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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 May, 2010

Greetings!
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #113, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #113, Past Issues

1. Uganda: Cassava Brown Streak Disease threatens yields (IRIN, New Vision)
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #113, Past Issues

2. Zambia: Drop in maize price expected as bumper harvest announced (All Africa, FAO)
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #113, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on Cassava Brown Streak Disease:
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #113, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on bumper harvests:
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #113, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Rolling deadline: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) scholarships
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #113, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

IMARK: Information Management Resource Kit
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #113, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Welcoming new members to the Farm Radio Weekly team
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #113, Past Issues

Women use ‘hanging gardens’ to grow vegetables and solve land crisis
Date Posted: May 31st, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #113, Past Issues

Welcome to all!
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112

1. Mali: Women’s groups restore forests and improve fisheries in the Inner Niger Delta (Wetlands International Mali, IPS)
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #112, Past Issues

2. Madagascar: Women blend agriculture with forest restoration (IPS, Gender Links)
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #112, Past Issues

3. DRC: Increasing number of landless farmers in DRC (Syfia Grands-Lacs)
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #112, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on wetlands and BioRights project:
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on agriculture, forests and cover crops:
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on local land tenure issues:
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

June 4, 2010: Deadline to apply to Highway Africa 2010: African Voices in the Global Media Space
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Why broadcasters should use Skype and Pamela for Skype
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #112, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Online e-facilitators training course is underway: preparing for a new scriptwriting course and competition
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #112, Past Issues

Composting, a better practice to improve soil fertility: The case of Dien
Date Posted: May 24th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #112, Past Issues

Hello to all!
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #111, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #111, Past Issues

1.Namibia: The Khwe seek a good income from sustainable harvesting (IPS, New Era)
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #111, Past Issues

2. Kenya: Government raises concerns about aflatoxin contamination (AllAfrica, KBC)
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #111, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on devil’s claw:
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #111, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on aflatoxin:
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #111, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Africa Media and Democracy Conference: Mediating Democracy in Africa
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #111, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Community Media for Development – Radio drama series
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #111, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Winning scriptwriter visits FAO
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #111, Past Issues

The miracle plant ‘zabila/leele’ or henna: The turning point in food security for a smallholder woman farmer in northern Ghana
Date Posted: May 17th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #111, Past Issues

Hello to all!
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #110, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #110, Past Issues

1. Sierra Leone: Can locals really benefit from ‘land grabs’? (Pambazuka News, Addax Bioenergy, Courrier International, Sierra Express Media)
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #110, Past Issues

2. East Africa: Pastoralists survive drought by adapting (Daily Nation, IRIN)
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #110, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on land grabbing:
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #110, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on pastoralist adaptation:
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #110, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

May 28, 2010: Deadline to apply for Nat Nakasa Award
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #110, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Telling the HIV Story: A practical manual on HIV prevention
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #110, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

New script package features award-winning scripts on smallholder farmer innovation
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #110, Past Issues

Sawdust prolongs the storage life of potatoes
Date Posted: May 10th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #110, Past Issues

Welcome to all!
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Past Issues

1. Mali: Farming families lose their land to a Libyan company (Radio-Canada, IPS)
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #109, Past Issues

2. Mozambique: Farmers and fishers can stay safe during floods (IPS)
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #109, Past Issues

3. Kenya: Farmers’ groups protest import of GM maize (Business Daily, Daily Nation, Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, Food First)
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #109, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on farmland grabbing by foreign companies:
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on disaster mitigation:
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on GMOs:
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

May 14-15: Training session on Campware radio management software in Accra, Ghana
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

AlertNet for Journalists
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #109, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Financial sustainability of community radio stations in Cameroon (by James Achanyi-Fontem, Cameroon Link)
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #109, Past Issues

Communities manage watersheds together
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #109, Past Issues