aisa2013 ilriwikis ilriwikis_aisa2013 http://aisa2013.ilriwikis.org/Home MediaWiki 1.31.0 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk aisa2013 Ilriwikis aisa2013 Ilriwikis talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Home 0 87 87 2014-05-24T09:36:08Z Waters-bayer 2 Imported from Wikispaces wikitext text/x-wiki <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;">'''Week on Agricultural Innovation in Africa (WAIA)'''</span> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;">'''25–31 May 2013,''' </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px;">'''Nairobi'''</span> == == <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 150%;">'''New uploads, reflections & resources''' (updated 20 May 2014 - see also reports & photos on EAFIF wikipage!):</span> '''<span style="color: #1e6e1e;">* AISA workshop proceedings (FINAL) [[:File:AISA workshop proceedings final March 2014.pdf]]</span>''' '''<span style="color: #1e6e1e;">* Policy brief on enhancing innovation by African smallholders, based on outcomes of JOLISAA project & AISA workshop discussions</span>''' <span style="color: #257925; font-size: 90%; line-height: 32px;"> [[:File:JOLISAA policybrief French DINA4.pdf]]</span> [[:File:JOLISAA policybrief English DINA4.pdf]] '''<span style="color: #257e25; font-size: 14.6667px;">* Report on AISA workshop process and discussions</span>'''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> [[:File:Report on AISA workshop May 2013.pdf]]</span> //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">* </span>'''''<span style="color: #257925; font-size: 14.6667px;">Report on Eastern Africa Farmer Innovation Fair</span>'''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> [[:File:EAFIF report final.pdf]] </span> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">'''''*''''' </span>'''<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">''Telling the Prolinnova story at Agrinatura Science Days''</span>''' <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Susan Kaaria, FAO Senior Gender Officer and Co-Chair of the Prolinnova Oversight Group, represented Prolinnova at the Agrinatura Science Days “Growing together: family farming and agricultural sciences transforming world food systems” on 5–7 May 2014 in Vienna, Austria. The event was hosted by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in cooperation with Caritas Austria, the Austrian Development Agency, the Commission for Development Research and the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation. In support to the International Year of Family Farming, it brought together researchers and practitioners concerned with smallhold</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">er farming and food security in exchange, learning, networking and exploring new research and higher education partnerships. Susan was a speaker in the panel discussion on small-scale family farming and, in a later session, told the story of transformative change brought about by promoting local innovation in the field, using an example of a women farmer from Uganda who exhibited her innovations at the EAFIF.</span> [[File:Susan at Agrinatura telling a Prolinnova Story.jpg|329x249px|Susan]] ''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">'''* Social learning at EAFIF: article in Baobab Magazine:''' http:''www.prolinnova.net/sites/default/files/documents/Kenya/2013/baobab68_15102013_05extract.pdf</span>// ''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">'''* Semaine de l'innovation agricole en Afrique''' (par Djibril Thiam, Coordinateur PROFEIS-Sénégal) [[:File:AISA 2013 Djibril THIAM.pdf]]</span>'' ''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">'''* Photos by the KARI photographer:'''</span>'''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> http:''prolinnova.net/image/image-galleries/eafif-farmer-photos</span>''''' '''''<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">* Reflections on agricultural innovation in Africa: its scalability and youths (by Maxwell Mkondiwa):</span>'''''<span style="font-size: 80%;"> [[http://ypard.net/2013-june-18/reflections-agricultural-innovation-africa-its-scalability-and-youths]]</span> <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''<span style="font-size: 120%;">*</span>''' [http://www.prolinnova.net/content/fair-and-workshop-recognising-farmer-innovation-eastern-africa| Fair and workshop recognising farmer innovation in Eastern Africa]</span> '''''<span style="font-size: 110%; line-height: 1.5;">* Agricultural innovation systems in Africa: reflections on an international workshop</span>'''<span style="font-size: 110%; line-height: 1.5;"> (by Jo Cadilhon): </span>''<span style="font-size: 110%; line-height: 1.5;">[http:''clippings.ilri.org/2013/06/11/aisa-cadilhon/| ILRI blogpost from the AISA Workshop]</span> '''''<span style="font-size: 110%;">* Impressions of Sonali Bisht from Prolinnova-India:</span>'''''<span style="color: #ff0000; line-height: 1.5;"> [[:File:Week on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa Sonali Bisht.pdf]]</span> '''''* PARASITE project blog by Marc Schut''''' '''<span style="color: #ff0003;">http://www.parasite-project.org/week-of-agricultural-innovation-in-africa/</span>''' See also reports and photos under <span style="color: #ff0003;">http://aisa2013.wikispaces.com/farmer+fair</span> ---- <span style="font-size: 110%;">The EU-funded project JOLISAA (JOint Learning in Innovation Systems in African Agriculture) coordinated by CIRAD, France; the Prolinnova (PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecologically oriented agriculture and resource management) international network hosted by ETC Foundation, Netherlands; the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); the AusAID-funded project Food System Innovation for Food Security (FSIFS) and other partners are jointly learning about approaches to enhance knowledge-to-action linkages among actors in agricultural innovation systems in Africa.