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Jatropha – Not Just a Biofuel Crop!
Host: Good morning to all! Lots of people have been talking about jatropha, a plant that produces oil for bio-fuel. With all the concern about global warming, jatropha and other biofuel crops are getting a lot of attention, and a lot of “hype”. Biofuels might provide an alternative to burning “fossil fuels” such as coal…
Raising Snails for Food and Profit
Characters: Host/interviewer Crops and animals officer: Mr. Ayobi Samuel Kwabena Agyei: Good morning listeners. As you know, on this program we talk about things we need to do on our farms, and any other news that benefits us as farmers. In the past, it was easy to go to a nearby forest to gather snails…
Tanzanian Farmers Succeed With Co-operative Cashew Growing Plan
Characters: Enzi: male farmer Hasani: male farmer Kapuki: female farmer Sounds of market – voices, music, occasional sounds of animals. Fade under narrator. Narrator: Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today you will hear a short drama about a group of small-scale cashew farmers in southern Tanzania. This group of 100 farmers have successfully collaborated with Tanzanian…
Fact Sheet on Bamboo
Description of bamboo plants: Bamboos are woody grasses that grow up to 40 meters tall. Bamboos can be classified by the types of roots they have. Some, called runners, spread widely, and others, called clumpers, have roots that slowly expand from the original planting. Bamboo culms (stems) are normally round, jointed, sometimes thorny, and can…
Farmers Can Earn Income Producing Compost
Characters: Host Romano Afwande: A smallholder farmer working with ARDAP on a composting project. Boniface Omondi: Project extension officer from ARDAP. Host: Good morning, listeners. Today’s program is aimed directly at smallholder farmers. It talks about the economic benefits of using and producing organic compost. Our program is based on a Kenyan farmer’s recommendations and…
Raising Rabbits for Meat and Profit: Part Two
Traditional swange music from Mbanor village, Nigeria. Host: Welcome to the second and concluding part of the interview series on raising rabbits. My guest is the famous Chief Asema Yuwa, a retired agricultural extension worker and experienced rabbit keeper from Mbanor Village. Once again, Chief Asema Yuwa, you are welcome. Chief: Thank you. It’s good…
Raising Rabbits for Meat and Profit: Part One
Traditional swange music from Mbanor village, Nigeria. Host: The short piece of swange music which opened the program today comes from Mbanor, a village which is famous for its fine breeds of livestock. Coincidentally, our guest on the program today is a famous farmer who is also from Mbanor village. Please join me in welcoming…
Fruit Changes Farmers’ Lives
Fade up theme music to introduce the programme, then fade under host. HOST: Friends, welcome to today’s programme, “Fruit changes farmers’ lives.” Today we’ll share information about fruit crop production to boost farm income and for other benefits. Stay tuned to make your lives more fruitful. Fade up theme music, then fade under host. HOST:…
Let’s Preserve Our Fruit and Vegetables!
HOST: Today’s program explains how to use traditional methods to preserve certain local fruits and vegetables. Tamarind and roselle, called bissap in Senegal, will be the focus of our program. We will start with tamarind. Tamarind is a fruit that contains a brown, sugary pulp that is sticky and a bit sour to the taste….
Farmers Try to Beat a Virulent Disease
VUMIRIA COLLINS: Good morning, sir. My name is Vumiria Collins and I work with Radio West in Mbarara, Uganda. I am here at the office of the district Agricultural Officer of Mbarara district to get information about practices that farmers are being encouraged to use in the wake of the deadly banana wilt disease that…