Experience with participatory video proposals: assisting community organisations with innovation project planning

Richardson-Ngwenya, Pamela; Fernández, Raúl A.; Restrepo, Maria J.; Kaufmann, Brigitte

doi:10.1080/09614524.2019.1590532

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“…Participatory video (PV) is a participatory visual methodology in which a group or community creates their own films or video to voice their concerns and explore solutions (Richardson-Ngwenya et al, 2019). PV brings together community members to tell their stories in their own narratives, thus amplifying their voices and enabling selfrepresentation (Lemaire and Savage, 2012).…”

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“…Through PV, local knowledge is integrated and influences the research process (Bignante et al, 2016;Milne, 2016), thus supporting dialogue between researchers and community members. PV has been explored in representing communities' concerns or project outcomes to policy makers, academics and or donor (Cai et al, 2019;Richardson-Ngwenya et al, 2019;Snyder et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to Tremblay and Harris (2018), PV is a reflective process leading to personal transformation, knowledge co-creation and enabling local people and communities to participate in civic and political debates and resource governance. The PV process leads to empowerment, representation and giving voice to those who could otherwise not be heard (Colom, 2011;Richardson-Ngwenya et al, 2019;Synder et al, 2019). Furthermore, the PV process facilitates conceptualization of innovation processes, while at the same time creating spaces of inclusion in which power relations could be renegotiated (Caretta and Riaño, 2016;Richardson-Ngwenya et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…PV integrates indigenous knowledge, providing the opportunity for rural people to document their own knowledge and experiences and to express their wants and hopes from their own perspectives (Lunch and Lunch, 2006). PV provide smallholder farmers the opportunity to voice their concerns and explore solutions to their problems (Haynes and Tanner, 2015;Richardson-Ngwenya et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Using participatory videos in understanding farmers experiences with climate smart agricultural practices: reflections from Ghana

Kwapong,

Whitfield,

Ambuko

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has gained traction as one of the effective strategies in tackling the climate crisis. Many CSA practices have been promoted by development agencies to smallholder farmers based on the assumption that farmers would adopt these innovations for their potential benefits. However, the adoption of CSA practices in Ghana and much of Africa remains low and decision making and on-farm innovation processes are poorly understood. This study seeks to provide empirical and participatory insight into how smallholder farmers innovate. Based on a novel application of a participatory video methodology, in farming communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana, that have been exposed to multiple CSA intervention programmes, the paper analyses farmers’ own self-curated accounts of experiences with CSA innovation. The findings show that farmer’s motivation to adopt CSA innovations is driven by their concerns for food security, economic gains, and the environmental impact of climate change on their farming activities and livelihood. The study reveals a mismatch between the CSA technologies and practices advanced by the development agencies and what farmers perceive as relevant and important in addressing their farming challenges. In particular, the findings show that in a pool of more than 12 CSA technologies and practices that had been promoted through three donor-driven intervention programmes in the communities, farmers selected less labour intensive, less costly, and CSA technologies and practices that fitted to their current farming practices and the local context. Agricultural extension agents served as an important information source on the CSA innovation and their practical implementation and farmers’ social groups played a crucial role in facilitating learning about the CSA technologies and practices. There is the need to integrate farmers voices using innovative methodologies such as participatory videos to better understand farmers’ experiences in the innovation process which will help inform the design of effective interventions and promote adoption of innovations aimed at enhancing the productivity of smallholder farmers and reducing environmental impacts in African food systems. By focusing on the innovations that farmers perceive as beneficial and adaptable to their local contexts, development organizations can use their resources more efficiently and promote adoption of contextually appropriate CSA innovations.

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Section: Participatory Videomentioning

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Section: Participatory Videomentioning

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Using participatory videos in understanding farmers experiences with climate smart agricultural practices: reflections from Ghana

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Ambuko

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…They are often neglected by public institutions resulting in a weak bargaining position of the farmers that it hampers the market access and information. Consequently, the strategic position of the farmer institutions needs to be strengthened for the small farmers to be able to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation (Mbeche & Dorward, 2014); (Abdul-Rahaman & Abdulai, 2018); (Rustinsyah, 2019); (Richardson-Ngwenya et al, 2019).…”

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Farmer Institutional Dynamics in Vegetable Agribusiness Development Efforts in Kelurahan Talang Keramat, Banyuasin District

Junaidi

Yulius

Rosana

et al. 2021

J. Lahan Suboptimal

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Farmers' institutions, whether fostered by the government or those that have emerged from the initiatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have an important position in developing vegetable agribusiness. This research aimed to compering the institutional dynamics of government-assisted farmers and non-government organizations and to formulate a collective learning institutional framework. The survey method was carried out by taking disproportional stratified random sampling, the data were analyzed using scoring, chi-square crosstabs and SWOT analysis. The results of this study indicate that the institutional dynamics of farmers are on average in moderate criteria with differences in dynamic indicators. Government-assisted groups prioritize achieving agribusiness goals, while NGO-assisted groups develop an egalitarian structure. Factors that significantly influence the institutional dynamics of farmers are farmer age, education, status in the organization, and access to credit. The joint learning framework from the technological aspect is aimed at discovering, sharing and using vegetable agribusiness development technology. Meanwhile, from the institutional aspect, it is aimed at strengthening organizations and networks.

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Participatory video proposals: A tool for empowering farmer groups in rural innovation processes?

Richardson-Ngwenya

Restrepo

Fernández

et al. 2019

Journal of Rural Studies

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Experience with participatory video proposals: assisting community organisations with innovation project planning

Cited by 6 publications

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Using participatory videos in understanding farmers experiences with climate smart agricultural practices: reflections from Ghana

Using participatory videos in understanding farmers experiences with climate smart agricultural practices: reflections from Ghana

Farmer Institutional Dynamics in Vegetable Agribusiness Development Efforts in Kelurahan Talang Keramat, Banyuasin District

Participatory video proposals: A tool for empowering farmer groups in rural innovation processes?

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