Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi
In much of sub-Saharan Africa, national agricultural extension systems are severely constrained as extension worker: farmer ratio can be as high as 5000. A network of lead farmers complements the efforts of extension personnel. Regrettably, this combined effort falls far too short for effective diss...
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| author | Chikowo, Regis Christensen, Kennet Snapp, Sieglinde S. |
| author_browse | Chikowo, Regis Christensen, Kennet Snapp, Sieglinde S. |
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| description | In much of sub-Saharan Africa, national agricultural extension systems are severely constrained as extension worker: farmer ratio can be as high as 5000. A network of lead farmers complements the efforts of extension personnel. Regrettably, this combined effort falls far too short for effective dissemination of technologies to farmers. Interactive voice response (IVR) is a potential technology to reach farmers with agronomic messages, especially those that own cellphones in remote areas. These farmers could become hotspots for sustained change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1101512025-11-05T12:30:35Z Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi Chikowo, Regis Christensen, Kennet Snapp, Sieglinde S. technological changes farmer participation mobile equipment cambio tecnológico participación de agricultores equipo móvil In much of sub-Saharan Africa, national agricultural extension systems are severely constrained as extension worker: farmer ratio can be as high as 5000. A network of lead farmers complements the efforts of extension personnel. Regrettably, this combined effort falls far too short for effective dissemination of technologies to farmers. Interactive voice response (IVR) is a potential technology to reach farmers with agronomic messages, especially those that own cellphones in remote areas. These farmers could become hotspots for sustained change. 2020-11 2020-11-12T15:57:25Z 2020-11-12T15:57:25Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110151 en Open Access application/pdf Chikowo, R.; Christensen, K.; Snapp, S. (2020) Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi. 7 p. |
| spellingShingle | technological changes farmer participation mobile equipment cambio tecnológico participación de agricultores equipo móvil Chikowo, Regis Christensen, Kennet Snapp, Sieglinde S. Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi |
| title | Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi |
| title_full | Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi |
| title_short | Towards large-scale decision support for farmers: site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in Malawi |
| title_sort | towards large scale decision support for farmers site and season specific advice for maize agronomy in malawi |
| topic | technological changes farmer participation mobile equipment cambio tecnológico participación de agricultores equipo móvil |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110151 |
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