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ERIC Number: ED461054
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1999-Jul
Pages: 128
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-1-86192-079-2
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Locally Generated Printed Materials in Agriculture: Experience from Uganda and Ghana. Education Research Paper. Report.
Carter, Isabel
The needs of grassroots farmers in Uganda and Ghana for locally developed print materials were examined through a postal survey of nearly 200 organizations and examinations of 75 autonomous farmer groups and 95 organizations sharing agricultural information in both countries. Both printed agricultural information relevant to grassroots farmers and networks for distributing such existing information were in short supply. Most large organizations directed their efforts mainly toward networking with similar organizations rather than toward visiting grassroots farmers or meeting their information needs. Group support to grassroots farmers was deemed very important because it provides a safety net that allows members to share and try out new ideas. The study confirmed the existence of considerable potential for supporting extension services, nongovernmental organizations, mass media services, farmers, animators, and literacy services in the generation and production of agricultural information in local languages and aimed at group usage. (Thirty-two tables/figures and 100 references are included. The following items are among those appended: sample pages of the publication "Footsteps"; samples of materials in local languages; information about the survey respondents; a list of languages used for sharing information by survey respondents; maps showing areas and groups visited; lists of organizations contacted; and sample newsletters and locally generated materials.) (MN)
DFID Education Publications Dispatch, P.O. Box 190, Sevenoaks, TN14 5SP, United Kingdom, England (Stock Number: ED31). Web site: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/.
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Department for International Development, London (England).
Identifiers - Location: Ghana; Uganda
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A