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Balancing the interests of wildlife and rural communities: Lessons from Buabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary in Ghana

May 30, 2012

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

May 30, 2012

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

May 30, 2012

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…

How farmers can adapt to a changing climate

May 9, 2012

How global warming affects the weather It seems that everybody has now heard about “global warming” or “climate change.” The weather is changing and the earth is getting warmer because human actions – such as burning coal, oil and gas for energy – are increasing the levels of “greenhouse gases” in the earth’s atmosphere. These…

Breeding cows in a zero-grazing system can be a dual environmental solution

April 30, 2012

Cue in signature tune to begin the broadcast. The signature tune fades after 15 seconds and dissolves under the voice of the program host. Host: Dear Radio Salus listeners, greetings and welcome once again to our agricultural show. To begin, here is the theme of this show: Breeding cows in a zero-grazing system can be…

Story ideas on crop storage and climate change

April 30, 2012

1st story : Plants which protect stored crops   Story: Two women (or men) are worried that, because pests have damaged their stored grains in the past, they will not be able to feed their families during the coming hungry season. They cannot afford storage chemicals. They talk to an elder who advises them to…

Issue Pack: Water harvesting

April 30, 2012

True stories about water harvesting   Farmer Abadi Redehey lives in the Central Zone of Tigray Region, a semi-arid highland area in northern Ethiopia. Here, the wet season lasts from July to September or October and is followed by a long dry season. Even in the wet season, rains can be irregular. The farmer has…

Issue Pack: Soil fertility and climate change

April 30, 2012

Farmer success stories on soil fertility   Samison Banda, from Mchinji, Malawi, manages his farm with his sister and two nephews. Because his fields lie on a hillside, his ridges and crops were often washed away by heavy rains in the past. “I used to plant three to four times every year because ridges were…

Issue Pack: Awareness of climate change

April 30, 2012

Stories Augustine Yelfaanibe is a 36-year-old farmer in Nandom, a small town in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He remembers that when he was young, signs of rainy weather were obvious by mid-March. Most farmers prepared their land soon after the New Year. This ensured an early harvest, with enough food to survive the…

‘When it rains’: The role of trees and shrubs in preventing soil erosion

April 26, 2012

‘When it rains’ part 1 Bring up music and cross fade into effect. Cricket sounds in the distance. Heavy winds blowing. A crack of thunder and then heavy rain. Hold the rain for 3 seconds. Keke: (Yawning) Nothing like the morning after a rain. I can not only feel, but smell the fresh air. Chirping…