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
It comes like fire: Managing late blight of potato in Nigeria
HOST: Hello, listeners, welcome to our program. My name is _____. Today, we will be talking about Irish potato blight disease in Nigeria. Our journey takes us to the city of Jos, in the northern part of the country. We will talk to local farmers and experts and find out about their experiences with this…
Adding value to farm produce: Soybeans
FILIUS: Welcome to yet another exciting episode of Farming is a business, the program that educates small-scale farmers on how to practice simple farming methods and still benefit from their farming. My name is Filius Chalo Jere and today I have an exciting topic: how our small-scale farmers can add value to their crops before…
Marketing farm produce
SFX: Signature tune for 15 seconds PRESENTER: Good afternoon and welcome to your weekly, informative farming program. My name is ____. Today, we talk about marketing farm produce. Often, farmers complain about the lack of markets for their produce and about unfavourable prices that prevent them from making good returns on their investments. We visit…
Farmer strategies for adapting to climate change in Ghana
HOST 1: Welcome to your favourite farmer’s program. My name is Grace Acheampong. My co-host is Abdul Mohammed. Today’s topic is: How can small-scale farmers across Ghana adapt to a changing climate? We will be discussing a scientific study that was conducted in Ghana by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the German…
Dementia: What it is and how to support a family member with dementia
SIG TUNE UP THEN UNDER HOST: Did you know that an estimated 47 million people worldwide live with dementia and that a new case of dementia is diagnosed every three seconds? In today’s program we are going to learn more about dementia: the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, causes of the condition, and the…
Maternal and infant mortality, why don’t we talk about it?
HOST: Good morning, dear listeners. Today, we will talk about maternal mortality, including the kinds of issues that affect pregnant women and how they manage their pregnancies. To talk about it, we interviewed health workers, fathers and mothers of young children, female and male midwives, and medical specialists. Although maternal and infant mortality in Burkina…
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…