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Opening the FCCM: the role of community media in family farming

Written by: Prativa Chetri of AMARC Asia Pacific  Maria Pia Matta, President of World Association of Community Radio Broadcast (AMARC) in her welcome remarks at the Forum on Communication for Development & Community Media for Family Farming (FCCM) taking place at the FAO headquarters in Rome today spoke about the importance of community radio which is essential for the global debate on rural development. She stressed that â€˜communication is a right and a

Communication for Sustainable Rural Development and Social Change: setting the scene

Nowadays, compelling issues such as climate change and food security mean that planned communication activities are required in the process of social learning and adaptive livelihoods.  With this in mind, the IAMCR pre-conference event which took place on 14 July, 2014, in Hyderabad, India, focused on communication as a means to drive sustainable development in the rural sector. The session, titled Communication for Sustainable Rural Development and Social Change gave special attention