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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Sexual consent

SIGNATURE TUNE HOST: Hello and welcome to our program on sexual consent. We know that many people are not quite sure what consent means. What is consent? How can consent be understood for a married couple? Or, for example, if one or both partners have consumed alcohol or drugs? Today we will examine these issues…

Senegalese farmers struggle to find solutions to soil salinity

SPEAKERS FARMER 1: Ousseynou Sokoma, farmer, co-owner of the farm, Les jumeaux (The twins) FARMER 2: Assane Sokoma, co-owner of the farm, Les Jumeaux FARMER 3: Moustapha Cissé, Chairman of the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives SPECIALIST: Yacine Badiane, Director of the National Crop Production Research Laboratory, Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute HOST: Soils in many…

How farmers in Ethiopia manage Fall armyworm

NEO BROWN: Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today, we’re going to talk about how farmers in Ethiopia are trying to manage Fall armyworm and prevent it from causing significant damage to their fields. SFX: UP SOUND NEO BROWN: It’s the dry season in Ethiopia, known locally as belg. I traveled to Amhara regional state, which is…

Farmers use traditional and chemical methods to manage insect pests of maize in western Tanzania

HOST: Welcome to today’s episode of your farmer program. Today, we will be talking with farmers from Karagwe District in the Kagera Region of western Tanzania. We will talk with maize farmers about the insect pests that feed on maize and the measures they take to manage these insect pests. (PAUSE) It’s about 30 kilometres…

Women farmers use local methods to fight pests and diseases in beans

SIGNATURE TUNE UP THEN UNDER MR. ENOS: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today’s program where we are going to learn how women farmers in the Kigoma Region of western Tanzania fight against pest and disease problems in beans by using local methods. To talk about it, I visited some farmers in Nyumbigwa village in the…

Storing dairy fodder for the dry season increases farmers’ income

PRESENTER: Hallo and welcome to your favourite farming program. My name is _____. Dairy farming is a major income earner for farmers in Kenya. Small-scale farmers produce milk for home consumption, and for selling to consumers in the informal market and to processors. They also make money by selling calves and heifers. Milk production fluctuates…

Breaking the silence around infertility in women and men

SIG TUNE UP THEN UNDER ALICE: (TEASER) “… For those 11 years, it has been difficult. Dealing with relatives who do not understand the struggle and friends who think I am not trying hard enough to get a baby.” HOST: Alice has been trying for a child for more than 11 years now. It has…

The benefits of conservation agriculture

SIGNATURE TUNE HOST A: Hello! Welcome to your farmer program! Today’s topic is all about conservation agriculture and the benefits of minimum tillage. Farmers in Ethiopia tend to till their land repeatedly as they are sure it increases yield. They believe that reduced tillage stops them from taking full advantage of their farmland. In fact,…

Stroke is not terminal: How caregivers and health professionals can help survivors recover from the impacts of a stroke

SIGNATURE TUNE UP FOR FIVE SECONDS THEN UNDER HOST: Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. Today we will be talking about stroke and the therapies designed to help stroke patients recover from it. Most Ugandans have little knowledge about stroke, according to Dr. Ibrahim Bukenya, the head physiotherapist at the…

Handling the financial impact of stroke and modifying the home to make it safe for stroke survivors

Main host: Delali Afi Mawutor Studio guests: Physiotherapist: Otis Nkansah Caregiver: Mrs. Elizabeth Afenyo Stroke survivors: Madam Akosua Fremah, Mr. Kofi Tawiah Phone interviewee: Madam Beatrice Washington. DELALI: Hello, listeners, I welcome you all to another edition of Speak Health, where we discuss health topics and present insights into health issues. Delali Afi Mawutor is…