Theme pack
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for November, this time about managing agricultural pests and diseases, a never-ending concern for farmers.
This month’s theme pack includes 13 items from our Resource Packs, including 1 backgrounder, 11 interview scripts, and 1 set of radio spots. It also includes 15 Barza Wire Farmer stories. Two resources are available in Swahili, one in Kenyan Swahili, eight in Amharic, one in Oromo, and two in Hausa.
Fall armyworm (a major pest of maize, millet, sorghum, rice, wheat, sugar cane, and vegetables)
Backgrounder
Interviews
- Keeping an eye on Fall armyworm: Monitoring the pest so it doesn’t destroy your maize
- Using chemical pesticides safely: The case of Fall armyworm in Ethiopia
- How farmers in Ethiopia manage Fall armyworm
Barza Wire stories
- Benin & Zimbabwe: Farmers face fall armyworms armed with pesticides
- Malawi: Farmers use plant-based pesticides to control Fall armyworm and other pests
- Ethiopia: Farmers plant late, monitor early to manage Fall armyworm
- Ethiopia: Farmers manage Fall armyworm with cultural practices
- Ethiopia: Maize farmers grow special plants to manage Fall armyworm
- Ethiopia: Farmers handpick and use other methods to manage Fall armyworm
- DRC: Farmers test three methods to manage Fall armyworm
Resource available in Swahili
Backgrounder
Resource available in Oromo
Backgrounder
Resources available in Amharic
Backgrounder
Interviews
- ፈጣን ሁሉን አውዳሚ ተምችን በአንክሮ መከታተል: የቦቆሎ ምርትዎን እንዳያወድም ተምቹን መቆጣጠር
- ተባይ መከላከያ ኬሚካልን በጥንቃቄ መጠቀም፡የአዲሱ ተምች ሁኔታ በኢትዮጵያ
- የኢትዮጵያ አርሶአደሮች የመጤ ተምች መንጋን እንዴት እንደሚቆጣጠሩ መጤ ተምቹ
Barza Wire stories
- ኢትዮጵያ: አርሶ አደሮች ፈጣን ሁሉን አውዳሚ ተምችን ለመቆጣጠር አዘግይቶ መዝራትን እና አስቀድሞ መቆጣጠርን ይጠቀማሉ
- ኢትዮጵያ: አርሶ አደሮች የተለያዩ ባህላዊ ዘዴዎችን እየተጠቀሙ ፈጣን ሁሉን ሰአውዳሚ ተምችን ይቆጣጠራሉ ፡፡
- ኢትየፐጵያ: የቦቆሎ አርሶ አደሮች ፈጣን ሁሉን አውዳሚ ተምችን ለመቆጣጠር ልዩ ዛፎችን ያበቅላሉ
- ኢትዮጵያ : አርሶ አደሮች ፈጣን ሁሉን አውዳሚ ተምችን ለመቆጣጠር በእጅ መልቀምን እና የተለያዩ ዘዴዎችን ይተገብራሉ
Cassava mosaic disease
Interviews
- How radio programs helped cassava farmers manage cassava mosaic disease in Malawi
- Garbage in, garbage out: Plant healthy cassava cuttings to keep your garden free of cassava mosaic disease
- Not all mosaics are lovely: Fighting cassava mosaic disease, cassava’s deadliest virus
- Ugandan farmers fight cassava mosaic disease with clean planting materials
- One head cannot lift a roof (Mutu umodzi susenza denga)
- Backgrounder: Cassava mosaic virus disease
Barza Wire stories
- Rwanda: New cassava varieties offer hope after cassava mosaic disease ravages crop
- Tanzania: Learning from the legacy of cassava mosaic disease
- Malawi: Handle with care: Farmers learn to prevent cassava mosaic disease
- Malawi: The variety makes the difference for farmers fighting cassava mosaic disease
- Uganda: Farmers switch from local to improved varieties of cassava
- Malawi: Farmers turn to community radio when information about cassava disease is scarce
Other pests and diseases
Interviews
- It comes like fire: Managing late blight of potato in Nigeria
- Bushbabies are meat, too: Farmers in Malawi use indigenous plants to manage pests and livestock diseases
Radio spots
Barza Wire stories
- Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato
- Kenya: Mango farmers use plastic bottles to manage fruit flies
Resources available in Swahili
- Kenya: Wakulima wa maembe hutumia mifuko ya chupa ya plastiki kukabili nzi wa matunda
- Kuthibiti wadudu wa maembe