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The Fight Between the Big Trees
FOREST SOUNDS: BIRD CALLS, RUSTLE OF LEAVES AS WIND BLOWS THROUGH THEM. WOMENS’ VOICES FAR AWAY. CHILDREN PLAYING. DOGS BARKING. VOICE OF OLD MAN, DEEP AND PLEASANT. A BORN STORYTELLER. Narrator: You would never think, sitting here below this baobab tree, that there was once a fight between this tree and the other big trees…
Alternatives to Slash and Burn Agriculture: Improve Fallows with Tithonia, the Wild Sunflower
Characters: Host Aunt Bisa: robust woman farmer in her early fifties Hanna: woman farmer in her late twenties SOUND EFFECTS: gentle music, moderate tempo. Continue under. Host: Our program today is about finding new ways to put nutrients back into the soil without slashing-and-burning. Although slash-and-burn agriculture has been practised for centuries, these days there’s…
Grow Moringa for Food and Fodder
An ideal tree to grow in the city or country is moringa (Moringa oleifera). Moringa will give you food, fodder, fuelwood and shade. Its pods make a tasty, nutritious vegetable. You can eat its tender leaves and flowers too. The leaves also make excellent livestock feed. Best of all, this useful tree grows quickly and…
The Many Uses of the Moringa Tree
Host 1 (Intro): We’ve talked before on this program about multi-purpose trees – trees that have many uses and benefits for farmers. Today we’re going to feature one tree in particular that is more and more popular among African farmers. Host 2: Actually, this tree is grown in countries throughout the world, and…
Trees Against Disasters
Story #1: Trees against hunger Narrator : There is a serious drought in the village of Wonga. It hasn’t rained at all this year. Relief supplies are being brought in, but people are still hungry. Most families are eating only one meal a day. [surprised] But one family in the village does not seem to…
The Adventures of Neddy the ParaVet: Fodder Trees Provide Nutritious Livestock Feed all Year
Characters Neddy: Animal Health Worker. Young man, enthusiastic and energetic. Uncle Chekwa: Farmer. Neddy’s uncle. Host Neddy : I’m Nedd and I’m a farmer. But I’m also an Animal Health Worker. I was chosen by the other people in my village to take a training course about livestock health. I learned about the most common animal diseases in…
Growing Maize with Trees
Program host: When neighbours saw Fanuel Akutu planting trees in his field of maize, they laughed. They asked: Neighbours: What will you eat this year? Trees?! Program host: And they laughed again. SOUND OF NEIGHBOURS LAUGHING. Program host: Trees growing in a field of maize seemed funny. But the neighbours didn’t laugh for long. Today they believe that growing…
Plant Breeding in the Philippines
THEME MUSIC. MUSIC CONTINUES SOFTLY UNDER DIALOGUE. ANNOUNCER: Today I’m going to talk about a group of farmers who are involved in a special plant breeding program in the Philippines. The program gives farmers an opportunity to test different varieties of rice — varieties that they haven’t grown before. FADE OUT MUSIC. There are a…
Food, Fruit and Fuelwood from a Small Hillside Farm
There is a way that you can produce food, fruit, animal feed, fertilizer, fuelwood and timber — all these things at once — on a small hillside plot. Farmers in the Philippines use this method. They plant trees in rows up the side of the hill. The trees hold the soil in place and prevent…