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This research sought to examine the sources, types and impact of agricultural information available to groups of grassroots farmers in developing countries with particular reference to the role of printed information. It combined an investigation of available information sources from the perspective of grassroots farmers in Uganda and Ghana, with an examination of the resource base and policies of organisations and groups producing printed information for farmers. The relevance and potential of locally generated materials, often in local languages, was of particular interest.