RCT Protocol for Digital Agricultural Extension in Palestine

A pre-registered randomized controlled trial protocol evaluates digital versus traditional agricultural extension for 795 grape farmers in the West Bank. The study aims to measure impacts on climate-adaptive practice adoption, gross margin, and other outcomes. It was authored by Amin Abu-Alsoud and registered in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the primary outcomes of climate-adaptive practice adoption quality and gross margin between intervention and control arms.
• Assess secondary outcomes like productivity, farmer capacity, and engagement with extension services from the trial data.
• Conduct mediation analysis on causal pathways linking the digital extension intervention to observed outcomes.
• Evaluate implementation fidelity and cost-effectiveness metrics detailed in the study protocol.

Strengths

• Protocol is pre-registered (AEARCTR-0016046), ensuring internal validity and reproducibility.
• Study employs a two-arm individually randomized controlled trial design with 795 participants.
• Focuses on a specific, understudied context of conflict-affected agricultural regions in Palestine.

Limitations

• Dataset is a 1.1 MB DOCX protocol document, not the underlying trial data, limiting direct analytical use.
• Sample size of 795 farmers may limit statistical power for subgroup analyses.
• Geographic scope is restricted to the Bethlehem and Hebron districts of the West Bank.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Two-arm individually randomized controlled trial (RCT) with stratified randomization.

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Geography

Bethlehem and Hebron districts of the occupied West Bank of Palestine.