Skip to content

Guidelines to organise a farmers innovation fair

Authors
Gabriela Quiroga, Ingrid Flink

In order to stimulate policymakers and practitioners to recognise farmer innovation in agricultural research and development (ARD), partners in the Prolinnova network have been developing and using various methods and tools for advocacy and lobbying. One of these is the Farmer Innovation Fair.

These guidelines reflect the network’s experiences in organising and hosting such fairs, with a focus on the experiences gained from the West African Farmer Innovation Fair held in Ouagadougou in May 2015, hosted by Inades Formation Burkina and the PROFEIS (Promoting Farmer Experimentation and Innovation in the Sahel) multi stakeholder platform in Burkina Faso.

Related work

  • Towards a mechanism of innovative financing for the promotion of farmer innovation

    • Institute
    • Publication

    The Local Innovation Support Fund (LISF) led in Burkina Faso, took its example from pilot projects led by PROLINNOVA (an international program of partnership that promotes local innovation and Participatory Innovation Development – PID). It is an alternative mechanism of financing that permits innovative farmers to have access to resources allowing them to pursue their […]

    Read more : Towards a mechanism of innovative financing for the promotion of farmer innovation

  • West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair Demonstrates Farmer-Led Research

    • Institute
    • Project

    In May 2015, Burkina Faso hosted the West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair (Foire de l’Innovation Paysanne en Afrique de l’Ouest FIPAO) in Ouagadougou, showcasing over 50 farmer innovations from eight countries in the Sahel region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. The fair was an initiative of the Prolinnova/PROFEIS network that […]

    Read more : West Africa Farmer Innovation Fair Demonstrates Farmer-Led Research

Links

Downloads