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The ability of video training to reduce agricultural knowledge gaps between men and women in rural Uganda

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ICTD '13: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2

Pages 13 - 16

https://doi.org/10.1145/2517899.2517902

Published: 07 December 2013 Publication History

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This study explored the effectiveness of video training delivered by portable battery-operated projectors to narrow the gap in agricultural knowledge between men and women in rural Uganda. Through the pre-post quasi-experiments, this study found that both video and traditional lecture-demonstration training approaches could significantly improve knowledge scores for both men and women. The method that combined video and lecture demonstration was significantly more effective in narrowing the gender knowledge gap. Use of video alone improved women's knowledge scores as much as men but did not reduce the preexisting knowledge gap between them.

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The ability of video training to reduce agricultural knowledge gaps between men and women in rural Uganda
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ICTD '13: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2

December 2013

214 pages

ISBN:9781450319072

DOI:10.1145/2517899

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