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Integrating Low-Cost Video Into Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners

USAID;FHI 360 (2012), xiv, 196 pp.

ISBN 894992-187-8

Other editions: also published in French

"Using low-Cost videos within your agricultural development project can be an effective way for increasing the scale of your activities by leveraging the expertise of local experts and farmers for a broader audience. Since the videos may be created in the field by your staff, the cost will be lower than professionally produced videos, and the turnaround time from concept to final product will likely be much faster. Given the cost and time benefits, you will also likely be able to create many more videos than you would be able to do otherwise. Also, if you find that one of your videos is not having the desired impact, it is much less expensive to create a newer, more effective video than it would be using a professional videographer. Last, producing videos with local stakeholders will likely increase local ownership of content, empower local farmers by giving them a voice, and increase local exposure to ICT tools." (Introduction, page ix-x)
Component 1: How is low-cost video currently being used in agricultural development? 1
Component 2: Is low-cost video an appropriate way to achieve our objectives? 25
Component 3: How can we create our own agricultural extension videos? 49
Component 4: What is the best way to disseminate our videos? 89
Component 5: How can we track the impact that our videos are having on farmers? 133
Component 6: What are the technical considerations we need to keep in mind? 161