ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010

Supporting broadcasters in Africa to strengthen small-scale farming and rural communities 2009-2010 THANK YOU Doug Ward (President) Heather E. Hudson Millions of small-scale farmers and their Retired Producer and Vice President, CBC Professor, University of San Francisco families benefited this year from the Radio Graham McLeod generosity of our friends and supporters. We Nancy Brown Andison (Treasurer) Patent & Trade-mark Agent, Blake, Cassels & gratefully acknowledge the financial support Executive, IBM Canada Ltd Graydon of the many individuals, groups, corporations Helen Hambly Odame (Vice-President) Janette McDonald and foundations who gave to Farm Radio Associate Professor, University of Guelph Farm Communication Specialist International. We would like to make special mention of the following donors: Bernard Pelletier Charles Marful Lecturer and Research Associate, McGill Director, Human Resources Tax Practice, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through a University Ernst & Young grant to World University Service of Canada* Anthony Anyia Sarah Andrewes Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Program Leader/Scientist, Alberta Research Vice-President, Hill & Knowlton CAW – Social Justice Fund Council John Morriss Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta Associate Publisher and Editorial Director, Commonwealth of Learning Bill Stunt Farm Business Communications David Frere Production Manager, CBC Radio, Music Glenn B. Powell Donner Canadian Foundation Freelance writer and communications John van Mossell consultant International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Senior consultant, Marbek , Ottawa Les Soeurs de la Congrégation de Notre Dame Neil Ford McCain Foundation Chief, Media and Communications Branch, Kevin Perkins United Nations Population Fund Secretary of the Board and Executive Oscroft Ltd. Director S.M. Blair Family Foundation The McLean Foundation The N.A. Taylor Foundation

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1 "Serving agriculture, the basic industry. This is George Atkins."

“Millions of the poorest of the poor farmers of With deep sadness we marked the passing of our founder, Dr. George Atkins, on November 30, 2009. He was 92. the world are hearing this information to help them increase their food supplies and have George Atkins listened to farmers. And his best advice to better nutrition and health. If that isn't what's broadcasters was just that: listen to the farmers. George helping people in developing countries, I learned from farmers. In fact, we don't think George ever don't know what is. met a farmer from whom he didn't learn something. I have to pinch myself when I think of the people who are helped by this service that is George was a well known CBC farm broadcaster in the available to them by just turning on their fifties, sixties and seventies. Always an advocate for farming and the family farmer, he signed off his radio reports with radio.” "Serving agriculture, the basic industry, this is George Atkins." - George S. Atkins, Farm Radio International founder, 1917-2009 In 1979, following retirement from the CBC, George created Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (since renamed Farm Radio International), the world's only organization dedicated to supporting small farmers and their families “For me, George was an inspiration. He through the use of radio - the one medium they all use. Since made it clear that, as broadcasters, we can then he sustained our organization with his leadership, vision use the experience we have gathered to help and boundless energy. others. He will always stand as a guiding symbol of how one person with passion and At Farm Radio International, we will miss his regular determination in a cause can really make a encouragement, good humour and sense of celebration. We difference.” are strengthened by the example of his persistence, and we - Lloyd Robertson, Chief News Anchor and Senior will honour that memory in our work every day. News Editor, CTV News

