Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices: Increase knowledge about seed selection and seed storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda

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dc.creatorVan Campenhout, Bjorn
dc.creatorVandevelde, Senne
dc.creatorWalukano, Wilberforce
dc.creatorVan Asten, Piet
dc.date2016-11-24
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:24Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:03:03Z
dc.descriptionTo 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 research, we explore the effectiveness of alternative modes of agricultural extension information delivery. We test whether simple agricultural extension video messages delivered through Android tablets increase knowledge of recommended practices in seed selection, storage, and handling among a sample of potato farmers in southwestern Uganda. Using a field experiment with ex ante matching in a factorial design, we find that showing agricultural extension videos significantly affects farmers’ knowledge. However, our results suggest impact pathways that go beyond simply replicating what was shown in the video. Video messages may also trigger a process of abstraction, whereby farmers apply insights gained in one context to a different context. Alternatively, video messages may activate knowledge farmers already posses but, for some reason, do not use.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146268
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93126
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148230
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153568
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169557
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceVan Campenhout, Bjorn; Vandevelde, Senne; Walukano, Wilberforce; Van Asten, Piet. 2016. Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices: Increase knowledge about seed selection and seed storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1573. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146268
dc.subjectpotatoes
dc.subjectseeds
dc.subjectcultivar selection
dc.subjectvideo
dc.subjectextension activities
dc.subjectvarieties
dc.subjectinformation and communication technologies
dc.subjectseed storage
dc.subjectknowledge
dc.titleAgricultural extension messages using video on portable devices: Increase knowledge about seed selection and seed storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda
dc.typeWorking Paper

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