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
Tanzanian Farmers Succeed With Co-operative Cashew Growing Plan
Characters: Enzi: male farmer Hasani: male farmer Kapuki: female farmer Sounds of market – voices, music, occasional sounds of animals. Fade under narrator. Narrator: Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today you will hear a short drama about a group of small-scale cashew farmers in southern Tanzania. This group of 100 farmers have successfully collaborated with Tanzanian…
Raising Rabbits for Meat and Profit: Part Two
Traditional swange music from Mbanor village, Nigeria. Host: Welcome to the second and concluding part of the interview series on raising rabbits. My guest is the famous Chief Asema Yuwa, a retired agricultural extension worker and experienced rabbit keeper from Mbanor Village. Once again, Chief Asema Yuwa, you are welcome. Chief: Thank you. It’s good…
Raising Rabbits for Meat and Profit: Part One
Traditional swange music from Mbanor village, Nigeria. Host: The short piece of swange music which opened the program today comes from Mbanor, a village which is famous for its fine breeds of livestock. Coincidentally, our guest on the program today is a famous farmer who is also from Mbanor village. Please join me in welcoming…
Fruit Changes Farmers’ Lives
Fade up theme music to introduce the programme, then fade under host. HOST: Friends, welcome to today’s programme, “Fruit changes farmers’ lives.” Today we’ll share information about fruit crop production to boost farm income and for other benefits. Stay tuned to make your lives more fruitful. Fade up theme music, then fade under host. HOST:…
Deforestation and Global Warming: Who is Responsible?
Signature tune, fade out. HOST: Good morning (afternoon, evening). If you have recently noticed that you feel hot and uncomfortable in the changing environment, and you want to know what trees can do for us, and you want to know something about global warming, then stay tuned as Nananom (elders) and a forestry officer discuss…
Gender and HIV/AIDS
Theme song up and hold under narrator. NARRATOR: How are you today, listeners? As usual I, Mercy Chipeta, am back with your favourite program Mwana Alirenji (“self-sufficiency”) brought to you by The Story Workshop with the support of the European Union. Theme song up and cross fade into narrator’s speech below. NARRATOR: What passes fast…
Powder of Little Pepper Protects Stored Rice
Theme music up, then slow fade and under host. HOST: Welcome to the programme. You may know that insect and microbe pests cause serious damage to rice crops in West Africa. But did you know that there are local solutions? Today, we will listen to Mr. Bamba, a rice farmer from Guinea. Mr. Bamba uses…
A Local Plant Prevents Pest Damage to Stored Seeds
Theme music fades up then under host. HOST: Dear listeners, welcome to today’s show. Theme music fades up then under host. HOST: Listeners, today we have great news! In today’s program we are going to tell you about a local plant which can prevent pest damage to stored seeds. Stay tuned and a local expert…