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    An ICT strategy based upon E-Teaching and E-Learning in response to the COVID-19 crisis in Africa

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    Date
    2021
    Author
    Woomer, P.L.
    Mulei, W.
    Maina, S.K.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis that has gripped the world, causing governments and development agencies to search for critical measures to protect their people. The situation not only represents a significant health risk but has resulted in school closures that have disrupted agricultural education. This impedes the attainment of Africa’s larger food security and rural transformation agendas. Six months before the advent of the pandemic, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture initiated a pilot project, Start Them Early Program (STEP) whose goal is to reinforce pathways to careers in agriculture within secondary schools in DR Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria. The project has now been forced to rethink its approach while embracing information and communication technologies due to the school closures. This paper describes the process involved in that operational pivot, particularly concerning the shift from electronic teaching by instructors towards distance electronic learning by students. Key issues addressed are the consolidation of digital applications, development of a mobile-based toolbox for use by young farmers, and constraints to device ownership. The means of addressing these concerns through working with instructors and their larger school systems are explained. Action points and resources that are recommended include the distribution of upgraded instructor workstations, a listing of relevant software applications, and the design of a mobile-based all-in-one toolkit for agriculture students and young farmers. The latter two developments have wider application in the reform of agricultural extension amongst the tech-savvy youth taking up agribusiness.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2021.28205
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7517
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2021.28205
    IITA Subjects
    Capacity Development; Smallholder Farmers
    Agrovoc Terms
    Agriculture; Transformation; Capacity Development; Youth; Information and Communication Technologies
    Regions
    Africa; Central Africa; East Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kenya; Nigeria
    Hubs
    Eastern Africa Hub
    Journals
    Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
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