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Farmers cope with drought and climate change in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley
FADE UP SIGTUNE SFX: SOUND OF VEHICLE STARTING (FADE UNDER AFTER 10 SECONDS) FILIUS: Hello. My name is Filius Jere, your farmer radio producer. I know that many of you are at your wits’ end because of the unfriendly climate you are facing nowadays. But I am sure that our program today will help you…
External parasites of chickens: Impact and management
HOST: Good morning, dear listeners. This morning, we will learn how to cope with external parasites in chickens. These are creatures such as fleas, lice, and ticks. We will be talking with Mr. Adama Sacko, who grows crops and raises chickens in Balandougou. Balandougou is a small village in the county of Oussoubidiagna, in…
Raising quail: An easy and profitable business for farmers in Cameroon
SIGN TUNE GRADUALLY FADES UNDER THE VOICE OF THE HOST HOST: Hello. Welcome to (program title) on (name of the station). Today, we will talk about raising quail. Quail are small birds about the size of a chick, which look a little bit like partridges. They were not very popular ten years ago, but raising…
Friendship and farming: Intercropping cowpea with cereals
CHARACTERS ABU: A 45-year-old man who is a cowpea farmer and a determined person. He has a sense of humour, and is married to Sarah. MUSA: A 47-year-old man who is a cowpea farmer and is married to Lydia. He is shy, mostly reserved, and modest compared to his friend, Abu. SARAH: A 32-year-old woman,…
Cowpea post-harvest activities
Introduction and how to use this issue pack This issue pack is designed to give radio broadcasters the information needed to create effective and entertaining radio programs about post-harvest activities in cowpea. It talks about post-harvest cowpea in northern Ghana, but you can easily adapt the information to other sub-Saharan African countries where cowpeas are…
Adapting to climate change
As you know, Farm Radio International has been distributing Farm Radio Resource Packs for many years, since 1979 in fact! But today, we are experimenting with something slightly different! We are attaching a package of existing (not new) resources on one particular theme: adapting to climate change. This background information, these scripts and these stories…
Maize production
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Introduction: Maize is the most important cereal crop in sub-Saharan Africa, and can be grown by farmers in many different environments without irrigation. In addition to being an important source of food for humans, it is the most effective of all the cereal grains as a…
Growing tef
Introduction Ethiopians plant more tef than any other cereal, and produce and consume more tef than any other cereal except maize. Approximately five million Ethiopian households grow tef on about three million hectares of land. The scientific name of tef is Eragrostis tef, and the crop is believed to have originated in Ethiopia. Tef accounts…
Be a hare, not a hyena: Growing standards for hard-working potato farmers
CHARACTERS EXTENSION OFFICER: Woman in mid-thirties, knowledgeable and trained in agriculture. Known and loved in village. MURIMI: His name means “the farmer” in the Gikuyu language. In his mid-forties, has been farming for a long time. Happy and charismatic, a good farmer but does not pay attention to every detail. Carefree and likes spending time…
Good donkey care reaps multiple benefits
Sig tune up then under Host: Hello and welcome to another edition of Farmer to farmer . Did you know that, if you are a small-scale farmer living far from the market in an area where there are no proper roads, a donkey can save you money and time? If you want to find out…