20 - 21 October 2016. Cape Town. Side event of Access Agriculture at the RUFORUM conference.
Recent research shows that 20% of the about 100,000 visitors to the video
sharing platform of Access Agriculture come
from African Universities. Hence the Regional Universities for Capacity
Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and Access Agriculture (an
international NGO that serves as an independent, not-for-profit global
facilitator for the sharing of relevant, quality farmer training videos in
support of sustainable agriculture, natural resource management and
markets in developing countries) signed, in 2015, a Memorandum of
Understanding to further stimulate video use in universities and
progressively include video mediated learning into the curricula of
universities (extension schools).
This event aimed to: Create awareness for video mediated learning among Higher Education institutions, mainly universities and initiate the inclusion of video mediated learning into the curriculum of universities, especially in the curriculum of schools of extension and rural developmentObjectives:
- Share the experience of pilot universities in video use in extension and teaching
- hear research outputs on video mediated learning
- Introduce a selection of university lecturers to basic techniques of farmer training videos (fact sheet development, script writing and video production)
This event comprised of a series of presentations to share experiences.
There were hands-on training in video production which were split into three parts: a) a session to discuss fact sheet development, script
writing and tips for video production; b) a session to allow participants to
practice shooting videos and c) another session to edit. The outputs (short
videos) of the training will be shared on the conference website.
Background:
Agricultural advisory services in developing countries face many
challenges, one of which is to respond meaningfully to farmers’ diverse
demands for advice on crop, livestock, fish, processing, business, finance
and marketing issues. With limited resources, advisors struggle to reach
the millions of farmers.
Across countries, research institutes, universities, NGOs, extension
services, companies, radio stations and farmer-based organisations are
making considerable efforts to find or develop suitable training materials
for their staff and the farmers with whom they work. Farmer to farmer
training videos have proven to be an effective method of knowledge
sharing and have recently created a momentum in Africa.
Interview with Michael Hauser for the RUFORUM-Access Agriculture side event at the RUFORUM Biennial Meeting Cape Town 2016. The well attended side event was on the subject of video mediated learning where the experience of several universities in the use of video in extension and teaching were shared (University of Abomey Calavi, Benin; University of Parakou, Benin; Egerton University, Kenya; University of Nairobi, Kenya; University of Lilongwe, Malawi; Makerere University, Uganda).
Interview michael hauser | Agtube
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Interview with Michael Hauser for the RUFORUM-Access Agriculture side event at the RUFORUM Biennial Meeting Cape Town 2016. The well attended side event was on the subject of video mediated learning where the experience of several universities in the use of video in extension and teaching were shared (University of Abomey Calavi, Benin; University of Parakou, Benin; Egerton University, Kenya; University of Nairobi, Kenya; University of Lilongwe, Malawi; Makerere University, Uganda).
Interview michael hauser | Agtube
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Smallholder farmers innovate by blending old ideas with new ones. In this video, we will visit Lester Chizumeni Mpinda on his farm in Mwanza, Malawi. Mr. Mpinda watched a set of videos on how to grow chilli, and then used the information creatively to grow a crop he had never planted before.
A new crop for Mr Mpinda | Agtube
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