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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 August, 2010

Greetings!
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #125, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #125, Past Issues

1. Madagascar: Improving soil health and fertility with agroecology (by Armel Gentien, FAO, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Madagascar)
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #125, Past Issues

2. Uganda: Mountain dwellers value their donkeys (by Emily Arayo, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Uganda)
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #125, Past Issues

3. Global: Fighting banana wilt with green peppers (IITA, IPS, Syfia Great Lakes)
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #125, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on donkey:
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #125, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on bacterial wilt :
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #125, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Global Media Awards: Deadline September 7, 2010
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #125, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Farm Radio International’s scriptwriting course draws record number of participants
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #125, Past Issues

Do not bite the finger that feeds you: Protecting valuable upland soil
Date Posted: August 30th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #125, Past Issues

Greetings!
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #124, Past Issues

1. Malawi: For good yields, feed the soil (by Gladson Makowa, for Farm Radio Weekly in Malawi)
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #124, Past Issues

2. Madagascar: Farmers at risk from locust outbreak (FAO, IRIN, VOA)
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #124, Past Issues

3. Rwanda: Don’t waste your waste! Farmers use human urine as fertilizer (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #124, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on locusts:
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #124, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on human urine as fertilizer :
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #124, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Wits Radio Academy: two courses still available this year
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #124, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Manual on investigative reporting
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #124, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Using the Freedom Fone to create participatory radio
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #124, Past Issues

Tea for the soil: How manure tea feeds the soil
Date Posted: August 23rd, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #124, Past Issues

Dear all,
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #123, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #123, Past Issues

1. Kenya: Spineless cacti have potential as dry season animal feed (IPS, SciDev.Net)
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #123, Past Issues

2. Swaziland: Invasion of rats destroy crops (IPS)
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #123, Past Issues

3. Sierra Leone: President launches Smallholders Commercialization Programme (Sierra Express Media, Awoko)
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #123, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on cactus as fodder:
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #123, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on rat outbreaks
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #123, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Gender and Media Summit and Awards 2010: submission deadline September 3, 2010
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #123, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Loop recorder
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #123, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Script package 91 now available!
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #123, Past Issues

Making something with nothing: The rubbish garden
Date Posted: August 16th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #123, Past Issues

Hello all!
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #122, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #122, Past Issues

Sahel: Fighting malnutrition with local food security and water management initiatives (IRIN, RFI, Reuters, BBC, ICRISAT)
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #122, Past Issues

DRC: Addressing land disputes through decentralization and mediation (Syfia Grands Lacs, IRIN)
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #122, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on long-term development efforts
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #122, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on land disputes
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #122, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

SEED Awards 2010: Deadline August 16, 2010
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #122, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Key principles for the disability-conscious journalist
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Issue #122, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio International survey on script packages
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue#122, Past Issues

Sack farming: Unlimited vegetable harvest!
Date Posted: August 2nd, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #122, Past Issues