Interviews
Interview scripts feature interviews with two farmers or rural people and one or two subject-matter experts, exploring a challenge and possible solutions. They also feature and intro and extro by the radio show host. They are written by African journalists, based on real interviews.
Interview scripts can be translated and adapted as necessary to suit the local context, then performed on air as dramatized interviews. Or reach them as inspiration and guidance for your own interviews.
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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
How Millet Farmers are Adapting to Climate Change in Northern Ghana
PRESENTER: Dear listeners, welcome to our radio program Dunia hamisim, which means “the world weather changes.” Whether you call it global weather changes or global warming or climate change, this is an issue of great concern to farmers in northern Ghana. This is particularly true for communities and farm settlements along the White Volta River…
Improving Food security for Ugandans: Voice of Teso’s Participatory Radio Campaign on Akena Cassava
Host 1: Greetings to all our listeners. My name is ___. Host 2: And my name is ____. Today we are going to tell you about a radio campaign that was broadcast a few years ago by Voice of Teso in eastern Uganda. The campaign introduced farmers to a new disease-resistant variety of cassava called…
Local Experts Give Practical Advice to Care for the Environment
Theme music Host: Today’s program deals with one of the Millennium Development Goals which was unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. In this program, we shall focus on Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability. Soft music Host: According to the United Nations Development Programme, in the world…
Nutritious Foods are Important for All Babies, Rich or Poor
Host: Welcome to our program! It is Thursday morning again! Today our guest is from the Swaziland National Nutrition Council. By the end of today’s programme, we will know how to keep our most precious resource – our children – healthy by giving them the right foods to eat. Listeners, I will now ask our…
Making Traditional Mustard in Moba Country, Togo
Narrator: Today’s program explains how to make traditional mustard from African locust bean seeds. The African locust bean is a medicinal plant whose leaves are used for treating fever, bronchitis and intestinal parasitic diseases. Its bark and roots are prescribed as remedies against sterility, bronchitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, leprosy and venereal diseases. Its yellow pulp is…
A Law on Bush Fires
Characters: Sagbo and Hoovi, school boys Teacher Parents Employee President of Law Commission Journalist Noise of wind and rustling grass. Sagbo (out of breath): Hey! Kill it! It’s going to get away! Hoovi (panting): Oh! It ran into that undergrowth. Sagbo: Oh no! That means we’ll have to light the field on fire. And I…
Storing Cowpea Seeds for a Season and a Reason
Characters: Host Male farmer, Mr. John Wasonga Female farmer, Mrs. Joyce Omondi Theme music to introduce programme, then fade out. Host: Greetings listeners! Welcome to today’s programme, ‘Storing cowpea seeds for a season and a reason’. The focus today is on proper storage of cowpeas to protect them from pest attack. Our guests will guide…
Biosecurity – A New Way to Look at Avian Flu Prevention
Characters: Host Farmer Host: Good morning [afternoon, or evening]. I’m your host, [_________]. Today we’re going to talk to [farmer’s name] about how [he/she] keeps [his/her] chickens and [his/her] home safe from disease. Good morning [afternoon, or evening] and welcome, [farmer’s name]. Farmer: Good morning [afternoon, or evening]. Host: Let’s start right in. First, I…