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Large-scale rollout of extension training in Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities for gender-inclusive participation

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Title Large-scale rollout of extension training in Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities for gender-inclusive participation
 
Creator Medendorp, John William
Reeves, N. Peter
Sal y Rosas Celi, Victor Giancarlo
Harun-Ar-Rashid
Krupnik, Timothy J.
Lutomia, Anne N.
Pittendrigh, Barry R.
Bello-Bravo, Julia
 
Subject adults
agricultural workers
females
gender
humans
machine learning
 
Description Despite the recognized importance of women’s participation in agricultural extension services, research continues to show inequalities in women’s participation. Emerging capacities for conducting large-scale extension training using information and communication technologies (ICTs) now afford opportunities for generating the rich datasets needed to analyze situational factors that affect women’s participation. Data was recorded from 1,070 video-based agricultural extension training events (131,073 farmers) in four Administrative Divisions of Bangladesh (Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, and Rajshahi). The study analyzed the effect of gender of the trainer, time of the day, day of the week, month of the year, Bangladesh Administrative Division, and venue type on (1) the expected number of extension event attendees and (2) the odds of females attending the event conditioned on the total number of attendees. The study revealed strong gender specific training preferences. Several factors that increased total participation, decreased female attendance (e.g., male-led training event held after 3:30 pm in Rangpur). These findings highlight the dilemma faced by extension trainers seeking to maximize attendance at training events while avoiding exacerbating gender inequalities. The study concludes with a discussion of ways to mitigate gender exclusion in extension training by extending data collection processes, incorporating machine learning to understand gender preferences, and applying optimization theory to increase total participation while concurrently improving gender inclusivity.
 
Date 2022-07-08
2023-01-19T14:47:25Z
2023-01-19T14:47:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Medendorp, J.W., Reeves, N.P., Celi, V.G.S.y R., Harun-ar-Rashid, Md., Krupnik, T.J., Lutomia, A.N., Pittendrigh, B., and Bello-Bravo, J. 2022. Large-scale rollout of extension training in Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities for gender-inclusive participation. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0270662. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22130
1932-6203
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127575
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22130
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270662
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Public Library of Science
 
Source PLoS ONE