In this week’s Farm Radio Weekly:

    | May 18, 2009

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    African Farm News in Review

    1. Liberia: Women mix indigenous and NERICA rice in effort to bridge “hunger gap” (Inter Press Service)

    2. East Africa: Handmade banana briquettes could replace firewood (BBC News)

    Upcoming Events

    –June 15, 2009: Deadline to apply for International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award

    Radio Resource Bank

    –Updated manual on HIV and AIDS reporting

    Farm Radio Action

    –4th Pan African AMARC Africa Conference strengthens community radio (by Modibo Coulibaly, National Coordinator for the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) in Mali)

    Farm Radio Script of the Week

    –Let’s talk about it: A young couple plans pregnancy and childbirth