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Information needs and seeking habits for rural development in southern Africa
thesis
posted on 2018-10-18, 08:53 authored by Kingo J. MchombuThe study investigates the information needs and seeking patterns
of rural people in the context of rural development. The research
population consisted of respondents from selected villages in
Botswana, Malawi, and Tanzania. To establish rural information
needs the study looked at economic activities, problems faced in
income generation, perceived barriers to community development,
direct questioning of rural people and extension workers. [Continues.]
Funding
Canada, International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
History
School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
Publisher
© Kingo Jotham MchombuPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
1994Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en