Script

Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month all about post-harvest management and processing of cereal crops. The theme pack includes ten scripts and four Barza Wire stories.

Scripts

• Papa Akwesi learns: Careful post-harvest management maximizes maize income
• Farmers work together to safely store muskuwaari sorghum in northern Cameroon
• Scientists are improving the traditional maize crib
• Processing cereals into local beer: An income-generating activity for women
• Innovative farmer uses pounded maize cobs to protect stored maize
• Growing and processing top quality rice will get you top money
• Parboiled rice is easy to mill, cook, and sell
• Dry rice seed off the ground to ensure top quality
• Two women rice farmers discuss their best seed saving practices
• Powder of little pepper protects stored rice

Barza Wire stories

• Zimbabwe & Ghana: Warehouses and wood ash protect stored maize and profits
• Ghana: Warehouse keeps maize dry and profits high
• Malawi: Women sun dry maize to cope with hunger
• Zimbabwe: Small-scale farmers reduce post-harvest losses with airtight storage (IPS)

We hope that this kind of “one-stop shop” on selected topics is useful, and that can you use the resources in this month’sthemepackto make effective programming onpost-harvest management and processing of cereal crops.