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32. ICT platform for climate change adaption in agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Singh, Dineshkumar (author), Piplani, Divya (author), Nar, Siddhesh (author), Karthik, Srinivasan (author), Sharma, Rahul (author), and Tiwari, Aditya (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2015-01-06
- Published:
- IEEE
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10972
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4799-8439-8, 2015 7th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS), Climate change is now more visible in the form of frequent changes in the weather patterns leading to severe drought or floods. It endangers the food security, especially shrinking of cultivable land and increasing population. Agricultural Research Institutes are working on new cropping patterns, new heat and flood tolerant varieties and cultivation practices. However in the absence of sound knowledge extension system the results of such massive and costly research do not reach its end users, in this case farmers, on time. This research paper talks about the, National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) pilot conducted to develop strategies to enhance Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in vulnerable regions in India. As part of this research, extensive field demonstrations and data analysis were done to demonstrate how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can play a crucial role in establishing a two way connect between the Research Lab and the end users of research. While Agricultural research can focus on identification of current and future risks to livelihoods due to climatic variability and development or identification of regional climate specific crop varieties and crop practices, the IT and ICT can work jointly to use the outcome of such research to spread awareness and promote the use of such varieties and practices in adaptation by farmers and other stakeholders through an ICT platform.
33. Identifying publics in Florida, California, and Texas as they relate to citrus greening
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ruth, Taylor K. (author), Lamm, Alexa J. (author), and Rumble, Joy N. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08160
- Notes:
- Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) conference in Mobile, Alabama, February 4-7, 2017. 26 pages.
34. Identifying the role of social skills in agricultural communication programs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Leal, Arthur (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), and Rumble, Joy N. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08162
- Notes:
- Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) conference in Mobile, Alabama, February 4-7, 2017. 25 pages.
35. Implementation analysis of GPRS communication for precision agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Salas, Jorge (author), Vega, Humberto (author), Oritz, Julio (author), Bustos, Raime (author), Lozoya, Camilo (author), and Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08176
- Notes:
- Article number 7049083, pp. 3903-3908, 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2014; Sheraton Hotel DallasDallas; United States; 30 October 2014 through 1 November 2014; Category numberCFP14IEC-ART; Code 112104
36. Influence of information literacy skills in accessing agricultural information: with special reference to paddy farmers of Ampara district, Sri Lanka
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mashroofa, Mohamed Majeed (author) and Wathmanel Senevirathne (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague, Netherlands.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: D10847
- Notes:
- 17 pages., via depository, IFLA Library., Access to information plays crucial role in getting best agricultural products with some other factors such as soil, weather, biochemical products and their application. Several types of information are required by farmers of Sri Lanka for agricultural activities. This study focuses on the relationship of information literacy and the enhanced access to agricultural productivity. Therefore, this research aims to determine the information literacy level of paddy farmers of Ampara district in Sri Lanka in accessing agricultural information and explores how much this support the enhanced agricultural productivity. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select sample paddy farmers of Ampara district. 57 farmers were selected as the sample from all nineteen D.S. divisions of Ampara as three from each division. Survey method was used to collect data for this study. Questionnaire and Interview were used as research instruments. District Officer of Agriculture was interviewed and farmers were administered with questionnaires. Result was analyzed mainly quantitatively by using SPSS and Mini Tab. Qualitative analysis is also carried out. This study resulted that majority respondents preferred verbal communication, print sources and the use of computer and internet is reported poor. Communication gap, poor communication services, lack of libraries, lack of information literacy skills, poor infra structure and inadequate extension services might have caused poor access to information. Department of Agriculture under Central government and Agrarian Services Board under provincial ministry serve to these farmers as much as possible to provide information. However the information received by farmers indicated that it is not to the expected level. Therefore, it is concluded that government and local authorities should develop the existing services, information and communication systems to facilitate the farmers to access relevant information on time in order to gain best agricultural productivity. Though the perception of farmers indicates that they are information literate, facts and information related to format, mode and sources they preferred shows that these farmers are not much skilled on information literacy. This study recommends educating the farmers on access to information. Information Literacy should be taught to the farmers from the grass root level.
37. Influence of persuasive communication on Florida consumers' attitude toward genetically modified food
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ruth, Taylor (author) and Rumble, Joy N. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08126
- Notes:
- Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) in San Antonio,Texas, February 7-8, 2016. 30 pages.
38. Intercultural communication environment for youth and experts in agriculture support
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Takasaki, T. (author), Murakami, Y. (author), Mori, Y. (author), and Ishida, T. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- USA: IEEE, New York City, New York.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07825
- Journal Title:
- 2015 International Conference on Culture and Computing (Cultural Computing)
- Journal Title Details:
- 131-136
39. KrishiPustak: a social networking system for low-literate farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ferreira, Pedro (author), Gupta, Nakull (author), O'Neill, Jacki (author), and Cutrell, Edward (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2015-03
- Published:
- ACM New York, NY, USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10907
- Notes:
- 12 pages., CSCW '15 Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, via online database, ACM Digital Library., With the wide penetration of mobile internet, social networking (SN) systems are becoming increasingly popular in the developing world. However, most SN sites are text heavy, and are therefore unusable by low-literate populations. Here we ask what would an SN application for low-literate users look like and how would it be used? We designed and deployed KrishiPustak, an audio-visual SN mobile application for low-literate farming populations in rural India. Over a four month deployment, 306 farmers registered through the phones of eight agricultural mediators making 514 posts and 180 replies. We conducted interviews with farmers and mediators and analyzed the content to understand system usage and to drive iterative design. The context of mediated use and agricultural framing had a powerful impact on system understanding (what it was for) and usage. Overall, KrishiPustak was useful and usable, but none-the-less we identify a number of design recommendations for similar SN systems.
40. Living with the Land's agricultural and social media message
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beam, Brooke W. (author), Specht, Annie R. (author), and Buck, Emily (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08159
- Notes:
- Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) conference in Mobile, Alabama, February 4-7, 2017. 22 pages., Analysis of the "Living with the Land" attraction at Walt Disney World, an automated boat ride that educates visitors on agricultural topics.