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The Wang Wun Shi family farm: A success story. (Part C)

January 13, 1991

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…

Use Bones to Make Fertilizer

September 1, 1990

When you cook chicken or other meat, you often have bones left over.  You can use these bones to make good fertilizer for your garden.  It’s easy and doesn’t cost any money.  All you have to do is boil the bones in a pot of water, dry them, and crush them. First collect the bones. …

Choosing cassava stem cuttings for planting

December 1, 1989

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Newspaper and magazine articles, leaflets, fact sheets, posters, extension visits, village or classroom lessons, flip charts, plays, songs, poems, puppet shows, and radio broadcasts. These are some of the ways you can use DCFRN items. Use only good quality stem cuttings to increase the yield of…

Better Carrots from Your Own Seed

December 1, 1987

Powell:  Our subject today is carrots, and I’m going to tell you how you can save money by growing your own really good carrot seeds. Now if you’ve tried producing carrot seeds before, you may have noticed that the crop of carrots that grew from your own seeds was not quite as good as the…

Growing tasty taro in mud plots

July 8, 1986

Suggested introduction We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network, we bring you information on ways to…

Handling Manure

July 1, 1985

Suggested introduction We at this radio station are part of a worldwide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network, we bring you information on ways…

Green Leafy Vegetables

January 1, 1985

Presenter: Jan Tennant We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey-Ferguson and the University of Guelph. Through this Network we bring you information on ways…

Farming Hints

January 1, 1985

Part A Presenter: George Atkins  Part B Presenter: George Atkins Part C Presenter: Barbara Peacock  Part D Presenter: George Atkins We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International…

Some Simple Ways to Boost Vegetable Production

January 1, 1985

Presenter: George Atkins We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey-Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network we bring you information on ways…

Trench-Bed Gardening for Drylands

January 1, 1985

We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey-Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network we bring you information on ways to increase food…