2024

Radio program: Five trees for every child: Why Morungatuny, a community in Uganda is planting trees for the next generation
Rural Communication Services

As part of the YenKasa Africa initiative to showcase radio programs, we are thrilled to share this week’s feature from Farm Radio International’s project, On-Air Dialogues for Gender-inclusive Nature-based Solutions. This episode from the Nature Answers podcast delves into the vital topic “Why Morungatuny, a community in Uganda, is planting trees for the next generation.” Read the feature to discover valuable insights and expert advice, and then listen to Farm Radio International’s

Radio Programme: The importance of village banking for forest and farm producers
Rural Communication Services

As part of the YenKasa Africa radio initiative, we are thrilled to share this week’s feature on “The Importance of Village Banking for Forest and Farm Producers.” Read on to discover valuable insights and expert advice, and then listen to the recorded programme on the YenKasa Africa website in Zambia’s local language, Nyanja. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and empower your agricultural practices. Happy reading and listening!

Rural women: Strengthening leadership and influence
Gender and youth

The leadership program dedicated to francophone rural women, launched last year, recently held its second edition. From May 27 to 31, 2024, in Munich, Germany, an intensive workshop brought together rural women from the 5 regions members of PAFO and their German counterparts from the German Rural Women’s Association (Dlv). Designed as an interactive training session, the workshop aimed to strengthen women’s decision-making skills within farmers’ organizations. Participants had the

Radio programme: Access to finance for smallholder forest and farm producers
Rural Communication Services

As part of the YenKasa Africa radio initiative, we are thrilled to share this week’s feature, which delves into the vital topic of “Access to finance for smallholder forest and farm producers.” Read the feature to discover valuable insights and expert advice, and then listen to the recorded programme on the YenKasa Africa website in Ghana’s local language, Gurune. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and empower your

EAFF and e-granary in the rural and digital finance ecosystem
Communication and ICTs

The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) has undertaken a significant project with the deployment of its integrated digital farmer services platform, e-Granary. This initiative, launched in partnership with AGRA’s Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers in Africa (FISFAP) program, aims to transform agricultural services for smallholder farmers in Eastern Africa. This learning brief captures the key lessons learned from the project, providing valuable insights for practitioners, researchers, and funders involved in

World Farmers’ Organisation 2024 Annual Meeting, 17 - 21 June
Family Farming

From June 17 to 21, 2024, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) hosted its Annual Meeting. This year, the event was held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, and was simultaneously livestreamed on the WFO YouTube page. The meeting annually gathers hundreds of family farmers, young and women farmer leaders, farmers’ organizations, and agricultural cooperatives from across the globe, as well as other relevant stakeholders such as government representatives, multilateral institutions,

Tanzanian radio station runs competition. The prize? Trees!
Spotlight

When Hamida Ally Hoza learned she had won 20 tree seedlings for her participation in a radio program, she heard the news in the excited voices of her children, neighbours, and relatives. Mrs. Hoza, a 40-year-old farmer, lives in Ngulwi village in the lush landscape of Lushoto District in Tanzania’s Tanga Region. She tends to her half-acre farm, filled with various fruit-bearing trees. She says: “As an environmentalist, I was

Rhoda Adeniyi: Bridging farming and community through radio
Rural Communication Services

Rhoda Adeniyi is a presenter at Crowther 88.5 FM in Oyo Town, Nigeria. Mrs. Adeniyi got her start on the radio in 2015 as a guest extension worker on the University of Ibadan’s radio station, Diamond FM. That sparked her interest in pursuing a radio career. Volunteering was followed by writing scripts and dramas. Mrs. Adeniyi’s program features a mix of interviews, vox pops, phone-ins, and discussions in Yoruba. It’s

VIDEO CONTEST 2024: Innovations for and by family farmers
Family Farming

Participate in the family farming contest and send in your videos. Your videos will compete for the opportunity to be presented at the Global Family Farming Forum in October 2024 in Rome, Italy. The videos should illustrate how family farmers can be supported by innovations. These innovations might combine old and new food system practices and organizational processes, using traditional and diverse forms of knowledge and connecting these with newly available information

Call for Submissions: Innovation award on farmer field schools for sustainable agrifood systems
Family Farming

A P P L Y   N O W ! The Global Farmer Field Schools platform in FAO’s Office of Innovation is excited to announce the launch of the Innovation Award for Farmer Field Schools for Sustainable Agrifood Systems! This award will help collect, celebrate, and share impactful innovations in the implementation of FFS in support of the transition towards sustainable agrifood systems, including agroecology. Who Can Apply? Anyone involved in FFS, including