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A microphone and a guinea fowl: a young Canadian shares voices of Ghanaian farmers
In a community in rural Ghana, Maxine Betteridge-Moes sits down with several farmers. Through a translator, she asks questions about the impact of a local…
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Farm Radio International’s 2018 top ten
This year was a big one for our Farm Radio International, and while there’s a lot to say about what happened in our work in…
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Reflecting on 2017-18 in our annual report
It was quite the year — both for Farm Radio International and for Africa’s farmers. While much has happened since the end of March 2018…
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How an odd little bird is helping farmers in Ghana make a living
In October, the Farm Radio International team in Tamale, Ghana, conducted a five day evaluation of the BRIDGE, or Bridging Rural Information Dissemination through Dialogue…
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We’ve ‘bean’ on a mission — to improve legumes!
It’s no secret that when people work together, the results are better than those working alone. In 2015, Farm Radio International, alongside several other organizations,…
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Broadcasters chat online about interactive radio — and the challenges of engaging women
Over four weeks in February and March, more than 150 radio broadcasters from 23 countries gathered online for an in-depth discussion about interactive radio, exchanging…
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Recent report explores the potential of interactive radio to serve rural citizens
What are the possibilities of using new digital technologies alongside radio to help ensure that agricultural development projects are farmer-centred, and meet the needs of…
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Radio for trees: Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice in Uganda
Information can be powerful. But it isn’t always enough to bring about change. Indeed, it isn’t difficult to come up with examples of people not…
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Farm Radio research project releases its final report
Radio is widely acknowledged as the best way to deliver farming information to small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. But, until recently, little was known about…
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Lessons learned on the radio are lessons learned for life
In 2008, Ugandan farmer Silkei Mike Chemusto heard a radio program about Victoria Highland Irish potato production, airing on Uganda Broadcasting Corporation. “The message…
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