Scriptwriting Competition – Farm Radio International

Here are the profiles for the judges of the Radio Scriptwriting Competition on Smallholder Farmer Innovation.   A special thanks to all of these judges who volunteered their time to this competition!

Andreas Mandler
Andreas Mandler is a social scientist, specializing in the fields of Communication for Development, Agricultural Advisory Services, and Rural Radio. He has a constant passion for radio and worked earlier as a freelance radio journalist for German broadcasting stations.

Bernard Pelletier
Bernard Pelletier is a faculty lecturer and research associate in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University. Bernard has conducted research on the impact of small-scale farming practices on soil quality and crop yield in Malawi, using participatory and ecological techniques. His research interests focus on the development of methodologies and approaches (participatory, integrated environmental assessment, spatial and multi-scale modeling) to study complex social-ecological systems. Bernard also works as a consultant to a project in Haiti which aims to increase the capacity of local institutions/organizations to support rice and vegetable farmers in the Artibonite Valley.

David Gutnick
David Gutnick has worked with CBC Radio as a writer-broadcaster since the mid-1980s. One of David’s passions is finding alternative ways to tell stories on the radio.

Ibrahima Sané
Ibrahima Sané is an international consultant in communication for sustainable development. His skills include: participatory assessment of community projects, evaluation, communication planning, operational planning, facilitation methods, training in media practices, and conception and evaluation of media campaigns. Dr. Sané worked for four years as a radio producer and broadcaster for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Bush house, London, and has ten years of experience in media management as director of the Senegalese national radio network.

Liliane Kambirigi
Liliane Kambirigi began working at FAO in 1991 as an Information Officer for the Communication Division, where she specializes in radio production and media relations with broadcasters at the community, national and international level. She is responsible for overall radio activities, work and plans within the Communication Division’s yearly Corporation Communication Strategies. She travels to development and agricultural project sites in developing countries to collect radio/media material for worldwide dissemination, and contributes multimedia programmes – web articles, slide shows, audio-visual scripts, photos, etc. – for distribution to traditional and modern media, educational institutions, NGOs, UN agencies, and donors. Before working at FAO, she was the Director of the National Radio in Burundi.

Luca Servo
Luca Servo is a New Media and Web Communication expert with many years in-depth experience of Online Communities and Knowledge Management. He is currently supporting the Communication for Development Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for rural radio projects, as well as the CSDI ComDev Platforms network.