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Ottawa, Canada, March 23, 2010 – Farm Radio International is a recipient of the ALINe 2010 Farmer Voice Awards announced on March 11. Organizations from twenty countries submitted nominations for the awards which are given to projects that promote the voice of farmers. ALINe works with a wide range of agricultural organizations, providing technical…
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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.…
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Farm Radio International’s staff spent World Radio Day doing their best work to make radio a powerful tool for development and change.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Listen, vote, and eat better Farm Radio International (FRI) is working with Uganda’s TRAC FM and HarvestPlus to give farmers a powerful voice in their futures. Listeners of a recently launched radio drama series can now engage with broadcasters in real time, bringing interactive radio and listener participation to a whole new…
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Adama Zongo has been the editor-in-chief of Farm Radio broadcasting partner Radio rurale du Burkina – the national broadcaster – since 2005. But Adama is not new to rural radio broadcasting. He started his career in July 1982 after being trained at the Centre Interafricain d’Études en Radio Rurale de Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso. Adama…
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The great Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi, introduced the world to wireless communication technology in 1901 when he beamed a signal from Cornwall, England to St. John’s Newfoundland. Radio was born. Talk about a “disruptive technology”. Marconi’s discovery meant people could communicate instantly around the world. No more waiting weeks for printed information to be sent…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farm Radio International is putting the power of radio drama to work in Uganda. This week marks the launch of My Children, a radio drama series that aims to convince farmers to replace traditional varieties of sweet potato with a more nutritious, orange-fleshed alternative. Ottawa, Canada – June 17, 2013 – Nearly…
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Over the past few weeks Farm Radio International was fortunate enough to be covered in a great article by Melissa Ulbricht (@melissaulbricht) on both Mobile Active and the MediaShift Idea Lab blog on www.pbs.org. The article looked into what we believe is a very exciting application of newer technologies to tried and true radio in…
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Do you have questions about our work? Give us a call or reach us by email. 1-888-773-7717 info@farmradio.org About us What is Farm Radio International? Farm Radio International is the only international non-profit organization solely focused on using radio as a tool for international development in rural Africa. How did Farm Radio International get started?…
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We just passed an important milestone! Farm Radio International now has more than 500 radio broadcasting partners in 38 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. This means that over 500 radio stations, and organizations using radio, are benefiting from services we offer. These services include radio scripts on agricultural and development topics and online training courses that…
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