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Impact of COVID-19 on availability of fresh vegetables and how farmers and others are coping
SFX: PHONE RINGING KAMBOLE: Hello, this is Kambole Kanyanta at the District Agriculture Office. May I know who is calling? FILIUS: My name is Filius Chalo Jere, the producer of the Farming is a Business radio program at Breeze FM. May I have an interview with you by phone? KAMBOLE: What about? FILIUS: About the…
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…
Managing pests in stored cowpeas
HOST: Ernest Tibiri is a farmer in the village of Passakongo near Dédougou in western Burkina Faso. He grows maize, millet, sorghum, and cowpea. But Ernest encounters a lot of difficulties producing and storing his cowpea. Ernest, what is the crop protection situation in recent years in general and with regard to cowpea in particular?…
Fires deliberately set for agriculture, their impacts and alternatives
Introduction Today, soil degradation is occurring in most parts of Africa. This manifests in the impoverishment of agricultural land, the destruction of forests, soil erosion, and other impacts. Human activities have played a part in this. For example, certain agricultural practices such as deliberately-set fires have a negative impact on soils and the general…
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…
Women farmers of Adiepena learn about registering land in Ghana
Scene 1 SETTING: AT THE FARM CHARACTERS: MAAYAA, LIZ, MR. AZIZ SFX: PHONE BEEPING MAAYAA: Hello, Maayaa … are you coming? Please hurry up. I’m almost there, and I can see some men, yes … yes … it’s just like Kofi said, they are mining sand on my farm! Okay … please come quick. And…
How to keep food fresh for longer
Introduction: With restricted movement in most sub-Saharan countries because of COVID-19, many markets for fresh food are closed or restricted. This impacts vendors, traders, and consumers. While, so far, value chains for grains and legumes are not as strongly affected, consumers are much less able to find fresh foods for their family, especially fruit and…
Dealing with the farmer’s main competitors: Managing pests
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for July, this time about managing agricultural pests, a perennial issue—and sometimes a headache!—for all farmers. Backgrounders Managing pests in stored maize Pest management in mangoes Integrated pest management Interviews It comes like fire: Managing late blight of potato in Nigeria Women farmers use local methods to…
It comes like fire: Managing late blight of potato in Nigeria
HOST: Hello, listeners, welcome to our program. My name is _____. Today, we will be talking about Irish potato blight disease in Nigeria. Our journey takes us to the city of Jos, in the northern part of the country. We will talk to local farmers and experts and find out about their experiences with this…