Enhancing farmers’ knowledge on climate-smart agriculture using learning videos in Irepodun LGA, Kwara State

O. A. Alalade, L. Adefalu, K. F. Omotesho, V. Okpodu, O.O. Fagbote
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This paper assessed the climate smart agricultural practices using learning videos in Irepodun LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria using qualitative and  quantitative methods in data collection. One hundred and forty-eighty farmers were randomly selected using interview schedule. Also, focus group  discussions were conducted with 137 participants. Pairwise comparison was used to evaluate the difference between the proportion of household heads  who used the videos to learn and those who did not use the videos. The study revealed that farmers have similar perception of climate change and  related impacts in video-villages and in non-video-villages. However, the study revealed farmers’ observation of climate change and related impacts are  influenced by gender, with men perceiving more climate change and related impacts than women. In non-video villages, few respondents adopted crop  rotation, intercropping, crop diversification, and improved short-cycle seed varieties as climate change adaptation strategies. Videos contribute more to  the adoption of crop rotation, intercropping and fertilizer application for men than for women. Videos on accounting (managing money) enable more  women than men to enhance their cost-benefit evaluation practices for income improvement. During the interviews, women farmers in video-villages  were eager to demonstrate their knowledge about cost-benefit evaluation. Furthermore, the yield of sorghum, cassava and maize is higher in video-  villages than in non-video-villages. Thus, using videos as an extension tool is suitable for knowledge development and leads to the high adoption of  climate-smart agricultural practices for food security. 
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在Kwara州Irepodun LGA使用学习视频提高农民对气候智能型农业的知识
本文利用学习视频对尼日利亚夸拉州Irepodun LGA的气候智能型农业实践进行了评估,采用定性和定量方法收集数据。采用访谈法随机抽取148名农户。此外,还与137名与会者进行了焦点小组讨论。两两比较用于评估使用视频学习的户主比例与不使用视频学习的户主比例的差异。研究发现,视频村和非视频村的农民对气候变化及其相关影响的认知相似。然而,该研究表明,农民对气候变化及其相关影响的观察受到性别的影响,男性比女性更多地感知到气候变化及其相关影响。在非视频村,很少有受访者采用轮作、间作、作物多样化和改良短周期种子品种作为气候变化适应策略。录像带对采用轮作、间作和施肥的贡献对男子比对妇女更大。关于会计(管理金钱)的录象使妇女比男子更多地能够加强其提高收入的成本效益评价做法。在采访中,视频村的女农民渴望展示她们对成本效益评估的了解。此外,录像村的高粱、木薯和玉米产量高于非录像村。因此,将视频作为一种推广工具适用于知识开发,并导致气候智能型农业实践在粮食安全方面得到广泛采用。
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