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dc.contributor.authorCampenhout, B. van
dc.contributor.authorVandevelde, S.
dc.contributor.authorWalukano, W.
dc.contributor.authorAsten, Piet J.A. van
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:04:55Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:04:55Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-25
dc.identifier.citationVan 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.
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1527
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.description.abstractTo 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of the Netherlands
dc.format.extent1-17
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAgricultural Extension
dc.subjectAgricultural Productivity
dc.subjectSmallholder Potato Farmers
dc.subjectSouthwestern Uganda
dc.subjectAgricultural Technology
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.titleAgricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Uganda
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre for Institutions and Economic Performance
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centre
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectHandling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
cg.iitasubjectKnowledge Management
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalPLoS ONE
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid81751
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169557


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