Broadcast media key to agricultural innovation in Africa

Thursday, 11 June 2009

June 11,2009 (Africasciencenews) Conventional media, radio and video, are powerful, accessible and relevant forces of agricultural innovation and transformation in Africa than usually considered, a study published in this week’s issue of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability reveals. The study undertaken by the Africa Rice Center, WARDA and Benin’s University of Abomey however finds that the power of radio and video programming is not adequately recognized and accorded due attention by Africa’s policy-makers, stifling its potential to unleash farmer innovations.    More Copyright, Blaise APLOGAN, 2008,© Bienvenu sur Babilown