The role of participatory communication in the training of modern production technologies to farmers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of the Department of Social Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 PhD student in Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of the Department of Social Communication Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this study, the role of participatory communication and its various components in the education of farmers to align them to use new production technologies to achieve more productive and increase productivity.
Due to climatic conditions and limitations of resources such as water, it is necessary to develop the accordingly agriculture, the farmers ' accompaniment for successful implementation of various programs, such as changing the cropping pattern and using "new production technologies". In the meantime, the role of "education and promotion" as the lever of change attitude and behavior for engineering the ideas of farmers, to create a fundamental change in the traditional methods of production of products, is essential and to implement the creation of new agricultural education, this study recommends "Participatory communication" as a useful tool, for various reasons, as follows:
The research method is "qualitative" and "narrative analysis", which has been used in a deep interview tool. In this study, 15 agricultural workers of the province have been interviewed in the villages of Mashhad, and also, using the documentary method and a library study compared to the study, the previous experiences and studies have been attempted.
The interviews and studies showed that despite the tendency of farmers in traditional methods for reasons such as lack of financial resources to purchase equipment and inadequate educational training, agricultural workers, the role of providing training the new agricultural, from the vent of collaborative communication methods, is read-effective and emphasizes the necessity of using such methods, such as "School ...

Highlights

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Chambers، R. (1987) Rural Development: putting the Last first. Newyork: Jhon wiley and sons.

 

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Singhal, A. (2004). Entertainment-education and social chang: History, research, and practice. Mahwah, NJ: LAWRENCE Erlbaum

Dr. Pawan Singh Malik (2020),  Role of Participatory Communication and Social Media in Sustainable Development of Economically and Socially Backward Tribal Village of Kankadiya- District Bhopal, (A Case Study), International Journal on Transformations of Media, Journalism & Mass Communication, Vol 5 No 1: 01-07

Bernard Muhoro Maina, Caroline Biwott, PhD, Beatrice Ombaka, PhD, (2020), Participatory Communication Strategies Ued in theImplementation of Public Water Projects in Murang'a County, Case Study of Northern Collector Tunnel, Kenya, Journal of Arts & Humanities, Volume 09, Issue 05: 01-12

Keywords


‌Berrigan, F. J. (1997). Accsess: Some wasten models of community media. Paris: UNESCO.
Chambers، R. (1987) Rural Development: putting the Last first. Newyork: Jhon wiley and sons.
 
Rogers, E. M. , & Storey, J.D. (1978). Communication campaigns. In C. Berger & S. Chaffee (eds), Handbook of communication science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 817-849
Singhal, A. (2004). Entertainment-education and social chang: History, research, and practice. Mahwah, NJ: LAWRENCE Erlbaum

Dr. Pawan Singh Malik (2020),  Role of Participatory Communication and Social Media in Sustainable Development of Economically and Socially Backward Tribal Village of Kankadiya- District Bhopal, (A Case Study), International Journal on Transformations of Media, Journalism & Mass Communication, Vol 5 No 1: 01-07

Bernard Muhoro Maina, Caroline Biwott, PhD, Beatrice Ombaka, PhD, (2020), Participatory Communication Strategies Ued in theImplementation of Public Water Projects in Murang'a County, Case Study of Northern Collector Tunnel, Kenya, Journal of Arts & Humanities, Volume 09, Issue 05: 01-12