The study was conducted among peasant farmers in Bangladesh’s island district of Bhola. This southern section of Bengal is Bangladesh’s largest island and one of the most disaster-prone places, bordered by the Meghna River and the South Bay of Bengal. Nearly 98% of the island’s peasant farmers must be enrolled, and 60% must learn to read and write. A few farmers can be identified. On February 18, 2015, the Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (Coast Trust) established Radio Meghna in response to the need for a community-based radio station that would broadcast in the local dialect. This study discovered considerable efficiencies despite a significant distance between community radio and the oldest peasant farmers over the age of fifty. Only 2% of farmers over fifty heard Radio Meghna; others did not because they needed to purchase a radio and learn how to use it with a cell phone. However, approximately 85% of peasant farmers aged 15 to 50 recognized the name Radio, whereas only 30% listened to agricultural programs broadcast by Radio Meghna. Radio Meghna becomes a capital hub for information when the power goes out during a natural disaster.
Hasan et al. (Tue,) studied this question.