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Balancing broadcasting work and childcare
Madame Florence Acquaye of URA Radio interviews a farmer while carrying her son on her back. Madame Florence hustles — it seems the only way to describe…
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How this farmer quadrupled her yield
Azara Zackaria grows soya beans on her farm in Ghana’s Northern Region. She recently more than quadrupled her yield. How? She says that radio was one of…
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Radio key to success for this first-time guinea fowl farmer
When Sewura Ebenezer Ayibabu, 35, was given 15 guinea fowl eggs by a friend one day, he wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. He…
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Radio is helping guinea fowl farmers to thrive
Despite raising guinea fowl since 2008, Apialore Alagiwugah used to have trouble keeping the babies, called keets, alive into adulthood. Often the cold would kill the…
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Seeing is believing for farmers adopting new practices
When Issah Naabunu, 45, heard about composting on the radio, he didn’t immediately make the switch. With everything depending on the productivity of the ground beneath…
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For this farmer, radio is key to learning new things
Rebecca Adakule Adokoma may be 60 years old, but that hasn’t stopped her from learning new things — especially with radio by her side. A regular listener…
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Audio postcard: Successful OFSP farmer meets Kofi Annan
Zakaria Dauda stands with his orange-fleshed sweet potato vines, waiting to sell them to farmers who hear his location on the radio. His OFSP farm…
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Meet Alice Apinya, guinea fowl farmer in Ghana
In a community in the Upper East Region of Ghana, small flocks of guinea fowl live in different pens. Three small doors open into different…
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