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Growing community: Conservation agriculture over the airwaves
Matefie Meja is a single mother of three who farms a half-hectare of land in Chifisa, Ethiopia. It’s intensive work. As she has no ox…
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Maize farmers grow special plants to manage Fall armyworm
On a cloudy morning, Harbe Tafesse walks through a narrow passageway on one side of her house that leads to the 625-square-metre piece of land…
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Mathewos Feleke: 2018 George Atkins Communications Award runner-up
Mathewos Feleke of Wolaitta Sodo Fana FM in Ethiopia is a man of many talents. A former high school teacher, school supervisor, and farmer, Mr.…
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When a new pest invades, radio is the tool farmers need to protect their fields
When Ethiopian farmers and agricultural experts first learned about Fall armyworm in early 2017, the picture was gloomy. This invasive pest is native to the…
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Learning to cook quality protein maize
Listen to part of a cooking show, which aired on four radio stations in three languages in Ethiopia. Across Africa, many families rely on maize…
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How we adapted our programs in Ethiopia to respond to the Fall armyworm crisis
Since 2012, we’ve been on air in Ethiopia in partnership with four radio stations to discuss quality protein maize, a variety of maize that offers…
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Sharing innovation on the radio, and throughout the community
In Awash Bune kebele, in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, women don’t plough the fields. They hire labourers or leave the ploughing for their husbands. This is…
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Read the fall edition of Tuning In!
In our latest edition of Tuning In, we draw your attention to a very alarming, voracious pest, the Fall armyworm. It is causing destruction as…
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Double despair in Ethiopia: Drought and then the damaging Fall armyworm
Karen Hampson, right, walks through lush, green fields near Sodo, in southern Ethiopia. As I drove westward from the city of Sodo, in southern Ethiopia,…
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A farmer never stops learning
When it’s time to tune in to Atota on Oromia radio, Jorpe Nanecha carefully unlocks the cabinet below where she proudly displays her plates and…
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