Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information

Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda helped close gender gaps in smallholder farmers’ use of climate information. RLCs empowered women to make informed agricultural decisions and also contributed toward improved food security of smallholder households. 225 Farmer Promoters were trained to lead the...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121389
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description Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda helped close gender gaps in smallholder farmers’ use of climate information. RLCs empowered women to make informed agricultural decisions and also contributed toward improved food security of smallholder households. 225 Farmer Promoters were trained to lead their village groups in weekly meetings to listen and discuss climate service radio programs, participate in live call-in shows, share and record their plans to act on what they learned, and share the information with others.
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spelling CGSpace1213892023-03-14T13:26:08Z Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security food security gender farmers climate women households information meetings food radio groups lead villages smallholder farmers case studies agrifood systems rural development Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda helped close gender gaps in smallholder farmers’ use of climate information. RLCs empowered women to make informed agricultural decisions and also contributed toward improved food security of smallholder households. 225 Farmer Promoters were trained to lead their village groups in weekly meetings to listen and discuss climate service radio programs, participate in live call-in shows, share and record their plans to act on what they learned, and share the information with others. 2021-12-31 2022-09-12T11:57:10Z 2022-09-12T11:57:10Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121389 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. 2021. Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information. Reported in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Annual Report 2021. Outcome Impact Case Report.
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information
title Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information
title_full Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information
title_fullStr Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information
title_full_unstemmed Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information
title_short Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information
title_sort radio listeners clubs rlcs in rwanda help close gender gaps in farmers use of climate information
topic food security
gender
farmers
climate
women
households
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meetings
food
radio
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lead
villages
smallholder farmers
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
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