• Français
• Return to farmradio.org
• Site Search

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 May, 2009

Welcome to all!
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #67, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #67, Past Issues

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Bats leave good fertilizer on village ceilings (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #67, Past Issues

2. Malawi: Vetiver grass is a tool for soil and water management (African Farm Radio Research Initiative Malawi Team)
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #67, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on bat guano:
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #67, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on Vetiver grass:
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #67, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

June 5, 2009: Deadline to apply for climate change fellowship
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #67, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

News University offers online training for journalists, editors, and managers
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #67, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

FADECO Community Radio commemorates International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #67, Past Issues

Let’s talk about it: A young couple plans pregnancy and childbirth – Part 2
Date Posted: May 25th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #67, Past Issues

Hello to all!
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #66, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #66, Past Issues

1. Liberia: Women mix indigenous and NERICA rice in effort to bridge “hunger gap” (Inter Press Service)
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #66, Past Issues

2. East Africa: Handmade banana briquettes could replace firewood (BBC News)
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #66, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on NERICA and indigenous rice:
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #66, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on banana briquettes:
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #66, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

June 15, 2009: Deadline to apply for International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #66, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Updated manual on HIV and AIDS reporting
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #66, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

4th Pan African AMARC Africa Conference strengthens community radio (by Modibo Coulibaly, National Coordinator for the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) in Mali)
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #66, Past Issues

Let’s talk about it: A young couple plans pregnancy and childbirth
Date Posted: May 18th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #66, Past Issues

Hello readers!
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Past Issues

1. Cameroon: Farmers face crop choice (by Lilianne Nyatcha, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Douala, Cameroon)
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #65, Past Issues

2. Zambia: More farmers selecting cassava as the staple of choice (United Nations Intergrated Regional Information Service)
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #65, Past Issues

3. Kenya: Medicinal crop cultivation generates income while saving forest (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #65, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on crop choice:
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on forest products:
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

May 25-29, 2009: Seminar on essentials of broadcast management
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

May 23, 2009: Deadline to apply for Investigative Reporting Grant
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Live from Africa: A Handbook for African Radio Journalists
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #65, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio International at 4th Pan African AMARC conference in Côte d’Ivoire (By Blythe McKay, Farm Radio International’s Development Communication Coordinator)
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #65, Past Issues

Forest communities generate income while conserving their environment
Date Posted: May 11th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #65, Past Issues

Welcome to all!
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #64, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #64, Past Issues

1. Africa: Jatropha – An enlightening crop, but not a miracle (Farm Radio International, Reuters)
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #64, Past Issues

2. Southern Africa: Farmers on lookout for ‘feathered locusts’ (Harare Tribune, SADC Quelea Breeding Forecast)
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #64, Past Issues

3. Tanzania: Farmers call on government to reject European trade deal (MVIWATA, Farm Radio Weekly)
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #64, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on jatropha:
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #64, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on EPAs:
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #64, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Journalists: Register now to win a trip to cover the Copenhagen Climate Summit!
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #64, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Using sound to create memorable radio documentaries and interviews
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Issue #64, Radio Resource Bank

Reflections on three decades of Farm Radio partnership (by James Achanyi-Fontem, Executive Director, Cameroon Link)
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #64, Past Issues

Women are actively involved in planting jatropha in a Malian village
Date Posted: May 4th, 2009
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #64, Past Issues