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For the audited financial statements for 2019-2020 please go here. — Year in Review It was an important year for Farm Radio International. First, we celebrated the organization’s 40th birthday! Four decades have passed since George Atkins, together with many partners, volunteers and backers, put together the first package of Farm Radio scripts and distributed it…
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An audit of our year-end financial statements was conducted by Deloitte LLP in Ottawa, in accordance with Canadian standards. The report is a snapshot of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2020, with comparative information for 2018-19. For the full annual report for 2019-2020 please visit this page.
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The seed for Farm Radio International was planted nearly 40 years ago in rural Zambia when a man named George Atkins had a simple, but really good idea. It was 1975, and George, a Canadian farm radio broadcaster with the CBC, was running a workshop for his African colleagues. When he asked a fellow journalist…
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An audit of our year-end financial statements was conducted by Deloitte LLP in Ottawa, in accordance with Canadian standards. The report is a snapshot of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019, with comparative information for 2017-18. For the full annual report for 2018-2019 please visit this page.
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For the audited financial statements for 2018-2019 please go here. — Year in Review For many years, Farm Radio International has been about more than just “farming” in the traditional sense. This year, we formalized that in a renewed mandate and vision: we aspire to a prosperous, just and vibrant rural African people and communities by…
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This 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…
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An audit of our year-end financial statements was conducted by Deloitte LLP in Ottawa, in accordance with Canadian standards. The above is a snapshot of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2018, with comparative information for 2016-17. For the full annual report for 2017-2018 please visit this page.
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For the audited financial statements for 2016-2017 please go here. — In 2017-18: We provided 143 resources to 713 broadcasting partners in 40 African countries. We worked directly with 149 of these partners on 62 projects in 11 countries. Our teams in Africa advanced new technology solutions and radio formats that will make radio even…
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We are the only international non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to serving African farming families and rural communities through radio. We work with hundreds of existing radio partners across 40 sub-Saharan African countries, and have offices and major projects in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Senegal and Uganda. Together, we reach…
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Do you ever find yourself searching for information about a specific crop, wanting ideas on how to create a drama for your farming audience, or wondering how to involve women farmers in your program? FRI has many resources that can help you—read this guide to learn more. Farm Radio International (FRI) aims to support all…
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