Connecting farmers in Burkina Faso with simple transmitters
By DW
30 January 2022 |
11:55 am
A project is supporting agricultural innovation in rural Burkina Faso by connecting farmers using small easy-to-use transmitters. They can transmit FM broadcasts within a small town and its surrounding fields.
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