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Celebrating 40 years of radio excellence
Farm Radio International’s story begins on a bumpy road in rural Zambia in 1975, where our founder, George Atkins, found himself in conversation with a number of African farm broadcasters.
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Growing community: Conservation agriculture over the airwaves
Matefie Meja is a single mother of three who farms a half-hectare of land in Chifisa, Ethiopia. It’s intensive work. As she has no ox…
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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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Maize farmers grow special plants to manage Fall armyworm
On a cloudy morning, Harbe Tafesse walks through a narrow passageway on one side of her house that leads to the 625-square-metre piece of land…
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Mathewos Feleke: 2018 George Atkins Communications Award runner-up
Mathewos Feleke of Wolaitta Sodo Fana FM in Ethiopia is a man of many talents. A former high school teacher, school supervisor, and farmer, Mr.…
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Benjamin Boureima Nama: 2018 George Atkins Award runner up
Benjamin Boureima Nama was first introduced to Farm Radio International’s resources for broadcasters in 1999 when he was an intern at Radio Evangile Développement in…
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Lilian Madelemo: 2018 George Atkins Communications Award winner, Uhuru FM, Tanzania
Lilian Madelemo has been a radio broadcaster since 2011, presenting news and entertainment programming at Uhuru FM in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Last year, she…
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Earl Samuels: George Atkins Communications Award Winner, Fiila FM, Ghana
It was a desire to empower his people and provide access to information in hard times that inspired Earl Samuels to pursue a career in…
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Mubiru Ali: George Atkins Communications Award winner, Radio Simba, Uganda
In April 2016, Ugandan farmers called into their favourite program on Radio Simba to complain of an unknown pest that was destroying their maize crops.…
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In Ghana, the farmer’s friend is always on call
In Ghana’s Northern Region, farmers who tune into Radio Savannah 91.3 FM on Sunday evenings recognize the familiar voice of a man who is a…
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