Farm Radio Weekly is a news and information service for rural radio broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa. It is published by Farm Radio International.
Archive for March, 2008
In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
1. Benin: A cautious approach in the midst of the heated debate on GMOs (Inter Press Service, allAfrica.com)
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
2. Nigeria: Institute advises farmers to guard against yam dieback (guardian.co.uk)
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
3. Tanzania: Conservation groups save trees, earn profits (The East African)
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on GMOs:
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on yam dieback:
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on conserving fruit trees:
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
IAJ offers summer courses for journalists
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
UNESCO Guide: “How to do community radio”
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
Radio Yangeni works with FAO to improve area nutrition and food security
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
Financial management for smallholder farmers
Date Posted: March 31st, 2008
In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
1. Kenya: Rainwater harvesting improves rural livelihoods (Various Sources)
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
2. Africa: Small-scale farmers experiment with anti-malarial plants (The Monitor, World Agroforestry Centre)
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
3. Kenya: Market forces persuade some farmers to abandon traditional crops (Business Daily, The Nation)
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on rainwater harvesting:
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on Artemisia annua:
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on breadbasket farmers:
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
May 15, 2008 – Deadline for entries to the WASH Media Awards
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
CTA audio files on agricultural issues…including water!
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
DCFRN scripts on water issues
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
Deadline for climate change scriptwriting competition extended to March 25
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
Reminder: Fill out your Package 81 survey for a chance to win a digital audio recorder!
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
Rainwater from large rock surfaces can be used to irrigate crops
Date Posted: March 17th, 2008
In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Civil war landmines threaten returning farmers (by Sylvie Bora, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Tanzania: Para-vets help keep herds healthy (Farm Radio Weekly, Arusha Times)
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Uganda: Farmers find that human urine is an effective fertilizer (The Monitor)
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on landmines:
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on para-vets:
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on urine fertilizer:
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
March 31, 2008: Deadline for nomination to Award of Excellence in HIV and AIDS Communication
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
AGFAX Radio provides audio interview packages
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
DCFRN urges Canadian government to stand up for food security at the WTO
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
Farmers can earn income producing compost
Date Posted: March 10th, 2008
In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
1. Burkina Faso: Women’s group finds new use for “green gold” (by Mahoua Hien, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Burkina Faso)
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
2. Southern Africa: Black women break into commercial farming (by Frauke Röschlau, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Windhoek, Namibia)
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
Past FRW stories of women in agriculture
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on shea jam:
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
Notes to Broadcasters on commercial farming:
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
March 15, 2008 – Deadline for expressions of interest: research grants on gender and land in Southern Africa
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
March 31, 2008 – Deadline for nominations: Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
Resource kit on women in micro-enterprises
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
Media resource pack on sexual and reproductive health
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
International panel to judge scriptwriting competition on climate change
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
DCFRN scripts on issues facing rural women
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
Women, Property, and Inheritance
Date Posted: March 3rd, 2008
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