Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role model effects in rural Uganda

Lecoutere, Els; Spielman, David J.; Campenhout, Björn Van

doi:10.2499/p15738coll2.133523

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“…The overall study took the form of a 3 3 factorial design (plus a separate pure control group), where one factor corresponds to the information technology and the other two factors varied the gender of the person to whom the video was shown within the household and the gender of the person providing the information in the video. In this study, we restrict attention to the first factor; for an analysis of the other factors, we refer to Lecoutere, Spielman, and Van Campenhout (2019). More information on the overall study can also be found in the pre-analysis plan, which was preregistered and publicly available from the American Economic Association's registry for randomized controlled trials (AEARCTR-0002153).…”

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Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Campenhout¹,

Spielman²,

Lecoutere³

2020

American J Agri Economics

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Agricultural advisory services generally rely on interpersonal knowledge transfers by agricultural extension agents who visit farmers to provide information. This approach is not always effective and has proved hard to scale sustainably, particularly in highly dispersed smallholder farming systems. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been advanced as a promising way to overcome many of the problems associated with conventional agricultural extension. We evaluate the effectiveness of an ICTmediated approach to deliver agricultural information in a field experiment conducted among small-scale maize farmers in eastern Uganda. Three complementary technologies designed to address both informational and behavioral constraints to technical change are considered. First, we investigate the effectiveness of audiovisual messages (video) as a means of delivering information on input use and improved maize management practices to farmers. Second, we quantify the additional impact of complementing video with an interactive voice response (IVR) service. Third, we estimate the incremental effect of timesensitive short message services (SMS) messages designed to remind farmers about applying key practices at specific points during the season. We find that households that were shown a short video on how to become better maize farmers were performing significantly better on a knowledge test, more likely to apply recommended practices, and more likely to use fertilizer than households that did not view the video. These same households also reported maize yields about 10.5% higher than those that did not view the video. We find little evidence of an incremental effect of the IVR service or SMS reminders.

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confidence: 99%

Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Campenhout¹,

Spielman²,

Lecoutere³

2020

American J Agri Economics

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“…They have fewer opportunities to join social networks and thus lack in monetary facilities more than male farmers. However, male farmers have a considerably higher level of access to agricultural information and participation in extension programs than women farmers (Lecoutere et al, 2019;Bahadurghartimagar, 2011). Godwin et al, 2018, has also reported that gender differences effect the use and accessibility of agricultural information sources.…”

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Agricultural extension service and vegetable production: the case of women farmers in Imbulpe DS Division in Sri Lanka

Rathnachandra,

Malkanthi

2022

J. Agribus. Rural Dev.

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This study was conducted to identify the agricultural extension needs of women farmers and to assess the impact of their participation in agricultural extension programs on vegetable production in the area. A sample of 145 women farmers from five Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions of the DS division was randomly selected for the study. Data were collected from a researcher administered survey and analyzed using descriptive statistics and a regression analysis. As per the results, a significant number of the women farmers have participated in most of the extension and training programs. However, some of them haven't registered in the farmer organization present in the area. Agricultural extension agents of the area have focused on dissemination of more information regarding modern farming technologies, organic farming, application of agrochemicals and fertilizers, and improving market systems. The majority of women farmers have used the knowledge received from the extension programs in vegetable farming activities. Furthermore, there is a significant and positive relationship between participation in extension programs by women farmers and an increase in vegetable production. Therefore, encouragement of women farmers to register in the farmer organization, provision of timely important extension service to them, organizing training programs, and workshops to disseminate agricultural information are crucial to further enhancement of vegetable production in this area.

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“…Additional studies such as [91] provided a gender experiment to improve new management practices of Ugandan women related to maize crops, sharing knowledge through informational videos which exposed an appropriate input use, and management practices using different strategies to obtain higher yields. Another study [92], explored the role WeChat played for 25 rural women from China, showing a variety of motivations for using this technological platform, such as promoting their traditional business through exhibiting their products, communicating with suppliers and customers, and learning strategies, signifying not only the opening of new learning and self-advancement oppurtunities, but also a tool for the construction of innovative female citizens.…”

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Innovation of Women Farmers: A Technological Proposal for Mezcalilleras’ Sustainability in Mexico, Based on Knowledge Management

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Currently, technology usage is a fundamental asset for creating, developing, and implementing innovations; however, these are not available to everyone, which is accentuated in women with agricultural occupations. The present study develops a proposal of technologies for mezcalilleras’ sustainability from Oaxaca, Mexico, based on a knowledge management methodology, through the application of questionnaires in face-to-face sessions, field visits, and statistical analysis to explore the imbalances enclosed in the agave–mezcal activity seen as its problems, failures, and barriers, as well as its correlation with the identified technological routes. The results reveal that a technological platform creation, the fabrication of fiber optic refractometer, a metal roof construction, the design of a horizontal distiller–fractionator, the employment of metal containers and production of glass bottles, and the generation of a software and an application, are the suitable technologies, according to the mezcalilleras’ requirements. This proposal can be important for academics, policymakers, and producers who wish to revitalize traditional knowledge of the small-scale sectors in Mexico through new ways of interaction with external agents and customers, new ways of production, and previous years’ production analysis.

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Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role model effects in rural Uganda

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Agricultural extension service and vegetable production: the case of women farmers in Imbulpe DS Division in Sri Lanka

Innovation of Women Farmers: A Technological Proposal for Mezcalilleras’ Sustainability in Mexico, Based on Knowledge Management

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