2 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT T New Technology MeetsOld Radio Executive Director Kevin Perkins grounded indeepandrichexperience inradioandsocialjustice. Doug Ward, thePresident andChair oftheBoardFarm RadioInternational,forinspirational leadership capable staffandstrongboard ofdirectorsformakingthisservicepossible.Inparticular, Iamindebtedto George. ItiswithhumilitythatIthankourmanydonors,volunteers, partners,participants,dedicatedand remind usthat,intheend,itisallaboutfarmer. Whenallwassaidanddone,thisiswhatmatteredto In themidstoftheseexcitingdevelopments,ourreflections on George’slifeandhisstrongvaluesservedto needs, andmoreeffectivelygivefarmersavoice. information andcommunicationtechnologiestomakeradio moreinteractiveandresponsivetofarmers’ of radio,thesenewdevicesaremostpowerfulwhenthey linkedwithradio.We foundnewwaystouse players) andinteractivevoiceresponsesystemsrevealedto us that,ratherthanreplacingthe“oldtechnology” extension servicesareofferedtothem.Experimentsintheuse ofmobilephones,digitalaudiodevices(MP3 smallholder farmersleadtosignificant,measurablechanges inthepracticesoffarmersandwaysthat our Participatory RadioCampaignmodelrevealedtousthat well-producedradiostrategiesaimedat helping farmbroadcastersdevelopnewskillsandsupporteachotherovertheInternet.Carefulevaluationof in International. Throughourthirdscriptwritingcompetition,wediscoveredthepoweroffacilitatede-learning 2009-2010 wasalsoayearofgreatlearningandinnovationforeveryoneinvolvedinFarm Radio ices. vision thatinspiredFarm RadioInternationalandtocarryoninoureffortsstrengthenimproveserv- ber until2008,haddiedattheageof92.Itwasatremendousloss.Butitalsotimetorecommit the founderofDevelopingCountriesFarm RadioNetwork,itsfirstexecutivedirectorandanactiveboardmem- the distancewehavecomesincethen.Then,onNovember30,2009,receivedwordthatGeorgeAtkins, International. We markedthe30thanniversaryoforganization,reflectingonourrootsandcelebrating he year2009-2010wasaremarkableperiodofreflection,celebration,lossandhopeforFarm Radio 4 PROGRAM OVERVIEW kk rr oo ww tt ee NN

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Third Annual Scriptwriting Competition: Winning Script Excerpt: Sawdust Smallholder Farmer Innovation Prolongs the Storage Life of Potatoes In July 2009, we invited radio practitioners across sub- Saharan Africa to find a true story of a smallholder farmer Excerpt from Script 90.1, by John Cheburet, (or group of farmers) from their region who had developed Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. a new solution to a farming challenge. The response was impressive: radio broadcasters from 20 countries submitted Sound effects (SFX): Sounds of a market a total of 82 scripts. An international panel of judges chose place. Fade under the presenter. the 15 best scripts for publication in a script package that Presenter: This is Kinungi Trading Centre on was then distributed to 500 radio organizations across sub- the busy Nakuru-Naivasha highway. It is Saharan Africa. The winning scripts covered a fascinating early morning and the local market is range of brilliant innovations by smallholder farmers – bustling with activity. Today, farmers have few solutions such as storing potatoes in sawdust, “sack potatoes to sell. The last harvest was three farming”, and attracting red ants to fruit trees as a guard months ago. The new crop is still growing. against pests. The resulting package was one of our best ever! But that is not the case for Mr. Githenya Kariuki. He is here to sell his potatoes to a buyer from Nairobi, 70 km away. He says his Amina Nabala Adam potatoes are now in season, thanks to his (left) on her henna farm, new method of storing potatoes using (with Farm Radio partner sawdust. Lydia Ajono of the Read the full script at Ghana Community www.farmradio.org/english/radio-scripts/90- Radio Network), shared 1script_en.asp her innovation of grow- ing henna as a turning point in her own food security. Ms. Ajono’s PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Healthy soils script based on this inno- vation won the best entry make by a community radio station healthy farms

