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Distance learning via radio for rural communities in Somalia

Overcoming COVID-19 restrictions through adaptive measures that facilitate access to agricultural and nutrition knowledge

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Nairobi, Kenya ;

Pages 10p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN 978-92-5-135639-5

Synopsis (short abstract) This promising practice fact sheet documents a new distance learning initiative in Somalia through radio launched in 2020 by FAO as a response to public health threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, complementing cash+ activities and replacing face-to-face beneficiary trainings. Through this initiative, FAO sought to continue developing rural communities’ capacities to mitigate shocks, especially those compounded by the COVID-19 crisis, and disseminate context-specific behaviour change messages on nutrition and healthy diets. In 2021, the scope of the training was expanded to include long-term agriculture development programmes and social protection activities through village savings and loans associations.

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FAO. 2022. Distance learning via radio for rural communities in Somalia – Overcoming COVID-19 restrictions through adaptive measures that facilitate access to agricultural and nutrition knowledge. Nairobi.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb8326en

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