Commonwealth of Learning offers online course: Communication for development...
The Commonwealth of Learning is offering a five-week online course on the nuts and bolts of effective communication for development. The course introduces learners to the principles and practices of...
View ArticleCall for entries: 2014 One World Media Corruption Reporting Award
The media play a crucial role in providing citizens with information to help them stand up to corruption. An independent and free media is a public watchdog on the abuse of power, secret dealings and...
View ArticleFRW news in brief
Farm Radio Weekly has a new trial resource for you: Farmer news briefs. These are stories from across the continent which have been adapted from print or online sources and are suitable for use in your...
View ArticleNotes to broadcasters: Effects of conflict on farmers and other rural people
The articles on which this News brief was based can be found on the Internet. They are: Central African Republic MPs elect Catherine Samba-Panza (BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25811250...
View ArticleNotes to broadcasters: Women and land rights
To read the full article on which this week’s story was based, Widows in Tanzania struggle with property grabbing by relatives, please go to:...
View ArticleNotes to broadcasters: Soil health and fertility
Soil fertility, or lack of fertility, is an issue for all farmers. Much of a farmer’s effort is devoted to ensuring the soil has the nutrients it needs to produce crops. Soil fertility can be boosted...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Major food crisis looms
Aid agencies are warning of a looming food crisis in the Central African Republic, or CAR, if farmers do not receive more seeds and tools. A violent coup by Seleka rebels overthrew the government in...
View ArticleTanzania: Widows struggle as relatives grab property (Trust)
Elizabeth Paul remembers how she suffered two years ago after her husband died. Not only was she grieving, but her father-in-law kicked her out of her home. Mrs. Paul recalls, “I was so helpless, I...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Farmer uses anthills to improve his soils (by Nqobani Ndlovu, for...
With the rains approaching, Mthulisi Ndlovu leaves his homestead early in the morning to hunt down anthills and dig them up. Anthills may provide shelter for ants, but they are also essential to this...
View ArticleAnthills; and mountains to climb
Thank you for taking the time to read Farm Radio Weekly. In issue #276, you will find two stories about farmers in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, and a news brief about the situation in the Central African...
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