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Rural Radio and Food Security
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In 2001, the Extension, Education and Communication Service organized an international workshop on rural radio entitled "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): New Contents, New Partnerships." Participants included radio broadcasters as well as others interested in the promotion of rural radio. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) contributed to the workshop by creating materials related to food security designed to be of interest to rural radio stations:
In 2001, the Extension, Education and Communication Service organized an international workshop on rural radio entitled "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): New Contents, New Partnerships." Participants included radio broadcasters as well as others interested in the promotion of rural radio. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) contributed to the workshop by creating materials related to food security designed to be of interest to rural radio stations:
- The Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS)
- Improving nutrition and food quality
- Agricultural biodiversity and genetic resources
- World Agricultural Information Center
- Agricultural marketing and food security
- Forestry and food security
- The post-harvest sector : Is production alone sufficient?
- Food security and information systems
- The Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWSFA)
- Environment and natural resources service : agrometeorology
- Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme, rural radio and food security
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