ARUSHA, Tanzania – The radio speaker cackles with static as Rotlinde Achimpota turns the dial, before stopping at 93 FM ̶ Mambo Jambo Radio, affectionately known to its listeners as MJ. The voice of a young broadcaster is heard reporting…
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Tanzanian journalist benefits from Canadian capacity building efforts
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, agricultural radio, Arusha, Beep for Weather, capacity building, farm radio international, farm radio program, human rights, ICT4d, investigative journalism, Journalists for Human Rights, kilimo na jamii, Mambo Jambo Radio, MJ radio, Rotlinde Achimpota, tanzania, Young Farmers
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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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Radio Boda-boda goes the extra mile to serve listeners
Rural radio broadcasts reach some of the most remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa. However, when FRI Tanzania staff visited the farming village of Engare Nairobi west of Mount Kilimanjaro, it became clear that people there were unable to receive a radio…
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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Uganda Women Farmers Lack Access to Critical Information via Radio
KAMPALA, Uganda – I traveled across Uganda, last May, to conduct focus group discussions with smallholder farmers on the impact of the My Children radio drama, produced by Farm Radio International and Harvest Plus Uganda. This radio drama taught farmers…
Tagged with: access to radio, agriculture, farm radio international, Harvest Plus, information, kampala, My children, radio, radio drama, Uganda, women farmers
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Posted in Radio
Tanzania: Loliondo FM – bringing a community together
Taking a break from the midday sun under a tree, Mindey Ndoinyo tunes the radio on his mobile phone to 107.7 Loliondo FM. The 20-year-old lives in a remote Maasai village called Ololosokwan, 15 kilometres south of the border with…
#WorldRadioDay: a time for change
Radio is a tool for development and social change around the world. It’s widely accessible, relatively cheap and very simple to use. According to the United Nations, or UN, radio reaches 95 per cent of the world’s population. In sub-Saharan…
Tagged with: #WorldRadioDay, change, Children's Radio Foundation, development, farm radio international, gender equality, Journalists for Human Rights, radio, tools, UN, UNESCO, women's empowerment, World Radio Day
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Kenya: Successful Young Entrepreneurs Attracted to Farming by Social Media
Daniel Kimani did not think much about farming when he was growing up. But he has become a national figure since he started fish farming. Mr. Kimani has been featured on Kenyan radio and television. The 29-year-old from Kenya’s Nyandurua…
Tagged with: agriculture, aquaponics, daniel kimani, entrepreneur, FAO, farm radio international, Farm Radio Weekly, farmers, farming, ict, joseph macharia, KARI, kenya, margaret muchui, mkulima young, radio, sms, social media, United Nations
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‘Fahari Yangu’: The Pride of Agricultural Radio in Tanzania
ARUSHA, Tanzania – A large, yellow, wind-up, solar radio crackles as farmer Esther Mbwana tunes it into her favourite radio station. “I love the Fahari Yangu farmer program. I listen every week,” she says as she spins the dial and stops on 105.7…
Tagged with: agricultural radio programming, agriculture, Arusha, Fahari Yangu, farm radio international, farming, FRW, international federation of organic agriculture movements, International Reporting Project, Irish Aid, Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru, My Pride, Nambala village, Ngongare village, NYTimes, organic gardening, Poli village, radio, Radio 5, tanzania
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From Accra to Arusha: A journalist’s journey across Africa
Okay, I know it’s cliche to travel to Africa and expect to launch my career as an international journalist. But, hey, if it worked out for so many others, why not give it a try? Of course I spent six…
Tagged with: Ghana, South Africa, malawi, tanzania, accra, farm radio international, Arusha, #media, #RightsMedia, JHR, Journalists for Human Rights, Children's Radio Foundation, Zodiak Radio, ZBS Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Adam's adventures, A journalist's journey, press freedom, journalism, RSF, Reporters Without Borders
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