The Smallholders Farmers Rural Radio- Nigeria

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The Smallholders Foundation is a non-governmental organization in Nigeria which promotes sustainable agricultural productivity and environmental conservation beneficial to rural poor small farmers, through educational radio programs and on field practical demonstrations.

The Smallholders Foundation "tackles extreme poverty and hunger among rural small farmers by boosting small scale agricultural production to support self sustaining growth and employment in rural areas... enabling farmer's access hybrid seeds, low cost water techniques, soil improvement techniques; local and international markets, meet products quality control and secure their access to land"

Through The Smallholders Farmers Rural Radio, the foundation reaches rural poor farmer listeners living in remote communities of Imo State, Nigeria with appropriate and sustainable agricultural development information in Igbo Language. This radio designs and presents broadcast programs which enables farmers acquire agricultural and environmental management techniques, receive prompt daily market information and advertise their farm products. The educational radio programs activities include:

 Establishment of state-wide rural radios stations,
 Organization of small farmers into radio listener clubs,
 Translating into local languages valuable reading materials,
 Extension services for field demonstrations.
 

Additional information

http://smallholdersfoundation.org