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Farmers who use improved fallows must replace phosphorous in soils
Characters In this program, the hosts are named Onyango and Rose. Please use names that your audience will relate to and recognize. Rose is very knowledgeable on the topics of agriculture and agroforestry. Onyango is also very keen and asks many good questions, but sometimes seems impatient. The two have a playful way of responding…
Share Farming Knowledge with Your Children
Characters: Host Daughter Mother INTRO. MUSIC. Host: Have you ever thought about how you learned to cultivate and harvest crops? You probably learned most of what you know about farming and survival from your parents. You are about to hear a story of a mother who understood the value of her own knowledge and experience….
The Importance of Security Crops
BRING UP MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER NARRATOR. Narrator: It is surprising how different two sisters can be. Two people who have grown up in the same country, the same village, and the same family. Today’s program shows how the choices that a farmer makes can sometimes mean the difference between survival and despair. FADE OUT…
Crop Rotation and Intercropping Reduce Damage from Striga Weed
Host 1: On our program today, we’re going to talk about a weed that I know is plaguing many farmers in our region… in fact in much of Africa. Host 2: And the name of that weed is striga. Some people call it witchweed. Host 1: Whatever name you know it by, striga is causing…
Remove Striga Weeds Carefully from your Field
Characters: Program Host Two women farmers Host: Many farmers listening today… especially women… will be interested in our discussion about how to manage the weed striga. Striga is also known as witchweed. It causes serious damage to maize, millet, sorghum, upland rice and Napier by sucking water and nutrients out of the plant roots. And…
Understanding Plant Diseases
Host: Have you noticed that the leaves on your crops are curling up or falling off? Or wondered why the grain isn’t forming properly on your maize or millet? It could be that some of your crops are infected with a disease. Even if you don’t know the name of the disease that is damaging…
Supply Water Directly to Plant Roots with Pitcher and Drip Irrigation
Host: Today we’re going to talk about a couple of ways to irrigate your crops. What’s important about these methods is that they conserve water at the same time. In other words, you won’t need as much water for your crops. Our program will be of special interest to farmers who live in dry zones…
Alternatives to Slash and Burn Agriculture: Improve Fallows with Tithonia, the Wild Sunflower
Characters: Host Aunt Bisa: robust woman farmer in her early fifties Hanna: woman farmer in her late twenties SOUND EFFECTS: gentle music, moderate tempo. Continue under. Host: Our program today is about finding new ways to put nutrients back into the soil without slashing-and-burning. Although slash-and-burn agriculture has been practised for centuries, these days there’s…