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The Communication Initiative for Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Onda Rural has launched the DAF 2022-2024 Campaign, “Family Agriculture at the Heart of Sustainable Agri-food Systems”. Through the campaign, a wide diversity of actors are invited to strengthen family farming through the implementation of communication. For this reason, Onda Rural shares a diversity of communication materials (radio programs, spots, radio series, reviews, etc.), which highlight the progress of

Uganda news anchor Martin Amaiyko Kigongo was awarded a national Population Media Award for the best radio program on population and development last November 2023 for a 20-minute radio documentary he produced for the program “On-Air for Gender-Inclusive Nature-based Solutions” aired on Farm Radio International (FRI). Know more about his success story and how he uses journalism to affect social change in his community in this article by Yenkasa Africa,

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO), in partnership with YenKasa Africa, Digital Green, and the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Development Communication, conducted a five-day virtual training-workshop on participatory video in agri-food systems and digital environments for Africa on November 20-30,  2023. It was attended by more than 30 participants from farmers’ organizations, academia, and advocacy groups in Burundi, Cabo Verde Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya,

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) launched a Food-Based Dietary Guides (GABA) of Ecuador training course on November 29, 2023. The objective of the course is to capacitate facilitators to transmit the messages of the GABA to the entire population, including eating healthy natural products that come from local producers and highlighting the value of eating as a family. The course is made up of four self-paced modules

ComDevAsia, together with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) , Digital Green, and the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Development Communication, conducted a five-day virtual training-workshop on participatory video in agri-food systems and digital environments for Asia-Pacific stakeholders on November 6-16, 2023. It was attended by more than 40 participants from farmers’ organizations, academia, and advocacy groups in India, Indonesia, Nepal, Uzbekistan, and the Philippines.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN) Rome, the College of Development Communication of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (CDC-UPLB), Digital Green, and CCComdev concluded their five-day Participatory Video (PV) in Agrifood Systems and Digital Environments Training of Trainers on October 26, 2023. The training sessions were held on October 19, 23, 24, 25, and 26 via Zoom. A total of 45 participants from 16

The three recipients of the IAMCR-FAO Rural Communication Services (RCS) Research Awards presented their papers at a special panel during the IAMCR 2023 Conference in Lyon, France on July 12, 2023 where they were also formally recognized. The session was also live streamed via Zoom and the Cccomdev Facebook page. The award’s goal is to recognize and support research that advances our understanding of RCS, particularly its use in Africa,

CCComDev invites you to the first installment of its webinar series for this year, featuring: Webcasting of the IAMCR-FAO RCS Research Awardees Special Session, IAMCR Lyon 2023New updates from the CCComDev Initiative Schedule: 12 July 202315:45 – 17:30 CESTRegister: https://bit.ly/RCSAward Like us on Facebook to watch the livestream (https://www.facebook.com/cccomdev).More info: http://www.cccomdev.org/rcs-awards/ See you there!

The three winners of the IAMCR-FAO Rural Communication Services Research Award will present their papers at a special panel at the upcoming IAMCR’s 2023 conference to be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 13 July (Lyon23), with an Online Conference Papers (OCP23) component from 26 June to 5 July. The Special Session devoted to the awardees’ presentation will be livestreamed on 12 July 2023 3:45-5:30 PM CEST (9:45-11:30 PM