In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:

African Farm News in Review

1. Cameroon: Farmers face crop choice (by Lilianne Nyatcha, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Douala, Cameroon) ^[1]

2. Zambia: More farmers selecting cassava as the staple of choice (United Nations Intergrated Regional Information Service) ^[2]

3. Kenya: Medicinal crop cultivation generates income while saving forest (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks) ^[3]

Upcoming events

–May 25-29, 2009: Seminar on essentials of broadcast ^[4]
–May 23, 2009: Deadline to apply for Investigative Reporting Grant ^[5]

Radio Resource Bank

–Live from Africa: A Handbook for African Radio Journalists ^[6]

Farm Radio Action

–Farm Radio International at 4th Pan African AMARC conference in Côte d’Ivoire (By Blythe McKay, Farm Radio International’s Development Communication Coordinator) ^[7]

Farm Radio Script of the Week

–Forest communities generate income while conserving their environment ^[8]