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The ARRPA Research Included Visits To Four Radio Stations In Ghana And Went Into The Community To Investigate The Production Process As Well As How The Listeners Receive The Work Being Done At The Stations.

I met Kojo Oppong, a producer and presenter of the agriculture programme at Radio Peace in the Central Region, at the nation’s dissemination workshop hosted by Farm Radio Global held on July twenty, 2011. Mr. Oppong spoke candidly about having Radio Peace be a part of the African Agricultural Radio Programme Analysis (ARRPA) research.

He strongly inspires the concept of allowing others into the studio to witness the radio station’s inner workings as an element of a learning process. The ARRPA research included visits to list of radio stations in Ghana and went into the community to research the production process as well as the way the listeners receive the work being done at the stations. Mr. Oppong was fascinated the work he does in the radio station had been laid bare for others through the ARRPA research in an attempt to promote education and information sharing.

Holding a dissemination workshop, he continued, provided numerous benefits, laying the groundwork for positive change. Having learned plenty from the information shared, he feels everyone has bought new skills that may improve the programs being broadcasted.

Particularly, he feels the usage of music will considerably appeal to the listening audience, adding a little bit of color to the program, and the execution of new formats to boost programming. Subsequent workshops will help further build the capacity of broadcast writers as well as others involved in rural programme production.

ARRPA was a study by Farm Radio Global that aimed to gather and analyze information about the smallholder farmer radio programs in five sub-Saharan African countries Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, Malawi, and Tanzania.

The analysis identified good practices and highlighted which areas required improvement. The workshop provided the opportunity for networking between stations country-wide and key stakeholders in farm radio, allowing for information sharing and lessons learned from each other’s practices. The purpose of such a workshop was to identify the services, policies and processes that would lead to better farm radio programs serving the needs of farmers.

One activity that was part of inspiring interactiveness among the group of partakers was carrying out interviews between those that took part in the ARRPA research and those that had not, which would help group consultations. Particular to the group interview I helped, both sides agreed that farm radio is a process of learning and that scripts play a serious role in benefitting the station as well as the listeners.

Radio Peace was among the group members, with much to offer the conversation as a participant in the ARRPA research. The study helped bring to light an experience of how listeners think and highlighted the necessity to go past the studio into the community. Everyone was adamant that farm radio should be community-based, acquiring continued feedback from the farmers to provide important programming. It is essential to meet with farmers to identify their wants in order to address them efficiently.

I feel I contributed a good deal to the content and understanding of the workshop, illustrating the breadth of information I have purchased over the course of my internship with Farm Radio World. It also provided me the chance to improve on my abilities in public speaking. Overall, it was a terribly successful workshop concluding with proposals for the way forward as reported tagza.com.

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