Search Results - "Radio programs"

Interactive radio’s promising role in climate information services: Farm Radio International concept paper by Perkins, Kevin, Huggins-Rao, Sheila, Hansen, James, Mossel, J. van, Weighton, L., Lynag, S.

“…This paper focuses on how interactive radio programming can increase the reach of weather and seasonal climate information and related advisory services. …”
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Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Zambia’s Climate Hotspots through Climate-Smart Innovations by Manoti, Dismas, Kakwasha, Keagan, Kikulwe, Enoch, Chinkwanda, George, Chinembiri, Evans

“…All farmers have access to enhanced climate information services through the climate-smart radio program, broadcast twice a week from 15:00 to 15:30 hours, with a repeat airing from 20:00 to 20:30 hours. …”
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Radio Enhancing Innovative Technologies and Climate Information Service for Farmers in Ghana by Farm Radio, International

“…A core technical workshop resulted in the development of a 16-week radio program tailored to meet the target audience's local needs, covering topics from stress-tolerant crop varieties to integrated pest management strategies. …”
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Implementing a Gender Transformative Approach in Community-Based Breeding Programs (CBBP) and Sheep Fattening Cooperatives by Nemera Woyessa, Martha, Tsige, Meseret, Najjar, Dina, Alma, Eileen

“…The GTA directly reached 8,592 individuals (60% women) and indirectly impacted 42,960 community members through local radio programming and institutional partnerships. These efforts broadened awareness and improved access to gender-responsive services. …”
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“Dear brother farmer”: Gender, agriculture and digital extension in rural Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ragetlie, Rosalind, Najjar, Dina, Oueslati, Dorsaf

“…We identified education level and cooperative membership as important factors that determine the impact of digital extension services on farmers and demonstrate the positive impact of radio programming. We recommend strengthening phone access for women, targeting information (including through non-written ways) to both husbands and wives, using sharing prompts, and more rigorous extension for knowledge-intensive topics such as conservation agriculture and rural collectives.…”
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AICCRA SPnS report: Evidence and learnings from Ghana by Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Seidu, Hisham, Yeboah, Patricia Amankwaa, Obeng, Faustina Adomaa, Maguta, Job Kihara, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Spanning across 2025, the initiative directly supported 3,939 farmers to apply CSA practices, reached an estimated 748,246 individuals through radio programming, trained 288 Village-Based Advisors and 1,440 farmers on ISFM and maize–cowpea intercropping, and distributed 3,778 cowpea seed-drop kits. …”
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Dynamics in agricultural extension services provision in Malawi: Insights from two rounds of household and community panel surveys by Ragasa, Catherine, Comstock, Andrew R.

“…Positive trends include (1) improvements in the percentage of men and women farmers accessing extension services; (2) consistently high ratings in the perceived quality of extension services; (3) more diversity in extension messages, including more information regarding market access and nutrition; (4) greater use of cost-effective tools, such as radio programming and community or group meetings, as sources of agricultural information; and (5) greater crop diversification, although diversification outside of agriculture remains low. …”
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Desarrollo de una metodología de educación ambiental no formal: un estudio de caso; zona costera de Bocas del Toro, Panamá by Neves, Herta

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