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Growing NERICA is a farming solution for coping with climate change
HOST: Dear friends and listeners of local radio FM. Hello and welcome to your program on agriculture. There is increasingly more talk about climate change throughout the world, and you have probably even noticed that the weather is getting warmer. As the climate warms, you need crop and vegetable varieties that can tolerate heat and drought….
Two women rice farmers discuss their best seed saving practices
Fade in background music HOST: Hello and welcome to the program. Today we’re talking about storing rice seed. You probably know that successful seed storage depends mainly on water content. If seed isn’t correctly dried before storage, it becomes soft, hot and damp, and this can reduce the germination rate when you plant it next season….
Dry rice seed off the ground to ensure top quality
Signature tune and station identification HOST: Welcome to our program today. We’re all aware that with the rainy season comes the harvest, and the time to dry the rice seed. It can be very difficult to dry anything due to rain storms at this time, especially your seed. That’s why we’re dedicating the program today to…
Higher yields and less weeding if you transplant rice from a nursery
Part I: Signature tune to introduce program HOST : Good day dear FM listeners. Transplanting rice is a farming method used in the lowlands. It is highly recommended for irrigated rice, because it gives higher yields and makes weeds easier to manage. It involves transplanting rice seedlings that have 3 or 4 leaves from a…
How to prepare a rice nursery
Program identification music HOST : Good morning dear friends and listeners. Today’s program will focus on one farmer’s experience with making a rice nursery. But first things first… please stand by for a musical intermission. Musical intermission Fade out music HOST : In the centre of Benin, or more precisely in the district of Covè, there’s a…
Select only your best rice seed with floatation and manual sorting
HOST : Dear friends, good morning and welcome to your radio program about agriculture. Today’s program will be devoted to rice floating and sorting techniques. In the studio we have Mr. Chabi Adéyèmi who is a research assistant at the Africa Rice Center in Benin. He’s here to talk about two valuable techniques that will help…
Orange sweet potatoes
Music briefly and fade out HOST: Our dear listeners, thank you for tuning in to CBS FM. Welcome to this agricultural show where we are going to talk about orange sweet potatoes and their importance to our communities. During the past years, orange sweetpotatoes were commonly known to be from Soroti, and were available in markets…
Research in Rwanda aims for a good harvest of sweet potatoes
Theme music to introduce program, then fade under host after 15 seconds MODERATOR: Dear friends and listeners of Radio Salus, hello and welcome to the show. Today, we will talk about agriculture, as usual at this time. The theme of the show is “Research in Rwanda aims for a good harvest of sweet potatoes.” In this…
Irrigated farming improves the income of rural farmers
OKOMKWO: Noma tushen arziki! (Editor’s note: This means “Farming: a source of wealth creation” in the Hausa language.) Signature tune up, then fades under presenter OKOMKWO: Welcome to Noman tushen arziki, a program that brings you the latest information and developments in farming. Today we are going to look at how irrigated farming improves the income of…
Dr. Rice Panicle answers questions about rice and soil fertility
Characters: Radio host Dr. Rice Panicle: Rice Specialist Farmer 1: Caller #1 Farmer 2: Caller #2 Farmer 3: Caller #3 Farmer 4: Caller #4 Signature tune to introduce program HOST: Dear listeners, welcome to the program. Today in our studio we are pleased to have Dr. Rice Panicle, an expert on rice cultivation. He’s here to answer your questions about…