Assessing feasibility and effects of personalized remote advisories based on smartphone pictures: A formative evaluation in India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpBig Data
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierFrancisco Ceballos: 0000-0001-8699-5114en
cg.creator.identifierBerber Kramer: 0000-0001-7644-6613en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Picture-Based Insuranceen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Divisionen
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.number406en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE SERVICES AND SAFETY NETSen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorCeballos, Franciscoen
dc.contributor.authorKannan, Samyukthaen
dc.contributor.authorKramer, Berberen
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-03T14:23:29Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-03T14:23:29Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117330
dc.titleAssessing feasibility and effects of personalized remote advisories based on smartphone pictures: A formative evaluation in Indiaen
dcterms.abstractThis paper provides a formative evaluation of picture-based advisories (PBA), using a cluster randomized trial in the states of Punjab and Haryana in northern India. The study randomly assigned 203 villages to one of three treatment arms: a control group, in which farmers received generic agricultural advisories; a PBA treatment arm, in which farmers received not only generic advisories but also PBA messages personalized based on smartphone images of their crops; and a treatment arm in which farmers received picture-based insurance (PBI) coverage for visible damage to insured crops in addition to the generic and PBA messages. We find high participation among all groups of farmers, regardless of potential digital divides, indicating feasibility of an inclusive PBA approach. Moreover, PBA improved farmers’ knowledge around good agricultural practices. Although this did not translate into increased adoption of recommended practices in the short run, farmers do report that the advisory service helps them reduce risk, providing a business case for bundling this service with insurance.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCeballos F, Kannan S, Kramer B. 2021. Assessing feasibility and effects of personalized remote advisories based on smartphone pictures: A formative evaluation in India. CCAFS Working Paper no. 406. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).en
dcterms.extent41 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfCCAFS Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-12-22en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8114en
dcterms.subjectinsuranceen
dcterms.subjectwillingness to payen
dcterms.subjectagricultural extensionen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectcrop insuranceen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectimageryen
dcterms.subjectinformation and communication technologiesen
dcterms.subjectsmartphonesen
dcterms.subjectdigital technologyen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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