15 pages., Securing the adoption of scalable agro-educational information and communication technology (ICT) solutions by farmers remains one of the international development community’s most elusive goals – in part due to two key gaps in the data: (1) limited comparisons of competing knowledge-delivery methods, and (2) few to no follow-ups on long-term knowledge retention and solution adoption. Addressing both of these gaps, this follow-up study measures farmer knowledge retention and solution adoption two years after being trained on an improved postharvest bean storage method in northern Mozambique. The results found animated-video knowledge delivery at least as effective as a traditional extension approach for knowledge retention (97.9%) and solution adoption (89%). As animated video can more cost-effectively reach the widest – even geographically isolated – populations, it readily complements extension services and international development community efforts to secure knowledge transfer and recipient buy-in for innovations. Implications and future research for adult learning are also discussed.
Swanson, Harold B. (author / University of Minnesota - Department of Agricultural Journalism) and Leung, Kenneth W.Y. (author / University of Minnesota - Department of Agricultural Journalism)
Format:
Bibliography
Publication Date:
1978-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30371
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14048
Notes:
Chapter 5 in Emile G. McAnany (ed.), Communications in the rural Third World: the role of information in development. Praeger Publishers, New York. 1980. 222 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14181
Notes:
Chapter 5 in Emile G. McAnany (ed.), Communications in the rural Third World: the role of information in development. Praeger, New York, NY. 222 pages.
Cole, Remileku Rakey (author / Cornell University) and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Format:
conference papers
Publication Date:
1997-03-04
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20269
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, Section A; from "1997 conference papers : Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 13th Annual Conference, 3, 4, 5 April 1997, Arlington, Virginia
