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Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for March, this time about tomatoes, a high-value crop that, if grown wisely with careful planning and hard work, can generate a high income for farmers.
The theme pack includes five items from our Resource Packs: one backgrounder, two interview scripts, one drama, and one other item. The backgrounder is also available in Hausa. The theme pack also includes eight Barza Wire Farmer stories.
Backgrounder
Backgrounder: Reducing post-harvest losses in tomatoes
Interviews
Three times the effort for ten times the yield: Growing tomatoes in Nigeria
Low-Cost Food Processing: Making Tomato Sauce
Drama
Packed and ready to go: Good quality packaging and handling boosts income from tomato sales
Other
Barza Wire stories
- Comoros: Farmers switch from growing bananas to more profitable tomatoes
- Burundi & Ghana: Two techniques for storing tomatoes longer
- Burundi: Farmer finds new technique for preserving tomatoes
- Cameroon: New way of growing tomatoes leads to success
- Burkina Faso: Women process tomatoes for profit
- Malawi: Farmer turns tomatoes to gold
- Niger: Tomatoes bring women big returns
- Guinea: Growing tomatoes all year round
The following resource is available in Hausa:
Backgrounder
Shimfida: Rage Asara Tumatur Bayan an Gama Girbi
We hope that this kind of “one-stop shop” on selected topics is useful, and that you can use the resources in this month’s theme pack to make effective programming on tomatoes.