Design of Digital Agricultural Extension Tools: Perspectives from Extension Agents in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Given the marked heterogeneous conditions in smallholder agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a growing policy interest in site-specific extension advice and the use of digital extension tools to provide site-specific information. Empirical ex-ante studies on the design of digital extension tools and their use are rare. Using data from a choice experiment in Nigeria, we elicit and analyze the preferences of extension agents for major design features of ICT-enabled decision support tools (DSTs) aimed at site-specific nutrient management extension advice. We estimate different models, including mixed logit, latent class and attribute non-attendance models. We find that extension agents are generally willing to use such DSTs and prefer a DST with a more user-friendly interface that req

SUBMITTER: Oyinbo O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7508041 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature