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Resources about cassava
The theme pack includes 15 items from our Resource Packs and 13 Farmer stories from Barza Wire, including 6 Resource Pack items and 2 Farmer stories in Swahili. Backgrounders Backgrounder: Cassava mosaic disease Backgrounder: Post-harvest activities in cassava Issue Pack: Cassava value chain in Tanzania – production Dramas One head cannot lift a roof (Mutu…
Scripts and stories about farmer knowledge and innovation
Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month about farmer knowledge and innovation. The items in this pack demonstrate that farmers are not dependent on external experts, that they have a wealth of knowledge and, through experience and experimentation, are constantly innovating and refining agricultural practices. The theme pack includes sixteen…
Training animals to do farm work
INTERVIEWER: In some countries, farmers, their wives and their children do all the farm work themselves. But in other countries, they have trained animals to do some of the hardest jobs. Today we will talk to an agricultural scientist who says that, if you want an ox or bullock to work for you, you don’t…
Handling animal manure
NARRATOR: If you keep livestock or poultry, we have some hints for you. Here’s Barbara Peacock. PEACOCK: Today, I’d like to talk about using animal manure and urine as fertilizer for crops. We all know that animal manure is good fertilizer. It improves the soil by adding organic matter and essential nutrients for good plant…
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…