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Communication at FAO
FAO (2016), 16 pp.
"FAO communication in numbers: Over 1.5 million followers on its social media networks. More than 100 000 articles published every year in the media, containing information or statements by FAO experts. Every month millions of users access fao.org to read news or find information. Every year more th
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Risk Communication Applied to Food Safety: Handbook
Rome; Geneva: FAO; World Health Organization (WHO) (2016), 87 pp.
"This handbook focuses on practical principles and best practices of risk communication to support risk management of adverse food safety (including quality) events associated with biological, chemical or physical hazards. Food defence and nutritional aspects are outside the scope. Another focus of
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Rural Communication Services for Family Farming: Contributions, Evidence and Perspectives
Rome: FAO (2016), x, 52 pp.
Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management: A Field Guide
Rome: FAO (2015), vi, 104 pp.
"Reducing risk and increasing resilience to natural disasters and climate change requires access to knowledge, information and the active participation of vulnerable population. Planning Communication for Agricultural Disaster Risk Management (ADRM) is a field guide to orient ADRM teams and concerne
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Embracing Web 2.0 and Social Media: A Life-Changing Pathway for Agricultural Development Actors
Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2015), 61 pp.
"Featuring a range of examples from ACP countries, this booklet includes testimonies on how Web 2.0 and social media have contributed to policy dialogue and advocacy (Chapter 1), value chain development (Chapter 2) and provision of information services (Chapter 3). The booklet features 18 stories co
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Farmer Participation in Radio Campaigns for Technology Adoption: Lessons from AFFRI’s Hybrid Maize Campaign in Mangochi, Malawi
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2015), pp. 1-17
"This ethnographic study used focus group discussions to investigate and gather ideographical information about why statistics from the Nankumba region of Mangochi in Malawi, where, from 2008 to 2010, Farm Radio International implemented the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) - a meticul
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Participatory Visual Research with Subsistence Farmers in Papua New Guinea
Development in Practice, volume 25, issue 7 (2015), pp. 997-1010
"This article discusses the trial of visual research methods in a socio-economic research and development project with women subsistence farmers and their families in two regions of Papua New Guinea. It reports on the benefits and challenges of three visual research methods (drawing, participatory p
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Videos That Speak for Themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences
Development in Practice, volume 24, issue 7 (2014), pp. 921-929
"In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, w
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Farming for the Future: Communication Efforts to Advance Family Farming
Rome: FAO (2014), ix, 57 pp.
"This document has been prepared to inspire reflection about the role of communication in advancing family farming. It includes an analysis of examples of ComDev approaches applied to smallholder farming and rural development and the issues that they encompass: food security, natural resource manage
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Communication for Rural Development: Guidelines for Planning and Project Formulation
Key Guides
Rome: FAO (2014), 55 pp.
"Communication for Development (ComDev) is a participatory approach that integrates community media, low-cost ICTs, mobile phones and other communication tools to facilitate access to information, knowledge sharing and social dialogue. Well-planned and managed ComDev activities are crucial to ensure
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