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Indigenous Knowledge and Livestock Raising
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Announcer: Today I’m going to talk about livestock.In particular I’ll talk about traditional ways of raising livestock – methods that have been passed down from one generation to the next. Let’s start with some chicken talk.The people in a village called Simirinac in Costa Rica keep…
The Mazibuko Trench Garden
INTRO. MUSIC. AND HOLD UNDER ANNOUNCER. Announcer: Today’s program is about the value of local wisdom. In your community there is local wisdom about farming, about medicine – and about many other things. This wisdom is often passed on to us to by elders. As this story shows, local wisdom is important because it can…
The Importance of Making Soup
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Characters: Host Tandi and Samira: Two young girls who are cousins Ella: Tandi’s mother Nelly: Samira’s mother Host: It could be your mother or grandmother. Your sister or aunt. Every day our families depend on the wisdom of the women in our lives in order to meet our basic…
Making Peanut Butter the Local Way
FADE IN INTRODUCTORY MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER NARRATOR. Host: Today’s program is about respecting local knowledge. Local knowledge is also called traditional knowledge or indigenous knowledge. This knowledge can be about farming, or health care, or food processing – anything that is important in your community. Today we’re going to focus on food processing as…
Interview with the potato
Host: Greetings to all the listeners tuning in to the show. Today we’re going to talk about the history of the potato. And who better to speak than the potato himself?! The potato is going to talk to us about the importance of local knowledge and practices. These practices are often passed down to us…
One Good Idea Leads to Another in Cameroon
Host: The program you are about to hear is about understanding and respecting local farming practices. Sometimes these practices are passed down from our parents and grandparents and we continue to use them because they still work well. But sometimes farmers develop new practices based on their own ideas and experiments. The farmers in this story…
A Traditional Milling Technique
Characters Announcer: Your regular station announcer. Pima Older woman farmer. Soyang Woman farmer. Announcer: Hello, and welcome to (name of show or segment). I am your host, (host’s name). Today’s show is about understanding and respecting local knowledge and practices. For example think about the tools you use to process food. These tools often work well because they are…
A Local Farmer Predicts Floods
Characters Narrator Mr. Biggie : Wise villager who can predict oncoming floods Jojo : Young village boy Dino : Jojo’s father Dr. de la Cruz : Government scientist Narrator : You learn a lot about the local weather, especially if you have lived in one place for a long time. You observe what’s happening around you, and in time…
Farmers and Scientists Working Together
Example 1 – Farmers and scientists re-discover and improve a traditional livestock cure Sheep farming is common in the highlands of Peru. But a continuing problem for some sheep farmers is a parasite called ‘sheep ked’. This parasite weakens sheep, and damages the hide and fleece. The sheep do not produce as much meat, and the…
Rural Youth Success Stories
Part 1: Characters Program host Carlos or Carla : This part can be read by a male or female actor, around 20 years old. FADE IN THEME MUSIC SOFTLY. Program host : Welcome to our series on “Rural Youth Success Stories.” In these programs, we hear the stories of young people who have chosen to…