AWE Media Sierra Leone

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON) Cooperazione Internazionale - (COOPI) with support from the European Union has on Wednesday July 22, 2020 engaged over 20 Journalists in a day’s workshop at the MAF Conference hall in Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone. The engagement was centered on bridging the gap between the media, farmers and other agricultural partners as well as fostering smallholder Agriculture in the country and was facilitated by COOPI’s Project Coordinator, Alpha Koroma and colleagues. In his opening statement, Alpha remarked that: “The Media is a strong factor that can easily influence any stakeholder to present the needed measures to be taken, sharing their success stories, publish knowledgeable materials at the same time can serve as a medium of extension services. “Unfortunately the media seems not to be interested in agricultural coverage especially in print media apart from a few radio programs which are usually powered by Agricultural development par...