Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda

Uganda is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change, including erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and increased frequency of pests and diseases. While many climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices have been identified, a gender gap in access to and adoption of these prac...

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Autores principales: Kato, Edward, Rwamigisa, Patience B., Kamusiime, Herbert, Sufian, Farha D., Ringler, Claudia
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140220
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author Kato, Edward
Rwamigisa, Patience B.
Kamusiime, Herbert
Sufian, Farha D.
Ringler, Claudia
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Kamusiime, Herbert
Sufian, Farha D.
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description Uganda is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change, including erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and increased frequency of pests and diseases. While many climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices have been identified, a gender gap in access to and adoption of these practices persists. This study tested par ticipatory video-based extension to reach underserved women and men farmers in parts of central Uganda and assessed its impacts on gendered awareness, knowledge, and adoption of CSA practices as well as women’s empowerment. We find limited impacts on awareness and knowledge and significant impacts for the adoption of several CSA practices. We also find some improvement in women’s decision-making but a decline in their group membership. We propose strategies to strengthen the uptake of CSA practices that can be implemented along side participatory video-based extension.
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spelling CGSpace1402202025-11-06T07:13:12Z Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda Kato, Edward Rwamigisa, Patience B. Kamusiime, Herbert Sufian, Farha D. Ringler, Claudia gender women's empowerment farmers agriculture drought climate change Uganda is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change, including erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts, and increased frequency of pests and diseases. While many climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices have been identified, a gender gap in access to and adoption of these practices persists. This study tested par ticipatory video-based extension to reach underserved women and men farmers in parts of central Uganda and assessed its impacts on gendered awareness, knowledge, and adoption of CSA practices as well as women’s empowerment. We find limited impacts on awareness and knowledge and significant impacts for the adoption of several CSA practices. We also find some improvement in women’s decision-making but a decline in their group membership. We propose strategies to strengthen the uptake of CSA practices that can be implemented along side participatory video-based extension. 2023-12-22 2024-03-14T12:09:06Z 2024-03-14T12:09:06Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140220 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139768 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kato, Edward; Rwamigisa, Patience B.; Kamusiime, Herbert; Sufian, Farha; and Ringler, Claudia. 2023. Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda. Reaching Women Farmers With CSA Policy Note 10. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137054.
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women's empowerment
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agriculture
drought
climate change
Kato, Edward
Rwamigisa, Patience B.
Kamusiime, Herbert
Sufian, Farha D.
Ringler, Claudia
Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda
title Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda
title_full Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda
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title_full_unstemmed Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda
title_short Do informational videos impact awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices? Insights from rural Uganda
title_sort do informational videos impact awareness knowledge and adoption of climate smart agricultural practices insights from rural uganda
topic gender
women's empowerment
farmers
agriculture
drought
climate change
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