5 Farm Radio Weekly: Giving African Broadcasters Their Weekly Fix of News Stories

Before the creation of Farm Radio Weekly in 2008, African broadcasters had no reliable sources of news stories written for radio that specifically address the issues and concerns of smallholder farmers. The Weekly has changed that, becoming a We are excited to welcome you to the trusted source of stories for and about small holders, together 100th edition of Farm Radio Weekly! To with resources and information that help broadcasters hone celebrate this landmark, we are republishing their craft. With 1,000 subscribers and growing, Farm Radio some of the best news stories from our first Weekly is distributed by email 44 times per year. Surveys of our 99 editions. The first story featured in this subscribers confirm that the Weekly is a prized source of special edition was written for FRW by David agricultural information. To the right is a sample of the 100th De Dau, who visited members of a Sudanese edition. community whose land had been threatened or taken over by soldiers and a petroleum company. It was the first in our special series on land grabbing, which appeared in June Online Training for Scriptwriters and July 2009 and which proved extremely As more and more radio broadcasters in Africa gain access to popular among our readers. the Internet, the potential to offer training at a distance has also The second featured story was a favourite in grown. Farm Radio International has capitalized on this by Farm Radio Weekly’s 2009 subscriber survey. creating a unique on-line course to support our scriptwriting FRW Editor Heather Miller prepared this story competition with financial support from the Commonwealth of after visiting the village of Kitete, in eastern Learning. An enthusiastic 200 broadcasters from across Africa Tanzania, with local agricultural radio enrolled in this free two-month course. Facilitators from Ghana, broadcaster Lilian Manyuka. Many farmers in Malawi and Rwanda ran the course and kept the participants this village have taken up chicken farming in engaged in a collaborative learning process. order to provide protein for their families and to boost their incomes. The story explains how, with the help of Lilian’s radio program, “Bravo to the hard-working facilitators. Your work was highly poultry producers are learning to protect exceptional to me because of your personal time you devoted to there chickens from disease and theft. this training for the past two months. I am now extending what I have learned to other colleagues at our community.” Happy reading! - Jefferson Massah from Radio Gbarnga in central Liberia -The Farm Radio Weekly Team

6 The African Farm Radio Research Initiative: Showing Results!

Measuring the impact of Farm Radio Programs Participatory Radio Campaigns win the ALINe Award In 2009-2010, we completed the third year of the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI). With funding from the Bill & Through AFRRI, we developed the Participatory Melinda Gates Foundation, we are implementing and Radio Campaign (PRC) to help smallholder farmers evaluating a variety of innovative approaches to farm radio in learn about, evaluate, discuss and introduce a Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Uganda and Tanzania. It was a full and range of appropriate, sustainable farming practices. fruitful year as we experimented with new uses of information Topics have ranged from composting and communication technologies and market information systems beekeeping to using neem leaves to protect and completed participatory radio campaigns and measured harvested crops from weevils. AFRRI has now their effects. completed its first round of PRCs, and surveyed the effects on farmers’ knowledge, intentions and ICT Innovations practices. The result? PRCs are tripling or quadrupling the number of farmers who adopt a Beep beep! The sound of a text message SMS (short messaging new practice at a cost of mere pennies per listener. service), arriving in your phone’s inbox vibrates from your pocket. You pause for a moment from preparing your compost Our innovative PRC approach to tackling poverty pit to read the message: “Dear listener - Heka heka vijijini starts and food insecurity was recognized with the in 30 minutes on 93.3 Sibuka FM. This week’s program talks prestigious ALINe 2010 Farmers Voice Award. about marketing local chicken - tell your neighbours!” ALINe works with a range of agricultural organizations, providing technical assistance, These 154 characters comprise a typical SMS that a farmer conducting research and promoting innovations. It could receive alerting her or him to an upcoming program from promotes people-centred performance in a local radio station. SMS alerts are being tested as part of agricultural development. AFRRI's research strategy to explore how information communication technologies can improve radio for farmers. Nearly half of AFRRI’s partner radio stations have now been “We knew that these disease-resistant varieties of cassava had been developed, but we didn’t know how trained to use software to manage and send SMS alerts to their to get the planting materials or how to cultivate and listening communities. Feedback so far has been encouraging: grow them,” said Asege Winnie Odaret (pictured on for example, Esther Chambo from Benadi village in Malawi the left), speaking on the importance of hearing Farm received SMS alerts from MBC (the Malawi Broadcast Radio International’s Participatory Radio Campaigns Corporation) for eight weeks on their campaign about use of on the Voice of Tesso Radio in Uganda. The campaign manure as a fertilizer. “This is the best!” wrote Chambo. “I on Akena cassava led to a fivefold increase in the forgot about the program because I was busy working in the amount of land planted with this disease-resistant field, but with the alerts I was reminded.” staple crop.

