Informing African farmers: some obstacles to information flow
L.O. Aina · Information Development · 1990
Inadequate dissemination of agricultural information to farmers is one of the key factors responsible for low agricultural production in Africa. Some factors that inhibit the flow of agricultural information to farmers include the low literacy level of farmers, limited numbers of radio and television sets and inadequate numbers of personnel trained in agricultural information work. Suggestions for removing these barriers include government actions to reduce illiteracy, reducing the cost of radio sets and the design of a curriculum for the training of agricultural information specialists by library schools in Africa.