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8 ways radio is changing the lives of farmers

February 25, 2016

How radio is seeding change for small-scale farmers Radio can share vital information on agricultural techniques, nutrition, health care, local politics, weather and more. Radio also provides valuable entertainment to its listeners, with music, radio dramas and debates. Here are a few ways we are using radio to seed change for the millions of farmers…

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Protecting earnings and the environment – and chocolate production – with a new radio campaign

October 3, 2017

Charles Brefo-Nimo, SNV project co-ordinator, in front of the SNV office in Essam, Western Region Ghana Ghana is the second largest producer of cocoa in the world, but many of its cocoa trees are old or diseased. This results in lower productivity, which has meant problems for farmers and for the environment. As cocoa trees…

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Benjamin Boureima Nama: 2018 George Atkins Award runner up

October 28, 2018

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 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The director general of the Radio Evangile Développement network produced a program called “Le défi de L’Afrique” (The challenges of Africa), which gave practical tips. The producer…

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Our work in Ghana

September 18, 2018

Ghana has a very dynamic public sphere, facilitated by a well-developed network of internet providers and more than 500 radio stations. We have worked with more radio stations in Ghana than any other country, operating in multiple languages across all of the country’s ten regions. In addition to our main office in Accra on the…

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Our work in Uganda

September 19, 2018

More than 40 indigenous languages are used in Uganda, with dialects varying from community to community. This has made for a very diverse and competitive radio landscape. From climate-smart agriculture and the development of radio based e-extension platforms, to scaling up the production and consumption of nutrient-rich crops, our team in Uganda works with local…

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Birhanu Kindu: Always improving his skills to better support farmers

July 29, 2015

Birhanu Kindu, like many broadcasters, is highly educated, with a diploma in language and a degree in sociology and social anthropology. But he also credits training from Farm Radio International for the development of his skills as a radio broadcaster.   Birhanu works with Amhara Radio and FM Bahir Dar 96.9 in Bahir Dar, the…

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An update on our commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Racial Justice

July 30, 2021

Our work in diversity, equity and inclusion is an ongoing process. Here’s what we’ve done in the past year since we committed to taking stronger role in anti-racism and the struggle for racial justice.

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Women in Malawi listen to the radio in a community listening group

Farm Radio and CODE to co-lead a new project on sexual and reproductive health rights in Malawi

December 8, 2021

Two Canadian NGOs, Farm Radio International and CODE are working together on a new project that aims to improve access to health information and services for teenage girls and young women in Malawi.

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Investing in partnerships to prevent violence against women and girls

December 5, 2023

This 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, we share approaches to ending gender-based violence that we’ve learned from our projects and partners.

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Learning how to beep to vote in Burkina Faso

July 24, 2014

I’m Emma Bider, an intern with Farm Radio International in Burkina Faso. The month of June marked the beginning of a new Participatory Radio Campaign here that encourages farmers to produce orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. The project was launched in Orodara, a town in the southwest of the country, where a local radio station will broadcast the…

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