With the Project (Proli-FaNS, 2016-2019) Prolinnova Kenya (PK) shows the value of an alternative approach to agricultural research and development (ARD) – an approach that recognises and values Indigenous Knowledge of the community especially of small-scale farmers, and empowers them to innovate and also customise innovations that had worked elsewhere to address some of their challenges through farmer-led research. The project is founded on the outcomes of previous projects such as Farmer Access to Innovation Resources (FAIR) and Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research (CLIC–SR) that aimed at stimulating ARD actors, including small-scale farmers, to recognise local innovation processes and the outcomes of these processes and to encourage actors in agricultural research, extension and education to support farmers’ initiatives in ways that strengthen local capacities to innovate and adapt.
Download here the Catalog of Local Innovations, Compiled by: Makonge Righa and Vincent Mariadho
Proli-FaNS is implemented in two action-learning sites: Kisumu West Sub-County in Kisumu and Mukaa in Makueni County. It is implemented in partnership with two PK members, World Neighbors in Kisumu and Inades-Formation in Makueni. Other partner organisations involved are KALRO; Kisumu and Makueni Counties’ Departments of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; and the Rural Development Initiative (RUDI)
Author : Prolinnova Kenya