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Celebrating World Radio Day: Farmers all over Africa achieve success and satisfaction from listening to their radios
For over 30 years, Farm Radio International has understood the importance of radio in giving access to information to millions of small-scale farmers. Radio is…
Read MoreRadio – Where knowledge flows, food grows
Farm Radio International’s Annual Report 2010/2011 is now available online. The following is the Executive Director’s Report. The name Farm Radio International seems to capture…
Read MoreBroadcaster committed to agricultural market programming honoured with George Atkins Communications Award
Wednesday is market day in the town of Fana, Mali. There’s a busy energy in the air as farmers, traders, and other villagers gather to…
Read MoreWorld AIDS Day: Farm Radio Weekly features original stories about small-scale farmers in Africa
Farm Radio Weekly (FRW) is Farm Radio International’s weekly electronic news bulletin. It prides itself on making the farmer’s voice and perspective heard. To mark…
Read MoreThe Drama of the Radio Drama …
Small-scale farmers in Nigeria, particularly female farmers, are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In 2007, a project was initiated by the African…
Read MoreKenya: Women use a rotating savings scheme to help each other survive a drought (by Pius Sawa for Farm Radio International)
To mark the International Day of Rural Women on October 15th, Farm Radio Weekly (FRW) featured an article from one of our two FRW Service…
Read MoreMeanwhile in Rwanda: Our farmer gives birth to a baby boy
One of the keys to achieving food security in Africa is ensuring its millions of smallholder farmers are able to produce enough food for their…
Read MoreFarm Radio International vital tool in spreading facts, by Laura Rance
The following article appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, October 5, 2011. We’ve all grown accustomed to the hype around Hockey Night in Canada, a…
Read MorePhilip Akafo’s Story
Ben Fiafor is Farm Radio International’s National Research Coordinator in Ghana. He writes about how one farmer, Philip Akafo, changed his life for the better…
Read MoreRadio helps African farm families survive
In the midst of drought and famine in eastern Africa some hopeful news. A three-year study by Farm Radio International demonstrates conclusively that when properly…
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