The Collaborative Change Communication for Rural Development (CCComDev), an initiative facilitated by the UPLB-College of Development Communication, held the International Webinar on Advancing Rural Communication Services for Family Farming on 16 December 2022, 7:00 PM Manila time, via Zoom. Co-convened by the IAMCR-Rural Communication Working Group, the webinar featured speakers and panel from the University of Guelph, University of the Philippines Los Baños, University of Reading, University of Queensland, Comunica, and FAO.
CCComDev is a global platform for strengthening capacities, improving partnerships, and knowledge sharing in communication for development and rural communication services. It is a partnership among academic institutions, development agencies, and communication networks to strengthen the ComDev capacities of institutions, scholars, and practitioners of ComDev.
The event aimed to present the key messages surfaced from the regional studies and fora on advancing RCS for family farming conducted by the three regional ComDev initiatives – ComDev Asia in Asia, Yenkasa Africa in Africa, and Onda Rural in Latin America. It also served as a venue for the relaunching the CCComDev initiative and the inauguration of the FAO-IAMCR-CCComDev RCS Research Award.