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Care of a newborn calf and its mother
PEACOCK: Today, I have some hints for anyone who has one or more cows and wants them to produce strong healthy calves that don’t get sick easily. To begin with, to have a healthy newborn calf, the calf’s mother must be healthy while the calf is growing inside her. To be healthy, she must have…
Reducing post-harvest losses in mango
Introduction Why is this subject important to listeners? Because farmers and processors handling fresh mangoes after harvesting should know: When a mango is ready for harvesting. The right times of day to harvest mangoes to minimize the latex flow that stains fruits, causing rejection in high-end and export markets. Best practices for harvesting and placing…
Using chemical pesticides safely: The case of Fall armyworm in Ethiopia
SIGNATURE TUNE HOST 1: Hello and welcome to your farmer program. Today we will talk about how to use pesticides safely. We know many farmers use chemical pesticides to manage serious pests such as Fall armyworm. But using chemicals can put your health, your family’s health, and your customers’ health at risk. HOST 2: But…
Conservation agriculture: High yields, low production costs, and improved soil fertility
SIG TUNE UP THEN UNDER HOST: Hello and welcome to Farmer to Farmer. In our program today, we talk about conservation agriculture in Kenya. Did you know that conservation agriculture is a method of farming that produces high crop yields while reducing farming costs, maintaining soil fertility, and conserving water? It has three basic principles….
Resources about rice, fonio, and sesame
Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month about rice, sesame, and fonio. The theme pack includes 20 scripts from Resource Packs and 14 Farmer stories from Barza Wire. Scripts Fonio Combine different methods to keep birds away from rice fields How to prepare a rice nursery Growing and processing top…
Resources about growing legumes
Here is our sixth monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month all about legumes, including soybeans, common beans, groundnuts and cowpeas. The theme pack includes fifteen scripts and ten Barza Wire stories. Scripts Backgrounder on growing soybean Madeline and Musa: Soybean practices for better yields and income Managing diseases and pests in common beans…
Fall armyworm theme pack
This month, our theme pack includes an extensively updated version of the backgrounder on Fall armyworm (FAW) that we published in October 2017. Along with the backgrounder, we are including nine recent items on FAW from Barza Wire. Scripts Backgrounder: Fall armyworm (Updated) Barza Wire stories DRC: Farmers test three methods to manage Fall armyworm…
Kuapa, nea ofo dua pa na yepia no (Help is given only to those who make an effort): Farmers try no-till farming in Ghana’s Ashanti Region
CHARACTERS:Hamdia Hawah Mohammed: Main host Abena Danso Dansoa: Field host Dr. Kofi Boa: Founder and Director, Centre for No-Till Agriculture Kwami Anane, farmer Akua Abrafi, farmer HAMDIA: Hello, my name is Hamdia Hawah Mohammed, and I welcome all my listeners to Farm broadcast. Today, we are going to be discussing no-till farming and planting through…
Backgrounder: Using permanent soil cover in conservation agriculture
Why is this subject important to listeners? Because farmers who are interested in maintaining permanent soil cover should know: How covering the soil contributes to soil health. The various methods of maintaining soil cover. The types of crops and crop residues best used to cover the soil. The amount of soil cover required. (Conservation agriculture…
Fall armyworm (Updated)
NOTE: This information was originally published in October 2017 and updated in May 2018. A. Introduction. The Fall armyworm, which has the scientific name of Spodoptera frugiperda, is a major pest of staple crops. The larvae (caterpillars) prefer feeding on young maize plants, but have also been reported to feed on a variety of other…