Access Agriculture
475 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago -Access Agriculture is a non-profit organisation that showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. We strive to promote the transition towards agroecology and organic farming across the global South. To impact on rural livelihoods, please explore Access Agriculture.
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Making a condiment from soya beans (Summary)
March 24, 2021 15:57 - 2 minutes - 3.85 MBAll across the world, people add condiments to their cooking to make it taste better. In West Africa, many sauces are prepared using a condiment made with seeds from the Néré tree, also known as the African locust bean. In Mali, this condiment is called soumbala. Due to excessive tree cutting in the Sahel region, soumbala has become a scarce and expensive product. Although stock cubes are often used, some women in Mali have developed a good alternative by making soumbala from soya beans. Do...
Staking and pruning passion fruit (Summary)
March 11, 2021 18:03 - 3 minutes - 5.04 MBA well-managed passion fruit orchard can provide farmers with some good money throughout the year. In this audio podcast, we will learn how to stake passion fruit plants and prune the vines systematically so as to get good yields. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Growing lupin without disease (Summary)
March 10, 2021 17:13 - 2 minutes - 2.94 MBLupin can be grown in high or cold areas. Lupin is healthy food, rich in proteins, and good for the soil. In this audio podcast, farmers in Bolivia tell how to keep your field free from anthracnose disease. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Managing aflatoxins in groundnuts during drying and storage (Summary)
February 09, 2021 17:23 - 3 minutes - 4.13 MBCertain moulds grow on groundnut, maize and other foods. These moulds produce a poison called aflatoxin. To have healthy groundnuts it is important to care for the groundnut during its whole growth, but especially during drying and storage. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Selective harvest of mangoes (Summary)
February 09, 2021 17:19 - 1 minute - 1.42 MBHarvest is a very crucial part of your work as a farmer. If you get it right you will be rewarded with higher yields and better fruit quality – which translates to more income. In this audio podcast, we will explain to you what you need to do to improve your harvesting practice. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Making better shea butter (Summary)
January 22, 2021 09:28 - 4 minutes - 5.7 MBShea butter is used a lot in cooking, traditional medicine and cosmetic products. However traditional extraction of shea butter doesn’t follow required hygiene rules, this results in unsafe butter that can cause illness in consumers. In this audio podcast, we will learn how women in the South of Mali have improved the production of shea butter. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Preparing low-cost concentrate feed (Summary)
January 22, 2021 09:27 - 1 minute - 1.87 MBBy making a base mix that can be fed to all animals, you save time and money. Two thirds of the mix is made from grains, like paddy, maize, sorghum and millet. One third of the mix should be rich in protein and fat. Mill the base mix into a coarse flour. Depending on the type of animal, you then need to add a few other ingredients. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Stocking fingerlings in a nursery pond (Summary)
January 18, 2021 16:43 - 2 minutes - 3.77 MBFingerlings are extremely delicate. They must be transported, kept and fed well if you want a good harvest. If not, you may lose all the money you invested. Using a nursery pond you can easily grow quality fingerlings to make more profit. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Growing azolla for feed (Summary)
January 18, 2021 16:42 - 3 minutes - 4.52 MBAzolla fixes nitrogen from the air and stores this in its leaves. Azolla is richer in protein, vitamins and minerals than grains and most green fodder. Because of this and because azolla grows fast and easily in a small area, it makes an ideal addition to feed. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Preventing diseases in rabbits (Summary)
January 14, 2021 17:36 - 3 minutes - 4.41 MBCoccidiosis and colibacillosis are the most dangerous diseases in rabbits because they are highly contagious. Veterinary products cannot cure rabbits that have been infected with these disease. Luckily, they can be prevented, as we will listen in this audio podcast. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Monitoring to make rabbit breeding profitable (Summary)
January 14, 2021 17:34 - 3 minutes - 4.72 MBIn this audio podcast, we will learn how to monitor the performance of a rabbit farm. By filling out monitoring sheets with accurate information and by keeping a notebook to systematically record all expenditures. This will enable better management of the farm and ensuring its profitability. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Working together for healthy chicks (Summary)
January 13, 2021 16:46 - 2 minutes - 3.27 MBIn this audio podcast, we will visit the city of Fayoum where a group of women are collaborating in raising chicks by paying close attention to the chicks’ housing, feed and vaccination programs. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Making a business from home raised chicks (Summary)
