Exploring the Role of Television on Agribusiness in Kampala, Uganda

The book is designed to assess the coverage of television stations on agribusiness and to verify the effectiveness of television programmes on agribusiness. The study found that the selected TV stations had between 1 to 3 agribusiness telecast programs every week. Furthermore, the study found that the surveyed TV stations had only 5 to 30 minutes of airtime assigned to agribusiness programs every week. Lastly the study found that effectiveness of television programs in promoting agribusiness was satisfactory (overall average mean=3.69, Std=1.088). The study concluded that televised agribusiness programmes are effective in disseminating information to the farmers given their audio and video capabilities. The following recommendations were made: the need for television programs to increase agribusiness programs in their airing, the need for the televisions to increase the coverage of airtime allocated for agribusiness programs, the need for the government to support the television stations in their agribusiness programs etc.

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The author is a Lecturer in the department of mass communication, Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytecnic, Bauchi. He holds a Bachelor of Art Bayero University Kano (BUK) degree in mass communication and masters in mass communication at Kampala International University Uganda (KIU). He published many journals. Married with three children.