19 pages, The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected people's lives around the world, including agricultural extension workers. To date, few studies have been conducted to understand the adaptation of extension services in Latin American countries during the pandemic. This mixed-methods study explored Latin-American extension professionals’ preparation to implement knowledge-sharing activities and sought to understand extension professionals' responsiveness to COVID-19. The results revealed significant differences in extension responsiveness, between field extension workers and in-office extension workers. Delving into this difference revealed that field extension professionals perceived lower responsiveness because they were not able to continue their pre-pandemic, face-to-face activities in the field with farmers; on the other hand, office extension workers were able to complete and respond to their annual program objectives by increasing institutional partnerships by virtual means. Resilience was found in the two phases of this study. Extension professionals were viewed by farmers as a reliable resource for addressing COVID-19 challenges. Extension professionals began using new communications technologies to train farmers, even though they were not trained in these technologies themselves. It will be important to begin formally incorporating the use of new technology, and alternative communication strategies with communities during crises, as part of preparation for field technicians.
Araya, Rodolfo (author), Rodriguez, Rafael (author), Molina, Julio C. (author), Ramos, Federico T. (author), and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, CIAT Cali, Columbia
Format:
Guide
Language:
Spanish
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
Latin America: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical en cooperacion con el Programa Cooperativo Regional del Frijol para Centroamerica, Mexico y el Caribe, PROFRIJOL.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C18628
Notes:
looseleaf pages in binder with 37 slides and 17 transparencies; number 6 of this series: Variedades mejoradas de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): concepto, obtencion y manejo
10 pages., Article # 5TOT4, via online journal., This article describes visual-based minimal-text food safety tools developed in Mandarin Chinese to educate Chinese-speaking food service workers about safe food handling practices. Ten posters and one PowerPoint presentation were developed, and their efficacy in conveying critical food safety messages was tested with Chinese-speaking food service workers in Iowa. Extension educators can use these tools for formal and informal food safety education, thereby contributing to protecting public health.
