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Uganda: Farmer Profits By Branching Out Into Selling Sweet Potato Vines

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Perpetua Okao pulls a ringing mobile phone out of her pocket. She responds to the caller, “Yes, I may still have some vines. How many do you need?” Mrs. Okao tucks the phone back into her pocket. She explains: “I’m…

Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, Farm Radio Weekly, ICTs, OFSP, Orange fleshed sweet potato, radio program, Radio Wa, Uganda, value addition, vines, Wa Farmer
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Tanzania: Loliondo FM – bringing a community together

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Adam Bemma — 2 Comments

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…

Tagged with: Arusha region, Community Radio in Tanzania, farm radio international, Farm Radio News, Farm Radio Weekly, IrkiRamat Foundation, Loliondo FM, maasai, Musa Leitura, Ngorongoro district, Ololosokwan village, pastoralism, UNESCO, Yannick Ndoinyo
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Tanzania: Radio Plants Seed in Farmers’ Minds

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Sitting in traffic can be tedious. But 53-year-old businessman Loiruki Mollel uses the time to listen to the radio. He tunes in to Kilimo chetu [Our farming] on Radio Maria 89.1 FM as he manoeuvres his way through traffic in…

Tagged with: agri-business, agriculture, dar es salaam, development, Dickson Mhoro, Farm Radio Weekly, kilimo chetu, Loiruki Mollel, nutrition, OFSP, Orange fleshed sweet potato, our farmers, radio, Radio Maria, tanzania
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Tanzania: Wise Women Farmers Adapt to Changing Times

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Adam Bemma — 1 Comment

On the slopes of Mount Meru, Grace Marko feeds her cows by placing grass and water directly into their trough. This method of zero grazing, in which she keeps her livestock in an enclosed, shaded area, means her cows remain…

Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, anthropologist, Arusha, bibi shamba, Catherine Baroin, climate change, coffee, Farm Radio Weekly, Flora Kitio, Grace Marko, irrigation, maize, Meru, Mount Meru, tanzania, vegetables, water, wise women, women farmers, Young Farmers
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Tanzania: Radio’s young, aspiring reporters

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Daudi Frank enters Radio 5’s Arusha studios wearing a baggy turtleneck sweater. His trousers are stained with dirt, his plastic sandals caked with mud. The sixteen-year-old squeezes in his thin frame beside other young people from the youth outreach group…

Tagged with: Arusha, Farm Radio Weekly, Mkombozi, Mtandao wa wanahabari watoto Tanzania, Mwanza, Mwanza Youth and Childrens Network, MYCN, radio, Radio 5, radio program, tanzania, UNICEF, Young Reporters Network of Tanzania, youth issues
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Tanzania: Young Farmers Fight Climate Change in Zanzibar

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Adam Bemma — 1 Comment

In the small village of Kiombamvua, young Zanzibaris are turning to farming. Drought and sea water intrusion have taken their toll on the island’s farmland, and the young people are trying to combat the effects of climate change. Ali Abeid…

Tagged with: agri-business, agriculture, agropreneurs, climate change, CUZA, education, FAO, Farm Radio Weekly, ILO, JFFLS, Kiombamvua, rain, rising sea levels, tanzania, training, UN, vegetables, Young Farmers, Zanzibar
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Kenya: Successful Young Entrepreneurs Attracted to Farming by Social Media

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Adam Bemma — 5 Comments

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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