A community reporting project with Tanzanian high school students, and aspiring journalists, Loomoni Morwo, 19, Agnes Daniel, 18, for FRW. Jeremiah Chuma stares down into a chasm. He is standing only a stone’s throw from his family home in Ngarash,…
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Tanzania: Cattle trails become dangerous erosion ‘super-highways’
Tagged with: adam bemma, Agnes Daniel, Arusha, climate change, community journalism, community reporting, community reporting project, Ellie Turner, Geography teacher, Indigenous Education Fund of Tanzania, Loomoni Morwo, media development, Monduli, Orkeeswa Secondary School, soil erosion, tanzania
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Tanzania: Small-scale farmers speak up for better market access
Digging her hands into the soil, Juliana Amadeus pulls up a fistful of onions with green, leafy stems. As the wind picks up, the onions’ pungent aroma wafts across the one acre farm. Ms. Amadeus drops the onions on to…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, climate change, Elizabeth Wangui, farm radio international, farming, Himo town market, ICT4d, ICTs, Juliana Amadeus, Kilimanjaro region, Kirya village, Local Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation Project, market access, mobile phone poll, onions, Paza Sauti, radio, semi-arid region, tanzania
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Posted in Print
Beep4Weather: Forecast and Farming advice available on-demand in Tanzania
With weather patterns shifting due to climate change, farmers need weather-related information they can count on. Luckily, their mobile phones can help them get it. “Utabiri wa hali ya hewa” (Swahili for “Beep for Weather”) is a radio and mobile phone service for…
Tagged with: agricultural information, climate change, farm radio international, ICT4d, ICTs, tanzania, the Hangar ICT and Radio Innovation Lab, weather forecasts
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