Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar
Agricultural extension can have important impacts on vulnerable populations by increasing food production, which improves both rural incomes and urban food security. Yet, crises induced by violent conflict or disease outbreaks can sever the connections between extension agents and farmers. Understan...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| author | Goeb, Joseph Maredia, Mywish K. Herrington, Caitlin Zu, A Myint |
| author_browse | Goeb, Joseph Herrington, Caitlin Maredia, Mywish K. Zu, A Myint |
| author_facet | Goeb, Joseph Maredia, Mywish K. Herrington, Caitlin Zu, A Myint |
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| description | Agricultural extension can have important impacts on vulnerable populations by increasing food production, which improves both rural incomes and urban food security. Yet, crises induced by violent conflict or disease outbreaks can sever the connections between extension agents and farmers. Understanding how agricultural extension systems can safely and effectively reach farmers in times of crisis could help stabilize agri-food systems in fragile states. In the context of COVID-19, a military coup, and an emergent threat of fall armyworm in Myanmar, this paper uses a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of two cellphone-based extension interventions – a direct-to-farmer and a lead farmer intervention – for fall armyworm control in maize. Despite low compliance, both interventions caused knowledge improvements. However, damage control estimates show that the lead-farmer group used pesticides most effectively. Similar cellphone-based lead-farmer programs could be an effective tool in fragile states and when faced with emergent threats to agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1401882025-11-06T05:59:17Z Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar Goeb, Joseph Maredia, Mywish K. Herrington, Caitlin Zu, A Myint income rural population food production agricultural extension shock coronavirus covid-19 farmers fall armyworms randomized controlled trials maize agriculture coronavirinae agrifood systems pesticides food security coronavirus disease mobile units Agricultural extension can have important impacts on vulnerable populations by increasing food production, which improves both rural incomes and urban food security. Yet, crises induced by violent conflict or disease outbreaks can sever the connections between extension agents and farmers. Understanding how agricultural extension systems can safely and effectively reach farmers in times of crisis could help stabilize agri-food systems in fragile states. In the context of COVID-19, a military coup, and an emergent threat of fall armyworm in Myanmar, this paper uses a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of two cellphone-based extension interventions – a direct-to-farmer and a lead farmer intervention – for fall armyworm control in maize. Despite low compliance, both interventions caused knowledge improvements. However, damage control estimates show that the lead-farmer group used pesticides most effectively. Similar cellphone-based lead-farmer programs could be an effective tool in fragile states and when faced with emergent threats to agriculture. 2023-05-23 2024-03-14T12:09:03Z 2024-03-14T12:09:03Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140188 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Goeb, Joseph; Maredia, Mywish K.; Herrington, Caitlin; and Zu, A Myint. 2023. Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 36. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136713. |
| spellingShingle | income rural population food production agricultural extension shock coronavirus covid-19 farmers fall armyworms randomized controlled trials maize agriculture coronavirinae agrifood systems pesticides food security coronavirus disease mobile units Goeb, Joseph Maredia, Mywish K. Herrington, Caitlin Zu, A Myint Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar |
| title | Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar |
| title_full | Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar |
| title_short | Agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats: Effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in Myanmar |
| title_sort | agricultural extension in times of crisis and emergent threats effectiveness of a fall armyworm information intervention in myanmar |
| topic | income rural population food production agricultural extension shock coronavirus covid-19 farmers fall armyworms randomized controlled trials maize agriculture coronavirinae agrifood systems pesticides food security coronavirus disease mobile units |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140188 |
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