Jeffery Bentley
Biographic Data
| ID | 108602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffery Bentley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffery |
| FAMILY NAME | Bentley |
| SIGNATURE | BENTLEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Casilla 2695, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Videos that speak for themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences
In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, which attracted large audiences of community members, including youth and women. Some of the villagers also visited extension agencies to get rice seed,…
The snowman outline: Fact Sheets by Extensionists for Farmers
Writing for smallholders in developing countries is an art that demands clear prose, a sound idea, and a logical outline. Although extension agents are often unaccustomed to writing, and usually need a sympathetic editor, extensionists know the target audience better than agricultural researchers or professional communicators. A one-page, 300-word fact sheet is a suitable format, allowing extensionists to write their insights for farmers. The fac…
Heavy agricultural workloads and low crop diversity are strong barriers to improving child feeding practices in the Bolivian Andes
Sharing ideas between cultures with videos
Civil servants, agricultural researchers, extension people and media experts often think that videos for farmers need to be filmed locally, so that the audience identifies with the actors. But this is not so. Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on parboiling (filmed in Benin) and rice cultivation (from Mali). The farmers criticized the videos freely, but their remarks were about…
Experimental By Nature: Rice Farmers in Ghana
A project in Ghana tried to encourage government extension agents to change their attitudes. Instead of merely teaching new techniques, they were supposed to engage rice farmers in a two-way learning experience. The extension agents accepted some of the project philosophy, but they still thought that the goal of the project was to teach new technology to farmers, rather than to encourage farmer learning and innovation. Even so, the farmers actual…
Society for Latin American Anthropology: Bolivia Starts to Heal
Participatory Research: A Set of Tools But Not The Key to the Universe
Pests, Peasants, and Publications: Anthropological and Entomological Views of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Small-scale Honduran Farmers
This debate between an anthropologist and an entomologist is a frank, detailed account of an integrated pest management (IPM) research and extension project for subsistence maize and bean farmers in Honduras. Dialectic tension runs through questions of the style of technology generation through on-farm research, the value of farmer experimentation and indigenous technical knowledge, farmer participation contributing to greater pesticide use, and …
Water Harvesting on the Papago Reservation: Experimental Agricultural Technology in the Guise of Development
Analyse des raisons de l'echec d'un projet d'implantation de systemes de collecte de l'eau de pluie dans la Reserve Papago d'Arizona (Etats-Unis)
Heavy agricultural workloads and low crop diversity are strong barriers to improving child feeding practices in the Bolivian Andes
Pests, Peasants, and Publications: Anthropological and Entomological Views of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Small-scale Honduran Farmers
This debate between an anthropologist and an entomologist is a frank, detailed account of an integrated pest management (IPM) research and extension project for subsistence maize and bean farmers in Honduras. Dialectic tension runs through questions of the style of technology generation through on-farm research, the value of farmer experimentation and indigenous technical knowledge, farmer participation contributing to greater pesticide use, and …
Videos that speak for themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences
In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, which attracted large audiences of community members, including youth and women. Some of the villagers also visited extension agencies to get rice seed,…
Sharing ideas between cultures with videos
Civil servants, agricultural researchers, extension people and media experts often think that videos for farmers need to be filmed locally, so that the audience identifies with the actors. But this is not so. Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on parboiling (filmed in Benin) and rice cultivation (from Mali). The farmers criticized the videos freely, but their remarks were about…
Water Harvesting on the Papago Reservation: Experimental Agricultural Technology in the Guise of Development
Analyse des raisons de l'echec d'un projet d'implantation de systemes de collecte de l'eau de pluie dans la Reserve Papago d'Arizona (Etats-Unis)
Water Harvesting on the Papago Reservation: Experimental Agricultural Technology in the Guise of Development
Analyse des raisons de l'echec d'un projet d'implantation de systemes de collecte de l'eau de pluie dans la Reserve Papago d'Arizona (Etats-Unis)
Pests, Peasants, and Publications: Anthropological and Entomological Views of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Small-scale Honduran Farmers
This debate between an anthropologist and an entomologist is a frank, detailed account of an integrated pest management (IPM) research and extension project for subsistence maize and bean farmers in Honduras. Dialectic tension runs through questions of the style of technology generation through on-farm research, the value of farmer experimentation and indigenous technical knowledge, farmer participation contributing to greater pesticide use, and …
Participatory Research: A Set of Tools But Not The Key to the Universe
Society for Latin American Anthropology: Bolivia Starts to Heal
Experimental By Nature: Rice Farmers in Ghana
A project in Ghana tried to encourage government extension agents to change their attitudes. Instead of merely teaching new techniques, they were supposed to engage rice farmers in a two-way learning experience. The extension agents accepted some of the project philosophy, but they still thought that the goal of the project was to teach new technology to farmers, rather than to encourage farmer learning and innovation. Even so, the farmers actual…
Sharing ideas between cultures with videos
Civil servants, agricultural researchers, extension people and media experts often think that videos for farmers need to be filmed locally, so that the audience identifies with the actors. But this is not so. Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on parboiling (filmed in Benin) and rice cultivation (from Mali). The farmers criticized the videos freely, but their remarks were about…
Heavy agricultural workloads and low crop diversity are strong barriers to improving child feeding practices in the Bolivian Andes
The snowman outline: Fact Sheets by Extensionists for Farmers
Writing for smallholders in developing countries is an art that demands clear prose, a sound idea, and a logical outline. Although extension agents are often unaccustomed to writing, and usually need a sympathetic editor, extensionists know the target audience better than agricultural researchers or professional communicators. A one-page, 300-word fact sheet is a suitable format, allowing extensionists to write their insights for farmers. The fac…
Videos that speak for themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences
In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, which attracted large audiences of community members, including youth and women. Some of the villagers also visited extension agencies to get rice seed,…
Political science (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Library science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Citation (2 works)