Impact of participatory video-based extension and posters on awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: Insights from women farmers in Gujarat, India
Prapti Barooah,
Muzna Alvi and
Claudia Ringler
Chapter 8 in Reaching smallholder women with information services and resilience strategies to respond to climate change, 2023, pp 35-39 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Abstract:
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is critical for reducing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability and enhancing their capacity to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change. Constraints to information and extension access — especially among women farmers, who play a vital role in Indian agriculture — are increasingly acknowledged as a barrier for widespread adoption of CSA practices. This note summarizes results from a study implemented among smallholder women farmers in rural Gujarat, India, to assess the effectiveness of a participatory video and poster extension intervention on increasing awareness, knowledge, and adoption of CSA practices. The findings sug gest that videos and posters are a viable information delivery mechanism for promoting awareness around CSA practices but should be supplemented with additional capacity development, access to financial resources, and labor-sharing arrangements.
Keywords: extension programmes; smallholders; access to information; climate change; women; India; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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