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On Air Dialogues: Listening to — and learning from — rural people
On Air Dialogues are an innovative type of radio programming, which use mobile phone-based polling to bring rural voices into national and global conversations about critical issues like food security, nutrition, health and climate change.
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Country-level climate action: Earth Day 2023
This Earth Day, we share stories from our offices in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mali. Learn about initiatives related to tree planting, plastic pollution and waste management.
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Sakina Majawa, winner of the 2023 George Atkins Communication Award
Sakina Majawa is a winner of the 2023 George Atkins Communication Award. Sakina is a producer and presenter with Chanco Community Radio in Malawi.
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Canada has a role helping overcome information poverty
This International Development Week, we make a case for Canada to invest more in media and communication for development projects to help overcome information poverty.
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Bridging the agricultural extension gap in Uganda through climate change radio programs
Learn how Voice of Teso radio station in eastern Uganda is ensuring that local farmers have the information they need to improve harvests and adapt to a changing climate.
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On Air Dialogues: What rural people in sub-Saharan Africa have to say about climate change
In October 2022, Farm Radio International organized a series of three On Air Dialogues in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to gather the views, perspectives and experiences of rural people as they contend with climate change. Learn what African farmers had to say about the impacts of climate change and how they are adapting their farming practices.
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Watch: Food Security in East Africa – Beyond the Headlines
Watch our online town hall, Food Security in East Africa – Beyond the Headlines. Learn about the causes and impacts of the East African food crisis and local solutions to increase food security in the region.
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Canada invests in radio to broadcast nature-based solutions in Africa.
Over five years, Canada will address climate change and biodiversity loss in rural Africa through an innovative 10.9 million dollar investment by Global Affairs Canada in radio programs that highlight and promote nature-based solutions.
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Helping small-scale farmers withstand climate change through radio
Climate change in Ghana has made farming a challenge But thanks to new methods learned from the radio, farmers like Ramatu Djan are adapting.
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Join us at COP26
Join us on to discuss concerns and solutions related to climate adaption that small-scale farmers and other rural people shared through a series of On Air Dialogues.
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