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Higher yields and less weeding if you transplant rice from a nursery
Part I: Signature tune to introduce program HOST : Good day dear FM listeners. Transplanting rice is a farming method used in the lowlands. It is highly recommended for irrigated rice, because it gives higher yields and makes weeds easier to manage. It involves transplanting rice seedlings that have 3 or 4 leaves from a…
How to prepare a rice nursery
Program identification music HOST : Good morning dear friends and listeners. Today’s program will focus on one farmer’s experience with making a rice nursery. But first things first… please stand by for a musical intermission. Musical intermission Fade out music HOST : In the centre of Benin, or more precisely in the district of Covè, there’s a…
Select only your best rice seed with floatation and manual sorting
HOST : Dear friends, good morning and welcome to your radio program about agriculture. Today’s program will be devoted to rice floating and sorting techniques. In the studio we have Mr. Chabi Adéyèmi who is a research assistant at the Africa Rice Center in Benin. He’s here to talk about two valuable techniques that will help…
Orange sweet potatoes
Music briefly and fade out HOST: Our dear listeners, thank you for tuning in to CBS FM. Welcome to this agricultural show where we are going to talk about orange sweet potatoes and their importance to our communities. During the past years, orange sweetpotatoes were commonly known to be from Soroti, and were available in markets…
Research in Rwanda aims for a good harvest of sweet potatoes
Theme music to introduce program, then fade under host after 15 seconds MODERATOR: Dear friends and listeners of Radio Salus, hello and welcome to the show. Today, we will talk about agriculture, as usual at this time. The theme of the show is “Research in Rwanda aims for a good harvest of sweet potatoes.” In this…
Mr. or Mrs. Potato of the Year!
ANNOUNCER: Welcome, everyone, to the first annual potato quiz! FX: Very lively signature tune, over background applause and cheers. Hold for 10 seconds, and then fade under announcer and out. ANNOUNCER: On today’s program, we will meet two carefully selected contestants who will compete for the honour of being Mr. or Mrs. Potato of the Year. FX:…
A decade of success: community-owned project brings tapped water to village in western Kenya
Thematic music to introduce the programme HOST: Welcome, listeners, to our programme. Today we visit a community water project in Kericho District, 300 kilometres northwest of Nairobi, Kenya. Kericho district is well known for tea production, which is a major source of foreign exchange for Kenya. However, poverty is still high, with levels being estimated at…
Improving water and sanitation in Dindima, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Play signature tune and fade out PRESENTER: Hello and welcome. Today, we begin a three-part series on water and sanitation in Dindima, Bauchi State, Nigeria. I have a guest with me in the studio. (To the guest) First of all, we would like you to introduce yourself. DANLAMI MUHAMMADU RUMFA: I’m happy to be part of the…
Irrigated farming improves the income of rural farmers
OKOMKWO: Noma tushen arziki! (Editor’s note: This means “Farming: a source of wealth creation” in the Hausa language.) Signature tune up, then fades under presenter OKOMKWO: Welcome to Noman tushen arziki, a program that brings you the latest information and developments in farming. Today we are going to look at how irrigated farming improves the income of…
Clean water and a clean environment make a better life
Characters Nana Kwaku Forkuo: a village elder and opinion leader Maa Fatima: woman opinion leader Benedict Agyei Boahen: Member of Parliament for the area Vanessa Gyamfuah Agyei Boahen: the assembly member of the local council Some children in the village Cue in signature tune to begin the broadcast. The signature tune fades after 30 seconds…