Date Posted: February 4th, 2008
Warm Greetings to All!
As Farm Radio Weekly enters its third month of publication, we are thrilled to see how the FRW community has grown. We thank you all for your interest and participation in this service, especially those who have taken the time to share ideas and information.
This week, we continue our series on conflict and food with a look at how farmers and traders in Liberia are working to rebuild the agricultural sector following civil war. We also have a very special feature in the DCFRN Action section. Aggrey Omondi, Executive Coordinator of the Ugunja Community Resource Centre in Western Kenya – an active DCFRN partner that frequently writes radio scripts for our script packages – has written a commentary on the causes and solutions to conflict in his country. We provide a link to this article from Pambazuka News.
We are also pleased to bring you two stories that demonstrate how West African women remain integral to the production of staple grains – and stay on the cutting edge of the cash crop market. These stories remind us that International Women’s Day will be here soon. Farm Radio Weekly will publish a special edition in the first week of March, highlighting the role of African women in small-scale agriculture. We invite you to help us mark this occasion by sharing the stories of women farmers in your area!
Please remember that there are several ways to share your thoughts and ideas with the FRW community and staff. You can post a comment on the online site, http://farmradio.org/english/weekly/. Or you can e-mail us directly at farmradioweekly@farmradio.org.
Happy reading!
-The Farm Radio Weekly Team
