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.

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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

DCFRN Hints

September 8, 1990

Save and edit this resource as a Word document A. Better care means better bananas  Robert Bishop, Family Food Production & Nutrition Coordinator, Palau HOST:     The better care we take of our banana trees, the more food they will give us. * Feed young banana trees manure, compost, or other fertilizer. Place it about…

DCFRN farming hints

June 9, 1990

Save and edit this resource as a Word document A: Growing maize when water is scarce David Kambikiya, Horticultural Officer, Zambia: I have often saved my maize crop from severe droughts. I do it by companion cropping with pumpkins. I use varieties with big leaves. The big leaves protect the soil around the maize from…

Life is better in the country: Radio spots or print media fillers

March 11, 1990

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. * Fidel Orense, Philippines, broadcasts radio spots on this subject. So does James Achanyi-Fontem, Cameroon. He says, “They are effective because of their constant repetition in the official and national languages.” Semi-formal evaluations quoted by Milton Munoz, Honduras, show that farmers retain almost 90% of the…