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Rural women process and sell shea butter

June 20, 2012

Introductory music, then fade under host and out. HOST : Good day, welcome to Radio Jigiya, broadcasting from Zégoua, Mali on 100 MHZ. We are a private radio station that broadcasts information for rural communities. Dear listeners in Mali, in the Ivory Coast, and in Burkina Faso, today we present an interview with the President…

Fonio

June 20, 2012

CHARACTERS: LAMINE TOGOLA: radio presenter/producer MR. MODIBO GOITA: USC Coordinator MRS. TOURE DJENEBOU SIBIDE: Secretary General for the organization ‘Network of Women for Local Development’ MRS. SELLY OUANE: coordinator of the Kitchen Collective program 10 seconds of introductory music to open show. LAMINE TOGOLA: Today’s episode of Faso Ntuloma talks about fonio and gender. Fonio…

Two women rice farmers discuss their best seed saving practices

June 4, 2012

Fade in background music HOST: Hello and welcome to the program. Today we’re talking about storing rice seed. You probably know that successful seed storage depends mainly on water content. If seed isn’t correctly dried before storage, it becomes soft, hot and damp, and this can reduce the germination rate when you plant it next season….

Dry rice seed off the ground to ensure top quality

June 4, 2012

Signature tune and station identification HOST: Welcome to our program today. We’re all aware that with the rainy season comes the harvest, and the time to dry the rice seed. It can be very difficult to dry anything due to rain storms at this time, especially your seed. That’s why we’re dedicating the program today to…

Select only your best rice seed with floatation and manual sorting

June 4, 2012

HOST : Dear friends, good morning and welcome to your radio program about agriculture. Today’s program will be devoted to rice floating and sorting techniques. In the studio we have Mr. Chabi Adéyèmi who is a research assistant at the Africa Rice Center in Benin. He’s here to talk about two valuable techniques that will help…

Parboiled rice is easy to mill, cook, and sell

May 30, 2012

Characters Ayaba: Woman farmer Bléoun:Woman farmer Zomonnon: Miller Program signature tune PPRESENTER: Parboiled rice is rice that has been steamed before milling. It is slightly yellowish in colour, and attractive. Compared to white rice, parboiled rice results in more complete grains during milling. Fewer grains of parboiled rice break during milling. Parboiled rice also swells more when…

Growing and processing top quality rice will get you top money

May 9, 2012

Signature tune to introduce program Host 1: Good morning, dear listeners of Radio Agro Canal. Today we’re going to talk about how you can get top money for your rice crop. It’s well known that African consumers are getting more demanding when it comes to their food, and especially their rice. A lot of people…

Story ideas on crop storage and climate change

April 30, 2012

1st story : Plants which protect stored crops   Story: Two women (or men) are worried that, because pests have damaged their stored grains in the past, they will not be able to feed their families during the coming hungry season. They cannot afford storage chemicals. They talk to an elder who advises them to…

Innovative farmer uses pounded maize cobs to protect stored maize

April 26, 2012

Characters Host Mr. Bio Doko, farmer Setting: Gbégourou, one of the market villages of Parakou, a large city in Benin. Signature tune to introduce the show, then fade out HOST: Hello, dear listeners! Welcome to your show. Today’s talk will be about a method to protect maize from pests during storage. Farmers store maize not…

Sawdust prolongs the storage life of potatoes

April 26, 2012

Signature tune: Up for 5 seconds then down and out under presenter PRESENTER: The potato is an important food crop in Kenya. It is grown in the highlands of Central, Rift Valley and Western provinces. However, the production and marketing of potatoes is hampered by poor storage conditions that dent farmers’ income and morale. In…