Nelly Bassily | June 7, 2010
African Farm News in Review
1. East Africa: East Coast Fever vaccine registered in three East African countries (by Sawa Pius, for Farm Radio Weekly, in Tanzania)
2. Kenya: Farmers use drought-resistant crops and improved access to water to adapt to climate change (Farm Radio Weekly, Scientific American)
3. East Africa: Countries negotiate for their fair share of Nile water (AllAfrica, IRIN)
Upcoming Events
-31 July, 2010: Deadline to apply to essay contest on youth, rural development and ICTs
Radio Resource Bank
-Biodiversity reporting guidelines developed by IPS and partners
Farm Radio Action
-Listen to four audio productions on farmer innovations
-Canadian Council for International Cooperation – funding at risk
Farm Radio Script of the Week
-A farmer suffocates stem borers to death and saves his cocoa farm