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The Advantages of Growing and Using Finger Millet

January 1, 2001

Characters Program host Mrs. Mamba: An agricultural extension worker Program Host:   Today, we’re going to hear about a crop that’s cheap to grow … stores well for years … is easy to prepare and cook … and is good for you.  This may sound too good to be true, but there is such a crop.  Many…

The Three Sisters: Maize, Beans and Squash

January 1, 2001

FADE IN SOFT, MELODIC MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER NARRATIVE. Narrator 1: This is a story about three sisters. Narrator 2: Or is it? Narrator 1: Three sisters live together in a garden.The sisters take care of one another. The first sister stands straight and tall, providing support for the second sister.The second sister provides nourishment…

Grow your own Fertilizer – Plant Cover Crops with Maize

January 1, 2001

Program host: Every day fertilizers cost more and more. And have you noticed that the fertilizers you buy don’t always keep the soil fertile? For this reason, many farmers around the world are growing cover crops — crops that cover the soil and keep it fertile. Cover crops are fertilizer crops. Could you grow fertilizer…

Growing Maize with Trees

January 1, 2001

Program host: When neighbours saw Fanuel Akutu planting trees in his field of maize, they laughed.  They asked: Neighbours: What will you eat this year? Trees?! Program host: And they laughed again. SOUND OF NEIGHBOURS LAUGHING. Program host: Trees growing in a field of maize seemed funny.  But the neighbours didn’t laugh for long.  Today they believe that growing…

Diversity Beats Disease in the Rice Field

January 1, 2001

Characters: Program host Mr. Kwanga: An agricultural extension worker Farmer Chuma Farmer Suzgo SOUND EFFECTS (Sounds of the countryside: roosters crowing, birds singing…). HOLD SOUND EFFECTS UNDER DIALOGUE. Program host: As we begin today’s story, Mr. Kwanga, an agricultural extension worker from town, is entering one of the villages in his assigned region. The first person to greet…

Improve Rice Yields Without Buying Fertilizer

January 1, 2001

What is a green manure crop? A green manure is a crop grown especially to add nitrogen to the soil. It is planted before or after rice, when the land is vacant. Then it is ploughed into the soil, while still green, as fertilizer. Green manure crops can: Provide free nitrogen Reduce fertilizer costs Reduce…

Protect Your Rice: Prevent Grain Loss from Harvest to Storage

January 1, 2001

Characters Program host Mr. Raju: Farmer Ravi:   Mr. Raju’s 10-year-old son Program host:   The first step to reduce harvest and post-harvest losses of your rice is to harvest it at the right time.  Listen to this conversation between father and son on how to avoid losses of the family’s rice crop, from harvest to storage.  See…

Women Working Together Can Make a Difference in Their Community

October 1, 2000

Characters Program Host Mama Lillian: Woman farmer and mother.  She helped to organize a health care clinic in her village. Program Host: Hello, and welcome to today’s show, “Women and Community.”  If you are a mother, you know how worried you are when your child is sick.  It can be difficult to face a problem when you…

Land Ownership Rights: Access Denied – Why Women Need Equal Access to Land

October 1, 2000

MUSIC (Bring up program theme or other music…run for 10 seconds…fade under host…). Characters Narrator: Program host. Grace: Woman farmer. She is concerned about women’s right to inherit land. Simon: Grace’s husband. Narrator:   Coming Up: Access Denied…a drama exploring why women need equal access to land. MUSIC (Bring up Program Theme…run for 10 seconds…). Introduction (Narrator) :  They plow it…

Women and Credit – Part 3: Women Set Up a Purchasing and Marketing Cooperative

October 1, 2000

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. ANNOUNCER: Today’s program is about the women in our audience. You know how hard you work every day. So why is it so difficult for you to earn an income from your work? If you joined together with other women to buy and sell farm products,…