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标题：Building agricultural extension services system supported by ICTs in Tanzania: Progress made, Challenges remain
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作者：Camilius A. Sanga ; V. J. Kalungwizi ; C. P. Msuya 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2013
卷号：9
期号：1
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：The conventional agricultural extension service in Tanzania is mainly provided by extension officersvisiting farmers to provide agricultural advisory service. This system of extension service provision faces a number of challanges including the few number of extension officers and limited resources. This articleassessess the effectiveness of an impact-driven, radio-based extension service delivery system that has been introduced in some rural areas of Tanzania. The system aims to enable extension officers to reach many farmers with minimum efforts. However little is known about the effectiveness of this new extension service delivery system. Structured questionnaire, focus group discussion, interviews and participant observation were used to collect data from 55 small holder farmers who who had been receiving an impact-driven, radio-based extension services through Farmer Voice Radio project. Additional data were collected from interviewing extension officers and from archives of participating community radio stations. The results indicate that insome rural areas, farmers have started sharing agricultural information and best practices. Some farmers have also started to change their farming practices. This brings a new finding that farmers can adopt and practice easily what is aired by their fellow farmers in the community radio stations
关键词：radio based system; extension service; ICT; farmer radio voice; Farmer Voice Radio; ;radio farmer; community radio station