Gambia: NAC to Embark On Nationwide Agricultural Research Trip

The Network of Agricultural Communicators (NAC) The Gambia and their Danish partners, Danish Food and Agricultural Journalists will on Monday 3 to Thursday 6 March 2014, dispatch a four-man delegation to embark on a nationwide research trip to farmer communities and community radio stations within the country. The trip is intended to establish the missing links between the farmers and journalists, knowing the importance of the media in the socio-economic development of the nation. The trip follows the two partners' conduction of a ten-day training programme for agricultural journalists in The Gambia in 2013. At that training, it was realised that most of the journalists lack the technical know-how to report on agriculture, as well as the ability to angle their news stories to address the needs of the farmers. It was also noticed that unless a thorough research is conducted, the needs of farmers cannot be known, talkless of being addressed by the journalists. The four-day research trip will be followed by a three-day seminar on the theme "How can improved agri-journalism help fight poverty and food insecurity in The Gambia". The seminar will be held from 11th to 13th March 2014, at the Djeliba Hotel in Kololi.

The Danish government, through the Danish Food and Agricultural Journalist (DFAJ), in partnership with the Network of Agricultural Communicators The Gambia, sponsors the project. During the trip, the network members and their Danish partners will visit agricultural centres, such as Njawara Agricultural Training Centre, Chamen Training Centre and Chamen Nianija Agricultural Centre in North Bank Region, farmer communities in the regions, as well as community radio stations across the country. Two members of the Danish Food and Agricultural Journalist (DFAJ) will be arriving in the country tomorrow and will be received by their Gambian counterparts for the implementation of the project.

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