This study aimed at identifying innovative ways to reach farmers through testing the effectiveness of integrating TV and mobile phone technology in enhancing feedback mechanisms among smallholder farmers. The hypothesis was that the use of TV shows in providing agricultural information to farmers can trigger a high level of interest and feedback through mobile phone technology and hence can change attitudes, increase knowledge and change behavior leading to increased adoption of agricultural technologies.
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Can e-learning support agricultural development in developing countries?
Advances in information and communication technology are opening up new opportunities for dis – tance learning. Various centres within the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) have been developing electronic learning materials for use on the Internet, such as on-line short courses, CD-ROMs, on-line communities and collaborative sites. The centres have also developed virtual university courses for longer-term training. The CGIAR centres collaborate with national and regional partners in developing and using these e-learning materials. The centres are also creating a joint Learning Resources Centre. This will gather and coordinate learning materials based on ongoing research from contributing CGIAR centres, especially material with cross-disciplinary applicability, such as statistical analyses or scientific writing. These materials will be adapted for a broad range of applications, and will be presented in different media and levels of interaction, depending on local circumstances and the context of learning goals
Ensemble suitability modelling with the new GUI interface of BiodiversityR
This lecture note was developed for a training exercise on ensemble suitability modelling with BiodiversityR that was given at the Royal Beach Hotel, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 6th April 2016.The main objective of sharing this lecture note more widely is to introduce the new Graphical User Interface (GUI) options for ensemble suitability modelling that were included in version 2.7-0 of BiodiversityR.