Fostering effective use of ICT in agricultural extension: participant responses to an inaugural technology stewardship training program in Trinidad

Gow, Gordon A.; Chowdhury, Ataharul; Ramjattan, Jeet; Ganpat, Wayne

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2020.1718720

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“…A relatively new approach, called "technology stewardship," was tested to enhance the capacity of extension workers to lead the adoption processes of low-cost ICTs in the global south (Gow et al, 2020). The term technology stewardship comes from the Communities of Practice literature, and it refers to a method of training and supporting groups of people known as technology stewards who work within their communities to promote and sustain innovative practices using accessible, low-cost digital technologies (Jayathilake et al, 2015;Wenger et al, 2009).…”

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“…The concept of a technology steward involves identifying individuals responsible for selecting, deploying, and managing technology tools within a community or organization. The role of a technology steward is an intermediary, which can be a part-time voluntary, selfappointed, or organizationally assigned position that is filled in response to an urgent need in the community (Gow et al, 2020).…”

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Participatory and community-based approach in combating agri-food misinformation: A Scoping Review

Chowdhury,

Kabir,

Asafo-Agyei

et al. 2024

Adv Ag Dev

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The spread of ill information with or without the intention of deceiving or causing harm has negatively impacted agricultural development both in social and digital spaces. This has led to a lack of trust in adopting new technologies and practices, which has hindered the process of facilitating agricultural development. Although the study of agri-food misinformation is still in its early stages, this paper draws on a scoping review of existing literature and lessons learned from other fields, such as political science and public health, which have extensive experience in combating misinformation in social settings. The article explores how Farmer Field Schools (FFS), a popular participatory and community-based approach, can incorporate media literacy education and how a local agricultural information hub, platform approach and a relatively new approach called technology stewardship in agricultural extension can help those working in the agri-food industry combat misinformation.

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Participatory and community-based approach in combating agri-food misinformation: A Scoping Review

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Kabir,

Asafo-Agyei

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Adv Ag Dev

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“…Increasingly, digital and online media is leveraged by the general public [12,13] and specific Communities of Practice (CoPs)-agricultural advisory actors connected via a medium to enhance their shared practice(s), including extension and advisory practices [14]. These novel social information and communication mechanisms engender new dynamics and processes of engagement, social learning, and relationship building [15,16].…”

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Systematic Review of Misinformation in Social and Online Media for the Development of an Analytical Framework for Agri-Food Sector

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The ubiquity of social and online media networks, the credulousness of online communities, coupled with limited accountability pose a risk of mis-, dis-, mal-, information (mis-dis-mal-information)—the intentional or unintentional spread of false, misleading and right information related to agri-food topics. However, agri-food mis-dis-malinformation in social media and online digital agricultural communities of practice (CoPs) remains underexplored. There is also a limited theoretical and conceptual foundation for understanding mis-dis-malinformation topics in the agri-food sectors. The study aims to review mis-dis-malinformation literature and offer a framework to help understand agri-food mis-dis-malinformation in social media and online CoPs. This paper performs a systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). The review shows that many disciplines, particularly communication, social media studies, computer science, health studies, political science and journalism, are increasingly engaging with mis-dis-malinformation research. This systematic research generates a framework based on six thematic categories for holistically understanding and assessing agri-food mis-dis-malinformation in social and online media communities. The framework includes mis-dis-malinformation characterization, source identification, diffusion mechanisms, stakeholder impacts, detection tactics, and mis-dis-malinformation curtailment and countermeasures. The paper contributes to advancing the emerging literature on ‘controversial topics’, ‘misinformation’, and ‘information integrity’ of the virtual agri-food advisory services. This is the first attempt to systematically analyze and incorporate experience from diverse fields of mis-dis-malinformation research that will inform future scholarly works in facilitating conversations and advisory efforts in the agri-food sector.

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“…Though there seems to be an acceleration of technological developments lately, digitalization is not a new phenomenon and there is substantial experience with digitally mediated learning and innovation spaces (Klerkx, Jakku and Labarthe 2019). Scholars have, for example, looked at the strengths and limitations of ICT in information provisioning to farmers through different forms such as ICT kiosks, information centers, and text messages through mobile phones (Baumüller 2017;Gow et al 2020;Misiko and Halm 2016;Munthali et al 2018;Narine, Harder, and Roberts 2019;Ortiz-Crespo et al 2020;Ramkumar et al 2007;Sulaiman et al 2012;Tata and McNamara 2018), the role of computer-mediated decision support systems and learning tools (Antle, Jones, and Rosenzweig 2017;Ditzler et al 2018;Jones et al 2017;Rose et al 2016), as well as the role of social media in knowledge exchange and advice provisioning (Aguilar-Gallegos et al 2021;Chowdhury and Hambly Odame 2013;Kaushik et al 2018;Mills et al 2019;Munthali et al 2018;Munthali et al 2021;Singh Nain, Singh, and Mishra 2019).…”

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Digital and virtual spaces as sites of extension and advisory services research: social media, gaming, and digitally integrated and augmented advice

Klerkx

2021

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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The field of research on agricultural and rural extension and education, also referred to as advisory services and intermediaries, has always engaged with different aspects of the spaces in which agricultural producers (farmers, growers, ranchers) are situated and operate. In this editorial, I will reflect on the elements and environments which jointly constitute and shape the farm (Darnhofer 2020) and their connection with extension and advisory services in the digital age, opening up new digital and virtual spaces. Extension and advisory services receive ample consideration in current debates on digitalization and digital transformation of the agrifood sector, and are an important focus of attention for agriculture and food systems research, practice and policy (Ehlers, Huber, and Finger 2021;Ingram and Maye 2020;Klerkx 2020). In what follows, I will elaborate on some digital and virtual spaces as sites of extension and advisory services research, to progress the field of study for which The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension serves as a publication outlet.Farms and their environments can be seen as networks of human and non-human actors and entities, also referred to as assemblages (

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Fostering effective use of ICT in agricultural extension: participant responses to an inaugural technology stewardship training program in Trinidad

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

Participatory and community-based approach in combating agri-food misinformation: A Scoping Review

Participatory and community-based approach in combating agri-food misinformation: A Scoping Review

Systematic Review of Misinformation in Social and Online Media for the Development of an Analytical Framework for Agri-Food Sector

Digital and virtual spaces as sites of extension and advisory services research: social media, gaming, and digitally integrated and augmented advice

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