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Farm Radio International’s work has been made Doreen Adams •In Memory of Ellen Adams • Peter Ajello • Sylvia Alers • Blaine Allan • Heino Altosaar • Eleanor Anderson • John Anderson • possible by the support of thousands of Donna Andrew • Caroline Andrewes • Margaret Andrewes • Sarah Andrewes• Philip Andrewes • Gorden Andrus • Yezdi Antia • David Armstrong • Alan Asselstine • George Atkins • Janet Atkins • Robert Atkinson • E. Auguteijn • Henry Awmack • Edith Bacon • Gertrude Bain • Gordon Baker Canadians. In 2008, we created the Circle of • Robert Baragar • David Barrie • Thomas Bates • Lorna Beairsto • Stephen Beckley • Lloyd Beckley • Mary Beech • J. Bell • Art Bennett • Nancy Producers to pay special tribute to those who Bennett • Ruth Bennett • Claude Bissell • Allan Blakeney • Curtis Blundell • Richard Bocking • Suzanne Bond • James Bouchard • Hendrik have been especially loyal and generous over the Bouman • Margaret Boyce • Gwen Bradley • Johanna Brak • Maryon Brechin • Andrew Brink • Jim & Teny Brouwer • Elizabeth Brown • Nancy years. Brown Andison • Betty Brownridge • Georgina Brunette • Joseph & Mary Bryant • Charles Bryant • Dorothy Burcher • Anne Burnett • John Bury • Duncan Bury & Louise Atkins • Frank Butty • Eleanor Campbell • Donald Campbell • Gary Canlett • Adrian Castell • Glenn Charlton • Charles Cheshire • Fred Chipman • Joan Clayton • Robert Conacher • Joseph Connolly • Flora Cook • John Core • Betsy Cornwell • Constance The word “Producers” was chosen because it Costanzo • Linda Crawford • Isabel Crawford • Keith Crouch • F. Rosemary Curley • Susan Curran • M. Anne Curtis • Maureen Dancy • Dorothy refers both to the farmers who grow crops and Davidson • Alice Davies • Ian Davis • Philip Daykin • Arthur DeGroot • D'Arze Dendy • Adrian Dieleman • Norma Doherty • Hugh Drew-Brook • raise livestock to feed the planet, and to the Stewart & Evelyn Dunlop • Thomas Duyck • Raymond Dyck • Joan Eakin • Eileen Eaton • John & Joan Eddington • Elisabeth Eldridge • Norah radio broadcasters in Canada and Africa, who Elliott • Mark Elliott • Anne Elson • Lila Engberg • Vincent Eriksson • Nancy Fairman • Shirley Farlinger • Anne Farquharson • Margery Fee • produce powerful radio shows that meet the Agnes Fehr • Lois Field • Neil Ford & Sarah Nuttall• Dorothy Forsyth • J.P. (Carol) Foster • David Fraser • Ian Fraser • James Freeman • William Friend • Barbara Fulford • Katie Fullerton • John Fyles • Shirley Fyles • Isobel Ganton • Ely Garfinkle • William Gatward • Stuart Giles • Jane information needs of their listeners. Farm Radio Glassco • Beverly Goodwin • Nancy Gordon • Ruth Graham • Ken Graydon • Helen Green • J. Greenway • Ian Grieve • J. Grynoch • John International supporters who, over the years, Hagen • Ray Haggerty • Margaret Haley • Mary Hall • Mryka Hall-Beyer • Clare & John Hallward • Peter Hannam • Kenneth Hatt • Joan Hayes • have donated over $1,000 cumulatively, are also Timothy & Rosemary Hayhurst-France • Ann Herring • John Herron • Kai Hildebrandt • John Hilditch • Virginia Hill • Peter Hinchliffe • Margaret producers – enabling us to create services that Hincks • Robert Howard • Mary Howell • Barbara Howes • Emily Hunsberger • Margaret Hunsberger • Jim Hunter • Vivian Hunter • Paul Hunter help African broadcasters meet the needs of • A. Irwin • Alice James • Robert James • Kenneth Johns • Winston Jones • Harold Jones • David Jory • Shirley Jowsey • Shirley Joy • Karen smallholder farmers. Kaplan • Lloyd Karges • Linda Kawaguchi • Donald Kerr • Mike Kerrigan • Marilyn & Wally King • Joan Kinniburgh • Douglas Kirkaldy • Joan Kirkby • Martin Klein • Kurt Klingbeil • Margaret Knittl • Elizabeth Knowles • Graham Knowles • Marjorie Knutson • Lourens Kodde • Jacques Konig • Marina Kovrig • Martin Kuhn • Mabel Laine • Joan Lampel • Sam Langman • Betty Larkworthy • R. Larsen • Geraldine Lawlor • Mark Lindman • D. Lobo • Robert Longworth • Eleanor Lucy • Thomas Lumby • Harm Luth • Doug Macaulay • Linda MacDonald • Marsha MacDonald • Cortland Mackenzie • Margaret Mackenzie • Alan Macpherson • Janet Mairs • Frederick Mansbridge • David