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Beep4Weather: Forecast and farming advice available on-demand in Tanzania

July 22, 2014

With weather patterns shifting due to climate change, farmers need weather-related information they can count on. Luckily, their mobile phones can help them get it. “Utabiri wa hali ya hewa” (Swahili for “Beep for Weather”) is a radio and mobile phone service for farmers that was recently developed at our radio and ICT innovation lab, The Hangar. It…

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broadcaster interviews farmer about the effects of climate change in life

Finding rainfall: Radio, technology and climate change

February 2, 2021

Peter Kakanji brushes his teeth, using bristles of a stick as a toothbrush. He looks to the sky for signs of imminent rainfall because he heard last night on the radio that it would rain today.  “The rains started early this year and it’s still raining in several parts of the country, following the same…

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Climate change and radio

Helping small-scale farmers withstand climate change through radio

January 14, 2022

Climate change in Ghana has made farming a challenge But thanks to new methods learned from the radio, farmers like Ramatu Djan are adapting.

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Climate Change Donate Major Gifts

October 17, 2019

ACT NOW TO PREVENT A FUTURE DISASTER Help farmers get the climate change information they need Donate now The Climate Crisis Farmers turn to radio Farmers in Tanzania are turning on their radios as the weather they have relied on for years for their livelihoods gets more erratic and more destructive. Farm Radio International is…

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Bridging the agricultural extension gap in Uganda through climate change radio programs

February 2, 2023

Learn how Voice of Teso radio station in eastern Uganda is ensuring that local farmers have the information they need to improve harvests and adapt to a changing climate.

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World Radio Day

Farm Radio International develops new sustainable radio approach

February 12, 2019

At Farm Radio International, we’ve seen what works when it comes to radio projects. From projects on sweet potato, to those on climate change and women’s rights, we see great results come from informative radio programming time and time again. There’s just one problem. When a project ends, the radio program may end with it,…

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Climate crisis: Farmers turn to radio

September 17, 2019

Farmers in Tanzania are turning to radio for informational tops on climate change and weather forecasts to help deal with the climate crisis.

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Rwanda: Climate change concerns farmers on World Food Day (by Jean Paul Ntezimana for Farm Radio Weekly in Rwanda)

October 13, 2010

It is a Thursday morning with bright sunshine and a fresh breeze. Potatoes are heaped on freshly dug land. The farmer inspects them one by one and puts them in a bag. Theoneste Havugimana is harvesting his last potatoes for this year. I do not remember well the date of World Food Day. However, what I…

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Sponsor a radio program

January 26, 2022

Sponsor a radio program Get life-changing information to underserved Ghanaian communities.  Start your own team today Radio grows food In places where the internet remains out of reach, radio is a lifeline.  At Farm Radio International, we work with broadcasters and farmers to design effective interactive agriculture radio programs for farmers in Africa. Now, we…

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Sponsor a Station – Royals FM

February 25, 2022

Royals FM Akuapa y3 (Good Farming) Radio Program About the program Akuapa y3 means “good farming.” For farmers in Wenchi, that’s what this Green Leaf Magazine radio program is helping them do. Thanks your sponsorship, it’s what the program will continue to do. In the program above, you can hear an episode where the host, Owoahene…

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