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Farm Radio and CODE to co-lead a new project on sexual and reproductive health rights in Malawi
Two Canadian NGOs, Farm Radio International and CODE are working together on a new project that aims to improve access to health information and services for teenage girls and young women in Malawi.
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Bridging the extension gap with radio
Radio programs in Malawi have helped farmers access agricultural extension support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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COVID-19 recovery project expands Farm Radio into four new countries
Farm Radio International is hard at work on a new project with GIZ on COVID-19 recovery, working across seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Keeping crucial radio stations on air in face of COVID-19
Thanks to additional funding from Canada, Farm Radio International will support broadcasters who provide essential pandemic-related information to remote and rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Tuning in: Read our 2018 fall issue
This edition of Tuning In showcases some of our efforts to combat the Fall armyworm — a destructive invasive species new to the African continent.…
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Close to home: Fall armyworm leaves none untouched
Rex Chapota, Farm Radio International’s Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa, calls himself a “weekend farmer.” From eight till five, Monday to Friday, he…
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Celebrating the power of radio to scale sustainably
Watch our webinar to explore the challenges and successes of scale and sustainability with ICT-enabled projects. At Farm Radio International, our work requires great partnerships…
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Just a phone call away for farmers in Malawi facing Fall armyworm
In Malawi, farmers have already been hit hard by Fall armyworm. In August, farmers had reported more than 140,000 hectares of maize ravaged by the…
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Farmers in Malawi turn to community radio for information about cassava mosaic disease
Members of the Chitontho Farmers Club gather in the Nkhotakota district of Malawi’s Central Region. Sitting in the shade of her grass-thatched house, cassava farmer Achipera Nankambi recalls…
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