Building progress

Positive, exciting, hopeful change

Building progress

Positive, exciting, hopeful change

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Supporting small-scale farmers: From the National Farm Radio Forum to Farm Radio International

For over 20 years, groups of farmers from across Canada met weekly to listen to a radio program, discuss farming issues and plan projects to improve their community. Discover the history of Canada’s unique National Farm Radio Forum program and how Farm Radio International carries out similar work in Africa today.

Challenging household gender roles in Burkina Faso

Pascal Sawadogo used to get upset at his wife if she didn’t finish her chores. After participating in a radio series, the Burkinabe farmer decided to instead lend her a helping hand.

Radio Baoulé: Promoting sexual and reproductive health

The program Keneya Blon (Health Corridor) at Radio Baoulé in Mali is a runner-up for the 2023 Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio. The program is tackling a particularly sensitive issue: sexual and reproductive health, including sexually transmitted diseases.

Q&A: PhotoSymphony composer Andrew Forde on music for plants and the power of audio

Composer Andrew Forde spoke to us about the inspiration for PhotoSymphony, an original piece of music made specifically for plants. Learn about his composition process and the science behind music that helps plants grow.

Timely broadcasts yield better potato harvests in Nigeria

Learn about our project promoting the best ways to grow potatoes in Nigeria. Read the stories of three potato farmers in Plateau State who increased their yields and income after listening to a radio program.

On Air Dialogues: Listening to — and learning from — rural people

On Air Dialogues are an innovative type of radio programming, which use mobile phone-based polling to bring rural voices into national and global conversations about critical issues like food security, nutrition, health and climate change.
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Who we are

We are a Canadian charity uniquely focused on using radio to strengthen African farming communities.

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Small-scale farmers produce most of the food in Africa, but too often can’t make ends meet. Thankfully, there's a simple and accessible tool that can help them help themselves: RADIO.

The world's most popular mass medium is especially important in rural Africa, where people rely on it for information.

Available to practically everyone and broadcast in local languages, radio has the power to transform lives and whole communities for the better. And, combined with digital technologies, it is more powerful than ever before.

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What we do

Radio Resources

We offer resources and training to improve rural radio programs.

Radio Innovations

We come up with new ways to make radio better than ever before. 

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Projects

We run targeted projects that use radio to get results at scale.

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