Citizen participation through radio and mobile phone convergence

The omnipresence  of mobile phones, their ability to ease access to various services andlow cost of maintenance, make it rewarding for people to use them as tools for enabling citizen participation in policy debates, to improve service delivery and to provide access to various information and communication services that impact their socio-economic development.
The convergence of radio and mobile phones have increased the impact of citizen participation on social and economic development. Citizen participation is becoming a common phenomenon, which has also been adopted in the agricultural sector. One of the successful initiatives integrating citizen participation in agriculture through radio and mobile phone convergence is TRAC FM.

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SOURCE: ICT4Ag Social Reporting Blog