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

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dc.creatorLecoutere, Els
dc.creatorSpielman, David J.
dc.creatorVan Campenhout, Bjorn
dc.date2020-03-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:18:44Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:18:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:27:59Z
dc.descriptionWomen often have less access to agricultural information than men, constraining their participation in decision-making on crops, technologies, and practices. In the design of agricultural extension programs, women may be viewed as insignificant actors in agricultural production. Moreover, even if their role is recognized, valuable information on production does not flow freely within the household from men to women. Among groups of maize-farming households in eastern Uganda, we explore the impacts on women’s empowerment from the use of gender-responsive information and communication technologies to provide extension services, specifically videos that feature women as information providers. The research tests the relative impact of the videos, contrasting their informational effects versus their role model effects, on women’s knowledge, their agency, and their achievements in farming. The results show that targeting women with information increases their achievements in farming.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143991
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105228
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133523
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147262
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133780
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133811
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134389
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134907
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.313801
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLecoutere, Els; Spielman, David J.; and Van Campenhout, Bjorn. 2020. Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role-model effects in rural Uganda. Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133615.
dc.subjectagricultural extension systems
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectdigital extension tools
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectinformation
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleWomen’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role-model effects in rural Uganda
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