The African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI)

Find out about Farm Radio International's groundbreaking three year, multi-country research project supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The major aim of the project is to design and implement a participatory, multi-stakeholder action research program to discover, document and disseminate best practices for using radio-based communications to enhance food security in Africa.

Featured Blog Post: Alberta to Africa- a continued role in farm extension

Charlie Cheshire spent his entire career helping farmers adopt new technologies in his home province of Alberta. He worked with radio to reach more Albertan Farmers once a week. Today he’s doing the same — for farmers in Africa.

Winners announced in scriptwriting competition on smallholder farmer innovation

In July 2009, radio professionals from across sub-Saharan Africa were invited to submit a radio script about an innovative smallholder farmer in their area. To help participants develop their scripts, they were encouraged to participate in a free two-month online training course on scriptwriting. Eighty-two entries were received from 20 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.

Script Package 93 - "Healthy Communities" is now available to download online.

Welcome to package 93! This script package features the 10 winning scripts from Farm Radio International's recent scriptwriting competition on healthy communities. We also include an issue pack which provides background information to help you research and plan programs.