Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 1

Necessity of Establishment of Community Radio Stations in Indian Agriculture Universities for Doubling Farmers Income

  • Author:
  • Arpita Sharma*
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Published Online: Jun 18, 2022
  • Page Number: 145 to 152

Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Communication, College of Agriculture, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

*Email id: sharmaarpita615@gmail.com

Online Published on 18 June, 2022.

Abstract

Community radio is participatory medium used to disseminate the information among the community. It plays a vital role in building vibrant communities, in mobilizing groups to action by informing and empowering citizen, in giving voice to the marginalized groups of society and in bringing community needs to the attention of local and even National Government as are the challenges with community radio development. Community Radio programmes empowers the farming society. Universities are innovating various technologies and high yielding verities. There is an urgent need to disseminate this knowledge among the farming society. Present paper aim is to discuss the need of establishment of community radio station in Agriculture Universities.

Keywords

Agriculture university, Community radio station