Accelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia

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dc.creatorAbate, Gashaw T.
dc.creatorBernard, Tanguy
dc.creatorMakhija, Simrin
dc.creatorSpielman, David J.
dc.date2023-01
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:50Z
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:06:00Z
dc.descriptionDespite enthusiasm around applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to smallholder agriculture in many lower-income countries, there are still many questions on the effectiveness of ICT-based approaches. This study assesses the impacts of video-mediated agricultural extension service provision on farmers’ adoption of improved agricultural technologies and practices in Ethiopia using data from a two-year randomized experiment. Our results show that the video-mediated extension approach significantly increases uptake of recommended technologies and practices by improving extension access and farmer knowledge. Specifically, we find that video-mediated extension reaches a wider audience than the government’s conventional extension approach and leads to higher levels of farmer understanding and uptake of the subject technologies in those locations randomly assigned to the program. While our results also point to greater extension access and greater knowledge among female spouses in locations where both male and female spouses were targeted by the program, we do not find clear evidence that a more inclusive approach translates into higher uptake of the subject technologies. Finally, we find that the video-mediated approach becomes less costly as the scale of operation increases.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94510
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbate, Gashaw Tadesse; Bernard, Tanguy; Makhija, Simrin; and Spielman, David J. 2022. Accelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia. World Development 161 (January 2023): 106089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106089
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjectcrop management
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectgovernment
dc.subjectinnovation adoption
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectexperimentation
dc.subjectinformation and communication technologies
dc.titleAccelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article

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