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Remove Striga Weeds Carefully from your Field
Characters: Program Host Two women farmers Host: Many farmers listening today… especially women… will be interested in our discussion about how to manage the weed striga. Striga is also known as witchweed. It causes serious damage to maize, millet, sorghum, upland rice and Napier by sucking water and nutrients out of the plant roots. And…
Reduce Pests Naturally with Biological Pest Control
Host: Good morning [evening, afternoon]. I’m your host __________. Farmers, do you know there are ways to control the pests and diseases that attack your crops without spraying chemical pesticides? Today we’re going to talk about biological pest control or how to reduce pests without using chemicals. MUSIC, UPBEAT TEMPO. FADE. Host: First, what do…
Controlling pests without pesticides
Spot #1: Problems with pesticides Many farmers will tell you that pesticides are their first choice for pest control. At first, pesticides appear to get the job done. There are fewer pests and higher crop yields. But after a while, you’ll notice that pesticides don’t only kill pests. They also kill many of the good…
Understanding Plant Diseases
Host: Have you noticed that the leaves on your crops are curling up or falling off? Or wondered why the grain isn’t forming properly on your maize or millet? It could be that some of your crops are infected with a disease. Even if you don’t know the name of the disease that is damaging…
Is an Insect Always a Pest?
Host 1: Good day and welcome to the program. In our discussion today, we’re going to talk about controlling pests in your crops. Let’s keep these two questions in mind: When should a farmer use pest controls? In fact, is it always necessary to control pests – especially if there are just a few insects…
Supply Water Directly to Plant Roots with Pitcher and Drip Irrigation
Host: Today we’re going to talk about a couple of ways to irrigate your crops. What’s important about these methods is that they conserve water at the same time. In other words, you won’t need as much water for your crops. Our program will be of special interest to farmers who live in dry zones…
A Community Builds a Groundwater Dam to Solve its Water Problems
Characters: Gikuyu: older man Adongo: middle-aged woman Gikuyu: Good morning [afternoon, evening]. This is Gikuyu, and I’m here with Adongo to talk about how our village built a groundwater dam and solved our dry season water problems. Adongo: Good morning [afternoon, evening]. Gikuyu: I’ll start by explaining why we built the dam. During the dry…
Harvesting Water Using Earth Banks
Characters: Host Mr. Ayeji Anyaji: agricultural extension worker Host: Good morning [afternoon, evening]. I’m your host _________. Today we’re going to talk about a way to collect and store water. Mr. Ayeji Anyaji is in the studio with me. He’s an agricultural extension worker, and he’s going to talk about how an earth bank can…
Use Barriers to Harvest Run-off Water for Crops
Characters: Host Mrs. Gowri Banda: innovative woman farmer Host (Intro): Welcome to our program today. And a special welcome to all the farmers who are listening. We have a question for you, and that is: how can we solve one of our most difficult problems – getting enough water to our crops? To help us…
Farmers can Catch More Water in their Fields: Radio Spots
Spot #1: The power of observation Farmers — do you need more water for your crops? If you want to capture more water, you will have to find ways to prevent water escaping from your land. And the first tools you’ll need are your powers of observation. The more you know about your soil and…