Information dissemination pathway preferences and needs of commercial urban farmers in Kampala, Uganda
Abstract
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The study mapped and characterized the spatial location of
households that practice urban agriculture, assessed and
documented the information needs of farmers, developed Geospatial
database for the households identified, documented the
effective and preferred information dissemination channels that
are used to enhance the productivity of farmers and identified
and documented the information sources that urban farmers
consider useful for making production and marketing decisions.
Preliminary findings show that social economic characteristic
of farmers highly influence the type and frequency of using a
given information dissemination pathway and that the type of
agriculture practiced influences the preference of a given
pathway. Inter personal pathway types are deemed to be more
effective than printed and broadcast kinds. Cooperative
extension services, marketing specialist and radio, are generally
taken to be more useful for making marketing and production
decision than both electronic and printed media.
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