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Archive for July, 2011

South Sudan’s mothers hope for better health care
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Past Issues

South Sudan: Women hope independence brings better maternal care (IPS, Al Jazeera)
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #165, Past Issues

Mali: Traditional healers join fight against malnutrition (IRIN)
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #165, Past Issues

Republic of Congo-Brazzaville: Elephants prevent farming in Bomassa (by Privat T. Massanga, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Congo Brazzaville)
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #165, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on South Sudan
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on malnutrition
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on wildlife and agriculture
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Zodiak Broadcasting Station targeted in Malawi protests
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Past Issues, Radio News Flash

UNFCCC/CDM African Radio Contest 2011
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Ten tips for producing radio bulletins
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Past Issues

Announcing two winners!
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #165, Past Issues

AIDS support group gives positive people a new lease on life!
Date Posted: July 25th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #165, Past Issues

Tea producers sell leaves to private buyer for higher price
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #164, Past Issues

Burundi: Tea producers sell to private company against State advice (Desiré Nshimirimana for Farm Radio Weekly in Burundi)
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #164, Past Issues

Somalia: Farmers and pastoralists fleeing drought need both short- and long-term solutions (VOA, BBC, Al-Jazeera, The Guardian)
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #164, Past Issues

Uganda: Finding space for urban farming (Daily Monitor)
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #164, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on tea producers:
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #164, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on drought in Somalia:
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #164, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on urban farming:
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #164, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Open Society Fellowship
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #164, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Handbook: Communicating gender in rural development
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #164, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Travelling through Tanzania by Brenda Jackson, Farm Radio International
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #164, Past Issues

A community fights malnutrition with local leafy greens
Date Posted: July 18th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #164, Past Issues

Victory for cotton farmers
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #163, Past Issues

Burkina Faso: Cotton growers gain some victories and many promises (by Nourou-Dhine Salouka for Farm Radio Weekly in Burkina Faso)
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #163, Past Issues

Kenya: Import of GM crops legalized (Nairobi Star, Reuters, BBC, AllAfrica.com)
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #163, Past Issues

Africans still love their radios (SciDev.net)
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #163, Past Issues, Radio News Flash

Notes to broadcasters on cotton in Burkina Faso
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #163, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on imports of GM maize
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #163, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Knight International Journalism Fellowship
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #163, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Website: ‘Twitter for Newsrooms’
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #163, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Gender mainstreaming in radio: Ghana workshop
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #163, Past Issues

Empowering communities with participatory community enumeration
Date Posted: July 11th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #163, Past Issues

FRW 162 – Rinderpest eradicated
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #162, Past Issues

Madagascar: Village banks change lives (by Patrick Andrisoa Andriamihaja for Farm Radio Weekly in Madagascar)
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #162, Past Issues

Rwanda: Fishing is also women’s business (Syfia Grands Lacs)
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #162, Past Issues

Global: Rinderpest eradicated (FAO)
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #162, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on savings and credit
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #162, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on women in Rwanda
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #82, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

FitzGerald prize for young African journalists
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #162, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Survey asks for your opinion: Do videos contribute to farmer-to-farmer learning?
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #162, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio International in Dimitra newsletter
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #162, Past Issues

Collecting plastic waste: Cleaning the city and generating income
Date Posted: July 4th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #162, Past Issues