You are looking at scripts about Agriculture
Grow Food Cheaply by the Roadside
How can you grow food in the city if you do not have any land? All around you there are only houses and buildings, roads and traffic. But take another look at those roads. Is there land beside them? Often there is. And often nobody is using it. Why not grow food beside a road? …
Produce Clean, Safe Milk
Is the milk we get from our animals always safe to drink? The answer, unfortunately, is no. Milk spoils easily. And sometimes milk can carry diseases. There are two steps in making sure the milk you get from your animals is wholesome. One is to keep the milking process absolutely clean. The second way is…
Foliar Fertilizer Strengthens Crops
Many farmers grow healthier crops by using fertilizers. Fertilizers feed plants with nutrients to make them stronger. Usually fertilizers are mixed in with the soil and enter the plant through the roots. But there is another type of fertilizer called “foliar” fertilizer which is applied to the leaves of the plants instead of to the…
Neem Protects Stored Grain
Using neem leaves is a simple, no‑cost way to keep insect pests out of the baskets, sacks, bins and pots where you keep your grain. Farmers in India and other places where neem trees grow have been using neem leaves to protect stored grain for centuries. Put a thin layer, about 1 1/2 centimetres, of…
VITA Volunteers in Technical Assistance: Safe Food Storage Part 2
VITA stands for Volunteers in Technical Assistance. It is a private, U.S. nonprofit organization that supports people working on technical problems in developing countries. With information and other assistance, VITA helps individuals and groups select and implement technologies appropriate to their situations. Today’s topic is safe food storage, and we will be offering listeners information…
VITA Volunteers In Technical Assistance: Safe Food Storage Part 1
VITA stands for Volunteers In Technical Assistance.It is a private, U.S. nonprofit organization that supports people working on technical problems in developing countries. With information and other assistance, VITA helps individuals and groups select and implement technologies appropriate to their situations. Today’s topic is safe food storage, and we will be offering listeners information about…
Save Soil on Sloping Fields
Conserve soil on sloping maize fields by digging ditches along the contours and filling them with maize stalks. The ditches stop soil from washing away and the soil and maize stalks make a compost which improves soil quality. This method also helps control white grubs. Losing soil is a problem for farmers who must plant…
Santa Lucia Co-operative Gardens
A few years ago, a group of women in the village of Santa Lucia thought of a way to solve a problem that had them all worried. They were concerned that their children were not eating well. Santa Lucia is in a rugged, hilly area in Nicaragua, in Central America. Most of the people who…
Reining in Rats
Wherever there are people, there are rats, because wherever people live, they store food. Stored food – especially grain – draws rats. But you can stop rats from stealing your food. The first thing to do is to make it difficult for the rats to get at your stored food. The best way to do…
Raise Your Own Plants for Green Manure Crops
Annual plants for green manure crops are easy to grow from seed. But propagating perennials (trees and shrubs that live for many years) from seed can be slow. A faster way to propagate some perennials is to use stem cuttings‑‑that is, pieces of branches cut from mature plants or trees. You can plant them in…