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Winner of the inaugural Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio: Voice of Kigezi, Uganda
B’Omugaiga, a program broadcast on the Voice of Kigezi, is the 2019 and inagural winner of the Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio. This new award recognizes radio programs that address issues of gender equality and create opportunities to share voices of rural women.
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Mubiru Ali: George Atkins Communications Award winner, Radio Simba, Uganda
In April 2016, Ugandan farmers called into their favourite program on Radio Simba to complain of an unknown pest that was destroying their maize crops.…
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A new tool for farmers facing the Fall armyworm: radio
In the Central and Western region of Uganda, farmers are busy with the first weeding of the season. As they head into their maize fields,…
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Radio helps farmers find better buyers for orange-fleshed sweet potato
It’s a happy day for Linet Nalugo Musana. She straightens up to take a short break from harvesting, holding a hoe and a potato in…
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Broadcaster Alex Nimwamanya sees the impact his program has on farmers growing orange-fleshed sweet potato
Alex Nimwamanya started broadcasting at Voice of Kamwenge just six months ago, but has already seen the impact of his radio programs. Alex is a…
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Interactive Radio: A powerful tool to amplify women’s voices in public spaces
Elinora Shayo from Kikwe village, Tanzania, calls her local radio station to share her experience with bean farming. Her community listening group was given a…
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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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Let’s get cooking – with sweet potato!
From the Farm Radio archives. This story first appeared in our 2014-2015 annual report. Farming families eat much of what they grow. This makes farm…
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Voices of farmers facing the Fall armyworm – how radio is helping farmers
Deo Mutekanyiza beside his maize field Masindi and Kiryandongo are the maize-growing regions of Uganda, and maize – or corn – is a staple crop,…
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On the air in Uganda to share information about Fall armyworm
The Fall armyworm is marching through farmers’ fields across Africa, with 28 countries now dealing with this foreign invader. Uganda first experienced the Fall armyworm…
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