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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…
A Farmer Turns Wasteland into Rainforest
ANNOUNCER: The story you are about to hear tells how a farmer and his family created a rainforest from empty fields and wasteland. Sound impossible? Well, this farmer was determined. And he understood the ways of nature — how plants and animals regenerate and renew themselves. MUSIC (OPTIMISTIC, EXPECTANT MOOD). Fifteen years ago Mr. Ernst…
Tree planting
Save and edit this resource as a Word document Spot #1 VOICE OF FARMER: When I was a young child, I used to collect firewood with my brothers and sisters. But the wood was right outside the door! We could simply walk outside the door and pick up dry wood. Now, I have to walk…
The Forest Garden: A Garden with Shelves
ANNOUNCER: What do a supermarket and a forest garden have in common? They both provide plenty of food. And they both have “shelves”. When I talk about shelves I mean the many layers of trees, shrubs, vines, and other crops that grow in the forest garden. What are the benefits of the forest garden? The…
The Supermarket Garden
Part I: NARRATOR: Mrs. Sifunda was distressed. She stood anxiously in the doorway of the house, looking down the road with squinted eyes to see if anyone was coming. Late last night she had received notice that her husband’s relatives would be arriving from the city. They would expect a good meal. She had no…