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Farmers can Catch More Water in their Fields: Radio Spots
Spot #1: The power of observation Farmers — do you need more water for your crops? If you want to capture more water, you will have to find ways to prevent water escaping from your land. And the first tools you’ll need are your powers of observation. The more you know about your soil and…
Save Time with Rainwater Harvesting
Characters Host Gowri Banda : innovative woman farmer HOST -In recent programs, we’ve been highlighting farmer innovations from around the world that solve problems and reduce workloads. Today we have Mrs. Gowri Banda with us. She spent several years developing a system to catch rainwater from her roof. I’m sure that many of the women listening…
Harvesting Soil and Water on Hillsides
Characters Child: (boy or girl of about 9 or 10 years) Grandfather INTRO. THEME MUSIC AND HOLD UNDER ANNOUNCER (5 secs). HOST -Today as we continue our series on farmer innovation and success stories from around the world, you’re going to hear about local innovation by farmers among the Irob people who live in Tigray Region…
Farmer Phiri Uses Infiltration Pits to Combat Drought
Characters Narrator (can be played by the program host) Mr. Phiri : Farmer (Name is pronounced Peer -y.) MUSIC. Narrator : Many of you listening to our show today have soil that is hard and dry. Many of you are trying to farm with very little water – especially these days, when there is less…
Communities Manage Watersheds Together
Characters Please use names and personalities that will appeal to your audience. Narrator 1 (female) Narrator 2 (male) Radio Announcer Professor: Wise, middle-aged man. Brings new knowledge and ideas into the community. Nelson: Older man. Has difficulty absorbing new ideas, but, once convinced, he is dedicated and helpful. Jana: Middle aged woman. Gets anxious about…
Farmers and Scientists Harvest Rainwater in India
Narrator 1: This is a story about how one group of scientists and farmers in southern India worked together to harvest rainwater. In just three years, they changed the face of eight dryland villages. Now there is water in the reservoirs the whole year. What’s more, the groundwater is being recharged. Wells that had gone…
Velvet Bean Shades the Wash Basin
ANNOUNCER: Washing clothes in the hot sun is no fun. Mr. Celso Antonio of Mexico discovered a way to make washing clothes more pleasant. You know those cement wash basins people have at the back of their house, or somewhere nearby? Well, Mr. Antonio planted a vine called velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) over the wash…
Catch Rain from Your Roof
Save and edit this resource as a Word document ANNOUNCER: Have you noticed that it’s getting more and more difficult to find clean water? Well, here is good news for listeners who walk a long way to get water. There is a way to collect water with very little effort – let the water come…
A Dryland Garden Tour
FADE IN MUSIC. FADE OUT MUSIC AS ANNOUNCER BEGINS SPEAKING. ANNOUNCER: Today we are going visiting. We are going to visit a dryland garden at the Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre in Zimbabwe. In the garden we will learn about ways to grow crops with limited water. During the tour you will hear about mulching, pit beds,…