International Development Grant
Scaling Her Voice on Air in Burkina Faso Ghana Mali and Senegal
Project Number: CA-3-D001692001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $5,408,855.00
Start Date: March 23, 2018
End Date: September 30, 2022
Duration: 4.5 years
Project Description
A fundamental rural development need in Burkina Faso Ghana Mali and Senegal is the lack of relevant gender-responsive and timely information communication and extension services for small-scale farmers (women men and youth). To address this issue Farm Radio International (FRI) aims to scale up interactive rural radio in 17 regions of Burkina Faso Mali Senegal and Ghana reaching 61 radio stations and engaging at least 70 stakeholder groups including farmer-based and women’s organizations. Project activities include: (1) providing relevant timely and gender-responsive information on: effective climate-smart agriculture; climate adaptation; gender-equality; and improved nutritional practices; (2) deepening knowledge exchanges between women poor and vulnerable small-scale farmers in rural areas to identify and address their respective needs using mobile tools; and (3) strengthening evidence-based decision at the community level and provide stakeholder groups with access to compiled outcome data on food-security agriculture and gender-equality. It is expected that this project impacts up to 7.3 million small-scale farmers including an estimated 2.3 million women small-scale farmers in the four targeted countries. Farm Radio International implements this project in partnership with FRI-Burkina Faso FRI-Mali FRI-Senegal FRI-Ghana and CECI/Uniterra (Senegal).
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased use of interactive radio by radio stations and key stakeholders groups as a sustainable gender-responsive platform for quality information communication and knowledge; (2) increased application of good agriculture and nutrition practices by small-scale women men and youth farmers using interactive radio; and (3) increased application of gender transformative practices by rural men women and youth using interactive radio in relation to family food security.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (April 2023) include: (1) reduction of moderate or severe family food insecurity for 526 710 male and female farmers and young people. This number is deducted from the 2 141 380 male and female farmers and youth reported at the beginning of the project; (2) 6% decrease in the gap between women and men. This gap is measured by the Empowerment Index decreasing from 25% at the beginning of the project to 19% at the end. An 11.8% reduction in the gap between young people and adults is also reported from 12% at the beginning of the project to 0.2% at the end; (3) 67% of the focus groups met perceive an improved level of the food security situation; and (4) 79% of the focus groups met perceive an improved level of the gender equality situation.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Farm Radio International
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated