Communication for rural development
in Asia and the Pacific

Providing inclusive and demand-driven services for smallholder and family farmers
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Raising awareness on climate change and facilitating dialogue on how to cope with it
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Community-based communication to protect lives and increase resilience to natural disasters
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Ensuring equitable access to information for improved nutrition and food security
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Amplifying women voices and promoting gender equality
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Enabling the participation of local communities in managing their natural resources
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Events
Unraveling C4D Trends in Europe

So how does C4D as practiced in Europe look like? Dr. Sarah Cardey, associate professor and Director of the Graduate Institute for International Devel...

Events
ComDev Asia Holds Communication Training on D...

ComDev Asia Holds Communication Training on DRM for Resilient Agriculture

The ComDev Asia Initiative organized the training- workshop on communication planning for community radio with a slant on disaster risk management (DR...

Events
Workshop on interactive radio for family farm...

Workshop on interactive radio for family farming and food security in Asia-Pacific

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) will conduct a thr...

News from the region
Bangladesh announces its Community Radio Poli...

Bangladesh announces its Community Radio Policy 2017

Despite its important role, community radios are confronted time and again with the issue of sustaining their operation. With no regular source of rev...

News from the region
Sustaining ‘Voice of Coastal People’ in Bangl...

Sustaining ‘Voice of Coastal People’ in Bangladesh

After three years of pilot implementation, the Upokuler Kotha (Voice of the Coastal People) community radio program in Bangladesh moves forward with i...

News from the region
Celebrating Asian Contributions to Communicat...

A forthcoming chapter in a book celebrates the Asian contributions to Communication for Development (ComDev). The chapter highlights seven of these cc...

Opportunities
SBCC Summit Now Accepting Abstracts

Abstracts for oral presentations, poster presentations, pre-formed panel presentations, TED Talk-style “Comm Talks” and concept notes for ski...

Opportunities
TARANG – A National Leadership and Capacity B...

TARANG – A National Leadership and Capacity Building Program for CR Practioners

There is only a few days left to submit an application for the second round of the national level leadership and capacity building program for communi...

Opportunities
Call to participation “Communicating Developm...

Call to participation “Communicating Development”: an international audio series

As part of their continued partnership, the Office for Corporate Communication of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the W...

Communication for rural development
in Asia and the Pacific

Providing inclusive and demand-driven services for smallholder and family farmers

Raising awareness on climate change and facilitating dialogue on how to cope with it

Community-based communication to protect lives and increase resilience to natural disasters

Ensuring equitable access to information for improved nutrition and food security

Amplifying women voices and promoting gender equality

Enabling the participation of local communities in managing their natural resources

Nepal

Family Farming

FAO Asia-Pacific RSS

As millions experience increased food insecurity in the Sahel, UN food agency chiefs pledge to redouble efforts to reduce poverty and hunger

Fall Armyworm likely to spread from India to other parts of Asia with South East Asia and South China most at risk

Platforms

ComDev Asia is promoted by FAO

Web development and software by Yayamedia

Communication for rural developmentin Asia and the Pacific

Providing inclusive and demand-driven services for smallholder and family farmers

Raising awareness on climate change and facilitating dialogue on how to cope with it

Community-based communication to protect lives and increase resilience to natural disasters

Ensuring equitable access to information for improved nutrition and food security

Amplifying women voices and promoting gender equality

Enabling the participation of local communities in managing their natural resources

Nepal

Family Farming

FAO Asia-Pacific RSS

As millions experience increased food insecurity in the Sahel, UN food agency chiefs pledge to redouble efforts to reduce poverty and hunger

Fall Armyworm likely to spread from India to other parts of Asia with South East Asia and South China most at risk

Platforms

ComDev Asia is promoted by FAO

Web development and software by Yayamedia

Communication for rural development
in Asia and the Pacific