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Cowpea haulms to the rescue: Using cowpea residues to feed livestock
CHARACTERS WAREWAA: 41-year-old small-scale farmer who raises goats and sheep and owns a cowpea farm NANAAMA: 35-year-old cowpea farmer and Warewaa’s close friend NANCY: extension officer posted to Beduase KOOFORI: 55-year-old small-scale farmer. NANA (CHIEF): 67-year-old chief of Beduase town SPEAKERS: Voices of townsfolk SCENE 1 SETTING: WAREWAA’S HOME CHARACTERS: WAREWAA, NANAAMA SFX: BIRDS…
Farmer uses vet’s advice to save chickens from Newcastle disease
CHARACTERS: MARIAM KONÉ: journalist at L’Annonceur newspaper SOUMAÏLA DIAKITÉ: poultry farmer, Flaboula village MOUSSA KONÉ: veterinary technician MARIAM KONÉ: Dear listeners, good evening. Once again, thank you for choosing Radio La voix des paysans. Welcome to Rural Development, our weekly show. Today, we present the story of a young poultry farmer faced with…
Chicken diseases
Story about dealing with chicken diseases Sogodogo Sarata Berthé is a 65-year-old widow living in Bougouni, 165 kilometres from Bamako, the capital of Mali. After retiring from the Malian postal service, Sarata completely shifted to raising poultry. But like any woman wanting to become an entrepreneur, she faced challenges.She started by successfully raising local chickens…
Raising guinea fowl for food and income
Why is this subject important to listeners? Men and women in many countries can improve their families’ food and nutrition intake and make good money at the market by raising guinea fowl. But farmers must follow good practices to reap the benefits! What are some key facts? Guinea fowl meat is nutritious and the birds’…
Mr. Bana’s mill: Quality standards for fresh potatoes and cassava
NARRATOR: Potatoes and cassava are important root and tuber crops and are a great source of energy in many parts of the world. Millions of farmers in Eastern Africa grow cassava and potato, mostly for home consumption or to sell fresh in the market. By processing and adding value, farmers can make even more…
Papa Akwesi learns: Careful post-harvest management maximizes maize income
CHARACTERS AKWESI PAPA: 61-year-old farmer and husband of Aggie AGGIE: 54-year-old nutritionist and wife of Akwesi Papa AKWESI: 17-year-old high school boy and son of Akwesi Papa and Aggie JOHN: 63-year-old farmer and brother of Akwesi Papa OSEI: 58-year-old agronomist AUNTIE SERWAA: 43-year-old farmer SCENE ONE SFX: Door opens AKWESI: Ah,…
Sorghum: Good yields even when the rains fail
Fade up signature tune to start the show. fade out after 15 seconds under host’s voice. Host: Hello and welcome to (name of farmer program) on (name of radio station.) Today, I am going to talk to an expert on sorghum, a crop suitable for drier areas. But first, I am going to visit a…
Our matoke will survive: Ugandan farmers fight banana bacterial wilt
HOST: Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. Today we will be talking about growing matoke (Editor’s note: matoke is cooking banana). And, of course in this day and age, you can’t talk about growing bananas without talking about banana bacterial wilt. This disease first appeared in Ugandan banana fields about…
Nomadic people fight fowl pox in Mali
HOST: In Mali, traditional poultry farming for meat production is disappearing as intensive production of broiler chickens and other imported varieties increases. Some farmers and consumers are concerned about the disappearance of traditional breeds. Raising the traditional breed of chicken, known to Malians since the dawn of time, has always allowed rural people to…
Successful pest management in cowpea: What farmers need to know
SCENE 1 ISSAH’S HOME SFX: Sound of birds chirping in the background HAWA: (off-mic) Is anybody at home? ISSAH: Yes, come in. HAWA: (coming on-mic) Ei, Issah! Good morning. I wasn’t expecting to see you home at this time of the morning. No farm today? ISSAH: Ah, Hawa, Aisha…