Marriott • Watt Martin • Dennis & Helen Martin • Stephanie Mason • Daphne Maurer • Elizabeth Mayberry • G. McCain • A. McCormick • Patricia McCraw • James McCutcheon • Donald McDonald • Janette McDonald • John McDonald • Mel McDonald • Thomas McDonald • Ian McDiarmid • Janet McDougall • Margaret McGregor • Edward McKinlay • Sally McLean • Graham McLeod • Bill McMechan • Helen McMenamin • Noel McNaughton • Lyle McNichol • Lewis Melville • Matthew Mendelsohn • Luise Metcalfe • Charles Middleton • Donald Middleton • Mary Jane Miller • Ruth Miller • J.C. Douglas Milton • Shirley Moore • Helen Morgensen • Peter Morris • John Morriss • Kenneth Morton • James Moyer • C. Mueller • Linda Murray • Patrick Nagle • John Neville • Dick Nieuwland • Margaret Norman • Jean O'Grady • Michael O'Keeffe • Ruth Palmour • G.C. Pearce • John Pearce • Kevin Perkins • Roger Peters • Sheila Petersen • Isobel Petrie • Doug Pittet • Robert Plank • Frances Plaunt • Susan Pond • Nino Porcu • Grant Preston • Charlotte Prowse • Helen Purkis • Dave Putt • M. Quigley • Judith Quinn • Elizabeth Randell • Naomi Rankin • Isobel Raven • Andrew Reed • John Reesor • Joanna Reesor-McDowell • Agnes Remias • Josephine N. Rich • Frank Richmond • Teresa Richmond • Lloyd Robertson • James Robertson • John Robson • Joanne Rodenburg • Stephen Ross • Ross Rowat • Thora Rowe • John Russell • Mary Russell • Doreen Rutherford • J. Sanderson • C. Sanderson • Clyde Sanger • Lorena Saxton • Jacqueline Schaffenburg & Brian Hunsburger • Arthur Schickedanz • Rachel Schmucker • Joseph Schraven • Daniel Schwartz • June Scott • William Seath • W. Senay • Paul Sharkey • Mary Shaw • Barbra Shaw • Margaret Shepherd • James Shute • Martha Shuttleworth • Janice Simpson • J. Simpson • Bill Slavin • Linda & Alan Slavin • Peggy Sloan • David Small • Karen Smart • R. Smith • Miriam Sokvitne • Don Speir • S. Spurgin • Bruce Staal • Colin Stairs • Henry Stanley • J. Dixon E. Sterling • Kate Stevens • Jo Stevenson • Nick Stokman • Frank Strittmatter • Penelope Sturgess • Brian Sullivan • Joan Sutcliffe • Marianne Sutton • Heather Tait • Frances Tanner • E. Taylor • Elizabeth Taylor • Margaret Taylor-Sevier • William Teschke • Philip Thatcher • John Thompson • D. Thomson • Ralph Thorpe • Laura Tiberti Foundation • Jo Tickle • D. Timbrell • Doris Toepp • Ronald Trojcak • Elbert Van Donkersgoed • Anne Van Egmond • Isabelle Vaughan • Adrian Vos • Stephen Walbridge • Imogene Walker • John Walker • Margaret Walker • David Walsh • Maurice Walsh • Harry Walter • Peter Ward • Douglas Ward • Janet Wardlaw • Helen Watson • Gavin Watt • Robert Watt • Belva Webb • Melvin Webber • Gillian Webster • J. Weir • Helen White • Hugh Whiteley • Gilbert Whittamore • Margaret Whyte • Robert Williams • Dan Williams • Alexandra Wilson • Elizabeth Wilson & Ian Montagnes • Alfred Wirth • D. Withington • George & Odeyne Wodskou • Janet & Dennis Woodford • Richard Woolger • William Young • Woods Farms Ltd. • Victoria Foundation - Anne's Social Justice Fund • CanFund • Gulf Timber Frame Ltd. • Steefam Acres • Santa Barbara Foundation • St. Luke Anglican Church Women - Palermo Church • Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. • St. Luke's Anglican Church • White Star Foundation • Canadian Pork Council • Freyvogel • St. Lawrence Cement Inc. • Harambee Farms • Nechako Investments Ltd. • Rotary Club of Dundas • Anglican Church of the Incarnation • Janet E. Hutchison Foundation • Oegema Turkey Farms Inc. • Joe Drost Limited • Reed Approach Limited • Vamplew Farms • C.L. Copland Family Foundation Inc. • Felician Sisters • Bax Investments Ltd • Deemcque Investment Limited • Valleybrook Gardens • Emmanuel United Church • St. Catherine's Anglican Church • Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. • Concertmasters Inc • Rosa Flora Limited • Seagull Foundation • McGeachy Charitable Foundation • Les Charités des Soeurs du Sauveur Inc. • School Sisters of Notre Dame • Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton • Religious Hospitallers of St Joseph • Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception • Miropial Investments Ltd. • Nancy's Very Own Foundation •

