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Are your radio programmes gender inclusive?
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Often, broadcasts are designed on the premise that listenership is uniform. However, the audience is diverse, and programmes, therefore, should be responsive to the different expectations of listeners. Gender inequalities can arise  in the professional practices with radio stations, whether during production process, programming, management, or in the choice of content and people interviewed. Media should put in place mechanisms to ensure that the opinions of women and men, regardless

World Food Forum: Transforming agrifood systems through digital technologies
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The capacity and potential of digital technologies to help solve many complex problems in our agrifood systems came under the spotlight  at a special event of the World Food Forum’s Science and Innovation Forum. The Digitalization of Agrifood Systems event hosted last Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its Rome headquarters, explored the digital capabilities and opportunities to usher transformational impact for vulnerable populations in

World Food Forum 2022: Healthy diets, healthy planet
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The World Food Forum (WFF) is conducting its annual flagship event from 17 to 21 October at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome Italy. WFF is an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by FAO that empowers young people everywhere to actively shape agrifood systems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a better food future for all. With the theme, “Healthy Diets.

Training Opportunity with Community Engagement Fellows
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Community Engagement Fellows empowers educators and community leaders to nurture engaged citizens, serve the public, and improve the Salish Sea bioregion and the planet, using social and place-based learning methods to facilitate the growth of effective, durable learning partnerships across organizational boundaries. Western Washington University’s Center for Community Learning has served as the convener since the program began in 2015. The Community Engagement Fellows are inviting you to register and participate in the

Join a roundtable event on the impacts of COVID-19, conflicts, and crises on the right to food and food sovereignty
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On 22 September at 12:00 PM – 14:00 PM (GMT, UTC +0),14:00 PM – 16:00 PM (SAST, UTC +2) and 15:00 PM – 17:00 PM (EAT, UTC +3), join a virtual roundtable to dialogue with a roundtable of panellists from African civil society, local authorities, national governments, continental institutions and international agencies, to find solutions to our food crises that respect human rights, biodiversity, and unity for all life on

More than 31 million bees lost due to insecurity in North Kivu (CEMADI)
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This data was revealed to the staff of RADIOMOTO.NET on May 20, 2022 in the city of Goma, DRC by the coordinator of the Centre managériale pour le développement intégral (CEMADI), Engineer Alphonse Kighoma. This was on the occasion of the celebration of World Bee Day. “We have lost four beekeepers, shot in the middle of their activity. We have lost large quantities of honey, over 500 kilograms. We have

FAO working with Lariak CFA to unlock the hidden treasures of Lariak Forest in Laikipia County
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A few minute’s drives from Nyahururu lies the scenic Lariak Forest that stretches several miles, covering the hills with indigenous trees. The forest extends eastwards from Maili Saba, Karandi, Ngarua and Tandare. This symbolizes the considerable impact the forest has on the daily lives of over 20,000 people in the region and beyond. Lariak Community Forest Association (CFA) has over 830 members, of whom 500 are male and 330 females

First Global Forum of the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028
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After three years of implementation, the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF) will host its first Global Forum on 19-22 September 2022. Since its launch in 2019, the Decade has been promoting integrated actions supported by cross-sectoral policies that address sustainable development’s environmental, economic and social dimensions. This approach resulted in the approval of 3 Regional and 10 National Action Plans for family farming. At the same time, 186 relevant policies, laws and regulations

Western tree planters association's ambitious plan for commercial forestry begins with trees on farm census
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According to Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Commercial forestry is contributing 3.8% of Kenya’s GDP, excluding charcoal and direct subsistence uses. This points to the need for a closer look at the sector by various stakeholders, even as the country seeks to achieve 10% forest cover. With commercial forestry supporting Kenya’s most productive sectors, including agriculture, fisheries, livestock, energy, wildlife, water, tourism and trade, smallholder farmers are undoubtedly key players in

No ordinary irrigation in the Gambia: innovative solar-powered technologies are securing access to water for rural communities
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Across many parts of rural Gambia, women farmers often start their days before dawn to ensure that they have enough water to irrigate their gardens and to cook, clean and bathe at home. “Some of us would wake up as early as 3.00 a.m. to 4.00 a.m. just to get water. Hyenas attacked us on three different occasions,” said Salla Bah, a vegetable farmer in the Central River Region in