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Archive for August, 2011

Best of Farm Radio Weekly
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #170, Past Issues

Burkina Faso: Organic cotton under threat from GM cotton (by Inoussa Maiga for Farm Radio Weekly in Burkina Faso)
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #170, Past Issues

Malawi: Intercropping helps farmer Phiri buy ox-cart (by Norman Fulatira, for Farm Radio Weekly in Malawi)
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #170, Past Issues

Zambia: Small-scale farmer worries about rising food prices (by Brian Moonga, for Farm Radio Weekly in Zambia)
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #170, Past Issues

Tanzania: Maasai women gain access to land (by John Cheburet, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Kenya)
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #170, Past Issues

RNTC courses
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #170, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Tip sheets on key journalism principles
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #170, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

New FAO Executive Director affirms role of community radio
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #170, Past Issues

Chicken hatchery: Innovative farmer invents large-capacity kerosene egg incubator
Date Posted: August 29th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #170, Past Issues

HIV-positive people grow their own nutritious food
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Issue #169, Past Issues

East Africa: HIV-positive people turn to kitchen gardens during food price rises and drought (IRIN)
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #169, Past Issues

South Sudan-Uganda: Farmers fear land mines (IRIN)
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #169, Past Issues

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Committed to community radio (Syfia)
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #169, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on HIV and AIDS and nutrition
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Issue #169, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on landmines
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Issue #169, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Thomson Reuters Foundation courses
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Issue #169, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Free online journalism training for women
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Issue #169, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio International on Nourishing the Planet blog
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #169, Past Issues

Occupational and nutritional therapy for people living with HIV and AIDS
Date Posted: August 22nd, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #169, Past Issues

Using rice husks as fuel
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #168, Past Issues

Burkina Faso: Women solve fuel problem with rice husks (by Inoussa Maiga for Farm Radio Weekly in Burkina Faso)
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #168, Past Issues

Zimbabwe: Women grow better lives near the city (by Zenzele Ndebele, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Zimbabwe)
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #168, Past Issues

Kenya: How much relief can Purchase for Progress bring? (IPS)
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #168, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on rice husks
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #168, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on urban gardens
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #168, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on Purchase for Progress
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #168, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #168, Past Issues

Manual for investigative journalists
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #168, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Radio helps African farm families survive
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #168, Past Issues

An alternative fuel source: Make charcoal briquettes from banana peels
Date Posted: August 15th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #168, Past Issues

International Youth Day special edition
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #167, Past Issues

Malawi: Young farmer succeeds through compost making (by Mark Ndipita, for Farm Radio Weekly in Malawi)
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #117, Issue #167, Past Issues

Uganda: Making money with mushrooms (Spore)
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #167, Past Issues

Senegal: Youth find opportunities in fish farming (IPS)
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #167, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on International Youth Day
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #167, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Essay and photo competition – ICTs, agriculture, and youth
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #167, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Better Science Reporting workshop
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #167, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Rural Radio Pack: Young people and agriculture
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Issue #167, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

George Atkins Communications Award winner Grace Amito initiates school farming project
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #167, Past Issues

Empowerment saves youth from drug abuse
Date Posted: August 8th, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #167

Zimbabwe farmers still waiting to benefit from land reform
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: Issue #166, Past Issues

Zimbabwe: Small-scale farmers still waiting to benefit from land resettlement program (by Zenzele Ndebele, for Farm Radio Weekly in Zimbabwe)
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #166, Past Issues

Malawi: Women work to improve water supply (IPS)
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #166, Past Issues

Madagascar: UN Special Rapporteur urges review of sanctions (RFI, African Press Organization)
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #166, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on land reform in Zimbabwe
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: Issue #166, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on rural water supply
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: Issue #166, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Agricultural journalism competition
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: Issue #166, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Award-winning audio available to download
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: Issue #166, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Your responses to Farm Radio Weekly’s subscribers’ survey, May 2011
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #166, Past Issues

Composting human waste is a healthy way to reduce disease and feed the soil
Date Posted: August 1st, 2011
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #166, Past Issues