Date Posted: April 7th, 2008
Hello to all!
We are very excited to bring you this issue of Farm Radio Weekly. It is a special issue for us because much of it has been contributed by “you” – by which we mean members of the Farm Radio Weekly community.
Greg Modestus of the Africa Radio Drama Association in Nigeria brings us a report on an issue that has affected countless women farmers – the loss of family land following a husband’s death. He spoke with members of an organization called the Dynamic Women’s Group, who live up to their name by advocating for women’s land rights and undertaking many other activities in support of disadvantaged women farmers.
Emily Arayo, National Coordinator for the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) in Uganda, wrote in to share her experience with a workshop that introduced more Ugandan broadcasters to Farm Radio Weekly.
We have also researched two other news stories that we hope you’ll find interesting: one about a group of farmers petitioning their government to prevent gold mining near their community; another about a colourful niche crop pursued by some farmers – butterflies. We close this issue with a third and final preview of DCFRN script package 83, providing the full text of a two-part radio drama on the subject of maternal health.
When we began Farm Radio Weekly, one of our goals was to help build a community of African rural radio broadcasters. So please continue to write to us at farmradioweekly@farmradio.org, to tell us how you would like to contribute to future issues of Farm Radio Weekly. And don’t forget to visit the FRW website, http://farmradio.org/english/weekly/, to post your comments about this week’s issue!
Happy reading!
-The Farm Radio Weekly Team
