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Conservation agriculture resources
Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month about conservation agriculture. The theme pack includes ten scripts and other items from Resource Packs and thirteen Farmer stories and other resources from Barza Wire. Scripts Kuapa, nea ofo dua pa na yepia no (Help is given only to those who make an…
Some new broadcaster how-to guides
Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources. This month, we are presenting four Broadcaster how-tos (BH2s), including a BH2 on interviewing experts, two brand new guides on generating revenue for radio stations and audio editing—plus a special audio BH2 on how to create effective promos, available in English, Swahili, and Amharic. BH2s…
Preserving wild food plants ensures a better future for all
POUGKIENMA: (“first wife” in Moore) First wife of Zaksooba, 40 years old. POUGPAALA: (“new wife” in Moore) Second wife of Zaksooba, 30 years old. SIDNABA: (“truthful” in Moore) Farm worker in his twenties. ZAKSOOBA: (“head of family” in Moore) Polygamous farmer, 45 years old. NARRATOR: Pougkienma and Pougpaala, co-wives and farmers, lived in the village…
Bushbabies are meat, too: Farmers in Malawi use indigenous plants to manage pests and livestock diseases
Part One: SIGNATURE TUNE UP AND HOLD UNDER NARRATOR. NARRATOR: Welcome to a special program on (name of radio station) titled Changa ndi nyamanso, or, “Bushbabies are meat, too,” a Malawian proverb that means that, just as bushbabies may be commonly overlooked but are still a useful source of protein, so can overlooked plant-based biochemicals…
Ethiopian farmers restore indigenous seed varieties
HOST: Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today, we’re going to talk about how farmers in Ethiopia are restoring indigenous or local seeds that have been disappearing for years. SFX: SOUND OF CAR, THEN UNDER SPEAKERS HOST: It’s November, a spring season in Ethiopia. Our reporter, Netsanet Hailu, travelled to Oromia Region, Arsi zone, Hethosa district, Debeya…
Farmers in Ethiopia tend sorghum with care to improve their livelihoods
NETSANET HAILU:Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today, we’re going to talk about how farmers in Ethiopia care for their sorghum crop to improve their livelihoods. SFX: SOUND OF CAR DRIVING AND RAIN. FADE UNDER SPEAKER. NETSANET HAILU: I travelled to a village to talk to sorghum farmers. I drove for seven hours to get to…
The benefits of intercropping
INTERVIEWER: There are many good reasons for talking about intercropping on the radio. The first is that so many farmers practice intercropping. Intercropping is a traditional farming practice that goes back many hundreds of years. Modern agricultural scientists are carefully studying traditional methods and then adapting them to modern conditions. By doing this they…
Women farmers using conservation agriculture offer tips to increase yield
SIG TUNE: FADE IN, THEN FADE UNDER HOST HOST: Hello and welcome to your favourite farming program, Conservation Agriculture Today. (PAUSE) Women make a vital contribution to agriculture and to rural economies, contributing more than half of agricultural production in Africa. There has been a big increase in the number of small-scale women farmers who…
Local farmers find ways to scale-up conservation agriculture to larger areas
MUSIC:SIGTUNE, THEN FADE UNDER HOST HOST: Hello and welcome to our farming program on Radio ___. I will be your host today as we travel to Chihanga village in the central region of Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania. Chihanga is one of the five villages in the city where farmers are using conservation agriculture….
Beans, a family affair: A drama about women growing and marketing common beans — Part 5
1. Scene 1 2. Location: Ext. Sigi’s warehouse. Evening. 3. BG SFX: Warehouse ambience. 4. Characters: Sigi, Afande Kaifa, Afande Filipo, Farmer. 5. SIGI: I assure you this is the best deal you’ll ever get! 6. FARMER: Come on, Sigi! That is a very low price for all these sacks! 7. SIGI: That is my…