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Farm Radio Weekly is a news and information service for rural radio broadcasters in sub-Saharan Africa. It is published by Farm Radio International.

Archive for January, 2009

Hello to all!
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #53, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #53, Past Issues

1. Liberia: Armyworms invade (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, afrol, UN Food and Agriculture Organization)
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #53, Past Issues

2. Africa: Local food essential for HIV-positive people (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #53, Past Issues

3. Eritrea: Fruit and vegetable farmers help create local market (Shabait.com)
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #53, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on invading caterpillars:
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #53, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on food for HIV-positive people:
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #53, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

January 26-27, 2009: La Via Campesina speaks for food sovereignty at high-level conference
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #53, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Steps for story-based farm radio programming – Step 5: Interviewing and well-crafted questions
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #53, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Seasoned broadcasters provide advice to broadcasters beginning their career
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #53, Past Issues

Community responses to HIV/AIDS
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #53, Past Issues

Welcome to all!
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Past Issues

West Africa: Pastoralists meet new challenges – in the field and the market (Farm Radio Weekly, CTA)
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #52, Past Issues

South Africa: Farmers warned to guard against locusts (Dispatch Now 24/7, BuaNews)
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #52, Past Issues

Africa: Angola land deal announced; Madagascar land deal on hold (Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph)
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #52, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on pastoralism:
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on locusts:
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

January 26-27, 2009: “Food Security for All” to be held in Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

January 31, 2009: New deadline for nominations to press freedom awards
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Steps for story-based farm radio programming – Step 4: Formats and program plan
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #52, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

New scripts on water and potatoes now on-line
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #52, Past Issues

Livestock management practices to cope with climate change
Date Posted: January 19th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #52, Past Issues

Hello to all!
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #51, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #51, Past Issues

Rwanda: Women seek shared control of family assets (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #51, Past Issues

Kenya: Qatar to grow food on Kenyan soil (Daily Nation, Gulf Times)
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #51, Past Issues

Uganda: Foot and mouth outbreak continues (New Vision, World Organization for Animal Health)
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #51, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on family assets:
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #51, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

February 13, 2009: Deadline to apply for broadcasting excellence awards
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #51, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Steps for story-based farm radio programming – Step 3: Focus and story idea
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #51, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

African broadcasters make Canadian news
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #51, Past Issues

Promote gender equality and empower women
Date Posted: January 12th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #51, Past Issues

Happy New Year!
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Issue#50, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Issue#50, Past Issues

Cameroon: Pilot market eliminates middlemen from chicken sales (by Lilianne Nyatcha, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Douala, Cameroon)
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue#50, Past Issues

Africa: Women fight for equal land rights (Inter Press Service, International Herald Tribune, Afrique Renouveau)
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue#50, Past Issues

Nigeria: IITA releases Striga-resistant maize varieties (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, The Punch)
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue#50, Past Issues

Nigeria: Purchase fortified food products, agency advises (Vanguard)
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue#50, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on chicken markets:
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Issue#50, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on women’s land rights:
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Issue#50, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

February 18-21, 2009: Science Communication Conference in South Africa
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Issue#50, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Steps for story-based farm radio programming – Step 2: Practical research
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Issue#50, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Panos West Africa hosts workshop on community radio program exchange (by Vijay Cuddeford, Managing Editor, Farm Radio International)
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue#50, Past Issues

Sweet potatoes in Uganda
Date Posted: January 5th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue#50, Past Issues