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Resources to celebrate World Food Day 2022: Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow
Our theme pack of FRI resources for October addresses food safety, including food and meal-time hygiene practices as well as food processing and storage techniques to keep food fresh longer. This theme pack includes seven items from our Resource Packs: two series of radio spots, two backgrounders, two scripts, and one narrative. It also includes…
Selecting seeds and storing them for next season with agroecological principles
SFX: Signature tune up then under. HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today’s program, where we are going to learn about selecting and storing seeds for next season with agroecological techniques. To talk about it, I visited Mr. Emmanuel Kakore, a farmer who lives in Kisiwani village, Same District in the Kilimanjaro Region of northern…
Best agricultural practices for cassava, maize, rice, cocoa, and cowpea production in Nigeria and Ghana
Spot #1: High quality inputs and good farming practices give good yields NARRATOR: Farmers! To increase your crop yields, the most important thing you can do is buy and plant improved seeds and purchase high quality agricultural inputs such as fertilizer from a credible agrodealer. To complement high quality inputs, you should use…
Cattle, chickens, and goats
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for September, this time about three key types of domestic livestock. This theme pack includes eight items from our Resource Packs: five interview scripts, two backgrounders, and one issue pack. It also includes six Barza Wire Farmer stories, and a few translations in Amharic, Hausa, and Swahili….
Maize, groundnuts, soybean, and rice production
Spot #1: Managing weeds in maize and soybean FARMER 1: (SOUND OF BIRDS) Are you hand-weeding again, (name of farmer)? FARMER 2: (LAUGHS) This is the time of year when weeds grow the fastest. FARMER 1: But your maize and soybean look fine. Why pay so much attention to weeds? FARMER 2: Two…
Addressing the challenges of soil erosion and degradation in Karatu, Tanzania
HOST: Good morning, listeners. In today’s program, we will discuss how soil erosion and degradation have destroyed arable land and affected agricultural production for small-scale farmers in the Karatu district of Tanzania. Karatu district is in Arusha region of northern Tanzania. We will also discuss the measures taken to address these problems and restore the…
Domesticating forest fruits to increase farmers’ income
HOST: Hello, dear listeners, and welcome to our program. Today with our guests, we will talk about how domestication has improved the food and nutritional aspects of the fruit called Gola or jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana), which can significantly improve the finances of farmers. We speak first with Mr. Diatta Marone, Director of the National Forestry…
Barriers to women’s participation in farming in Mali
HOST: Good morning, Mrs. Namaoro Coulibaly. NAMAORO COULIBALY: Thanks for having me, and hello to all the listeners! HOST: You are the regional chairperson of the Tchimporoko Co-operative of women farmers in Sikasso, Mali. Welcome. We also have Mr. Mamadou Bassirou N’Diaye, an agricultural specialist. Welcome, Mr. N’Diaye. MR. BASSIROU N’DIAYE: Thank you. It’s a…
The cashew tree: A defense against bush fires
HOST: Hello, dear listeners, today we are going to talk about cashew nut plantations as a defense against bush fires. To discuss this, we have with us Souleymane Diao, Boubacar Seydi, and Elias Diouf, all farmers. And also Djibril Ba, accompanied by Mady Racine Sagna, respectively Colonel and Lieutenant in the Water and Forestry Sector….
Radio spots on maize, part 2
Spot #1: Planning and budgeting NARRATOR: What are the benefits of making a budget for a farmer? There are four kinds of benefits. First, budgeting helps you predict your expenses and income and create a spending plan for your farming season. Second, to receive a loan, you must show that you have a farm…