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Rebuilding the land II – plugging the soil leaks

March 24, 2015

HOST:                                    Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. Today, we’ll show how farmers are reducing soil erosion and increasing crop yields in the hilly villages around Mount Elgon in Kapchorwa District, eastern Uganda. I am in Kapchorwa District to visit farmers and learn about different ways to reduce soil erosion on…

Rebuilding the land I – restoring forest landscapes

March 24, 2015

HOST:                                   Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. I am in Sanzara village in Kapchorwa district in the Mount Elgon area of eastern Uganda. I am here to visit a few farmers to learn about the importance of trees to agriculture. Later, I will chat with a field assistant who works…

Balancing worry and hope: Ethiopian farmers talk about the impact of climate change

November 14, 2013

MUSIC: SIG TUNE UP THEN UNDER HOST:                      A changing climate is shifting weather patterns all over the world. / The number of hot days is increasing and intense rainfall events are becoming more common than in past decades.  In Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa, farmers are having a difficult time. Today, you will hear…

Being faithful to the local proverb ‘There is strength in unity’ spells success for Malawian groundnut farmers (Alimi a Mtedza ku Malawi Akupha Makwacha Kudzera M’mwambi oti ‘Mu Umodzi Muli Mphamvu’)

November 14, 2013

Characters: Host (studio presenter) Field reporter (George Kalungwe) Farmers: Ignansio Chisale (male) and Austokia Jumbe (female) Extension workers: George Kasokola, Deputy Agriculture Extension Development Coordinator, Chiosya Agricultural Extension Planning  Area, Mchinji, Malawi HOST:                      Welcome to the program. Today we focus on how some groundnut farmers in Malawi have transformed their lives through approaching farming…

He who has a running tummy opens the toilet door: Land preparation for groundnuts

November 14, 2013

CHARACTERS Mr. and Mrs. Chiri:                       A hard-working family. The wife leads the way. The husband appreciates the leading role the wife plays and supports her by joining her in the garden. They are hunger-free throughout the year because they grow cash crops and maize, the staple food. They have a corrugated-iron-roofed house, a new…

The early bird catches the worm: Kambalame kolawirira ndiko kamatola nyongolotsi

November 14, 2013

CHARACTERS: CHIBWE CHIEF SECRETARY TEMBO NAMILAZI WOMAN Main messages: Buy seeds from reliable sources. If you are planting recycled seed or buying from unreliable sources, make sure you have time to test the germination rate. Buy seed early so that you can plant with the first effective planting rains. Make sure you have many ways…

A friend in need is a friend indeed: Keeping your groundnuts free from aflatoxin contamination.

November 14, 2013

Part 1: Charity begins at home. Estimated running time for episode 1: 30 minutes with beginning and end music. CHARACTERS CHIBWE: Ambitious, drunkard and hard-working NAMILAZI: Wife of Mr. Chibwe and sister of Mr. Gama. Intelligent, she is a standard 8 dropout because her parents could not afford to pay secondary school for two children….

How Millet Farmers are Adapting to Climate Change in Northern Ghana

December 1, 2012

PRESENTER: Dear listeners, welcome to our radio program Dunia hamisim, which means “the world weather changes.” Whether you call it global weather changes or global warming or climate change, this is an issue of great concern to farmers in northern Ghana. This is particularly true for communities and farm settlements along the White Volta River…

Local Experts Give Practical Advice to Care for the Environment

July 1, 2012

Theme music Host: Today’s program deals with one of the Millennium Development Goals which was unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. In this program, we shall focus on Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability. Soft music Host: According to the United Nations Development Programme, in the world…

Community Reforestation Brings Back the Rains in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana

June 28, 2012

Introductory music. Fade under host. Host: Here in Asubimma, in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana, bush fires and clearing of the forest for farming have destroyed most of the original forest cover. This has affected rainfall patterns, decreased food crop yields and lessened the yield of other products from the forest. This programme tells…