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    1. Blending digital and physical tools to deliver CSA information

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ndirangu, Stella (author)
    Format:
    Opinion
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11614
    Notes:
    3 pages., Online from publisher., Author addresses "large gap between African extension services ... and the number of farmers being reached." ... "Africa's existing mobile network (currently the second biggest mobile market in the world) could be better utilised to bridge this gap and provide mobile-based agricultural information, advice and support to smallholder farmers."

    2. Can women's self‐help groups improve access to information, decision‐making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Raghunathan, Kalyani (author), Kannan, Samyuktha (author), and Quisumbing, Agnes R. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-08
    Published:
    Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: D10822
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural Economics
    Notes:
    14 pages., via online journal,, Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women's self‐help group (SHG) platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women's empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross‐sectional data on close to 1,000 women from five states in India and employ nearest‐neighbor matching models to match SHG and non‐SHG women along a range of observed characteristics. We find that participation in an SHG increases women's access to information and their participation in some agricultural decisions, but has limited impact on agricultural practices or outcomes, possibly due to financial constraints, social norms, and women's domestic responsibilities. SHGs need to go beyond provision of information to changing the dynamics around women's participation in agriculture to effectively translate knowledge into practice.

    3. Decoding agricultural digitalisation in Africa

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Boloh, Yanne (author) and Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11615
    Journal Title:
    Spore
    Journal Title Details:
    194 : 4-7
    Notes:
    4 pages., Online from publisher., "For the first time, a landmark report on digitalisation for agriculture (D4Ag) in Africa compiles and highlights data on digital solutions that are enabling the transformation of African agriculture."