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African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI)

Our Partners

International Advisory Committee

AFRRI is guided by an International Advisory Committee (IAC) in the design and implementation of the project. The Committee will be convened twice – once during the planning and design phase, again during the action research phase. During these meetings, the Committee will review project plans, intentions, findings, and questions and offer feedback, critiques, suggestions, and guidance to the project management team.

The input of Committee members will help the management team to ensure that the research project is asking the right questions, is being designed to answer these questions, follows sound ethical research principles, is able to properly analyze and draw conclusions from the research, and is able to disseminate the research results widely to the right audiences.

The IAC does not have decision-making authority and is not accountable for project results.

The Committee consists of 12 individuals, half of them from the countries within which AFRRI is being implemented. Members include:

In addition, the management team, including the Executive Director, the Research Director, the Program Manager, the Program Officer, the Associate Executive Director of WUSC, and the Chair of the Board of Farm Radio International shall participate in IAC meetings.

Current IAC Members

Khaled Fourati – IDRC Representative
expertise/experience: digital commons, ICTs and agriculture

Martine Ngobo – AFRRI Senior Research Manager
expertise/experience: Tropical forestry, agriculture, socio-economic analysis

Mary Shetto – Tanzania NAC Chair
expertise/experience: extension, information dissemination in livestock and agriculture research

Gwenda Lindhorst-Ko – Farm Radio International support staff
expertise/experience: physics/engineering, databases

Sheila Huggins-Rao – AFRRI Program Officer
expertise/experience: knowledge management, communications in research, training

Kevin Perkins – Farm Radio International Executive Director
expertise/experience: Manager of development activities, applied, practical research in NGOs

Gizaw Shibru – AFRRI Program Director
expertise/experience: development manager, emergency aid

Isabelle Roy – CIDA ICT Specialist
expertise/experience: ICT for development, engineer

Doug Ward – Farm Radio International Board President and Chair
expertise/experience: CBC radio, manager and radio program developer, president of Farm Radio International board

Lois Ross – North/South Institute
expertise/experience: communications, agriculture in Canada, radio and farming in Canada

Helen Hambly – Farm Radio International Board Member
expertise/experience: communications for development, agriculture and agroforestry in Africa

Blythe McKay – Farm Radio International Development Communication Coordinator
expertise/experience: communication for development, agriculture, Farm Radio International network

Heather Hudson – Farm Radio International Board Member
expertise/experience: ICTs for development, research project evaluation

Nellie Bassily – Research and Production Officer, Farm Radio International
expertise/experience: journalism, video for advocacy

Yaya Tamboura – Mali NAC Representative
expertise/experience: food security commission in Mali, shea butter

Wilna Quarmyne – Ghana Community Radio Network
expertise/experience: community radio, participatory communication methods

National Advisory Committees

Each National Advisory Committee (NAC) meets quarterly with the AFRRI research team on the design and implementation of the action research at the country level. They are also expected to help ensure that proposed activities add value to existing efforts and duplicate them. The NACs will help ensure that the research reflects the relevant and appropriate needs of the communities where AFRRI is present. Individual NAC members will liaise with the AFRRI national staff from time to time based on the requirements of the Project and the interests and expertise of the individual members.

NAC membership will be individuals who are actively engaged in one or more of the following areas: farming and food security issues for smallholder farmers, action research, development communication and radio broadcasting and programming for rural households. Each county committee consists of 10-15 members, and include representatives from the following groups:

Current NAC members

Malawi
Uganda
Mali
Ghana
Tanzania

Knowledge Partners

In each country, the AFRRI team will identify 1 or 2 key partner(s) who is (are) able to assist in the technical aspects of the action research plan. Ideally, these partners will have a firm understanding of the agriculture and food security priority issues and current agriculture technologies that are being used to address these issues in particular areas/regions of the country. They will be able to identify locally validated farming practices/technologies for promotion through radio. These key partners will be our knowledge partners in each participating country and could include one of the following:

Country Knowledge Partners