size : 300 KB)
2005 Annual Report Annexes (PDF file; size : 645 KB)
You may also view the 2004 Annual Report (PDF file; size : 285 KB).
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Exhibit of farmer innovations in northern Ethiopia
>> Posted: April 28, 2006
Hailu Araya of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), a non-governmental organisation that is a member of the PROFIEET (Promoting Farmer Innovation and Experimentation in Ethiopia) platform of NGOs and government organisations in Ethiopia, visited the Agricultural Technologies and Marketing Strategy Exhibition held 13–17 March 2006 in Mekelle in Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia. At this exhibition, several innovative farmers – including farmers working with ISD – showed technologies they had developed themselves. Hailu took a closer look at the local innovations and an even closer look at how farmers and formally educated people involved in agricultural research and development reacted to the "modern" and farmer-developed technologies.
more... Agricultural Innovation.doc (Word document; size : 43 KB) - opens in a new browser window.
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Workshop on Innovation Systems at the Community Level
>> Posted: March 24, 2006
 Betty Del Rosario, the Chair of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG), Pratap Shrestha of Prolinnova–Nepal and Anton Krone of Prolinnova–South Africa attended the First GRA-World Bank Workshop on Innovation Systems at the Community Level. The workshop was held in Kuala Lumpur on 6–8 February 2006, and was co-hosted by The World Bank, SIRIM (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia) and the Global Research Alliance (GRA). It brought together more than 50 delegates from across a range of organisations working in several developing countries to explore the theme of local innovation in the context of the challenge to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Participants sought to understand how innovation occurs and what support measures can be developed to stimulate local innovation processes. The Prolinnova delegates were provided with a platform to share its experiences and introduce its Farmers Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) Project, which seeks to pilot models of stimulating innovation in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nepal, South Africa, and Uganda. This project is being supported by DURAS and the French Ministry. A case study of an Innovation Support Fund established by the LI-BIRD for farmers in Nepal was presented. The delegates also had an opportunity to share Prolinnova's philosophy and approach to innovation.
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Handbook on Participatory Video (PV)
>> Posted: March 16, 2006
Insights into Participatory Video: a handbook for the field, written by PV facilitators Nick and Chris Lunch of Insight, has just appeared. This 125-page booklet is a practical guide to setting up and running PV projects. It draws on experience in PV in several countries, including the pilot PV work carried out by Prolinnova, Compas and Insight in Ghana in December 2004. Helpful tips for the facilitator clarify how to use video to encourage a lively, democratic process. Descriptions of games and exercises to introduce PV and case studies are illustrated with cartoons and photographs. A selection of video films made by local people and a training film are included in the accompanying CD-ROM. The preparation and publication of this booklet and CD-ROM were supported by the Small Grants Programme of the Global Environmental Fund (GEF), Prolinnova, Compas and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex in the UK.
The booklet and CD-ROM can be obtained for £12 GBP (postage within Europe ) or £15 GBP (postage worldwide) from:
Nick Lunch,
Insight UK Office,
3 Maidcroft Road, Oxford OX4 3EN (nlunch@insightshare.org) or
Chris Lunch, Insight French Office, Les Illes, F-11220 Montlaur (clunch@insightshare.org).
For a free PDF version free of charge, visit
http://www.insightshare.org/training_book.html.
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June 26 to July 11 2006, Kampala, Uganda
>> Posted: March 6, 2006
This training workshop is an initiative of Prolinnova, a NGO-led global programme to promote local innovation in managing natural resources for sustainable agriculture. It is being organised by the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) with Environmental Alert in Uganda.
The training workshop is open to practitioners from Prolinnova as well as from other organisations and networks. It recognises the need for researchers and extension officers to be more capable of supporting farmers' innovations, validating, documenting and spreading them more widely, conducting joint experimentation with farmers, and building on farmer innovation in their work. The course will employ methodologies that will contribute to the personal transformation of participants towards giving value to participatory processes and becoming facilitators of learning during the PID process. Key learning methodologies include experience sharing, field practicum, interacting with local people, action planning and group work. The participants will thus become aware of the challenges faced by development professionals and scientists in moving local innovations further towards joint experimentation and integrating relevant information and ideas coming from others, including formal research. more...
For more information and to receive an application form, you may contact Angie Algo (Angie.Algo@iirr.org).
<< back  Documents from Prolinnova South Africa available for viewing / download
>> Updated: March 6, 2006
>> Originally Posted: February 14, 2006
The South Africa Country Programme of Prolinnova has recently made available the following documents in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format on the Prolinnova website.
- Catalogue of local farmer innovations in South Africa. This catalogue is an outcome of the KwaZulu-Natal Participatory Innovation Development (PID) workshops that took place in 2004 and early 2005. Twenty-one (21) farmer innovations are documented and contained in the catalogue. You may view or download the Innovations Catalogue (PDF file; size : 26.7 MB) from this website. Kindly note that the file is quite large and takes time to open or download. If you are having problems downloading the file, you can email the webmaster.
- Workshop Report (PDF file; size : 708 KB) of the PID workshop held in Limpopo, South Africa last 30 Nov–2 Dec 2005 (see related news item about the workshop).
- Workshop Report (Word document; size : 409 KB) of the PROLINNOVA South Africa National Stakeholder Workshop held last 15 - 16 February 2006 in South Africa.
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Featured Publication
>> Posted: February 1, 2006
Farmer-centered innovation development: experiences and challenges from South Asia. Proceedings and papers of a regional workshop held at Bogra, Bangladesh, November 22–25, 2004. Edited by Annette Kolff, Laurens van Veldhuizen & Chesha Wettasinha. Documentalists: AFM Akhtaruzzaman & Md Nayeemul Karim. Berne : Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) / Intercooperation. 156pp.
This publication summarises learnings from experiences with Participatory Innovation Development as shared and discussed in a regional workshop organised by Intercooperation, a Swiss organisation for development and international cooperation in Bangladesh. Critical issues on PID in practice, scaling up of PID and farmer to farmer extension, the role of farmer organisations in PID, addressing gender and poverty questions as well as institutionalisation questions are elaborated. The book includes seven papers on experiences with farmer centred approaches for sustainable development from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. The publication can be downloaded from the website of Intercooperation and can also be found at the Selected PTD/PID Readings section of the Prolinnova website.
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