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Radio 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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Nourishing the Planet discusses the work of Farm Radio International
Recently, Molly Theobald, research fellow with the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet wrote about the work of Farm Radio international. In her blog she writes…
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Travelling Through Tanzania
I had the wonderful opportunity with the support of our partner, World University Service of Canada (WUSC), to travel to Tanzania last September 2010. Today,…
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Listen to two of our award-winning ‘Healthy Communities’ scripts!
Recently, we released our 93rd script package, based on the winning entries from our fourth scriptwriting competition on the topic of Healthy Communities. We are…
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The First Results are in!
If one of every five people who were reached by an advertising campaign on the radio actually bought the product being advertised, the marketing world…
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Canadian Farm Radio Network Informing Africans
Radio Canada International (RCI) conducted an interview with Farm Radio International’s Executive Director this past January 2011. Listen, as Carmel Kilkenny from RCI’s The Link,…
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Ugandan farm broadcaster helped to end conflict
Ottawa, Ontario March 1, 2011 – Grace Amito was bitter when her manager at Uganda’s radio station Mega FM assigned her to the farm broadcast.…
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Tuning in to Secure Food
Food security is back in the headlines along with some hard-to-answer questions about how to achieve Millennium Development Goal 1. One of the solutions can…
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Twenty-one Francophone African broadcasters learn to make radio with a story-based approach and well-focused ideas
Jeanne Tchakoute is wearing a beautiful pink suit. Full of energy, she gets up to dance and sing. She bends forward while pretending to wipe…
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Water Integrity Script Package Launched
Everywhere in the world, people understand that water is life. Especially in rural areas. But water is also a resource, and sometimes a commodity. Thus,…
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