Dear scriptwriting competition participants,

I would like to announce that we have extended the deadline for receiving entries for the scriptwriting competition “African Farmers’ Strategies for Coping with Climate Change”. The new deadline is Tuesday March 25^th, 2008. We encourage all of you who have signed up for the competition to send in your scripts. For those of you who have sent your entries by post please inform me so I know to expect them.

If you haven’t already done so I would also encourage you to read the scriptwriting tips and info kit on climate change documents.

Should you have any other questions regarding the competition contact me at bmckay@farmradio.org.  Remember to send your scripts by email to me at bmckay@farmradio.org , and Cc Sarah Bel at bel@cta.int. You can also send them to me by fax, to my attention, at 1-613-798-0990.

Thank you all for your interest and participation,

Blythe

We encourage all participants to use the “Questions” page on this website (http://scriptcompetition.net/?page_id=27) to post questions for guidance on the production of your scripts. Your question will be answered on the website.

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We thank those of you who have already made submissions and would like to send out a friendly reminder that participants are limited to one entry per contestant.

best regards and good luck to all!

The deadline for submitting entries to the scriptwriting competition “African Farmers’ Strategies for Coping with Climate Change” is fast approaching! DCFRN and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) invite all African radio organizations to submit a script. Entries should be prepared with the input of local people (especially farmers), and should be on one of the following topics 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 that are not listed above.)

Remember to send your scripts by email to Blythe McKay at bmckay@farmradio.org, Cc Sarah Bel at bel@cta.int.

Congratulations to Pius Sawa Murefu from Radio Sapientia of Uganda for submitting the first scriptwriting competition entry! Mr Murefu’s script relates to water and soil conservation in Rwanda. We look forward to receiving more participant entries in the near future.