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
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- Environment and climate change
- Gender equality
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- 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
Local water committee helps villagers, but especially women and children
Signature tune in, then out slowly HOST: Dear listener, welcome to today’s program. It is well known that water is one of the most important basic needs for human survival. Water has to be clean and safe. A shortage of water causes skin and eye problems as people do not wash. Likewise, unclean water may result…
Biodiesel production: Generating income for small-scale farmers in Kenya
Signature tune up then under HOST: Hello and welcome to our program on agriculture. In Kieni constituency of Kenya’s Nyeri district, a local NGO called Help Self Help Centre is offering an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuel. It is producing biodiesel from oil-producing seeds found in the local area, and collected by local farmers. In…
SolarAid’s micro solar project in rural Tanzania: Tremendous solar energy potential
HOST: Irna Hutabarat works with a UK-based organization called SolarAid. For many years, she has worked to bring solar energy to Africa. Right now she is working in Tanzania. To find out about her work, we sent our reporter Benedict Komba to Mafinga District, Iringa Region, in the southern highlands of Tanzania, where he met Irna…
Paying farmers for environmental services
HOST: Hello everyone. Today you will hear how a partnership between the World Agroforestry Centre or ICRAF, the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University in the United States, and the Government of Malawi is teaching Malawian farmers the importance of dedicating a piece of land to tree planting for carbon sequestration or storage, and for timber…
Women are actively involved in planting jatropha in a Malian village
ABOUBACAR CAMARA: My name is Aboubacar Camara. I’m your host at Radio Kayira in Bamako. (Pause, and to Ms. Sangaré) Good morning Madame, you recently participated in the National Forum on the Environment and Climate Change organized by the Mali Folkecenter. Please introduce yourself and tell us what have you learned from this forum? SARAN SANGARÉ: Hello, my name…
Forest communities generate income while conserving their environment
HOST: Good morning, dear listeners. Did you know that you can help protect nature? Well, today’s program will help you to understand how. The program talks about the experiences of three villagers in a forest region located in the South West Region of Cameroon, and how they were supported by an organization called World Wild Fund…
Butterfly farming generates income for rural community and protects the forest
PRODUCER: I travelled to Kisiwani village in Muheza district, in the Tanga region of northeastern Tanzania. It is a very beautiful village, built on the Usambara Mountains. There is something very special in this village: butterfly farming. I am standing with the coordinator of the butterfly project, Mr. Amiri Said Sheghembe. AMIRI: I’m Amiri Said Shagembe, the…
Dr. Rice Panicle answers questions about rice and soil fertility
Characters: Radio host Dr. Rice Panicle: Rice Specialist Farmer 1: Caller #1 Farmer 2: Caller #2 Farmer 3: Caller #3 Farmer 4: Caller #4 Signature tune to introduce program HOST: Dear listeners, welcome to the program. Today in our studio we are pleased to have Dr. Rice Panicle, an expert on rice cultivation. He’s here to answer your questions about…
Rice farmers use an integrated approach for success in weed management
Characters: Radio host Rice farmer (Mr. Fofana) Farmer training officer (Mr. Diallo) Signature tune to introduce program HOST: Dear listeners, good morning and welcome to your favourite program about agriculture. The theme of today’s show is weed management, and to discuss this I’m joined by two guests in the studio, Mr. Fofana, who is a…