Narratives
Narratives are short radio scripts where one individual conveys the important information. Many of our older scripts were written in this format. These scripts still contain relevant and useful information.
Use narratives to learn more about the topic, to prepare radio spots, interview questions, intros and extros. You could also read the information aloud on air, but it would be more useful if used as part of an interview with someone on the topic.
- All
- 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
“Survival” Crops Provide Food During Times of Need
BRING UP MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER NARRATOR. Narrator : A well chosen crop can mean the difference between survival and starvation. On today’s program we’re going to talk about “survival” crops. By that I mean crops that provide food in times of need. A survival crop will have one or more of the following characteristics:…
Low-Cost Food Processing: Making Tomato Sauce
Host -Here in [region/district], tomatoes are plentiful. Sometimes too plentiful! If you have more fresh tomatoes than you can eat or sell, you need to store them. But how? Today we will discuss how to preserve tomatoes by making tomato sauce. Tomato sauce can be stored and used later to make ketchup, sauces, relishes, and curries.…
Low-cost Food Processing: Preserving Foods as Jams or Sauces
Host -When so many garden crops ripen at one time, it is sometimes difficult to sell them all. But how can we store them? Today we are going to learn about saving fruits and vegetables for use in the off-season, when they are not so plentiful. The information in today’s program comes to us from the…
Disaster prevention, mitigation and recovery: Story ideas for the radio
PART I: FARMING METHODS CONTRIBUTE TO DISASTER MITIGATION Grow root crops during hurricane season Message: By making appropriate crop choices, farmers can reduce their losses in times of disaster. Story: Encourage farmers to grow root crops during hurricane season. Root crops can be a good security crop for people who live in regions prone to…
Helping survivors cope after a disaster
Characters Narrator Uri: Farmer Jagit: Farmer Uri’s wife Elda: Elderly woman Sara: Relief worker INTRODUCE THEME MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER NARRATOR. Narrator: How do people cope with disasters? You are about to hear some personal experiences from people who have survived a disaster – an earthquake. The earthquake shook a region not far from the…
Farmer Phiri Uses Infiltration Pits to Combat Drought
Characters Narrator (can be played by the program host) Mr. Phiri : Farmer (Name is pronounced Peer -y.) MUSIC. Narrator : Many of you listening to our show today have soil that is hard and dry. Many of you are trying to farm with very little water – especially these days, when there is less…
Trees Against Disasters
Story #1: Trees against hunger Narrator : There is a serious drought in the village of Wonga. It hasn’t rained at all this year. Relief supplies are being brought in, but people are still hungry. Most families are eating only one meal a day. [surprised] But one family in the village does not seem to…
HIV/AIDS Resources
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Publications Radio and HIV/AIDS: Making a difference, by Gordon Adam and Nicola Harford, 2000. Available in English, French and Spanish. Contact: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 20 Av. Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, E-mail: unaids@unaids.org. Electronic version: www.unaids.org/publications/documents/care/ Series of booklets written by Africans for…