</span> <span style="font-size: 110%;">Together, they held an[[ais workshop| Workshop on Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa]] (AISA), where experiences from various institutions and initiatives were shared in order to increase our understanding of multi-stakeholder innovation processes in agriculture, with a focus on recognising the role of smallholder farmers – both men and women – in innovation. The workshop led to identification of key messages for research, practice and policy to strengthen innovation processes in smallholder agriculture.</span> <span style="font-size: 110%;">To set the scene for the international workshop and to put smallholders front and centre from the very outset, the workshop was preceded by an [[farmer fair| Eastern Africa Farmer Innovation Fair]] to showcase the achievements of individual and groups of smallholder farmers in improving their farming and their livelihoods. The international workshop was officially opened on the final afternoon of the farmer innovation fair.</span> <span style="font-size: 110%;">To maximise synergies and minimise costs in terms of travel and time and ecological footprint, [[side meetings| several side meetings]] were organised, including: annual Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW), the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) meeting and the final international meeting of the JOLISAA Consortium held back-to-back with the fair and workshop on agricultural innovation. Also the international coordination meetings of two Prolinnova initiatives – LINEX–CCA (Local Innovation and Experimentation: an entry point to Climate-Change Adaptation) in Asia funded by Misereor and CLIC–SR (Combining Local innovative Capacity with Scientific Research: strengthening community resilience to change) in eastern Africa funded by Rockefeller Foundation – were included in this series of events. The events were hosted by the Kenya Agriculture Research Institute (KARI), which coordinates JOLISAA-Kenya and also – together with World Neighbors – coordinates Prolinnova–Kenya.</span> <span style="font-size: 110%;">Parallel to these events, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) held a writeshop on Innovation Platforms (IP) to bring together the experiences of various international research centres and programmes with this approach.</span> '''<span style="font-size: 110%;">Four-page announcement about this week of events:</span> [[:File:Announcement WAIA events light.pdf]]''' <span style="color: #990000; font-size: 18.66px;">Schedule of events</span> {| | '''<span style'''"color: #990000; font-size: 14px;">Day / date</span>''' || '''<span style'''"color: #990000; font-size: 14px;">Parallel activity / event</span>''' || '''<span style'''"color: #990000; font-size: 14px;">Parallel activity / event</span>''' || '''<span style'''"color: #990000; font-size: 14px;">Parallel activity / event</span>''' |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Sat 25 May</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">LINEX-CCA coordination meeting</span> || <span style="font-size: 14px;">CLIC-SR coordination meeting</span> || |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Sun 26 May</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">POG meeting</span> || <span style="font-size: 14px;">JOLISAA Consortium meeting</span> || |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Mon 27 May</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Prolinnova IPW</span> || JOLISAA Consortium meeting || ILRI/CPWF Innovation Platform writeshop |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Tues 28 May</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Prolinnova IPW</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">[[farmer fair| East Africa Farmer Innovation Fair]] </span><br><span style'''"font-size: 14px;">(open to public)</span> || ILRI/CPWF Innovation Platform writeshop |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Wed 29 May morning</span> || || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">[[farmer fair| East Africa Farmer Innovation Fair]] </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">(open to public)</span> || ILRI/CPWF Innovation Platform writeshop |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Wed 29 May afternoon</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Opening: AISA international workshop</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">[[farmer fair| East Africa Farmer Innovation Fair]] </span><br><span style'''"font-size: 14px;">(closed to public)</span> || ILRI/CPWF Innovation Platform writeshop |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Thur 30 May</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">AISA international workshop</span> || || |- | <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">Fri 31 May</span> || <span style'''"font-size: 14px;">AISA International workshop</span> || || |- |} <span style="font-size: 110%;">More detailed overview of the WAIA programme:</span> [[:File:WAIA overall programme draft 17.05.13.docx]] ==<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Information for WAIA participants:</span>[[:File:Information Sheet for the Week on Agricultural Innovation in Africa.pdf]]== 2o0broatkm5dx9uu3jjx1mf9ifg72p2