Dairy farmers reap the benefits of working together in a co-operative society
Agriculture is the backbone of most African economies, yet farmers are among the poorest people on the continent. There are many challenges confronting the agriculture sector in Africa, including...
View ArticleFarmQuest reality radio in Mali: Now available on SoundCloud and YouTube
The vast majority of the labour force in Mali is engaged in subsistence farming. But many young people do not see agriculture as a career that can lead them out of poverty. Youth unemployment in Mali...
View ArticleGuidebook: World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has produced a guidebook entitled World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development. The book offers a new look...
View ArticleCall for applications: Facts & formats: Sexual and reproductive health
A course entitled Facts & formats: Sexual and reproductive health will be held at RNTC in the Netherlands in early 2015. Mid-career broadcast journalists and program-makers with at least three...
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 ArticleZimbabwe: Elderly farmers neglected by government and NGOs (IRIN)
Girazi Mukumbaa farms in Wedza, about 160 kilometres southwest of the capital, Harare. The 64-year-old is “old school” when it comes to agricultural practices. He uses cow dung to fertilize his maize,...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: War veterans plant for peace (IPS)
Along the fertile banks of the White Nile, a war veterans’ co-operative is planting a garden for peace and a food secure future in South Sudan. The garden is like a cornucopia in a country facing a...
View ArticleCameroon: Job seeker begins new life with donated cow (by Anne Mireille...
Mary Nfor Ngwa begins each morning by visiting her cows. She checks their stalls, and she strokes and talks to them. As she feeds one of her cows, she says, “This cow has changed my life. My hopes are...
View ArticleDairy, digging and discrimination
Thank you for reading this edition of Farm Radio Weekly. Issue #304 features stories about donated dairy cows in Cameroon, South Sudanese veterans digging for peace, and apparent ageism in Zimbabwe....
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