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Nomadic people fight fowl pox in Mali
HOST: In Mali, traditional poultry farming for meat production is disappearing as intensive production of broiler chickens and other imported varieties increases. Some farmers and consumers are concerned about the disappearance of traditional breeds. Raising the traditional breed of chicken, known to Malians since the dawn of time, has always allowed rural people to…
Chicken hatchery: Innovative farmer invents large-capacity kerosene egg incubator
HOST: Imagine … a kerosene-fuelled egg incubator that can hatch up to 600 eggs in twenty-one days! It’s true! And that is what we are going to learn about today. MUSIC: SIGNATURE TUNE UP AND OUT UNDER HOST: Hello and welcome to the program Farmer to Farmer. I am your host, Winnie Onyimbo. In today’s…
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…
Feed your birds right: How the King of guinea fowl farmers won his crown
CHARACTERS KISHA: Kisha wants to win the crown and doesn’t want to change his traditional ways of farming. He is 35 years old, husband to Lami and father of Abdul. He is serious and quick to anger. ABU: Abu is a braggart and is mistrusted by many in the community. He is 27 years old,…
Raising new breeds of guinea fowl in northern Ghana: Benefits and challenges
HOST: Good evening and welcome to Kariba sosika (Farmer’s talk), our farmers’ program. INSERT VOICE: “Guinea fowl are the small-scale farmer’s friend! When food is scarce, it’s this bird that serves as a food bank for the family.” HOST: You have just heard the enthusiastic voice of a farmer who keeps guinea fowl. This is…
Hard work breaks no bones: Decreasing guinea fowl mortality to increase success and boost income
EPISODE ONE PLAY SIG TUNE THEN FADE UNDER NARRATOR NARRATOR: Hello listener, and welcome to the first episode of our four-episode drama, highlighting the causes of and solutions for high mortality rates in guinea fowl keets. This program aims to encourage rural communities, especially women, to raise guinea fowl to improve their income and the…
Raising guinea fowl
Stories about raising guinea fowl Guinea fowl story #1: Appiealore Alagiwugah lives in Banyono, in the Upper East Region of Ghana, and has been raising guinea fowl since 2008. He says that there are two big challenges to raising guinea fowl. The first is raising the keets (as the young birds are known) so that…
Ugandan farmers earn income and feed their families by raising and selling goats
GRACE AMITO: Good morning, listeners. This is your host, Grace Amito, with your popular program, “The Farming World.” In today’s program, we shall meet a farmer named Mrs. Opira who left a white collar teaching job to raise goats as a business. We shall also meet the mother of a sickly child who did…
Biosecurity – A New Way to Look at Avian Flu Prevention
Characters: Host Farmer Host: Good morning [afternoon, or evening]. I’m your host, [_________]. Today we’re going to talk to [farmer’s name] about how [he/she] keeps [his/her] chickens and [his/her] home safe from disease. Good morning [afternoon, or evening] and welcome, [farmer’s name]. Farmer: Good morning [afternoon, or evening]. Host: Let’s start right in. First, I…
Avian influenza
Spot #1: What is Avian Flu? Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has spread to many countries. Bird flu is a contagious infection which affects farm birds, including chickens, ducks, turkeys, and guinea fowl, as well as pet birds and wild birds. The disease starts with sick wild or tame birds, and then spreads…