January 13, 2021 16:45 - 2 minutes - 4.03 MBIn this audio podcast, we will visit the rooftop brooders of the women in Fayoum – and we will learn from them the key steps for a successful household chick raising business. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Preventing fly-borne illness in donkeys and horses (Summary)
January 12, 2021 16:07 - 2 minutes - 3.89 MBDonkeys, mules and horses are important working animals, many diseases are transmitted by insects such as flies. Flies can transmit a parasitic worm called Habronema that causes several problems in horses and donkeys. There are many precautions which you can take to ensure that your donkeys and horses stay free from this worm and strong enough to carry out all their important work. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Preparing cashew apple juice (Summary)
January 12, 2021 16:06 - 3 minutes - 4.14 MBPeople enjoy cashew nuts, whereas cashew apples are less valued. Leaving cashew apples on the land is an enormous loss of money. However, cashew apples can be processed into a nutritious juice which can be consumed throughout the year. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Promoting weaver ants in your orchard (Summary)
January 11, 2021 15:47 - 5 minutes - 7.33 MBWeaver ants help to protect your fruit and nuts from fruit flies and many other pests. If you don’t have weaver ants in your orchard yet, collect all the nests from an ant colony and transfer them to one of your fruit trees. Help the ants to spread to more trees by connecting neighbouring trees with a string or stick. If ants from neighbouring trees fight, they are from different colonies and should be separated. Cut any branches that connect both trees. Apply ash to your arms and feet, or t...
Weaver ants against fruit flies (Summary)
January 11, 2021 15:45 - 3 minutes - 4.76 MBIt takes a few minutes for a fruit fly to find a suitable spot on the mango and inject her eggs under the skin of the fruit. But even in that short time, the weaver ants will have either chased her away or have captured her. Their scent also helps. When other insects detect the scent of weaver ants, they prefer to stay away. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Collecting fallen fruit against fruit flies (Summary)
January 06, 2021 17:26 - 4 minutes - 5.88 MBOne fruit fly can lay a few hundred eggs during her life. Fruit flies puncture the skin of fruit to lay their eggs, which cause the fruit to drop prematurely and rot. The worms that hatch from these eggs leave the spoilt fruit after one week and crawl into the soil where they develop into fruit flies. From one infested fruit many fruit flies can develop, so never leave any fruit on the ground in the open air. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.o...
Integrated approach against fruit flies (Summary)
December 23, 2020 16:27 - 2 minutes - 4.09 MBFruit flies inject their eggs in fruit. A single fruit fly can lay hundreds of eggs, which turn into white worms that eat the inside of fruit. If no action is taken, fruit flies quickly increase in numbers and can destroy your entire crop. Always combine different methods: • Place traps; • Use food baits; • Encourage weaver ants; and • Collect and destroy any fallen fruit. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Integrated approach against fruit flies (Summary)
December 23, 2020 16:27 - 2 minutes - 4.09 MBFruit flies inject their eggs in fruit. A single fruit fly can lay hundreds of eggs, which turn into white worms that eat the inside of fruit. If no action is taken, fruit flies quickly increase in numbers and can destroy your entire crop. Always combine different methods: • Place traps; • Use food baits; • Encourage weaver ants; and • Collect and destroy any fallen fruit. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Managing onion diseases (Summary)
December 21, 2020 17:26 - 2 minutes - 3.5 MBOnions grow well under many different conditions, but when grown in the rainy season onions have a greater chance of getting sick. Onion diseases can make the leaves fold and reduce your yield. Diseases can spread with soil, seed or infested crop residues. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
How to make a fertile soil for onions (Summary)
December 18, 2020 16:49 - 2 minutes - 3.38 MBOnions have few roots and shallow roots and therefore can take up nutrients from the top soil only. This explains why it is crucial to pay particular attention to making your soil fertile when you want to grow onions. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Installing an onion field (Summary)
December 18, 2020 16:47 - 1 minute - 2.52 MBOnions need rich, fertile soil. Only grow onions once in 3 years in the same field. Plant the onions on raised beds, especially in the rainy season. Transplant when the onions are about 6 weeks old. Plant the onions 10 centimetres apart. By taking good care of your onions, the onions will take good care of you. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
The onion nursery (Summary)
December 14, 2020 14:08 - 3 minutes - 4.21 MBOnion seedlings need a healthy, loose soil. Add well-aged manure or compost. In the rainy season you need to raise the seedbed so the onion roots will not rot. If you use quality seed, most of the seed will germinate and you need much less of it. Onion seedlings need room to grow, so do not plant them too close together. Put the seed in lines, 5 to 10 centimetres apart and 1 centimetre deep. Cover the seeds lightly with fine soil. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: w...
