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Radio scriptwriting competition to cope with climate change

23-11-2007 (Wageningen)
Radio scriptwriting competition to cope with climate change
 Radio for development
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The Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) are launching a scriptwriting competition entitled African Farmers’ Strategies for Coping with Climate Change. The competition is open to African radio organizations, including broadcasters, production organizations, NGOs with a radio project, farmers’ associations with a radio show, etc.
Competitors are invited to submit a radio script on one of the following themes related to local adaptation to climate change:
  • Water and soil management;
  • Cropping strategies emphasizing drought-resistant plants;
  • Livestock management practices;
  • Fisheries and Agroforestry;
  • Other (for original topics related to coping with climate change and not listed above).
To assist radio practitioners with producing the radio scripts, a climate change resource kit and a guide to writing radio scripts will be prepared and distributed to interested African radio practitioners. Professional coaching and mentoring on scriptwriting will be provided to participants throughout the process. This coaching will be made available through the special website that has been created for this competition: http://scriptcompetition.net. Entries must be received no later than March 15, 2008.

The scripts will be reviewed by an international panel of judges. The top 15 entries will receive high quality digital audio recorders. The winners will be announced in May 2008 and will be profiled on the competition website. The winning scripts will be published and distributed by CTA and DCFRN. All entrants will receive feedback on their scripts.

UNESCO and CTA collaborate for the development of capacities in the domain of information, including within the framework of the FAO partnership for the Information Management Resource Kit.
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