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Listening to our listeners
Learn how Farm Radio International listens to the people we serve – and uses what they tell us to make the programs we support better and more relevant.
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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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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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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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A COVID-19 recovery story: From coast to côte (d’Ivoire)
In 2021, Farm Radio set out to tackle pandemic recovery by using interactive radio approaches to support 20 value chains in 7 countries.
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Solomon Ayele, winner of the 2022 George Atkins Communications Award
Solomon Ayele is a broadcast journalist at Debre Berhan Fana FM in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
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The 2022 Farm Radio Awards
We are proud to honour the 2022 winners of the George Atkins Communications Award and the Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio.
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WATCH | A pandemic of misinformation: Radio and COVID-19 in Africa
Watch Farm Radio staff and broadcasters from Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi and Uganda as they discuss the current reality of COVID-19 in their countries — and the work radio is doing to keep communities safe.
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Farming faba beans—a source of income and equality
Radio and faba beans are paving the way for women producers and growers to challenge gender norms and participate in farming.
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