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PROFEIS Concept Note

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PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel)

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).

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.

 

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PROmoting Local INNOVAtion ©

Copyleft Statement: "Anyone may use the innovations described here and modify or develop them further, provided that the modified or further developed innovations or any follow-up innovations, of which the innovation described here is an element, is likewise freely available and any description of it includes this proviso and acknowledges the source of information." Refer to Prolinnova Guideline #3 (IPR)