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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 May, 2012

Thriving business operates solely on harvested rainwater
Date Posted: May 29th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #202, Past Issues

Kenya: Cultural Inn operates on harvested rainwater (by Pius Sawa, for Farm Radio Weekly in Kenya)
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #202, Past Issues

Niger: Onion producers suffer from market glut (IPS)
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #202, Past Issues

Comoros Islands: Farms destroyed by storms, farmers feel abandoned (by Ahmed Bacar for Farm Radio Weekly, Comoros Islands)
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #202, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on the Kenyan rainwater harvesting story and World Environment Day
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #202, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on marketing information
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #202, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on disasters
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #202, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Above the Fray scholarship now accepting applications
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #202, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Scidev.net resources on science at Rio+20
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #202, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

Farm Radio International offers free online course for radio broadcasters on designing a farmer program
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #202, Past Issues

Improved Market Information Services programs increase farmers’ income and knowledge
Date Posted: May 28th, 2012
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #202, Past Issues

Farmer loses land to sugar company in Malawi
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: Issue #201, Past Issues

Malawi: Small-scale farmers lose land to sugar company (IRIN)
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #201, Past Issues

Global: Voluntary guidelines on land tenure endorsed by United Nations (FAO, Deutsche Welle)
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #201, Past Issues

Guinea: Tired of odd jobs in the big city, Abdoulaye Soumah is now a successful young farmer in his village (IPS)
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #201, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on youth in agriculture
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: Issue #201, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on land tenure
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: Issue #201, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: Issue #201, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Online science journalism course
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: Past Issues

Malawi: Lazarus Mgomezulu from Radio Alinafe wins Best Farm Radio Program Award (By Pauline Mbuwka, for Farm Radio Weekly in Malawi)
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #201, Past Issues

Rice co-operatives bring prosperity to Benin
Date Posted: May 21st, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #201, Past Issues

Meet the team! Celebrating our 200th edition of FRW
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #200, Past Issues

Karen Hampson, Farm Radio Weekly Editor
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #200, Past Issues

Nelly Bassily, Research and production officer
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #200, Past Issues

Vijay Cuddeford, editor and writer, Farm Radio Weekly
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #200, Past Issues

Heather Miller, Communications Officer
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #200, Past Issues

Profile of Brian Moonga, Zambian journalist and Farm Radio Weekly contributor
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #200, Past Issues

Profile of Zenzele Ndebele, Zimbabwean journalist and Farm Radio Weekly contributor
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #200, Past Issues

Profile of Désiré Nshimirimana, agronomist turned passionate journalist in Burundi (by Nourou-Dhine Salouka, for Farm Radio Weekly)
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #200, Past Issues

Martin Mwape, farm radio producer and broadcaster, Breeze FM, Zambia
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #200, Past Issues

From Tchetta Meli Evariste, journalist with Radio Batcham, Cameroon
Date Posted: May 14th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #200, Past Issues

Water and farmers: Benefits and challenges
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #199, Past Issues

Tanzania: Farmer-led irrigation scheme brings bumper harvest (by Paddy Roberts, for Farm Radio Weekly in Tanzania)
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #199, Past Issues

Congo-Brazzaville: A young farmer makes the most of a floodplain (by Jean Pierre Ndinga-Ngoma for Farm Radio Weekly, in Congo-Brazzaville)
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: African Farm News in Review, Issue #199, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on irrigation
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #199, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

Notes to broadcasters on farming in a floodplain
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #199, Notes to Broadcasters, Past Issues

2012 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #199, Past Issues, Upcoming Events

Journalist Security Guide
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Issue #199, Past Issues, Radio Resource Bank

AMARC calls for free and accessible radio broadcasting for all on World Press Freedom Day
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Farm Radio International Action, Issue #199, Past Issues

Amizero Co-operative helps Rwandan households manage domestic waste
Date Posted: May 7th, 2012
Posted in: Farm Radio International script of the week, Farm Radio Script of the Week, Issue #199, Past Issues