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2. A community approach: digital innovations for extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bascombe, Keron (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11612
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 26-28
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Online from publisher website., Following a training course in technology stewardship, actors in the Caribbean's agri-food sector are implementing ICT approaches to provide agricultural advice and support to their local communities
3. A study on impact of ICT enabled web portal (Krishinet) on farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Singh, Vinod (author) and Kameswari, V.L.V. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- India: New Delhi Publishers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: D10868
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(2): 163-174
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., In recent years, there has been extensive investment in e-governance throughout the developing world. Still, little is known about the impact of those investments, partly due to a lack of assessment guidance. In this study modified sustainable livelihood framework approach was used for studying impact of the project on farmers. Before and after data was collected from the registered farmers using recall method to assess the impact of the project on all five types of capital (Natural capital, financial capital, human capital, physical capital and social capital). It was found that after implementation of the project, in the category of natural capital, average production and average sold quantity of rice, wheat, pigeon pea, mustard, and green gram has been significantly increased and in the category of financial capital, respondents’ average family income, earning from agriculture and allied sector and benefit from government schemes has been significantly increased and in the category of human capital, average number of training received by respondents and average number of extension contacts made by respondents has been significantly increased and in the category of physical capital, average storage facility has been increased by respondents and in the category of social capital, average number of meetings attended by respondents in Krishi Gyan Kendra has been significantly increased.
4. Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the U.S
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: C18857
- Notes:
- 5 pages; includes "Overview," "Extent of adoption," and percentages for soybean, corn, and upland cotton
5. Agricultural and home economics experiment station project 2725 in cooperation with Iowa State University cooperative extension service
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (author)
- Format:
- Survey
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09734
- Notes:
- NCR-90 Collection, Iowa State University, 11 pages.
6. American will import more sugar this year than it has in 4 decades
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charles, Dan (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
- Format:
- Article/Audio Story
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-11
- Published:
- United States: NPR: The Salt.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11123
- Notes:
- 4 pages, via website and online radio channel
7. Are farmers empowered? The role of empowerment in farmer decision making about weed and invertebrate management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Major, Jason (author), Grant, Will (author), and Stocklmayer, Sue (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11649
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Information Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(1) : 1-10
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Researchers investigated empowerment in the context of two strategies, Integrated Weed Management and Integrated Pest Management. Findings suggested: "With the rise of chemical resistance, the agricultural industry has placed considerable emphasis on the need to accelerate and achieve farmer adoption if IWM and IPM, but our evidence suggests that greater emphasis should be given to understanding the socio-cultural factors that affect farmer decision making. Farmer empowerment emerged as a core concept from the data."
8. Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schoolman, E.D. (author) and Arbuckle, J.G. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-07
- Published:
- USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12643
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 77, N.4
- Notes:
- 15 pages, Cover crops—crops grown primarily to protect and improve soil—are widely considered to be an important component of sustainable agricultural systems because their use can provide multiple ecosystem services without compromising yields over time. Specialty crops—fruits, vegetables, and horticultural crops—are increasingly important to US agriculture and food security and uniquely vulnerable to climate-related problems that cover crops can help to address. Yet far less research has been conducted on cover crop use by farmers who grow mainly specialty crops, compared to the much larger body of research on farmers who principally grow row crops like corn (Zea mays) and soybeans (Glycine max). In this study, we draw on survey data from a stratified, random sample of 881 specialty crop growers in Michigan and Ohio to accomplish two main goals. First, we seek to characterize cover crop use among this important group of farmers, focusing on types of cover crop used and use of multiple types. Second, we examine the relationship between cover crop use on vegetable and fruit farms and key social and economic factors, with particular attention to farmers’ environmental values, adherence to organic principles, and sources of information. According to survey results, cover cropping is more likely when farmers (1) manage certified organic (p < 0.01) or organic-in-practice (p < 0.05) farms; (2) report being influenced by private crop consultants (p < 0.01); (3) attach high importance to agri-environmental goals (p < 0.01); and (4) grow vegetable crops instead of or in addition to fruit crops (p < 0.001). No relationship was found to exist between cover cropping and farmers’ concerns about climate-related risks, education level, or perceived self-efficacy. We conclude by suggesting that the importance of structural factors to farmers’ decisions about cover crops should not be underestimated. Promoting and strengthening the market for organic food may be the most direct pathway toward increasing the number of farmers who use cover crops. Historically important entities in agricultural networks, including cooperative extension and conservation nongovernmental organizations, might enhance their impact on cover crop use by forming new partnerships with private crop consultants.
9. Does the farmer field schools program improve farmers' behavior to adopt the drought-tolerant rice varieties in Pangasinan, the Philippines?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cho, Sunmee (author) and Kim, Taeyoon (author)
- Format:
- Journal article summary
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11672
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 42 (Special Issue) : 71-99
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Article is a revision of material presented at the annual conference (2017) of the Korea Association of SouthEast Asian Studies., Results show that participants of the farmer field schools (FFS) program were more likely to adopt the drought-tolerant rice varieties by 9.9% compared to the non-participants. "It also demonstrates that the FFS with the Local Farmer Technician system is effective in improving farmers' adoption of the newly introduced varieties in the survey area.
10. Enhancing farmers’ agency in the global crop commons through use of biocultural community protocols
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Halewood, Michael (author), Villanueva, Ana Bedmar (author), Rasolojaona, Jazzy (author), Andriamahazo, Michelle (author), Rakotoniaina, Naritiana (author), Bossou, Bienvenu (author), Mikpon, Toussaint (author), Vodouhe, Raymond (author), Fey, Lena (author), Drews, Andreas (author), Kumar, P. Lava (author), Rasoanirina, Bernadette (author), Rasoazafndrabe, Thérèse (author), Aigbe, Marcellin (author), Agbahounzo, Blaise (author), Otieno, Gloria (author), Garforth, Kathryn (author), Kiene, Tobias (author), and Nnadozie, Kent (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-06
- Published:
- USA: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12038
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via Online Journal, Crop genetic resources constitute a ‘new’ global commons, characterized by multiple layers of activities of farmers, genebanks, public and private research and development organizations, and regulatory agencies operating from local to global levels. This paper presents sui generis biocultural community protocols that were developed by four communities in Benin and Madagascar to improve their ability to contribute to, and benefit from, the crop commons. The communities were motivated in part by the fact that their national governments’ had recently ratified the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol, which make commitments to promoting the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities and farmers, without being prescriptive as to how Contracting Parties should implement those commitments. The communities identified the protocols as useful means to advance their interests and/or rights under both the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol to be recognized as managers of local socio-ecological systems, to access genetic resources from outside the communities, and to control others’ access to resources managed by the community.
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