Enna Lutengano
| Организация | Association of Managing Knowledge in Agriculture (AMKA) |
|---|---|
| Organization type | Civil Society Organization/NGO |
| Страна | Enna |
My name is Enna Lutengano. I am holding Advance Diploma in Regional Planning from the Institute of Rural Development Planning and Masters in Business Adminstartion (marketing) from Mzumbe University. I am working with Association of Managing Knowledge in Agriculture (AMKA) as a programme manager.Recently, I have been managing project which focus on improving agricultural productivity in rural area through the use of Radio and ICT.
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Форум Communication for Development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development
Question 3 (opens 26 September)
The most common barriers includes;
1.Internet/ network coverage is not good in most of the rural areas.
2.In rural areas electricity is still a problem.
3.The cost of purchasing mobile applications and its operation through mobile service providers is not affordable to farmers
Question 2 (opens 24 September)
Radio and phones are major tools which are highly used in rural areas by family farmers. Using these tools to access information and exchanging knowledge is an efficiency and effective way to family farmers. This has been proven positively from one of the project we had recently in few regions. Journalists, farmers, broadcasters, agricultural extension ofificers and other agricultural stakeholders were brought together and work so closely. Farmers meet once a month and discuss the issues they face. Then issues are presented to agricultural extension workers who works with journalists/broadcasters to prepare the series of radio programs for farmers in relation to the issues raised. The radio program aired to the radio and incase there is any query, there was a system that allow farmers to communicate feedback with the broadcaters through phone.
Moreover, there was a mobile application through which farmers were able to access different information by choosing any topic they want to learn more.
This approach is very useful as it helps to communicate with large number of the farmers especially in rural area within a short time. It also helps to address the problem of shortage of agricultural extension workers which is the case in Tanzania.