Agricultural information source through Newspaper collection in libraries\nhas become inevitable due to the need to strengthen the information disseminating\ncapacity to reach researchers on agricultural information knowledge.\nNewspaper readers mostly go for interest areas like sports, governance,\nadvertisement, stock market quotations etc. While many believe that information\non agriculture is preferably sourced from research projects, of tertiary\ninstitutionâ??s faculty/department of agriculture as well as publications from\nspecialized agricultural institutions, and agriculture ministries in federal and\nstate government. Newspaper is quick source for consultation but unfortunately\nnot remembered. The oversight is due to the popular belief that news\nof yesterday is stale so newspaper is seen relevant in daily news. However, libraries\nacquire newspapers for keeping as research materials they donâ??t\ndiscard as most individuals do. Using cassava as example of agriculture\npublications in newspaper, the study has tried to bring to the knowledge of\nthe populace that newspaper is not just for daily quick news but veritable\nresearch source.
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