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.
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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
Communities Revive a Traditional Method of Storing Grain in Times of Need
INTRODUCTORY MUSIC Narrator: AIDS hurts communities in many different ways. People who are sick with HIV/AIDS may not be able to work. Parents have trouble feeding their children. Today’s program is about how an old village tradition is helping people cope with some of these problems. FADE OUT THEME MUSIC Zimbabwe is a country in southern…
Ekua Makes a Budget
Characters Narrator Ekua: Woman farmer, friendly and confident Narrator -What does financial planning mean to you? In today’s program, a young woman farmer shares her personal experience on how to increase financial security by making a budget. With a budget, farmers can make money. Without one, they could be headed for financial disaster. Listen to hear…
Indigenous Knowledge and Livestock Raising
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Announcer: Today I’m going to talk about livestock.In particular I’ll talk about traditional ways of raising livestock – methods that have been passed down from one generation to the next. Let’s start with some chicken talk.The people in a village called Simirinac in Costa Rica keep…
One Good Idea Leads to Another in Cameroon
Host: The program you are about to hear is about understanding and respecting local farming practices. Sometimes these practices are passed down from our parents and grandparents and we continue to use them because they still work well. But sometimes farmers develop new practices based on their own ideas and experiments. The farmers in this story…
Understanding Each Other: The Importance of Listening to Youth and Children
Part I: Story without end Main message of this broadcast: Children need affection and attention from their parents. They need time to play. Without adequate support and attention children may feel unwanted, sad and angry. Program host: Mama Iminza lived with Baba Egoso, and they had a boy named Sammy. Baba Egoso was a farmer,…
Grow and Eat Nutritious Yams
Program host: Today our program is about a popular and important food. The YAM! Some of you probably eat yams every day. Yams are often served on special occasions. No matter how they are used, yams taste delicious and are good for you. MUSICAL BREAK (five seconds). Program host: Why a program about yams? Because…
My Friend the Dependable Sweet Potato
Program host: Mrs. Nyanga asked her primary eight school students to write an essay on friendship. Each student had to read their essay to the class and explain what made his or her friend so special. They also had to write about how you treat people who are your friends. Mrs. Nyanga was expecting essays…
The Three Sisters: Maize, Beans and Squash
FADE IN SOFT, MELODIC MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER NARRATIVE. Narrator 1: This is a story about three sisters. Narrator 2: Or is it? Narrator 1: Three sisters live together in a garden.The sisters take care of one another. The first sister stands straight and tall, providing support for the second sister.The second sister provides nourishment…
Grow your own Fertilizer – Plant Cover Crops with Maize
Program host: Every day fertilizers cost more and more. And have you noticed that the fertilizers you buy don’t always keep the soil fertile? For this reason, many farmers around the world are growing cover crops — crops that cover the soil and keep it fertile. Cover crops are fertilizer crops. Could you grow fertilizer…
Growing Maize with Trees
Program host: When neighbours saw Fanuel Akutu planting trees in his field of maize, they laughed. They asked: Neighbours: What will you eat this year? Trees?! Program host: And they laughed again. SOUND OF NEIGHBOURS LAUGHING. Program host: Trees growing in a field of maize seemed funny. But the neighbours didn’t laugh for long. Today they believe that growing…