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Catch Rain from Your Roof
Announcer: Hello to everybody listening to our program. If you are a woman and you walk a long way to fetch water, today we have some good news for you. We’re going to talk about a way to collect water with less effort – by catching it on your roof! That’s right. You might be…
Secondary School in South Africa Harvests Rainwater from the Roof
Host 1: Water is becoming more and more scarce in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Many people and institutions are suffering from lack of water. For example, approximately half of the schools in the Limpopo Province don’t have enough water. Host 2: Today we are going to talk about one school in particular the…
Malawian Farmer Catches Water for Crops in Trenches and Pits
SIGNATURE TUNE Narrator: How are you farmers and listeners today? Today we are going to hear a program that comes to you from “The Story Workshop” in Blantyre, Malawi. SIGNATURE TUNE UP AND THEN DOWN UNDER. Narrator: Today’s program is called “The river floods with water from the streams”. This traditional proverb means that each…
Choosing Crops for Drought-Prone Areas
Host 1: Good day and welcome to the program. For a farmer, choosing the right crops for local soils and climate is a concern. Especially if you live in a dry area, it’s important to plant crops that can survive drought. Host 2: There are so many challenges that farmers face these days…fewer people to…
Supply Water Directly to Plant Roots with Pitcher and Drip Irrigation
Host: Today we’re going to talk about a couple of ways to irrigate your crops. What’s important about these methods is that they conserve water at the same time. In other words, you won’t need as much water for your crops. Our program will be of special interest to farmers who live in dry zones…
A Community Builds a Groundwater Dam to Solve its Water Problems
Characters: Gikuyu: older man Adongo: middle-aged woman Gikuyu: Good morning [afternoon, evening]. This is Gikuyu, and I’m here with Adongo to talk about how our village built a groundwater dam and solved our dry season water problems. Adongo: Good morning [afternoon, evening]. Gikuyu: I’ll start by explaining why we built the dam. During the dry…
Harvesting Water Using Earth Banks
Characters: Host Mr. Ayeji Anyaji: agricultural extension worker Host: Good morning [afternoon, evening]. I’m your host _________. Today we’re going to talk about a way to collect and store water. Mr. Ayeji Anyaji is in the studio with me. He’s an agricultural extension worker, and he’s going to talk about how an earth bank can…
Use Barriers to Harvest Run-off Water for Crops
Characters: Host Mrs. Gowri Banda: innovative woman farmer Host (Intro): Welcome to our program today. And a special welcome to all the farmers who are listening. We have a question for you, and that is: how can we solve one of our most difficult problems – getting enough water to our crops? To help us…