Making more money from onions (Summary)
December 14, 2020 14:07 - 3 minutes - 4.8 MBLet us learn from the experiences of some innovative farmers in Ghana who make more money: by producing onions when there are few of them on the market; by storing them until the price comes up again; and by selling directly to clients in urban markets. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Pure milk is good milk (Summary)
December 11, 2020 16:29 - 1 minute - 2.56 MBModern dairy plants use pure, fresh milk to make milk powder, cheese, yoghurt and other products. The processing plant can only make its products from pure milk. When water is added, the milk is diluted, or weakened, and it is not good for processing into dairy products. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Keeping milk free from antibiotics (Summary)
December 11, 2020 16:21 - 2 minutes - 3.51 MBAntibiotics are drugs used for killing germs. The drugs can be given by mouth or injected into the animal’s muscle or vein. These drugs go directly into the bloodstream. The blood carries the drug to the udder where it will get into the milk. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Managing cattle ticks (Summary)
December 10, 2020 14:27 - 3 minutes - 4.85 MBTicks are small creatures like insects that attach to the body of animals to suck their blood. Ticks cause diseases like skin lesions. The animals will become skinny and no longer produce milk. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Taking milk to the collection centre (Summary)
December 10, 2020 14:26 - 2 minutes - 3.92 MBMilk spoils because of germs that are too small to see. The germs grow in the milk and spoil it. Germs multiply faster in warm milk than in cold milk. So move the milk to the collection centre within 30 minutes of milking, or the milk will start to spoil. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Keeping milk clean and fresh (Summary)
December 09, 2020 14:00 - 2 minutes - 4.08 MBModern dairy plants buy fresh milk from local farmers and herders to make into many different products. The company pays a fair price, but requires strict hygiene: they only buy milk that is clean and fresh. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Striga management in rice (Summary)
December 09, 2020 13:58 - 3 minutes - 4.23 MBFarmers in Madagascar show how following four key principles can give you a good rice harvest despite the presence of striga. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Let's store our maize well (Summary)
December 04, 2020 14:04 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MBMaize grains have to be very dry and clean before you store them. The grains will stay free of pests and diseases for a long time in a metal granary, if you store them correctly. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Bending over the maize (Summary)
December 03, 2020 17:10 - 2 minutes - 3.32 MBA traditional Central American practice is to bend over the maize stalk to help dry the maize and to protect it from disease and pest damage. If you do this at just the right time, you will harvest more. Maize grains keep growing until a black spot appears at the base of the grain. At that time, the plant has lost all of its green color, this is when you bend the maize stalk, to allow the grains to keep drying. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture...
