Monica Ruth Acan smiles and says, “I first felt the spirit of agriculture while I was a student in secondary school. All students had to tend to a garden. While I didn’t like doing it at first, I came to…
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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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South Sudan’s Hip Hop Artists Call for Peace and Reconciliation Through the Unhip Practice of Farming
JUBA, Aug 28 2014 (IPS) – “What is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to cry when you have the potential to dig,” sings Juba-based dancehall reggae group, the…
Tagged with: Addis Ababa peace talks, Africa, agriculture, Artists call for peace and reconciliation, farming, Hip Hop, Juba, peace, South Sudan
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Tanzania: The Crop Doctor is in the Market
Dark clouds fill the sky, blocking the view of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Rain pours down on the bustling market in Himo town, about 100 kilometres east of Arusha. Farmers come from all over northern Tanzania to visit the bi-weekly “plant…
Tagged with: access to markets, Africa, agriculture, Arusha, CABI, Crop doctors, crop rotation, Farm News, farming, Himo market, Irish Aid, kenya, markets, plant doctors, planting, Plantwise, prescription, tanzania
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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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