Field | Before | After |
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Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
Field Intervention Completion Date | Before | After October 31, 2019 |
Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After Unit of randomization: kebeles (village clusters) Year 1: Full sample: 347 kebeles, 2,422 households Year 2: Full sample: 342 kebeles, 2,345 households |
Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After Year 1: Full sample: 347 kebeles (village clusters), 2,422 households Year 2: Full sample: 342 kebeles, 2,345 households |
Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After Year 1 Treatment Group 1: 115 kebeles, 798 households Treatment Group 2: 116 kebeles, 812 households Control Group: 116 kebeles, 812 households Year 2 Treatment Group 1: 112 kebeles, 764 households Treatment Group 2: 115 kebeles, 789 households Control: 115 kebeles, 792 households |
Field Public Data URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OJDSUF https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MYTKXV |
Field Is there a restricted access data set available on request? | Before | After No |
Field Program Files | Before | After No |
Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After October 31, 2019 |
Field Is data available for public use? | Before | After Yes |
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Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Despite enthusiasm around applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to smallholder agriculture in many lower-income countries, there are still many questions on the effectiveness of ICT-based approaches. This study assesses the impacts of video-mediated agricultural extension service provision on farmers’ adoption of improved agricultural technologies and practices in Ethiopia using data from a two-year randomized experiment. Our results show that the video-mediated extension approach significantly increases uptake of recommended technologies and practices by improving extension access and farmer knowledge. Specifically, we find that video-mediated extension reaches a wider audience than the government’s conventional extension approach and leads to higher levels of farmer understanding and uptake of the subject technologies in those locations randomly assigned to the program. While our results also point to greater extension access and greater knowledge among female spouses in locations where both male and female spouses were targeted by the program, we do not find clear evidence that a more inclusive approach translates into higher uptake of the subject technologies. Finally, we find that the video-mediated approach becomes less costly as the scale of operation increases. |
Field Paper Citation | Before | After Abate, G.T., Bernard, T., Makhija, S. and Spielman, D.J., 2023. Accelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia. World Development, 161, p.106089. |
Field Paper URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106089 |
Field | Before | After |
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Field Description | Before | After Working paper |
Field Citation | Before | After Abate, G.T., T. Bernard, S. Makhija, and D.J. Spielman. 2019. Accelerating Technical Change through Video-mediated Agricultural Extension: Evidence from Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01851. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. |
Field Url | Before | After https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133323 |
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Field Description | Before | After Project note/report |
Field Citation | Before | After Abate, G.T., Bernard, T., Makhija, S., and Spielman, D.J. 2021. Accelerating technical change through ICTs: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia. IFPRI Project Note December 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. |
Field Url | Before | After https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134904 |
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Field Description | Before | After Project note/report |
Field Citation | Before | After Makhija, S., Spielman, D.J., Abate, G.T., and Bernard, T. 2019. Opportunities and challenges in field data validation and corroboration: Matching household survey data with project monitoring data in Ethiopia. Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. |
Field Url | Before | After https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133257 |
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Field Description | Before | After Project note/report |
Field Citation | Before | After Bernard, T., Makhija, S., Spielman, D.J., and Abate, G.T. 2019. The (marginal) cost of technology adoption: A cost-effectiveness analysis of Digital Green’s video-mediated agricultural extension approach in Ethiopia. Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. |
Field Url | Before | After https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133250 |
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Field Description | Before | After Project note/report |
Field Citation | Before | After Bernard, T., Makhija, S., Orkin, K., Taffesse, A.S., and Spielman, D.J. 2016. Video-based agricultural extension: Analysis of a pilot project in Ethiopia. Project Note. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. |
Field Url | Before | After http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/130810 |