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Farmers improve yields with traditional soil-building practices that restore and fertilize damaged soils
Instrumental music HOST: We are in Tanlili, a large village of 2,600 people in the rural district of Zitenga, northwest of Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Tanlili means “hidden by mountains” in Mooré, a local language. The village is hilly and the soils are dark red and eroded. It is the dry season,…
Farmers work together to safely store muskuwaari sorghum in northern Cameroon
HOST: Dear listeners, today we will hear how local farmers in northern Cameroon are working together to successfully store a kind of sorghum which is transplanted during the dry season and called muskuwaari. We will meet muskuwaari farmers in Yonkolé, a village in the Far North of Cameroon. Thanks to the farmers’ group they…
Growing a dry-season sorghum called muskuwaari can reduce hunger in the dry season
Signature tune HOST: Good morning, dear listeners.Today, we will hear how farmers who grow a kind of dry-season sorghum have succeeded in closing the hunger gap despite a very dry climate. These farmers live in the Far North of Cameroon where the dry season lasts eight or nine months. It’s very difficult to grow…
Kenyan woman embraces conservation farming and betters her life
Characters Host Jenipher Awino, a farmer SIGNATURE TUNE HOST: Greetings, listener, welcome to the program. Today we will hear the story of a woman farmer who changed her life by embracing conservation agriculture. The woman is named Jenipher Awino, and she lives in the village of Bar Kite in western Kenya. Ms. Awino became a…
Ethiopian farmers search for answers to disease problems in enset
HOST: Enset, also known as false banana, is a member of the banana family and often confused with its more well-known yellow cousin. But unlike the banana, farmers do not grow enset for its fruit, but for the starchy pulp in its stem and corm, which is the below-ground portion of the stem that…
Rebuilding the land II – plugging the soil leaks
HOST: Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. Today, we’ll show how farmers are reducing soil erosion and increasing crop yields in the hilly villages around Mount Elgon in Kapchorwa District, eastern Uganda. I am in Kapchorwa District to visit farmers and learn about different ways to reduce soil erosion on…
Rebuilding the land I – restoring forest landscapes
HOST: Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. I am in Sanzara village in Kapchorwa district in the Mount Elgon area of eastern Uganda. I am here to visit a few farmers to learn about the importance of trees to agriculture. Later, I will chat with a field assistant who works…
Scientists are improving the traditional maize crib
George Atkins, a farmer for many years, has travelled around the world for Massey-Ferguson, the University of Guelph and the Canadian International Development Agency, looking for ways to help farmers increase food supplies. In Africa, he found a scientist who has been studying what to do with the traditional maize crib so maize will dry…
Farmers can grow and sell vegetables all year long – and improve their health and income
Signature tune up then under HOST: Dear listener, welcome to the program. Today we will talk about the benefits of growing and eating vegetables. Vegetables and fruits are part of a healthy diet. They are rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre, and can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, and may protect…
Integrated rice-fish farming improves Mohamed Farota’s life
Characters Mariam Koné: journalist at L’Annonceur Mohamed Farota: rice-fish farmer Mamadou Traoré: head of Antenne Pêche in Baguinéda Moriba Diarra: rice-fish farmer PRESENTER: Good evening, dear listener. Thank you for choosing (name of radio station). Welcome to our weekly program, Rural development. Today, we present a program on integrated rice-fish farming in Baguinéda, a rural…