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Farmers cope with drought and climate change in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley
FADE UP SIGTUNE SFX: SOUND OF VEHICLE STARTING (FADE UNDER AFTER 10 SECONDS) FILIUS: Hello. My name is Filius Jere, your farmer radio producer. I know that many of you are at your wits’ end because of the unfriendly climate you are facing nowadays. But I am sure that our program today will help you…
Adapting to climate change
As you know, Farm Radio International has been distributing Farm Radio Resource Packs for many years, since 1979 in fact! But today, we are experimenting with something slightly different! We are attaching a package of existing (not new) resources on one particular theme: adapting to climate change. This background information, these scripts and these stories…
Water-efficient gardens: Water is life.
Fade up signature tune and hold for 15 seconds to start the show. Signature tune fades out under host’s voice. HOST: Hello, listeners! Welcome to (name of farmer program) on (name of radio station). This program is dedicated to one of the most important issues facing farmers today—how to use water more efficiently in their…
Raising goats to beat the drought in eastern Kenya
Sig tune up then under Host: Good morning and welcome to another edition of the Farmer to farmer program. Today we are going to look at the effects of drought and what farmers are doing to cope with it. I visited some farmers in Mwingi, eastern Kenya who have made a successful switch from cattle…
Farmers use agroforestry practices to heal farmland damaged by deforestation and soil erosion
FADE UP SIGTUNE NARRATOR: It’s time for Let’s conserve and restore our natural resources, a program about how natural resources serve small-scale farmers and what we must do to get maximum benefits from farming. Please ensure that you have your pen and paper ready to take important notes. FADE OUT SIGTUNE FILIUS: Welcome to the…
Rebuilding the land II – plugging the soil leaks
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
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
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’)
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
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…