Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda
To feed a growing population, agricultural productivity needs to increase dramatically. Agricultural extension information, with its public, non-rival nature, is generally undersupplied, and public provision remains challenging. In this study, simple agricultural extension video messages, delivered...
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2017
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| author | Van Campenhout, Bjorn Vandevelde, S. Walukano, W. Asten, Piet J.A. van |
| author_browse | Asten, Piet J.A. van Van Campenhout, Bjorn Vandevelde, S. Walukano, W. |
| author_facet | Van Campenhout, Bjorn Vandevelde, S. Walukano, W. Asten, Piet J.A. van |
| author_sort | Van Campenhout, Bjorn |
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| description | To feed a growing population, agricultural productivity needs to increase dramatically. Agricultural extension information, with its public, non-rival nature, is generally undersupplied, and public provision remains challenging. In this study, simple agricultural extension video messages, delivered through Android tablets, were tested in the field to determine if they increased farmers’ knowledge of recommended practices on (i) potato seed selection and (ii) seed storage and handling among a sample of potato farmers in southwestern Uganda. Using a field experiment with ex ante matching in a factorial design, it was established that showing agricultural extension videos significantly increased farmers’ knowledge. However, results suggested impact pathways that went beyond simply replicating what was shown in the video. Video messages may have triggered a process of abstraction, whereby farmers applied insights gained in one context to a different context. |
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| spelling | CGSpace797742025-11-12T04:48:07Z Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda Van Campenhout, Bjorn Vandevelde, S. Walukano, W. Asten, Piet J.A. van agricultural extension agricultural productivity smallholder potato farmers southwestern uganda agricultural technology climate change potatoes factorial analysis seeds training storage extension activities smallholders tubers factorial design information and communication technologies agricultural workers To feed a growing population, agricultural productivity needs to increase dramatically. Agricultural extension information, with its public, non-rival nature, is generally undersupplied, and public provision remains challenging. In this study, simple agricultural extension video messages, delivered through Android tablets, were tested in the field to determine if they increased farmers’ knowledge of recommended practices on (i) potato seed selection and (ii) seed storage and handling among a sample of potato farmers in southwestern Uganda. Using a field experiment with ex ante matching in a factorial design, it was established that showing agricultural extension videos significantly increased farmers’ knowledge. However, results suggested impact pathways that went beyond simply replicating what was shown in the video. Video messages may have triggered a process of abstraction, whereby farmers applied insights gained in one context to a different context. 2017-01-25 2017-02-07T11:52:41Z 2017-02-07T11:52:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79774 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146268 https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2021.1880454 Open Access application/pdf Public Library of Science Van Campenhout B., Vandevelde S., Walukano W. & Van Asten P. (2017). Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169557. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural extension agricultural productivity smallholder potato farmers southwestern uganda agricultural technology climate change potatoes factorial analysis seeds training storage extension activities smallholders tubers factorial design information and communication technologies agricultural workers Van Campenhout, Bjorn Vandevelde, S. Walukano, W. Asten, Piet J.A. van Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda |
| title | Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda |
| title_full | Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda |
| title_short | Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda |
| title_sort | agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern uganda |
| topic | agricultural extension agricultural productivity smallholder potato farmers southwestern uganda agricultural technology climate change potatoes factorial analysis seeds training storage extension activities smallholders tubers factorial design information and communication technologies agricultural workers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79774 |
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