Journalism is critical to farming innovation take-up

Speed read Journalists can relay information on new tech and how farmers can access it Poorly trained journalists or limited press freedom can hinder information flow A debate at the WCSJ will examine journalists’ role in innovation adoption Makida Mohammed is a farmer near Assela in Ethiopia’s Orom...

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Published inSciDev.net - Communication
Main Author Sarah Davidson Evanega
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford 03.06.2015
Subjects
Communication
Farmers
Farms
Food security
Innovations
Journalism
Journalists
Science
Technological change
South Korea
United States > US
Ethiopia
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Summary:Speed read Journalists can relay information on new tech and how farmers can access it Poorly trained journalists or limited press freedom can hinder information flow A debate at the WCSJ will examine journalists’ role in innovation adoption Makida Mohammed is a farmer near Assela in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, where grains such as wheat, barley and tef dominate the landscape. [...]Mohammed chose to tough it out on the land, supporting her young children with the help of her husband’s first wife. Since taking over the farm that she used to work on with her husband, Mohammed has been able to send all her children to school. Driving debate Next week — as part of the event taking place on 10 June at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul, South Korea — the Alliance for Science will work with SciDev.Net to foster a global conversation on the critical role journalists play in shaping the degree to which farmers have access to agricultural innovations.