Information and Communication for Rural Innovation and Development: Context, Quality and Priorities in Southeast Uganda

Sseguya, Haroon; Mazur, Robert; Abbott, Eric; Matsiko, Frank B.

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2012.638783

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“…These included friends, family and neighbours, likely to represent strong ties, and those such as the government agricultural bureau, private veterinary surgeons and external veterinary NGOs, likely to represent weak ties. The findings in our study are supported by Sseguya et al (2012) and Mbanda-Obura et al (2017), in which rural community members in Uganda and Kenya accessed information on a range of rural issues from an array of sources. Kenyan smallholders listed family, neighbours and friends as network members, with friends being people the respondent 'like to discuss issues of farming with' (Hogset, 2005).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Owners responded that the private drug sellers were only interested in making money and sometimes sold out of date and ineffective drugs. This finding is consistent with Sseguya et al (2012), who identified that information from private businesses was rated low in terms of reliability, as sellers tended to supply fake products and were keen to gain bigger profit margins. The provision of free services by an NGO has the potential to create a dependency on free services, undermine local service providers and disrupt local farmer-to-farmer exchange systems (Pritchard, 2010;Seboka & Deressa, 1999).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Our study identified a reduction in owners who volunteered the agricultural bureau as a source of information when there was access to an external veterinary NGO. This is potentially due to the increased reliability owners perceive in NGOs, as demonstrated by Sseguya et al (2012), where NGOs were rated highly by communities because of their timeliness, good quality and regular follow up when compared to governmental departments. It may also be a result of the NGO services being offered at no cost to owners.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Associations between sources of information and animal health knowledge of rural farmers in central Ethiopia

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This study explored the information sources through which working donkey owners and users in Ethiopia acquire knowledge about donkey health and husbandry practices. Individual interviews, a Participatory Situation Analysis (PSA) and a cross-sectional study with rural farmers were utilised to develop an understanding of the existing sources of information concerning donkey health and husbandry, and determine the association with the knowledge of farmers. Numerous sources were utilized by owners for information regarding health and husbandry advice for donkeys. Most owners reported that the sources were unreliable with regards to the information they provided on donkey health and husbandry. Knowledge score of participants increased as the number of information sources contacted increased. Knowledge score also increased with increasing education level, literacy ability and radio access. A significant association between knowledge score and age was identified, with knowledge score decreasing in older individuals. Multilevel linear regression models revealed a number of variables, including formal education level and cattle ownership to be significantly associated with knowledge score. We conclude that a range of factors can affect the knowledge level of an individual concerning donkey health and husbandry, and that individuals with more diverse knowledge sources have higher knowledge scores. The relationship between specific farmer variables and animal health knowledge is complex, and it may be necessary to use different sources and channels to transfer and disseminate information to individuals living in rural Ethiopia.

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Associations between sources of information and animal health knowledge of rural farmers in central Ethiopia

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“…As a complement to any ongoing extension services efforts, beginning roughly in the 1990s, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have demonstrated a capacity for ameliorating some of these numerical and resource obstacles to extension service delivery, thus affording more farmers access to critical agricultural information than previously (Asenso-Okyere & Mekonnen, 2012;Bentley, Chowdhury, & David, 2015;Bertus, Nederlof, & Heemskerk, 2007;Sseguya, Mazur, Abbott, & Matsiko, 2012;Van Mele et al, 2010). In part, this is due to the highly cost-effective leveraging of rapidly expanding digital infrastructures across Africa that ICTs can utilize (Aker, 2010;Aker & Mbiti, 2010;Bello-Bravo, Lovett, & Pittendrigh, 2015;Gakuru, Winters, & Stepman, 2009;Herselman, 2003;Hudson, Leclair, Pelletier, & Sullivan, 2017;Tata & McNamara, 2018).…”

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An 89% solution adoption rate at a two-year follow-up: evaluating the effectiveness of an animated agricultural video approach

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Abbott

Mocumbe

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Information Technology for Development

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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 goalsin 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 widesteven geographically isolatedpopulations, 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. KEYWORDS Adoption and diffusion of IT and rate of uptake; development issues; scalable infrastructures for development; development Issues; sustainable development in developing and transition economies; development issues Significance statement This research demonstrates an effective and cost-efficient animated video strategy for securing longterm knowledge retention and increased solution uptake by solution recipients. At a two-year followup assessment of prior training, participant knowledge retention of the steps required for preparing and using an improved postharvest bean storage system was 97.9%, while the adoption rate for the improved storage method was 89%. Among the 104 participants, a total of 96 (92.3%) also reported telling an average 8.49 other farmers about the postharvest bean storage technique, while a total of 57 (54.8%) reported demonstrating the technique to an average 6.35 others.

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“…This has resulted in a stop-go process characterised by a sense of insecurity about the future of the programme. Many of the problems encountered related to inadequacies in service provider capacity, local buy-in, cofunding by districts, and public accountability (Muwonge 2007;Bashaasha et al 2011;Kjaer and Joughin 2012;Sseguya et al 2012). With time, politicians became increasingly involved in the implementation of NAADS.…”

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Implementing plant clinics in the maelstrom of policy reform in Uganda

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Pests and diseases are key production constraints for Ugandan small-scale farmers. In 2010, the Ugandan Government, as part of its agricultural development strategy, adopted plant clinics to improve plant health extension for farmers and to contribute to strengthening disease surveillance. Despite government commitment and a growing demand for this new type of farmer service, effective implementation of plant clinics turned out to be a challenge. We examine how agricultural policies and institutional setups, and their political context, influenced the implementation of plant clinics from 2010 to 2011. We argue that the political agenda surrounding the decentralization and agricultural extension reforms, initiated in 1997, substantially weakened the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and undermined institutional stability and the effectiveness of delivery of public extension services. Implementation of plant clinics was further affected by a new district reform and the national elections taking place during the study period. The dual purpose of the plant clinics created uncertainty about their organisational belonging. They fell through the cracks of extension and disease control. This was exacerbated by the unclear roles and authority of the Ministry vs. local governments. For plant clinics to succeed the fundamental issues of governance, resources and implementation structure need to be addressed. The Ugandan experience shows the importance of understanding not only the policy and institutional frameworks in which plant clinics operate, but also the effects of political imperatives and donors on policy implementation. This study provides a basis for institutional and policy analysis related to the implementation of plant clinics elsewhere.

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Information and Communication for Rural Innovation and Development: Context, Quality and Priorities in Southeast Uganda

Cited by 20 publications

References 8 publications

Associations between sources of information and animal health knowledge of rural farmers in central Ethiopia

Associations between sources of information and animal health knowledge of rural farmers in central Ethiopia

An 89% solution adoption rate at a two-year follow-up: evaluating the effectiveness of an animated agricultural video approach

Implementing plant clinics in the maelstrom of policy reform in Uganda

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