9 10 GOVERNANCE REPORT

much appreciated. We welcome new directors John van Mossel, new directors John welcome We much appreciated. farm Powell, and Glenn development consultant, international (retired) and writer. broadcaster other person 30, 2009. No died on November George Atkins to FRI. and focused contribution such a thorough has provided of farm broadcasters by this unique Simply put, the support started as his idea and came to life Canadian organization through his single-minded and hard work over passion, drive later work as a member of our Board three decades. George’s also his valuable lessons from the past, and was marked both by spirit in recognizing that, sometimes, things by his generosity of of long as that change serves the interests need to change – as have lost an irreplaceable colleague We the smallholder farmer! to live up to his vision. will strive and friend. We as continues to undergo rapid change Radio International Farm new ones to meet the we refine current programs and create In all of this we are stated needs of African farm broadcasters. fortunate to be well-served Perkins by Executive Director Kevin Radio International staff – an intelligent, talented, and the Farm tireless team. resourceful, dedicated, adaptable and seemingly Doug Ward Chair of the Board of Directors

ike other Canadian charities, Farm Radio International is Radio International Farm charities, ike other Canadian a very of Directors that plays by a volunteer Board governed L Directors David Barrie and Magdalena Burgess retired this year. Directors David Barrie and Magdalena contributions that David will be remembered for practical work in Africa. reflected his farming background and his experience as a DCFRN Magdalena Burgess, owing to her past Her important institutional memory. provided staff member, were insightful and editorial suggestions for our script packages • approved a training policy designed to facilitate a • approved a training consistent approach to building our training comprehensive and with other training organizations, service and collaborating approved a comprehensive fundraising • consolidated and and policy, integrate our strategic • established a planning framework to planning. intentions with our mid-term and annual In addition to its regular work, this year the Board: In addition to its regular important role in directing and shaping the work of the organiza- shaping the work role in directing and important fifteen direc- Board, which has Radio International tion. The Farm for three-yeartors elected direction establishes strategic terms: for the values; drafts policies with our mission and consistent of our values; approves the annual operat- consistent application reviews the performance of FRI operations ing budget and plan; and receives the report and; hires Director, and of our Executive of an external auditor. 11 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS M S a copyofourauditedfinancialstatements. manner. Anauditofouryear-end financialstatementswasconductedbyDeloitte&Touche LLP. PleasecontactFarm RadioInterna In the2009-2010fiscalyear, wemanagedthedonorresources entrustedtousachieveimpressiveresultsinafiscallyrespon t a a t r udasn 0,3 84,696 2,173,029 104,339 2,294,004 5,926 854 314,613 1,773,720 48 348,662 1,841,003 2,750 224,296 Total expenses 281,422 Fundraising Administrative expenses 168,869 Program expenses 200,000 Miscellaneous Investment Project grants Development Agency Canadian International Farm RadioAfrican Foundations Donations R N E e c x e m h e p v t

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