ZUHURA: It’s common beans! SPEAKER: Very good—that is the correct answer! What is your name, baby girl? ZUHURA: My name is Zuhura! SPEAKER: Okay, Zuhura, you won yourself a beautiful Come on stage to collect your prize. SFX: PEOPLE CHEER FOR ZUHURA AS SHE GOES ON STAGE TO COLLECT HER PRIZE. SPEAKER: Here you go, Zuhura! ZUHURA: (HAPPILY) Thank you! SPEAKER: Give another of applause for Zuhura, please. SFX: CROWD CLAPS FOR ZUHURA. SPEAKER: Okay, now I’m starting to ask difficult questions because I only have few prizes here with me today and only a few people can walk away with the prizes. The next question is What is the … correct spacing when planting common beans? SFX: NO RESPONSE FROM THE CROWD. SPEAKER: Anybody? Nobody? Okay, I will help with this one. There are two types of spacing. First of all, when you plant common beans as the only plant, the correct spacing is 50 cm between plant rows. Within rows, you have to plant two seeds every 20 cm or one seed every 10 cm. And the other type of spacing is when you intercrop common beans with plants such as maize. Now, let’s say you are intercropping common beans with maize you need to plant maize at 75 cm between … rows and plant a row of beans in between the rows of maize. GRACE: I have a question. SPEAKER: Yes. What can you use to measure the spacing?
ZUHURA: It’s common beans! SPEAKER: Very good—that is the correct answer! What is your name, baby girl? ZUHURA: My name is Zuhura! SPEAKER: Okay, Zuhura, you won yourself a beautiful Come on stage to collect your prize. SFX: PEOPLE CHEER FOR ZUHURA AS SHE GOES ON STAGE TO COLLECT HER PRIZE. SPEAKER: Here you go, Zuhura! ZUHURA: (HAPPILY) Thank you! SPEAKER: Give another of applause for Zuhura, please. SFX: CROWD CLAPS FOR ZUHURA. SPEAKER: Okay, now I’m starting to ask difficult questions because I only have few prizes here with me today and only a few people can walk away with the prizes. The next question is … What is the correct spacing when planting common beans? SFX: NO RESPONSE FROM THE CROWD. SPEAKER: Anybody? Nobody? Okay, I will help with this one. There are two types of spacing. First of all, when you plant common beans as the only plant, the correct spacing is 50 cm between plant rows. Within rows, you have to plant two seeds every 20 cm or one seed every 10 cm. And the other type of spacing is when you intercrop common beans with plants such as maize. Now, let’s say you are intercropping common beans with maize … you need to plant maize at 75 cm between rows and plant a row of beans in between the rows of maize. GRACE: I have a question. SPEAKER: Yes. What can you use to measure the spacing?
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