Local content development

Content on farming practices, education, retail, housing, etc has a high degree of locality. Content developed in the cultural and geographic setting of some place is hardly directly relevant to communities elsewhere, even if language barriers are resolved through translation services. This position paper correctly argues on the importance of creating local content, but they plan to do so through dedicated agencies working on this task. I however believe that even greater empowerment can be gained by training the people themselves to create content. I have written earlier on things like community radio and grassroots journalism, that carry an even bigger potential to change things.