Contribution of Farmer-to-Farmer Video to Capital Assets Building: Evidence from Bangladesh

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Viennaen
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrica Rice Centeren
cg.contributor.donorAustrian Agency for International Mobility and Cooperation in Education, Science and Researchen
cg.contributor.donorAustrian Development Agencyen
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10440046.2011.562059en
cg.issn1044-0046en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalJournal of Sustainable Agricultureen
cg.volume35en
dc.contributor.authorChowdhury, A.H.en
dc.contributor.authorMele, P. vanen
dc.contributor.authorHauser, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-20T06:45:37Zen
dc.date.available2022-07-20T06:45:37Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/120217
dc.titleContribution of Farmer-to-Farmer Video to Capital Assets Building: Evidence from Bangladeshen
dcterms.abstractSustainable agriculture requires suitable group learning approaches that trigger capital assets building. Drawing mainly on face-to-face extension, methods and approaches used in sustainable agricultural projects aim at triggering learning and capital assets building. To target and to reach out to a large number of resource-poor households the potential role of media, such as video, has received less attention. In Bangladesh, videos on sustainable rice seed practices were developed with farmers and then shown in multiple villages. This study reports on the contribution of farmer-to-farmer video-mediated group learning to capital assets building of women in resource-poor households. Data were collected using structured interviews with 140 randomly selected women in 28 video villages and 40 women in four control villages in north-west Bangladesh. Video-mediated group learning enhanced women's ability to apply and experiment with seed technologies. It also stimulated reciprocal sharing of new knowledge and skills between them, other farmers and service providers. Rice yields increased by 15%, which improved the women's social and economic status and intra-household decision-making. Over 20% of the households attained rice self-sufficiency, with no changes observed in control villages. This study has provided insights into the potential use of farmer-to-farmer video in sustainable agriculture to strengthen human, social and financial capital and to reduce povertyen
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChowdhury, A.H. Van Mele, P. Hauser, M. Contribution of Farmer-to-Farmer Video to Capital Assets Building: Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 2011, Volume 35, Issue 4: 408-435.en
dcterms.extentp. 408-435en
dcterms.issued2011-04-04
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectself-sufficiencyen
dcterms.subjectbangladeshen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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