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Cowpea haulms to the rescue: Using cowpea residues to feed livestock
CHARACTERS WAREWAA: 41-year-old small-scale farmer who raises goats and sheep and owns a cowpea farm NANAAMA: 35-year-old cowpea farmer and Warewaa’s close friend NANCY: extension officer posted to Beduase KOOFORI: 55-year-old small-scale farmer. NANA (CHIEF): 67-year-old chief of Beduase town SPEAKERS: Voices of townsfolk SCENE 1 SETTING: WAREWAA’S HOME CHARACTERS: WAREWAA, NANAAMA SFX: BIRDS…
Mr. Bana’s mill: Quality standards for fresh potatoes and cassava
NARRATOR: Potatoes and cassava are important root and tuber crops and are a great source of energy in many parts of the world. Millions of farmers in Eastern Africa grow cassava and potato, mostly for home consumption or to sell fresh in the market. By processing and adding value, farmers can make even more…
Sorghum: Good yields even when the rains fail
Fade up signature tune to start the show. fade out after 15 seconds under host’s voice. Host: Hello and welcome to (name of farmer program) on (name of radio station.) Today, I am going to talk to an expert on sorghum, a crop suitable for drier areas. But first, I am going to visit a…
Our matoke will survive: Ugandan farmers fight banana bacterial wilt
HOST: Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. Today we will be talking about growing matoke (Editor’s note: matoke is cooking banana). And, of course in this day and age, you can’t talk about growing bananas without talking about banana bacterial wilt. This disease first appeared in Ugandan banana fields about…
Cowpea production
Introduction and how to use this issue pack This issue pack is designed to give radio broadcasters the information needed to create effective and entertaining radio programs about growing cowpea. It talks about growing cowpeas in northern Ghana, but you can easily adapt the information to other sub-Saharan African countries where cowpeas are grown. The…
Organic cotton helps the soil and the community
Characters Bossou: farmer of about 40 years of age, hard-working Dassi: farmer a bit older than Bossou Adjagoué: drunkard of the village. He also spreads the village news. Chief Biowa: technical advisor, coordinator of the organic cotton program Sèna: seven-year-old child, Dassi’s son Coordinator: advisor, conventional farming programs Tassi: female farmer, Bossou’s niece Signature tune…
Reviving banana production to boost production and income in Ugunja District, western Kenya
Characters Host Reporter Farmers: Pamela Oluoch George Obok Charles Siang’a Beatrice Auma Development agent: Michael Nyamai MUSIC TO INTRODUCE THE PROGRAM HOST: Welcome, listeners. When farmers in western Kenya hear the word “banana,” the smiles fade from our lips and our faces turn sorrowful. Why? Because we have been faced with a serious…
Farmers work together to safely store muskuwaari sorghum in northern Cameroon
HOST: Dear listeners, today we will hear how local farmers in northern Cameroon are working together to successfully store a kind of sorghum which is transplanted during the dry season and called muskuwaari. We will meet muskuwaari farmers in Yonkolé, a village in the Far North of Cameroon. Thanks to the farmers’ group they…
Growing a dry-season sorghum called muskuwaari can reduce hunger in the dry season
Signature tune HOST: Good morning, dear listeners.Today, we will hear how farmers who grow a kind of dry-season sorghum have succeeded in closing the hunger gap despite a very dry climate. These farmers live in the Far North of Cameroon where the dry season lasts eight or nine months. It’s very difficult to grow…
Farmers can grow and sell vegetables all year long – and improve their health and income
Signature tune up then under HOST: Dear listener, welcome to the program. Today we will talk about the benefits of growing and eating vegetables. Vegetables and fruits are part of a healthy diet. They are rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre, and can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, and may protect…