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Farmer strategies for adapting to climate change in Ethiopia
HOST 1: Good morning, listeners HOST 2: Yes, good morning, everyone. You have all heard of climate change, right? HOST 1: (LAUGHTER) Of course they have! The changing climate is an everyday reality for farmers in Ethiopia. They see unpredictable rainy seasons, long dry seasons, and extreme weather like floods and droughts much more often….
Reforestation in the Kolda region of Senegal
Introduction Why is this subject important to listeners? Because farmers and conservationists should know: Practical ways to reforest a semi-arid or deforested region. How to revive tree stumps to grow again. How to help small-scale farmers find alternative sources of cooking fuel to reduce their dependence on trees. The tree species that are suited…
Farmer-managed natural regeneration
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for April, this time about farmer-managed natural regeneration, or FMNR, which involves regenerating native trees and shrubs in agricultural fields from the mature root systems of previously cleared trees and shrubs. Interviews Farmers in Niger benefit from letting trees grow in their fields Improved fallows for African…
Talking about trees and water
March 21 is the International Day of Forests, and this year, the day promotes education to “Learn to Love Forests.” March 22 is World Water Day, and this year’s theme is water and climate change, and how the two are inextricably linked. This month’s theme pack includes 11 items from our Resource Packs: one backgrounder,…
Climate-smart agriculture
These resources all highlight practices that help farmers adapt to climate change, and a good proportion focus on agroforestry, one category of climate-smart farming practice. Backgrounders and issue packs How farmers can adapt to a changing climate Issue Pack: Awareness of climate change Interviews Water-efficient gardens: Water is life. Farmers use agroforestry practices to heal…
Farmer strategies for adapting to climate change in Ghana
HOST 1: Welcome to your favourite farmer’s program. My name is Grace Acheampong. My co-host is Abdul Mohammed. Today’s topic is: How can small-scale farmers across Ghana adapt to a changing climate? We will be discussing a scientific study that was conducted in Ghana by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the German…
Senegalese farmers struggle to find solutions to soil salinity
SPEAKERS FARMER 1: Ousseynou Sokoma, farmer, co-owner of the farm, Les jumeaux (The twins) FARMER 2: Assane Sokoma, co-owner of the farm, Les Jumeaux FARMER 3: Moustapha Cissé, Chairman of the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives SPECIALIST: Yacine Badiane, Director of the National Crop Production Research Laboratory, Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute HOST: Soils in many…
Desertification & drought
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for June. This month, to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on June 17, we focus on resources related to desertification, drought, and growing food crops in dry lands. The theme pack includes 10 items from our Resource Packs: seven interview scripts, two dramas,…
Climate change
In October 2016, we published our first theme pack. The topic was adapting to climate change. This month, we’re revisiting that topic and including some new resources. These 14 Resource Pack items and 8 Barza Wire resources represent some of the best resources on climate change that we’ve published over the last eleven years. Backgrounders…
Restoring the past for a brighter future: Recovering and improving traditional seeds in Safo, Mali
HOST: Hello, listeners. This morning, we are in the rural district of Safo in southwestern Mali, where we will speak with farmers who are involved in a project on participatory varietal selection set up by the NGO, CAB Dèmèso. If you don’t know what participatory varietal selection is, it’s basically a way for farmers to…