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300 African broadcasters learn radio design through e-course
Farm Radio International recently wrapped up its largest-ever e-course, with record registration and offered for the first time in French.
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Farming faba beans—a source of income and equality
Radio and faba beans are paving the way for women producers and growers to challenge gender norms and participate in farming.
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Radio programs inspire students to create discussion groups on sexual and reproductive health
Inspired by a radio program on sexual and reproductive health, a student in Burkina Faso created her own discussion group so she could share the lessons to other youth in her community.
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Filling the void: How radio is serving farmers in Ethiopia during the pandemic
When COVID-19 made face-to-face extension impossible, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture called on Farm Radio International to design interactive extension programs to support farmers during the pandemic.
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Supporting broadcasters during COVID-19: One year later
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Farm Radio International has supported radio stations in delivering life-saving, accessible messages at-scale to the vulnerable populations who needed them most.
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COVID-19 recovery project expands Farm Radio into four new countries
Farm Radio International is hard at work on a new project with GIZ on COVID-19 recovery, working across seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Lessons in learning, literacy and radio during a global pandemic
Educational inequalities mean the most underserved have been left behind during COVID-19. Farm Radio is working with CODE to provide distance learning over the radio.
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Finding rainfall: Radio, technology and climate change
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…
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Distance Learning In Crisis: Literacy over the radio
Farm Radio is using radio to Improve literacy, reading and promote education at a distance in Sierra Leone and Liberia thanks to a new partnership with CODE.
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Senegalese farmer turns to radio during COVID shutdown
Fatoumata Camara, a farmer in southern Senegal has turned to radio during the double challenges of COVID-19 and climate change.
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