Meet Su Tii Déra and New Generation Radio, two new FRI broadcasting partners

| May 7, 2018

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Su Tii Déra (or “Let’s help each other”) is a community radio station in Benin that serves listeners living near the city of Nikki. The station’s audience is largely farmers and livestock herders. It airs several programs about agriculture, as well as programs on literacy, health, news, and music.

One of the station’s farming programs is “Growing practices for maize.” This 30-minute round table discussion answers farmers’ questions about specific farming practices. The program airs three times a week, with three hosts for three different languages. On Thursday morning the show is broadcast in Peulh; on Sunday evening in Baatonnu; and on Tuesday evening in the Boo language. In this way, the show serves as many listeners as possible.

Radio Su Tii Déra also airs a program called “Techniques for gathering cashew nuts.” This 30-minute program is also broadcast three times a week, again in Peulh, Baatonnu, and Boo.
Su Tii Déra is one of FRI’s newest broadcasting partners, and our 18th partner in Benin.

Boni Moussa B. Madougou is the director of Radio Su Tii Déra. He says his team is interested in partnering with Farm Radio International to learn more about good farming practices, so it can better serve the farmers in his region.

New Generation Radio also became a broadcasting partner recently. It’s the first commercial radio station in Solwezi, in the Northwestern Province of Zambia. The station reaches a diverse audience, and airs programs for both youth and adults, including music shows and programs about entrepreneurship, development issues, health, sports, and family matters.

Many Zambians work in the agricultural sector and the Zambian government is encouraging agricultural diversification. The team at New Generation Radio has taken up the idea and is producing a program that provides key information and helps to develop partnerships between stakeholders such as input suppliers, transporters, and producers.

Farm Radio International produces various resources to support them in this work, including Barza Wire stories and interview and drama scripts that provide content and new ideas for their radio programs.

Farm Radio International has more than 700 broadcasting partners in 40 African countries, including community radio stations, commercial radio stations, national broadcasters, and many other organizations that work with radio. FRI welcomed more than 35 new broadcasting partners to its network over the past year.

If you are interested in becoming a broadcasting partner, read the Guide to resources for broadcasters and fill out the Partnership agreement, available at www.farmradio.fm.