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Kuapa, nea ofo dua pa na yepia no (Help is given only to those who make an effort): Farmers try no-till farming in Ghana’s Ashanti Region
CHARACTERS:Hamdia Hawah Mohammed: Main host Abena Danso Dansoa: Field host Dr. Kofi Boa: Founder and Director, Centre for No-Till Agriculture Kwami Anane, farmer Akua Abrafi, farmer HAMDIA: Hello, my name is Hamdia Hawah Mohammed, and I welcome all my listeners to Farm broadcast. Today, we are going to be discussing no-till farming and planting through…
Backgrounder: Using permanent soil cover in conservation agriculture
Why is this subject important to listeners? Because farmers who are interested in maintaining permanent soil cover should know: How covering the soil contributes to soil health. The various methods of maintaining soil cover. The types of crops and crop residues best used to cover the soil. The amount of soil cover required. (Conservation agriculture…
Fall armyworm (Updated)
NOTE: This information was originally published in October 2017 and updated in May 2018. A. Introduction. The Fall armyworm, which has the scientific name of Spodoptera frugiperda, is a major pest of staple crops. The larvae (caterpillars) prefer feeding on young maize plants, but have also been reported to feed on a variety of other…
Conservation agriculture resources
Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month about conservation agriculture. The theme pack includes ten scripts and other items from Resource Packs and thirteen Farmer stories and other resources from Barza Wire. Scripts Kuapa, nea ofo dua pa na yepia no (Help is given only to those who make an…
Preserving wild food plants ensures a better future for all
POUGKIENMA: (“first wife” in Moore) First wife of Zaksooba, 40 years old. POUGPAALA: (“new wife” in Moore) Second wife of Zaksooba, 30 years old. SIDNABA: (“truthful” in Moore) Farm worker in his twenties. ZAKSOOBA: (“head of family” in Moore) Polygamous farmer, 45 years old. NARRATOR: Pougkienma and Pougpaala, co-wives and farmers, lived in the village…
Bushbabies are meat, too: Farmers in Malawi use indigenous plants to manage pests and livestock diseases
Part One: SIGNATURE TUNE UP AND HOLD UNDER NARRATOR. NARRATOR: Welcome to a special program on (name of radio station) titled Changa ndi nyamanso, or, “Bushbabies are meat, too,” a Malawian proverb that means that, just as bushbabies may be commonly overlooked but are still a useful source of protein, so can overlooked plant-based biochemicals…
Ethiopian farmers restore indigenous seed varieties
HOST: Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today, we’re going to talk about how farmers in Ethiopia are restoring indigenous or local seeds that have been disappearing for years. SFX: SOUND OF CAR, THEN UNDER SPEAKERS HOST: It’s November, a spring season in Ethiopia. Our reporter, Netsanet Hailu, travelled to Oromia Region, Arsi zone, Hethosa district, Debeya…
Farmers in Ethiopia tend sorghum with care to improve their livelihoods
NETSANET HAILU:Good morning (afternoon, evening). Today, we’re going to talk about how farmers in Ethiopia care for their sorghum crop to improve their livelihoods. SFX: SOUND OF CAR DRIVING AND RAIN. FADE UNDER SPEAKER. NETSANET HAILU: I travelled to a village to talk to sorghum farmers. I drove for seven hours to get to…
The benefits of intercropping
INTERVIEWER: There are many good reasons for talking about intercropping on the radio. The first is that so many farmers practice intercropping. Intercropping is a traditional farming practice that goes back many hundreds of years. Modern agricultural scientists are carefully studying traditional methods and then adapting them to modern conditions. By doing this they…
Women farmers using conservation agriculture offer tips to increase yield
SIG TUNE: FADE IN, THEN FADE UNDER HOST HOST: Hello and welcome to your favourite farming program, Conservation Agriculture Today. (PAUSE) Women make a vital contribution to agriculture and to rural economies, contributing more than half of agricultural production in Africa. There has been a big increase in the number of small-scale women farmers who…