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Archive for June, 2010

Hello everyone!
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Past Issues

1. Mali and Niger: Dealing with drought (IRIN, AFP)
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #117, Past Issues

2. Liberia: New life for old rubber trees (IRIN)
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #117, Past Issues

3. Ivory Coast: Increasing kola nut production – planting the new beside the old (IPS)
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #117, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on Sahel food crisis:
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on rubber as a source of renewable energy:
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on kola nuts and trees:
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Lorenzo Natali Prize for journalists: deadline August 31, 2010
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Ten tips for editing audio
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #117, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Sign up soon to get a CD-ROM in time for the scriptwriting course!
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #117, Past Issues

Maternal Health, Part Two
Date Posted: June 28th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #117, Past Issues

Hello everyone!
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #116, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #116, Past Issues

1. Africa: Rediscovering African rice (IRIN, SciDev.net, AfricaRice, Farm Radio Weekly)
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #116, Past Issues

2. Rwanda: Fodder more profitable than food crops (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #116, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on improving African rice:
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #116, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on fodder crops:
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #116, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Awards: Media Reporting on Development
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #116, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Create your own podcast
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Issue #116, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Radio campaign on NERICA in Ghana
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #116, Past Issues

A Kenyan farmer uses water hyacinth to feed chickens
Date Posted: June 21st, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #116, Past Issues

Welcome!
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Past Issues

1. Africa: Investment in agriculture needed for poverty reduction (CAADP, AllAfrica, Reuters, Daily Monitor, ActionAid)
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #115, Past Issues

2. Uganda:a new farming activity for communities near Uganda’s Bwindi National Park (by Sawa Pius, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Uganda)
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #115, Past Issues

3. Zimbabwe: First independent newspaper in seven years hits newsstands (Yahoo, Amnesty USA, RNW)
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Media News Flash, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on investment in agriculture:
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on traditional use of forests:
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on Zimbabwe and press licences:
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

August 17-19: 5th Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum 2010
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

How do I make a science news story for radio?
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #115, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Radio scriptwriting competition on healthy communities launched!
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #115, Past Issues

Radio campaign on disease-resistant cassava variety in Uganda
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #115, Past Issues

Transforming the bicycle into a vehicle of innovation
Date Posted: June 14th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #115, Past Issues

Greetings!
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #114, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #114, Past Issues

1. East Africa: East Coast Fever vaccine registered in three East African countries (by Sawa Pius, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Tanzania)
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #114, Past Issues

2. Kenya: Farmers use drought-resistant crops and improved access to water to adapt to climate change (Farm Radio Weekly, Scientific American)
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #114, Past Issues

3. East Africa: Countries negotiate for their fair share of Nile water (AllAfrica, IRIN)
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #114, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on East Coast Fever vaccine:
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #114, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on farmers adapting to drought:
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #114, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on the Nile Bassin Initiative:
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #114, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

31 July, 2010: Deadline to apply to essay contest on youth, rural development and ICTs
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #114, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Biodiversity reporting guidelines developed by IPS and partners
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #114, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Listen to four audio productions on farmer innovations
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #114, Past Issues

Canadian Council for International Cooperation – funding at risk
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #114, Past Issues

A farmer suffocates stem borers to death and saves his cocoa farm
Date Posted: June 7th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #114, Past Issues