The African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI)

Find out about Farm Radio International's groundbreaking three year, multi-country research project supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The major aim of the project is to design and implement a participatory, multi-stakeholder action research program to discover, document and disseminate best practices for using radio-based communications to enhance food security in Africa.

Featured Blog Post: Farm Radio International publishes 100th edition of Farm Radio Weekly

December 3, 2007, was a big day for us at Farm Radio International. We published the first edition of Farm Radio Weekly. It was the fulfillment of a vision by Doug Ward, the Chair of Farm Radio International’s Board of Directors. As a former CBC broadcaster, Doug wanted to expand Farm Radio’s services to broadcasters. Our script packages are sent to broadcasters three or four times a year, but he knew that broadcasters need information and ideas more often than that.

Winners announced in scriptwriting competition on smallholder farmer innovation

In July 2009, radio professionals from across sub-Saharan Africa were invited to submit a radio script about an innovative smallholder farmer in their area. To help participants develop their scripts, they were encouraged to participate in a free two-month online training course on scriptwriting. Eighty-two entries were received from 20 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.

Script Package 89 - "Farmers Adapting to Climate Change" is now available to download online.

Please check out our latest script package released in December 2009. Topics include: soil fertility, crop storage, and three scripts on the topic of rice.