The working paper documents the pilot rural radio campaign, dubbed as 'Climate Change i-Broadkas Mo', implemented by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Southeast Asia (CCAFS SEA) and the Philippine Federation of Rural Broadcasters (PFRB) in strategic regions of the Philippines from 2015 to …
The people of Mugogo, a village situated some 2,000 km from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, will long remember January 4, 2008. On that day they heard their common wake-up call, babusa, from a radio station. Radio Babusa had hit the air. An initiative of the …
Farm Radio International recently held a script-writing competition on the topic of adapting to climate change. Working together with different partners, the fifteen winners
On October 2, the social networking site Bebo teamed up with an expert in radio communication, Alexander Zaitsev, to beam 500 messages from users into space. Zaitsev used a Ukrainian radio telescope, normally used to identify and track asteroids
marine sciences Rare corals aplenty According to researchers from James Cook University rare coral species might not be at high risks of extinction due to small population sizes.Their tendency to hybridize saves them. The previous prediction was that small population sizes led to decreased genetic diversity, which in turn decreased …
>> The Bihar government will set up a community radio station, the first for farmers in the state. Decks have been cleared for setting up the community radio station following clearance by the central government and approval of funding for it. Bihar
Radio and television announcements advised patients with surgical problems in the rural areas of Osun State, Nigeria, to report at any of the nine zonal headquarters of the state which were closest to their homes in order to receive free treatment. Over 1000 patients reported and 801 received operations on …
This time when heavy rainfall plays havoc in the city breaking all communication channels, the newly installed HAM radio stations would act as a saviour during the disaster. One of the HAM radio stations has been set up atop 14-storeyed Acropolis building, the highest point in the city, at Malabar …
A Catholic radio station In Rwanda has come under national scrutiny for allegedly giving scant coverage to commemorations of the genocide in the country last year. A report by the state-funded High Council of the Press on media coverage of the 2007 genocide commemoration week found out that Radio Maria, …
On the occasion of World Earth Day, which was celebrated recently, Big 92.7 FM addressed key issues concerning the environment while increasing awareness on matters of global concern such as fuel conservation, water conservation, global warming, etc In an effort to increase awareness, Big 92.7 FM held a massive signature …
A group of rural women have launched a community radio station in Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province. Radio Babusa FM will take up women and child welfare issues. An initiative of the women's group Sauti ya Mwanamke Kijijini (samwaki), Radio Babusi will broadcast in the local language Mashi, …
Ten radio stations in Ghana have been selected to educate people in the country about hiv/aids. The Ghana Aids Commission is funding the project, being implemented by the Centre for Development Communication (cedcom), a development communication consortium. Gariba Ibrahim, cedcom's team leader, said the project would involve the broadcasting of …
How can the voiceless possibly have a voice of their own if the technology is beyond their reach? Community radio technology is simple, accessible and affordable. This is a far cry from the transmitter, antenna and tower erection costs that established and authorised technology players in India have spouted forth. …
Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, often cites removing the fetters from the country's media as one of his proudest achievements. But under emergency rule his regime is coming down on the media with a heavy hand. Pakistan's premier Urdu news channel was shut down by the authorities in the third week …
A P MITRA (1927-2007) In the early 1990s, the US Environmental Protection Agency had come out with a report incriminating Indian rice fields of emitting 38.6 million tonnes of methane per year and thus adding to global warming. A P Mitra, the then director general of the Council of Scientific …
Africa's largest slum, has got a radio station. A five-story apartment building at the edge of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya recently sprouted a new antenna
A Nepalese community radio station has become the only source of news for flood-hit villagers in Bihar's Darbhanga district. Radio Janakpur is a popular station for people in Bihar's Darbhanga and Sitamarhi districts, even in normal times. But with people not getting newspapers, and with the local radio station submerged …
Radio is the most ubiquitous piece of technology in the country. But opportunities afforded by this handy medium are not been utilised to their optimum by ngos, according to the Bangalore-based ngo Communication for Development and Learning (cdl). To help ngos tap the scope of the medium, the organisation has …
>> Bangalore's first community radio was launched in the last week of June. It's the second such station in Karnataka and will focus on issues of health, environment, development, science, women's welfare and social issues, in turn seeking to inform and educate while entertaining the public. Content will be generated …
