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Sekedo, a drought resistant sorghum for Karamoja
Signature tune to introduce the programme HOST: Hello and welcome to this week’s edition. It is feared that Africa will in the near future experience reduction in yields of staple crops like maize, millet and sorghum, which are consumed by many people. This is because of the increase in temperatures and the change in the rainy…
Biodiesel production: Generating income for small-scale farmers in Kenya
Signature tune up then under HOST: Hello and welcome to our program on agriculture. In Kieni constituency of Kenya’s Nyeri district, a local NGO called Help Self Help Centre is offering an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuel. It is producing biodiesel from oil-producing seeds found in the local area, and collected by local farmers. In…
SolarAid’s micro solar project in rural Tanzania: Tremendous solar energy potential
HOST: Irna Hutabarat works with a UK-based organization called SolarAid. For many years, she has worked to bring solar energy to Africa. Right now she is working in Tanzania. To find out about her work, we sent our reporter Benedict Komba to Mafinga District, Iringa Region, in the southern highlands of Tanzania, where he met Irna…
Paying farmers for environmental services
HOST: Hello everyone. Today you will hear how a partnership between the World Agroforestry Centre or ICRAF, the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University in the United States, and the Government of Malawi is teaching Malawian farmers the importance of dedicating a piece of land to tree planting for carbon sequestration or storage, and for timber…
Women are actively involved in planting jatropha in a Malian village
ABOUBACAR CAMARA: My name is Aboubacar Camara. I’m your host at Radio Kayira in Bamako. (Pause, and to Ms. Sangaré) Good morning Madame, you recently participated in the National Forum on the Environment and Climate Change organized by the Mali Folkecenter. Please introduce yourself and tell us what have you learned from this forum? SARAN SANGARÉ: Hello, my name…
Forest communities generate income while conserving their environment
HOST: Good morning, dear listeners. Did you know that you can help protect nature? Well, today’s program will help you to understand how. The program talks about the experiences of three villagers in a forest region located in the South West Region of Cameroon, and how they were supported by an organization called World Wild Fund…
Butterfly farming generates income for rural community and protects the forest
PRODUCER: I travelled to Kisiwani village in Muheza district, in the Tanga region of northeastern Tanzania. It is a very beautiful village, built on the Usambara Mountains. There is something very special in this village: butterfly farming. I am standing with the coordinator of the butterfly project, Mr. Amiri Said Sheghembe. AMIRI: I’m Amiri Said Shagembe, the…
Balancing the interests of wildlife and rural communities: Lessons from Buabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary in Ghana
HOST #1: Greetings. Today we are going to talk about how farmers and wildlife reserves can get along together. HOST #2: That’s true. We’ve all heard about conflicts between efforts to conserve wildlife and farmers’ need to grow food for their families and for sale. In many parts of Africa, matters relating to game, wildlife and forest…
Rural communities adapting to climate change in Benin
Characters: Host of the program: Félix Houinsou Guests of the show: – Said Hounkponou: PARBCC project manager – Glégnon Codjo: Farmer – a beneficiary of the project – Tinari Kouagou: Farmer – another beneficiary of the project Fade up signature tune, then under host HOST: Dear friends across the airwaves, hello and welcome to our farming program….
Farmers in Niger benefit from letting trees grow in their fields
HOST: Welcome, listeners. Today we are going to talk about a farming practice called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration or FMNR, which is practiced by many farmers in southern Niger. In FMNR, farmers protect and actively manage the regrowth of certain types of trees in their fields in order to bring back vegetation to an arid…