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Archive for September, 2008


Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #38, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #38, Past Issues

1. South Africa: Farmers reject GM potato (African Agriculture, IOL, Meridian Institute)
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #38, Past Issues

2. Africa: Traditional fruit appeals to new tastes (Mail & Guardian Online)
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #38, Past Issues

3. West Africa: Lumpy skin disease detected in cattle (Panapress)
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #38, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on GM potatoes:
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #38, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on baobab:
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #38, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

November 15, 2008: Deadline for submissions to knowledge sharing awards
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #38, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

The sounds of nature – available online!
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #38, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Rice scripts are online and in the mail
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #38, Past Issues

Select only your best rice seed with flotation and manual sorting
Date Posted: September 29th, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #38, Past Issues


Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Issue #37, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Issue #37, Past Issues

1. West Africa: A pinch of fertilizer goes a long way (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, SciDev.Net, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute)
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #37, Past Issues

2. Uganda: Imported rice levies encourage local production (by Joshua Kyalimpa, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Kampala, Uganda)
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #37, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on micro-dosing:
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Issue #37, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on local rice production:
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Issue #37, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

October 5-9, 2008: Banana 2008 conference to be held in Mombasa, Kenya
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Issue #37, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Utilizing community media to fight poverty in a digital age
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Issue #37, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

AFRRI stations participate in hands-on training
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #37, Past Issues

Micro-doses of fertilizer increase yields in the Sahel
Date Posted: September 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #37, Past Issues


Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Issue#36, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Issue#36, Past Issues

Niger: Woman with disability proves her productivity through gardening (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue#36, Past Issues

Uganda: Simple trap could save cotton crops (New Vision, Fibre2fashion News Desk, SciDev.Net)
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue#36, Past Issues

Notes to broadcaster on disabled gardener:
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Issue#36, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcaster on bollworm trap:
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Issue#36, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

October 13-15, 2008: MobileActive08 event in Johannesburg, South Africa
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Issue#36, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Key principles for the disability conscious journalist
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Issue#36, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio partners raise awareness of women and girls’ health issues
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue#36, Past Issues

Radio Spots: Can you control pests without pesticides?
Date Posted: September 15th, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Issue#36, Past Issues


Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #35, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #35, Past Issues

1. Southern Africa: Conservation methods help farmers cope with climate change, high fertilizer costs (New Era, UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #35, Past Issues

2. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Women farmers process cassava to improve their livelihoods (Syfia Grands-Lacs)
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #35, Past Issues

3. Ghana: Use of harmful food additives on the rise (Public Agenda, Ghanaian Chronicle)
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #35, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on conservation agriculture:
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #35, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on processing cassava:
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #35, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on food adulteration:
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #35, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

September 17, 2008: Application deadline for joint reporting workshop on decentralization in DRC
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #35, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

What should a field recording kit consist of?
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Issue #35, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

All about manure: Audio version of award-winning scripts to be produced and distributed
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #35, Past Issues

New rice variety for Africa to save wetlands in Uganda
Date Posted: September 8th, 2008
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #35, Past Issues