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Bihar
2 projects
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Projects in Bihar
Digital Green video-based farmer extensionAgricultural extension model in which farmers record short videos of their practices, which are then screened to village groups by local mediators. Born as a Microsoft Research India project (2006) and an independent NGO since 2008, it scaled to millions of smallholder farmers. Randomized evaluations showed higher adoption of sustainable practices at a fraction of the cost of conventional extension.World Health Partners Sky (social franchising + telemedicine, Bihar)World Health Partners' Sky program in Bihar (launched in November 2010 in 13 districts, ~43.4M population; funding of more than USD 23 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other donors). It created a network of health franchises (SkyCare/SkyHealth, up to ~10,663 health entrepreneurs) recruiting rural informal providers and connecting them via telemedicine with urban doctors, targeting childhood diarrhea and pneumonia. The independent evaluation (Duke/Stanford, with standardized patients) found null impact: Sky providers saw a minimal fraction of the target cases and did not improve knowledge or quality of treatment. The program won the Skoll Award 2013 before any evidence of results existed; the Sky program ended around June 2018.