1. Women and Youth in Agriculture: Radio Drama
Media For Development International

2. Setting: Lunyanja
Lunyanja is a village (population: 1600) situated in the SAGCOT Corridor, in Morogoro District
Most of the inhabitants have smallholdings of between two and five acres on which they grow maize and beans.
Women provide the farming labour.
Men reap the lionshare of the income from it.
The households also battle with malnutrion.
The two main water sources are the Makeke River on the East and a poorly functioning water pump at the school.
The produce from the village fields supplies the main market. Little finds its way out of Lunyanja.
There is one main warehouse, which is currently under the ownership of the villages’ main middleman, Kidevu.

3. Seasonal time line
The people of Lunyanja are small-scale farmers who depend heavily on the seasonal rainfall.
August – September: harvest season
October: the money that was so easily available is now fast running out.
December is particularly hard. Stores are all but empty and the ground is dry
January- February: the fields are cleared and tilled and planting begins.
The drama is set over a two year period beginning and ending during the harvest season.

4. Community Organising JIONGEZE AGRICULTURAL CLUB
This is the name of a group of young farmers who organize themselves to prosper together through agriculture .
VICOBA
will have regular training courses. These build confidence and skills. Fatuma, Semlawa and other women in Lunyanja will hugely benefit from its existence. They will become more business-minded.

5. CHARACTERS

6. KEY STORY LINES WOMEN STORY LINE TRANSITIONAL CHARACTER: FATUMA
FATUMA’S BEHAVIOUR CHANGE OBJECTIVE:
To be empowered to fully participate in decision-making and enjoy equitable, shared responsibilities around farm and home
TRANSITIONAL CHARACTER: MANYUSI
MANYUSI’S BEHAVIOUR CHANGE OBJECTIVE:
To respect his wife’s significant contribution to the farming and make informed, joint decisions about domestic and farming needs.
They have five children: Neema, 15, Baraka 12, Nyato 9, Ngeje 3 ½ , Upendo 11 months

7. KEY STORY LINES WOMEN STORY LINE TRANSITIONAL CHARACTER: SEMLAWA
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE OBJECTIVE:
To compete equally and be respected on gender equitable terms as a valuable participant in agri-business
MWAMTITU
Semlawa’s ex-military husband who is conservative and strict
They have two children Mewa 8 years and Mfuse 7 years

8. KEY STORY LINES YOUTH STORY LINE TRANSITIONAL CHARACTER: MASHOTO
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE OBJECTIVE:
To adopt farming or agri-business as a viable business and career option.
This storyline follows the path of a young man who has no ambitions to farm. He leaves his home and works for the middleman Kidevu. But he is drawn to Lightness a young feisty lady who becomes an early adopter of Jiongeze, which attracts him.
LIGHTNESS
BCO: To see agriculture as a business and understand the value chain. 
Lightness is an early adopter of innovation. Her process of change is accelerated by the fact that she feels like a social misfit in this conservative society.
VULI - A Positive Deviant for Youth in Agriculture He starts JIONGEZE

9. THANK YOU!