From 25 August 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) will host a series of regional virtual consultations open to development professionals, community media practitioners, rural development agencies and the private sector alike on  "Towards Concerted Action on Communication, Community Media and ICTs for Family Farming".

The consultation, in Africa to be held on the Yenkasa Africa platform, aims to highlight regionally relevant contributions of ComDev, community media and ICTs to family farming, to identify main challenges and priorities for rural communication services in support of family farming, as well as to discuss common approaches to promoting communication for rural development in Africa.

Please register to participate in the consultation at:

 http://yenkasa-africa.amarc.org/en/node/416