Extension Experiment Sample Clauses

Extension Experiment. AREA's extension research team is conducting a large-scale research study to compare the effectiveness of the three models of extension already in use in Haiti. The three extension models being investigated are: 1) Master farmer, which centers on an expert who teaches farmers in a lecture-style setting, 2) Farmer field school, which primarily relies on the community of farmers to teach each other, and 3) Simple distribution, in which farmers come to a central location to receive the technologies and basic information on their use. In September 2017, AREA's extension research team formally launched the experiment after previously creating the evaluation instruments, establishing relationships with implementing partners, and hiring and training staff. The experiment involves four primary objectives: 1. Work with Haitian farmer associations to evaluate the three commonly used extension models and test the technology innovations 2. Assess the interactions between extension models and farmer associations as predictors of farmers' willingness to test innovations on their own farms 3. Assess the degree to which innovation attributes influence the interactions between the extension model and rate of farmer adoption 4. Determine whether the gender of the farmer affects the efficacy of an extension model Output 1: Complete data collection for outcome of experiment and farmers’ perceptions of technologies introduced During the most recent quarter, AREA continued to administer the exit interviews to a random sample of farmers who are members of a farmers’ association. On Aug. 6, 2018, the team launched the instrument to measure independent testing, referred to as an “exit interview” questionnaire. Using the random sample of respondents selected for the group dynamics interviews, these exit interviews will allow AREA to measure, among other things, the percentage of farmers who chose to try, without direct project assistance or encouragement, any of the seven innovations on their farms. Additionally, AREA continued to make direct observations of group meetings. AREA is using an observation instrument to direct observations of group meetings, after which an AREA surveyor writes a brief case summary of his or her observations. The instrument includes a list of questions to guide the development of a case summary. By Dec. 31, 2018, AREA’s Extension Experiment team completed all work to collect exit interviews, a total of 815, and to observe farmers’ meetings, a total of 5...

Extension Experiment. ‌ The goals of the AREA Extension Experiment project are to: • Work with Haitian farmer associations to evaluate three commonly used extension models and test technology innovations • Assess the interactions between extension models and farmer associations as predictors of farmers’ willingness to test innovations on their own farms • Assess the degree to which innovation attributes influence the interactions between the extension model and rate of farmer adoption • Determine whether the gender of the farmer affects the efficacy of an extension model After creating evaluation instruments, establishing relationships with implementing partners, and hiring and training staff, AREA officially launched the project in September 2017. Output 1: Extension Models Implementation Workshops Output 2: Questionnaire to assess previous use of/familiarity with new technologies This activity was completed in Q1 of Year 3.