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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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EVENT | Raising women’s voices for food security and gender equality
Join us on March 29 as we explore lessons learned about gender equality for development organizations to build into the design of future projects.
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Improving food security and gender equality for women, this International Women’s Day and beyond
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate reaching two million people with information on gender equality and food security.
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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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Women in non-traditional roles. Hear their story
Belinda Akos Akab is excelling as a mechanical engineer and hopes she can help other women succeed in the male-dominated trades.
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Ghana’s ‘best farmers’ grow thanks to radio
It is a hot sunny Wednesday afternoon and Abraham Agyei Appiah is working on his maize farm. On his return from the farm, he pulls…
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15 million listeners tune in to weekly programs on gender equality
More than 90 per cent of people in listening clubs say radio programs have transformed gender norms in their communities thanks to a Farm Radio International project.
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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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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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EVENT | On Air Dialogues: Rural voices on the global stage
Join us on Monday, Sept. 20 for to explore the views of 3,500 small-scale farmers ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.
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