Controlling maize tar spot (Summary)
November 18, 2020 14:54 - 3 minutes - 5.48 MBMaize tar spot is a serious pest of maize. To help prevent it, it is important to burn the crop residues from the previous year, or plant your maize in land that did not have maize the year before. Some maize varieties are resistant to this disease. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Beans for the lowlands (Summary)
November 16, 2020 16:25 - 2 minutes - 3.23 MBFarmers in Guatemala explain how to grow beans in hot, lowland areas by first selecting a bean variety that is adapted to the heat. They plant the beans in the winter, and sometimes have to provide irrigation. The beans can be planted alone or between the rows of maize. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Grass strips against soil erosion (Summary)
November 02, 2020 17:46 - 2 minutes - 3.15 MBContour hedgerows slow the speed of water coming down the slope and allow the water to infiltrate. They also allow the washed away soil and nutrients to settle out above the hedgerows. You can plant many different grasses, depending on what you need and what is locally available. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Beans as a relay crop (Summary)
October 28, 2020 16:49 - 3 minutes - 4.49 MBRelay cropping beans between rows of maize helps to fertilize the maize, they can be planted before the maize is harvested. Plant them two to a hill and 25 centimetres apart. After you harvest the beans you can store them in a metal granary. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Stone lines (Summary)
October 22, 2020 16:55 - 2 minutes - 3.18 MBStone lines induce a natural process of terracing as they trap sediments. They are also built to rehabilitate eroded lands. Farmers in Kenya show how they construct stone lines. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Human urine as fertilizer (Summary)
October 21, 2020 17:36 - 3 minutes - 5.34 MBLand in Tororo district in Uganda has been intensively used and the soil fertility is low and declining. This audio podcast features a possible solution - using urine as a fertiliser. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Water users associations (Summary)
October 20, 2020 17:43 - 2 minutes - 3.9 MBIn Kenya, WRUAs first began forming in the 1990’s. They are established by communities along rivers and guarantee the participation of their members in all management decisions taken on the use of the river water. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Self help group (Summary)
October 19, 2020 16:49 - 1 minute - 1.67 MBAs individual farmers lack resources to invest in, or learn about, Conservation Agriculture. This audio podcast features a group in Kenya that has come together to share knowledge and equipment and to assist each other. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Riparian zone protection (Summary)
October 15, 2020 16:44 - 1 minute - 2.05 MBIn Kenya, small-scale farmers stabilise river banks and reduce rainwater runoff from nearby plots by planting trees and grasses. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Staking climbing beans (Summary)
October 09, 2020 15:05 - 3 minutes - 4.31 MBWooden stakes are the strongest support for climbing beans and can be used for many seasons, but wood is in high demand for construction and fuel wood. Farmers in southwest Uganda tell us different ways of staking beans, with or without wood. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Solar drying pineapples (Summary)
October 08, 2020 14:09 - 3 minutes - 4.49 MBMany pineapples are wasted, because they cannot be kept fresh for more than a week. By drying pineapples farmers can reduce waste and earn more money throughout the year. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Solar drying of kale leaves (Summary)
October 07, 2020 17:31 - 2 minutes - 3.32 MBFarmers and vegetable sellers find it hard to sell leafy vegetables even a day after harvest because the leaves spoil quickly, but solar drying allows farmers to reduce losses and sell leafy vegetables out of the main harvest season. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Making banana flour (Summary)
October 06, 2020 13:18 - 3 minutes - 4.44 MBAcross the world, people eat bananas and plantains. While some prepare banana as part of their main meal, many just eat it as a fruit. Once harvested, bananas don’t keep long and are easily damaged during handling and storage. But it is possible to turn your bananas or plantains into another nutritional product, namely flour. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Hand milking of dairy cows (Summary)
October 01, 2020 17:11 - 2 minutes - 3.83 MBDairy farming is a source of food and income for many households, but to make money, it is important to produce good milk and lots of it. However, milk can easily be spoilt or dirtied and then buyers will refuse it. This audio podcast features how good hygiene and proper hand milking will help you get good returns for your milk. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Maintaining varietal purity of sesame (Summary)
September 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 2.58 MBThe industry requires sesame seeds that are all of the same colour, size, and oil and starch contents. For this, you need varietal purity, meaning that all of the sesame has to be of the same variety. Mixed sesame seeds are difficult to sell and buyers pay less for them. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Controlling banana weevils (Summary)
September 29, 2020 17:25 - 2 minutes - 3.66 MBLearn how to spot banana weevils, how to keep them out of new banana fields and how to trap them. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org
Helping women recover after childbirth (Summary)
September 28, 2020 15:18 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBIn this audio podcast, we will learn how to help the new mother: to recover from the loss of blood; clean the womb and reduce pains; feel good about herself; and get back her appetite and energy. A healthy mother can feed her baby well with breast milk, which helps keep the baby in good health. Download the full audio podcast in different languages at: www.accessagriculture.org