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Learn, share, and collaborate!

Written by: Lisa Cabrera, CDC Los Banos   Learning, sharing, and collaboration in communication for rural development is now possible through web-based global and regional platforms, www.cccomdev.org and www.comdevasia.org, respectively. Aside from the portal, CCComdev also maintains two social media accounts, Twitter and Facebook with followers consisting of Comdev organizations, professional, and graduate and undergraduate students.  

Radio coverage of the Forum on Communication for Development and Community Media for Family Farming

 Written by: Anastasia Zammit, FAO The Forum on Communication for Development and Community Media for Family Farming (FCCM) ended late last week. More than 100 participants representing farmer organizations, rural institutions, governments, development agencies, research organizations, NGOs, academia, community media and communication networks came together to share experiences, discussed best practices and come up with a set of firm recommendations for the way forward in the ComDev field.

Second day of FCCM

Written by: Valentine Eben, AMARC International Consultant The FCCM continues its work today October 24, 2014 at the FAO’s Headquarters in Rome.  The day’s theme is “towards inclusive rural communication services.” And the session is chaired by Venus Jennings, Programme Specialist at UNESCO.  The session was divided in to three panels: Policy and Institutional frameworks; investment and partnerships and capacity development. Mario Acunzo, FAO’s Communication for Development Officer, reminded participants that

FCCM opens in Rome

Written by: Valentine Eben, AMARC International Consultant “Today there are more than 500 million family farms in the world and this is out of a total of 570 million total farms. So what this means is that 9 out of every 10 farms in the world is run by a family, owned by a family, or using predominantly family labor (…) very importantly what we’ve found North, South, East, West

Rural participation: between new and traditional technologies

Written by: Karine Poirier, AMARC International   The Forum on Communication for Development and Community Media for Family Farming opened at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Headquarters, in Rome, Italy, today. Participants met to discuss the role of communication to improve rural development. In his presentation, Francesco Diasio, Acting Secretary General of the World Association of Community Broadcasters, highlighted the recent findings of the regional virtual consultations held by FAO

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 ‘communication is a right and a

A Compendium of virtual consultations

This compendium attempts to recount various regional and sector perspectives of rural development actors on ComDev as an asset for family farming. These perspectives were drawn out from three regional virtual consultations that took place from 25 August to 12 September 2014 through FAO-AMARC regional platforms: Onda Rural in Latin America, Yenkasa Africa, and ComDev Asia. Furthermore, a global consultation meant to discuss and complement the outcomes of the regional consultations was held from 22 September to

FCCM, una experiencia interactiva

Escrito por: Sandra Herrera, AMARC América Latina y el Caribe Bienvenido a la página dedicada al FCCM. El Foro de Comunicación para el Desarrollo y Medios Comunitarios para la Agricultura Familiar (FCCM por sus siglas en inglés).  El equipo del FCCM está dispuesto a reunir información de los actores rurales, como son las organizaciones, instituciones rurales, agencias de desarrollo, sociedad civil, comunidades indígenas, académicos, redes comunitarias y medios de comunicación

Le FCCM, une expérience interactive

Article écrit par: Karine Poirier, secrétariat international de l’AMARC  Bienvenue sur la page dédiée au FCCM. L’équipe FCCM est impatiente de recueillir les commentaires des parties prenantes du secteur rural, tels que les organisations agricoles, les institutions rurales, les agences de développement, la société civile, les peuples autochtones, les universités, les médias communautaires et les réseaux de communication. C’est la raison d’être de cette page!  Nous vous encourageons à soumettre des commentaires,

FCCM feedback is interactive

Written by: Joshua Zukerman, AMARC International Secretariat Welcome to the FCCM dedicated page.  The FCCM Team is eager to gather vital feedback from rural stakeholders, such as farming organizations, rural institutions, development agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, academia, community media and communication networks. This is why this page has been created! Here, we encourage you to submit feedback, follow the discussions, and share important information on Communication for Development and family farming.