Dramas
Drama scripts are a great way to illustrate a situation and explore complexities and emotions surrounding the issue. Our drama scripts generally feature just a few characters, and may be aired during one or several episodes.
Drama scripts can be read by local actors, or (for very short and simple dramas) by broadcasters themselves.
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- Agriculture
- Aquaculture
- Children and youth
- Climate change
- Community development
- Crop production
- Energy
- Environment and climate change
- Gender equality
- Health
- Hygiene and sanitation
- Land issues
- Livestock and beekeeping
- Marketing and market information
- Nature-based Solutions
- Nutrition
- Post-harvest activities
- Social issues
- Soil health
- Trees and agroforestry
- Water management
Garbage in, garbage out: Plant healthy cassava cuttings to keep your garden free of cassava mosaic disease
CHARACTERS: FATSANI: Well-known cassava farmer in Watch Village. He supplies high quality flour to Maldeco fisheries. Nasiwero’s husband. NASIWERO: Fatsani’s wife. DAVIE: Lives in Watch Village. One of his gardens is close to Fatsani’s cassava garden. Grace’s husband. GRACE: Davie’s wife. JOHN: Well-known cassava farmer who specializes in sweet cassava and sells to vendors. Recently,…
One head cannot lift a roof (Mutu umodzi susenza denga)
CHARACTERS AYAYA: 40-year-old woman with four children. The oldest is a boy aged 15. She is a widowed cassava farmer who plants the crop mostly for food and sells the surplus to supplement the family income, which mostly comes from working in other people’s gardens in her village and the villages beyond. CHIMWENE: Ayaya’s 15-year-old…
Rice farming: Yaayaa adopts new methods and gets a bountiful harvest
CHARACTERS YAAYAA: Single mother and rice farmer, 30 years of age. She is hard-working and this is a threat to the best farmer in the community. MR. OWUSU: Rice farmer in Dwirabra community, 47 years old, the best farmer they have had in years. He is not dynamic because he believes he is the best.…
Packed and ready to go: Good quality packaging and handling boosts income from tomato sales
CHARACTERS: EXTENSION OFFICER: Man in mid-forties, knowledgeable and trained in agriculture. MAINA: Good farmer, likes to pay attention to detail and determined to succeed. WANJA: Very impatient, proud. Not-so-serious lady farmer, does not pay much attention to detail and likes doing things the same old way. She likes instant success and is always ready to…
Farmers grow old, but farming is constantly new: New standards for growing and harvesting cassava
NARRATOR: Mbarute is a young farmer who lives in the countryside with his parents. He is a clever young man and his cassava harvest proves this to his father, Semana. If you want to know how to treat your cassava harvest, listen to this drama! SCENE 1 NARRATOR: It’s evening after the Sunday rest and…
Friendship and farming: Intercropping cowpea with cereals
CHARACTERS ABU: A 45-year-old man who is a cowpea farmer and a determined person. He has a sense of humour, and is married to Sarah. MUSA: A 47-year-old man who is a cowpea farmer and is married to Lydia. He is shy, mostly reserved, and modest compared to his friend, Abu. SARAH: A 32-year-old woman,…
Be a hare, not a hyena: Growing standards for hard-working potato farmers
CHARACTERS EXTENSION OFFICER: Woman in mid-thirties, knowledgeable and trained in agriculture. Known and loved in village. MURIMI: His name means “the farmer” in the Gikuyu language. In his mid-forties, has been farming for a long time. Happy and charismatic, a good farmer but does not pay attention to every detail. Carefree and likes spending time…
Cowpea haulms to the rescue: Using cowpea residues to feed livestock
CHARACTERS WAREWAA: 41-year-old small-scale farmer who raises goats and sheep and owns a cowpea farm NANAAMA: 35-year-old cowpea farmer and Warewaa’s close friend NANCY: extension officer posted to Beduase KOOFORI: 55-year-old small-scale farmer. NANA (CHIEF): 67-year-old chief of Beduase town SPEAKERS: Voices of townsfolk SCENE 1 SETTING: WAREWAA’S HOME CHARACTERS: WAREWAA, NANAAMA SFX: BIRDS…
Beyond maize, rice and other staples: Eating one food every day won’t make you healthy
CHARACTERS CHIMWENDO A farmer and community leader who is knowledgeable about nutrition. SOKO Neighbour of Chimwendo. Harvests plenty but is hit by hunger every year and children are undernourished. IRENE (MRS. SOKO) Wants higher-status life than she and Soko can afford DOCTOR The clinic doctor MOTHER OF JANE A rich woman in the village…
Mr. Bana’s mill: Quality standards for fresh potatoes and cassava
NARRATOR: Potatoes and cassava are important root and tuber crops and are a great source of energy in many parts of the world. Millions of farmers in Eastern Africa grow cassava and potato, mostly for home consumption or to sell fresh in the market. By processing and adding value, farmers can make even more…