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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. Extension support for cassava (Manihot esculenta) production and processing in Nigeria: Effects on farm practice adoption

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Otubo, Oluchi L. (author) and Molnar, Joseph J. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2021-10-31
    Published:
    International: Academic Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12372
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 13 (4)
    Notes:
    9 pages., Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an important regional food source, providing food and income to over 30 million farmers, processors, and traders in Nigeria. Extension programs support awareness and interest in new technologies; they facilitate the adoption and adaptation of new approaches to crop production, post-harvest processing, and marketing. Extension can be understood as an intermediary or catalyst in the dissemination of information to rural farmers. This study analyzed the effect of cassava farmers’ exposure to extension on a broad measure of cassava technology adoption, while considering the influence of some individual and farm characteristics as control variables. Data were obtained from personal interviews with sample of 952 households conducted in southern Nigeria. Results show a relationship between extension exposure and technology adoption. Farmer-to-farmer interaction played the greatest role in diffusion of the technologies. Interactions with extension agents were low, suggesting that adoption of improved technologies could be enhanced by improved regular contact with extension information. The results underscore the importance of farmer-to-farmer interaction processes that often overshadow extension assistance in supporting and guiding the use of production technology. The conclusions consider some implications for 21st century extension.