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This rice farmer’s yield set to multiply tenfold thanks to radio
With files courtesy of Mark Kudafa Elvis Asare takes a radio broadcaster through his farm. He gestures to his recently harvested rice field, golden…
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This farmer may be blind, but that won’t stop him from seeing success
Ekow Yamoah is also known as “Ekow Vulcaniser” — a name he gets from his work fixing tires at his shop in Anamabo in the Central…
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Radio: A source of information and motivation for this determined farmer
Interview and photos by Jesse Winter Theodora Kubaje has raised guinea fowl her entire life. “My father was a farmer and my mother. So, as…
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Balancing broadcasting work and childcare
Madame Florence Acquaye of URA Radio interviews a farmer while carrying her son on her back. Madame Florence hustles — it seems the only way to describe…
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Community listening groups: strength in unity
In the community of Garizegu in northern Ghana, a group of farmers gathers every Saturday to listen to the radio — in the dark. Night comes…
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Audio postcard: Reaching farmers in local languages
Program quality monitors make calls to farmers, speaking five of the languages of northern Ghana. The Farm Radio International office in Tamale, Northern Ghana, booms…
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Audio postcard: Successful OFSP farmer meets Kofi Annan
Zakaria Dauda stands with his orange-fleshed sweet potato vines, waiting to sell them to farmers who hear his location on the radio. His OFSP farm…
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Sharing her voice on air
Mebrihit Tsegaye, a farmer from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, where she lives with her husband and three children. She is a member of the…
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Audio postcard: How radio is supporting farmers in response to the drought in Ethiopia
Tune in to learn more about how we are helping radio broadcasters support farmers in Ethiopia, as they cope with severe drought conditions. Fifteen men…
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Audio postcard: Helping farmers improve their sorghum harvest with radio
In the hot, dry villages in the Shinyanga District of northern Tanzania, growing certain crops can be difficult. From concerns about drought, to birds and…
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