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It’s spring, and Tuesday night is a night for radio! Meet the community listening group in Senegal that meets every Tuesday to discuss their health and the health of their community. Inside this edition of Tuning In, hear from the talented group of African broadcasters who won this year’s George Atkins Communications Award, and the…
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Interested in how Farm Radio is doing in terms of achieving its objectives? This document outlines our board-approved Strategic Intentions and our final progress towards achieving them from 2015 until 2019. Over 78% of planned activities were partially or fully achieved or exceeded.
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In our latest edition of Tuning In, we share some stories we love. Read about how in Tanzania, our programs on weather have made a difference to the farmers who rely on rains, In Sierra Leone and Liberia, learn alongside learners themselves! We share a story about our project on distance learning during the pandemic,…
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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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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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