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Mr. Bana’s mill: Quality standards for fresh potatoes and cassava
NARRATOR: Potatoes and cassava are important root and tuber crops and are a great source of energy in many parts of the world. Millions of farmers in Eastern Africa grow cassava and potato, mostly for home consumption or to sell fresh in the market. By processing and adding value, farmers can make even more…
Papa Akwesi learns: Careful post-harvest management maximizes maize income
CHARACTERS AKWESI PAPA: 61-year-old farmer and husband of Aggie AGGIE: 54-year-old nutritionist and wife of Akwesi Papa AKWESI: 17-year-old high school boy and son of Akwesi Papa and Aggie JOHN: 63-year-old farmer and brother of Akwesi Papa OSEI: 58-year-old agronomist AUNTIE SERWAA: 43-year-old farmer SCENE ONE SFX: Door opens AKWESI: Ah,…
Farmer uses good yam storage practices and improves his life
Characters: Host Interviewer The innovative farmer, Adjèxwé 1st farmer, Agossou 2nd farmer, Gbiglo Fade in signature tune to begin the show and cross fade under the host’s voice Host: Greetings, dear local FM radio listeners! In today’s show, we are going to talk about good storage practices for yam tubers. In that regard, I invite…
Farmers work together to safely store muskuwaari sorghum in northern Cameroon
HOST: Dear listeners, today we will hear how local farmers in northern Cameroon are working together to successfully store a kind of sorghum which is transplanted during the dry season and called muskuwaari. We will meet muskuwaari farmers in Yonkolé, a village in the Far North of Cameroon. Thanks to the farmers’ group they…
Scientists are improving the traditional maize crib
George Atkins, a farmer for many years, has travelled around the world for Massey-Ferguson, the University of Guelph and the Canadian International Development Agency, looking for ways to help farmers increase food supplies. In Africa, he found a scientist who has been studying what to do with the traditional maize crib so maize will dry…
Rwandan farmers show that sweet potatoes can be a profitable crop to grow and to process into other foods
The signature tune fades in to start the show. It fades out after 20 seconds under the voice of the host. Host: Greetings, dear Radio Salus listeners. This is Jean Paul Ntezimana. You are listening to the agro-breeding show. Last time, we talked about processing agricultural products here in Rwanda. Today, we are speaking about…
Ethiopian farmers learn new practices to prevent pest damage in chickpeas and lentils
SIGNATURE TUNE UP THEN UNDER HOST: In Ada’a woreda, in the East Shoa zone of Oromia region in central Ethiopia, chickpeas and lentils are major crops and account for 30% of farm production. The major challenge that local farmers face with these crops is pests. So Oromia Radio produced a series of radio programs on…
It’s better to sell together: The benefits of collective marketing
SIGNATURE TUNE FADES IN AND OUT HOST: Hello and welcome to this special program on cassava. (PAUSE) Have you noticed? Lately, cassava has become a much more common food on the street. Anyone can buy a piece of raw cassava or a fried cassava crisp for as little as one hundred Tanzanian shillings. You can…
Cassava is wealth: New harmonized standards for processing cassava flour in East and Central Africa
CHARACTERS: KUMDIDIMO MESOZI EPISODE 1 DURATION: 4 MINUTES 1. LOCATION: KUMDIDIMO’S FARM 2. SFX: BIRDS AND ANIMAL SOUNDS, MID-MORNING 3. NARRATOR: WELCOME TO OUR DRAMA ON HARMONIZED STANDARDS FOR CASSAVA FLOUR IN EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. TODAY, WE MEET KUMDIDIMO AND MESOZI. KUMDIDIMO HAS BEEN GROWING CASSAVA AND SELLING IT RAW – WHICH IS WHY…
Processing cassava brings wealth to farmers
Signature tune up then under HOST: Good (morning, afternoon, evening) and welcome to the program. Today we are talking about processing cassava. New harmonized guidelines for processing cassava flour were recently created for East and Central Africa. The guidelines cover the selection of quality raw materials, plus processing, packaging, and labelling safe, high quality cassava…