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Farm Radio wins 2022 Innovation and Impact Award

Feb 23, 2023

Farm Radio International is one of the winners of the 2022 Organizational Innovation and Impact Awards for our innovative use of radio and community-based methodologies in our work.

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On Air Dialogues: What rural people in sub-Saharan Africa have to say about climate change

Dec 13, 2022

In October 2022, Farm Radio International organized a series of three On Air Dialogues in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to gather the views, perspectives and experiences of rural people as they contend with climate change. Learn what African farmers had to say about the impacts of climate change and how they are adapting their farming practices.

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Felicia Abaane uses her phone in her field near Yorogo, Ghana

On Air Dialogues: Amplifying rural voices during the 2021 Food Systems Summit

Jul 26, 2021

Using radio polling, we asked farmers for their opinions about food systems ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.

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Alhassan Seidu Kayaba, against a background at his radio station: 99.3 Zaa.

Alhassan Seidu Kayaba—winner of the George Atkins Communications Award for 2021

Apr 12, 2021

Alhassan Seidu Kayaba of Zaa Radio in Tamale, northern Ghana, is one of our three winners of the George Atkins Communications Award for 2021

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Emergency Hotline Service: Developing a COVID call-in service for broadcasters

Jun 29, 2020

Farm Radio International has developed a new emergency hotline for broadcasters to find information, leave questions and get answers to pressing information about COVID-19.

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Women and telephones: Bridging the gender digital divide using simple solutions

Sep 24, 2019

A community in western Burkina Faso finds a simple way to bridge the digital gender divide.

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Farm Radio celebrates 40 years

After 40 years, Farm Radio looks to the future

Apr 29, 2019

Since our humble beginnings in 1979, Farm Radio International has grown to become a dynamic, bustling Canadian charity that punches way above its weight in terms of impact and outreach.

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Audio Postcard: Inclusivity in Mining

Mar 26, 2019

Industry in Ghana is a vital source of revenue, but local communities don’t always see the benefits. A radio program is looking to change that.

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Amplifying women's voices

Women have their say thanks to new sustainable radio programming in Ghana

Mar 6, 2019

Inside the studio at Royals FM in Wenchi, in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana, radio presenters Regina Gyabea and Mary Ajyapong are in full…

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Farm Radio International’s 2018 top ten

Dec 26, 2018

This year was a big one for our Farm Radio International, and while there’s a lot to say about what happened in our work in…

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