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Archive for September, 2010

Greetings!
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Past Issues

Zimbabwe: Big market. Bigger challenges. (IPS)
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #129, Past Issues

DR Congo: How overfishing leads to malnutrition (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #129, Past Issues

Kenya: ‘Our land has become a warzone’ (IRIN)
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review

Notes to broadcasters on finding markets
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on fish
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on farmer interview from Kenya/Somalia border
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

The FitzGerald Prize: Deadline October 15 2010
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

World Habitat Day website
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #129, Radio Resource Bank

AFRRI work featured by local press in Ghana
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #129, Past Issues

Prevent malaria in pregnancy!
Date Posted: September 27th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #129, Past Issues

Greetings!
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #128, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #128, Past Issues

Southern Africa: Farmers balance healthy soils and healthy animals in a changing climate (IPS TerraViva Africa)
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #128, Past Issues

Malawi: Farmers succeed with new varieties of drought-tolerant maize (CIMMYT, SciDev.net)
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #128, Past Issues

Kenya: A bid to save macadamia crops (IPS, Farm Radio Weekly)
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #128, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on bush burning
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #128, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on new drought-tolerant maize varieties
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #128, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on macadamia
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #128, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

ShareFair on Agricultural and Rural Development Knowledge in Africa
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #128, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

ICRC Young Reporter Competition: deadline 1 October 2010
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #128, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio Weekly freelancers cover IDRC symposium on women’s land rights in Nairobi, Kenya
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #128, Past Issues

Are burning crop residues and grass good for soil health and fertility? Views from a farmer and an agricultural researcher
Date Posted: September 20th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #128, Past Issues

Hello!
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #127, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #127, Past Issues

Burkina Faso: Live fences reinvigorate poor soils (by Nourou-Dhine Salouka, JADE Productions, for Farm Radio Weekly in Burkina Faso)
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #127, Past Issues

Malawi and Mozambique: Farmers cooperate across borders (IPS Terra Viva)
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #127, Past Issues

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Villagers avoid attack by sleeping in the forest (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #127, Past Issues

Niger: 200,000 displaced by floods (IRIN, UN, IFRC)
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #127, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on co-operatives
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #127, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on theft in agriculture
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Deadline for Writing and Reporting News course is 22 September 2010
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #127, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Reporting on controversies in science
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #127, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

AFRRI conducts field surveys with mobile phones
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #127, Past Issues

‘When it rains’: The role of trees and shrubs in preventing soil erosion
Date Posted: September 13th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #127, Past Issues

Hello everyone,
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Past Issues

In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Past Issues

1.Uganda: Farmers adopt contour farming and plant trees on the slopes of Mount Elgon (by Sawa Pius, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Uganda)
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #126, Past Issues

2. Tanzania: A renovated warehouse brings new opportunities (New Agriculturist, with additional information from Hendry Mziray, in Tanzania)
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #126, Past Issues

3. Africa: Land for food or fuel? (Friends of the Earth, 20minutes.fr, ProNatura/SWISSAID)
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #126, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on the warehouse receipt system:
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on agrofuels :
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

FAIR African Investigative Journalism Award: Deadline 30th September 2010
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

BBC College of Journalism website
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Issue #126, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

The Smallholders Foundation wins Equator Prize!
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #126, Past Issues

Soil conservation with stone barriers
Date Posted: September 6th, 2010
Posted in: Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #126, Past Issues