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Madame Rose and her village – a success story
Introduction HOST: Madame Rose is a great-grandmother. She lives in Haiti in the West Indies. She lives by herself in her own mud house 3 1/2 metres (12 feet) square with a thatched roof. For many years, she has kept rabbits and chickens. She also has two goats and raises vegetables. Latrines in Grand…
How Trees Help Crops
Perhaps you or other farmers in your region practice a type of farming called slash and burn (shifting cultivation). This is done by cutting down the forest, burning the trees, and planting crops on the land the trees were on. After a few growing seasons, shrubs and trees are allowed to grow again while another…
Start seedlings with liquid fertilizer
HOST: It is helpful to give garden vegetables, especially young seedlings, some extra plant food to help them get started growing. Liquid fertilizer that you can make yourself can give your plants that extra food for a good start. Some farmers in the Philippines use it on their garden crops all season. Let me…
A few farming hints
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. A. Snails as fish feed and fertilizer Lung Chieng is a farmer in northeastern Thailand. He has fishponds on his farm and grows fruit trees on the bunds that separate the ponds. Many snails live beside the ponds in the moist areas under the fruit trees….
Make compost in small pits in the garden
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Make compost in small pits in your garden. Put fresh or decomposed kitchen and garden wastes and manure directly in these pits. The materials rot and add nutrients to the soil as your garden plants are growing. This is called basket composting in the Philippines. HOST:…
The Wang Wun Shi family farm: A success story. (Part C)
HOST: When Wang Wun Shi started farming, he was very poor, but after only four years and a lot of hard work, this Chinese farmer, with the help of his wife and family, has become a leader in his community. Some of Wang’s cropping practices On his small farm, Wang has 100 loquat and 200…
The Wang Wun Shi family farm: A success story. (Part B)
HOST: After only four years of establishing his own family farm, Wang Wun Shi has become a model farmer in the central part of Sichuan province in the People’s Republic of China. When he started out, he and his family had no money, but they did have plenty of ambition and a willingness to work…
The Wang Wun Shi family farm: A success story (Part A)
HOST: In just four years, Wang Wun Shi, a Chinese farmer, and his family have established a farming operation that has become a model in their community in the People’s Republic of China. Wang had grown up in the countryside near the capital of Sichuan Province. He was very poor but he knew farming, he…
Bags protect fruits before harvest
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Protect fruit from pests while the fruit is still on the tree or vine by covering it with a bag. Some examples are given of farmers using this technique in the Philippines, the Republic of China, and the People’s Republic of China, for protecting guavas, peaches,…
Simple chicken houses
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. A good chicken house should shelter chickens from wind and rain, allow good ventilation, have lots of space, and be secure. HOST: Today, we are going to talk about a simple shelter you can build for your chickens. It does not need to be fancy, but…