Attitude_ of Media Practitioners Toward Women Farriers' Participation in Production of Media Programmes in North -Central Nigeria

The study investigated media practitioners' attitude toward women farmers' participation in the production of media programmes. It also determined media practitioners' characteristics associated with their attitude to women farmers participation in media programme production. A sample of 124 media practitioners was drawn from a sampling frame of practitioners of media houses in Kaduna and Katsina Stales. The results show that media practitioners are favourably predisposed to women farmers participating in the production of media programmes (x = 3.67). Gender and religion are significantly related to women farmers participation (X' = 4.04, p < .05 and lC = 6.29, p < .05 respectively). Generally, women inedia practitioners (x = 117.00) are more favourably predisposed than their male counterparts (x = 107.62) to women farmers participation (t = -4.37, p = .001). The study has therefore demonstrated that women farmers are potential and willing partners for improving inedia programmes designed for them