Radio spots
Radio spots are short radio pieces (usually 15-60 seconds) that clearly deliver a single message.
The written text can be translated and/or adapted to your local context, then recorded and broadcast during or between any program. Broadcast the same radio spot regularly so that listeners remember the message.
- 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
Radio spots on cassava
SPOT #1: SITE SELECTION NARRATOR: Farmers, how should you choose a site to grow your cassava? Here are four tips to help you choose the best site. First, look at the vegetation on the site. If it’s lush and green, the soil is fertile. Second, consider the history of the site. If cassava has…
Radio spots on rice
Spot #1: Site selection NARRATOR: What kind of sites are best for growing rice? Here’s three things to remember. One: Rice needs a clay loamy soil because rice is grown in water, and so the soil must retain water. Two: The land must be both flat and not likely to flood. This will make managing…
4R approach to applying fertilizer
Spot #1: The four R’s NARRATOR: Farmers! If you want your crops to yield their best, remember the four R’s of applying fertilizer. Apply fertilizer from the right Source, at the right Rate, at the right Time, and in the right Place. If you follow the 4Rs, your yields will improve. Spot #2: Fertilizer recommendations…
Vegetable production
Spot #1: Use clean seed NARRATOR: Farmers! Clean seed means a better yield. Do you know the four qualities of clean seed? First, it’s free from impurities. Second, clean seed is whole and unbroken. Third, clean seed is unwrinkled. And fourth, clean seed is free of pests and diseases. When you buy seed from shops,…
Using pesticides safely
Spot 1 NARRATOR: Attention farmers! A pesticide is a substance that is intended to prevent, destroy, or repel pests, or reduce the destructive effects of pests. Before managing pests, farmers should correctly identify the target pest in order to decide on the kind of pesticide to buy, for example, an insecticide, fungicide, or herbicide. When…
Radio spots on COVID-19 – part two
Save and edit this resource as a Word document Spot 1: SFX: (TWEETING BIRDS, RUSTLING DRY LEAVES) FARMER 1: (WORRIED) This year’s maize harvest will be a big one. How will we manage? FARMER 2: We will need to hire some extra workers. FARMER 1: You’re right. But with so many people, I worry about…
Radio spots on UNDFF – part two
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Spot #1 Are you aware of all the benefits of getting to know your local farmer? When you know your farmer, you can trust the quality of the food your family eats! You can trust that the high-quality food will nourish your daughters and sons and…
Radio spots on COVID-19 – part one
Spot 1 SFX: CHICKENS SQUAWKING NARRATOR: Attention farmers! There are false rumours circulating that poultry and other animals can infect humans with COVID-19. This is not true! There is no evidence that any kind of animal can transmit COVID-19 to humans. Human infections are caused by person-to-person contact or contact with contaminated surfaces. You can…
Desert locust situation in East Africa
Spot #1 Why are locusts so damaging? Here are five facts: One: Locusts eat a wide variety of vegetation—and many types of crops. Two: There are 40-80 million locusts in every square kilometre of a locust swarm, weighing 80-160 tonnes. Three: Each individual locust can eat their body weight in vegetation every day. To put…