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Tanzanie
Farm Radio is working with five existing radio stations to research, design, produce and evaluate two series each of 16 weeks every year for three years, which follows the seasonal calendar of the northern and central regions in Tanzania. We will also curate and share a collection of training resources and radio scripts for our…
Lire plusAu cours de trois semaines en juin 2021, Radios Rurales Internationales a demandé aux agriculteurs(trices) du Burkina Faso, du Ghana, de la Tanzanie et de l’Ouganda comment les systèmes alimentaires devraient être modifiés pour répondre à leurs besoins et aux besoins de leurs communautés.
Lire plusAu cours de trois semaines en juin 2021, Radios Rurales Internationales a demandé aux agriculteurs(trices) du Burkina Faso, du Ghana, de la Tanzanie et de l’Ouganda comment les systèmes alimentaires devraient être modifiés pour répondre à leurs besoins et aux besoins de leurs communautés.
Lire plusThis work is being carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), www.idrc.ca. How can we scale-up agricultural solutions that are promising? What role do Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play in this process? Through a 30-month research initiative, Farm Radio International and Farm Radio Trust (Malawi) aimed to…
Lire plusHealth and food security go hand in hand. Radio is a versatile tool to promote both at scale, not only supporting farmers to sustainably boost their productivity, but also to increase the quality and variety of food produced and eaten. Targeted radio and ICT initiatives can address nutritional deficiencies through radio programs that drive the…
Lire plusAuthors: Kutcher S, Perkins K, Gilberds H, Udedi M, Ubuguyu O, Njau T, Chapota R and Hashish M (2019) Creating Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Description of the Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania. Front. Psychiatry 10:542. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00542 Abstract: Addressing depression in young…
Lire plusThe New Alliance ICT Extension Challenge Fund is a multi-donor fund managed by USAID, that receives financial support from USAID, UK DFID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and IFAD to improve agricultural productivity among targeted food crops by smallholder farmers in 6 selected countries in Africa, through the use of Information and Communications Technology…
Lire plusFRI’s overall goal was to contribute to increased agricultural output and productivity by scaling up the use of productivity-enhanced agricultural innovations, and marketing mechanisms by small-scale farmers (both male and female) in Tanzania, using a combination of ICT-enabled agriculture extension approaches (participatory radio, mobile services) to integrate into and engage with traditional extension services. Summary…
Lire plusThe challenge Improved technologies and practices for growing common beans, groundnuts (peanuts), soybeans, and other legumes represent one of the most cost-effective and affordable approaches to improving food and nutrition security and enhancing soil fertility. Despite the well-documented advantages of improved legume practices, such as intercropping, their use remains low in Tanzania. The main hurdles…
Lire plusChanging the lives of smallholder farmers is the business of Farm Radio International – and radio is how we do it! This project provided millions of listeners with access to interactive radio programs, highlighting three key practices from the SUSTAIN-Africa program – cocoa growing, clean seed cane, and beekeeping as an elephant deterrent. Our qualitative…
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