Farm Radio Weekly

Welcome back to Farm Radio Weekly! After our two-week publishing break, we are excited to bring you an issue packed with news and resources. We are especially pleased to welcome the latest FRW subscribers from Benin, Burkina Faso (2), Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Malawi (10!), Togo, and Uganda (2). Ibrahima Sory Sano from the organization CIEPEX is our first subscriber from Guinea!

During our publishing break, some readers took advantage of the comments section of the FRW website (http://weekly.farmradio.org/) to share their thoughts with the FRW community. We thank Jean Jacques Kabusala from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for weighing in on mining activities that disrupt farming communities, and Lawal Ali Garba for telling us about a food poisoning incident at a Nigerian school. We researched this report of poisoning caused by improper pesticide use and present further information on the topic in this week’s top news story.

We also have a story that takes on great significance as food prices rise – the growing popularity of indigenous vegetables that require fewer expensive fertilizers and pesticides than their exotic counterparts. And from Sudan, we have the uplifting story of two communities where herding and farming groups live in peace and cooperation.

You may recall our notice of a Farm Radio-CTA scriptwriting competition called African Farmers’ Strategies for Coping with Climate Change. Well, the results are in and we’re proud to announce that three of the fifteen winners are FRW subscribers! Three more winners are from organizations where at least one person is an FRW subscriber! You’ll find all the details on the script competition results below, in the Farm Radio Action section.

We would love to hear what you think of this week’s issue of FRW! Which items were your favourites and which topics would you like to see covered in future editions? We welcome your feedback at farmradioweekly@farmradio.org.

Happy reading!

-The Farm Radio Weekly Team