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| Name | Linking Agricultural Research and Rural Radio |
| Description | Hambly Odame, H. and A. Kassam. 2002. Linking Agricultural Research and Rural Radio. ISNAR Briefing Paper No. 48. ISNAR: The Hague.Radio remains the most important medium for communicating with the rural populations of developing countries. This is particularly true in Africa where, according to the BBC World Service, there were an estimated 65 million radio receivers in 1996 (see figure 1). By the end of the 1990s, there were approximately 12 newspapers, 52 televisions, and 198 radios for every 1000 Africans (Niang 2001). This lack of newspapers and televisions plus the “digital divide” that exists between those who have access to the Internet and those who do not merely reinforces the importance of radio in Africa (table 1). Rural radio is technically defined in terms of its relatively local range (25–50 km radius) or functioning at frequencies of less than 1000 MHz. However, the terminology of rural radio is more often used to refer to the multiple technologies behind rural broadcasting, which may include satellite communications and the Internet. Radio is relevant to any strategy that involves rural development in Africa |
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