Mission
We support broadcasters in developing countries to strengthen small-scale farming and rural communities.
Our goals:
To provide and exchange practical, relevant and timely information for use by our broadcasting partners (community, public and private radio stations, farmers associations, productions houses).
To enhance the ability of our broadcasting partners to serve the interests of small-scale farmers and their communities and to ensure food security.
Our values:
- Equitable Development
We encourage social and economic change that is beneficial to small-scale farmers and farming families and that is gender inclusive and respectful of cultural diversity. - Community Self-Reliance
We encourage community self-reliance and control of local development. We respect local cultures and the voices and decisions of farmers and their communities. - Sharing Knowledge
We encourage innovation and shared learning by exchanging knowledge. - Use of Media
We support the use of radio and its integration with new media technologies to ensure that knowledge is shared with the widest appropriate audience. - Partnership
We collaborate with a diverse range of broadcasters and other stakeholders to make our work effective. - Integrity and Solidarity
We encourage journalistic activity that is characterized by accuracy, fairness and balance. We defend media freedom. - Environmental Sustainability
We support practices, policies and technologies that promote sustainable and equitable development. We promote the conservation of natural resources and bio-diversity for the benefit of all. - International Solidarity
We favour trade and aid policies that support the efforts of small-scale farmers to create sustainable rural livelihoods
