Script

Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for September, this time about three key types of domestic livestock.

This theme pack includes eight items from our Resource Packs: five interview scripts, two backgrounders, and one issue pack. It also includes six Barza Wire Farmer stories, and a few translations in Amharic, Hausa, and Swahili.

Cattle

• Effects of climate change and animal disease on dairy farming in Zambia
• Storing dairy fodder for the dry season increases farmers’ income
• Backgrounder on dairy production
• Animal welfare: A well-treated animal is a productive animal
  (Also available in Hausa)
  (Also available in Swahili)
• Kenya: Dairy farmers increase production by feeding cows Brachiaria grass (Ensia)
• South Sudan: Cattle keepers improve livestock health with basic veterinary techniques (FAO)

Chickens

• Farmer uses vet’s advice to save chickens from Newcastle disease
  (Also available in Swahili)
• Chicken diseases
  (Also available in Amharic)
• Ethiopia: Farmer’s attention to feeding and caring for chickens increases family income
  (Also available in Amharic)
• Ethiopia: Farmers hire village vaccinators to protect chickens from Newcastle disease

Goats

• Backgrounder: Raising goats
  (Also available in Swahili)
• Raising goats to beat the drought in eastern Kenya
  (Also available in Amharic)
• DRC: Farmer raises his goats well by practicing good hygiene
• Niger: Women boost income by raising goats