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401. BQA campaign links industry, consumers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Barnhart, Walt (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-11-01
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11077
Journal Title:: Drovers
Notes:: 3 pages., Via online issue., Describes communications campaign about the Beef Quality Assurance program of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.

402. Back to the basics: are traditional educational methods still effective in a high-tech world?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sneed, Christopher T. (author) and Franck, Karen L. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-12
Published:: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11150
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(6)
Notes:: 7 pages., Article # 6IAW6, via online journal., Although Extension educators have harnessed the power of technology as an important vehicle for conveying research-based content, it is important that the power of traditional educational methods not be overlooked. These traditional methods remain ideas that work, have worked, and continue to work even today. In this article, we spotlight these traditional ideas by presenting a social marketing campaign that engages limited-resource audiences via themed print educational materials—posters, brochures, and bookmarks. Evaluation results indicate that the campaign has been successful in engaging the target audience and motivating them regarding the adoption of healthful behavior changes.

403. Bad news: seeing communication for and about development through an expose of Swedish aid to Zambia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Enghel, Florencia (author) and Danielsson, Magnus (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11618
Journal Title:: Journal of International Communication
Journal Title Details:: 25(2) : 254-274
Notes:: 23 pages., Online via open access., How is bilateral development cooperation communicated about in the news? How does a donor agency communicate for and about development? And what are the links between one and the other? This article focuses on a 2016 expose reported on Swedish public television about alleged corruption in aid to Zambia, reflecting failure of both donor and recipient. Authors focus on the news media as mediator of the donor's communication with its tax-paying audiences and demonstrated potentials of an integrated conceptual approach to communication for and about development. Findings reveal greater media coverage of financial accountability than on doing good for Zambian citizens.

404. Balancing act: majorities say both climate action, oil & gas growth should be top priorities for the next government

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2019-09-05
Published:: Canada: Angus Reid Institute
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13069
Notes:: 22 pages

405. Bargaining: a Department of Agriculture viewpoint

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Paarlberg, Don (author / U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:: unknown
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: C22883
Notes:: Statement by Don Paarlberg, director of agricultural economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the National Bargaining Conference, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 1976

406. Barriers to adoption of on-farm computers in England

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gibbon, J. (author) and Warren, M.F. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26869
Journal Title:: Farm Management
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 8, Issue 1
Notes:: Published in 1992.

407. Barriers to and strategies for engaging extension educators in family caregiver education

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Struckmeyer, Kristopher M. (author), Roberts, Emily (author), Gordon, Sarah R. (author), Raczkoski, Brandon M. (author), and Singh, Chitra (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-12
Published:: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11149
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(6)
Notes:: 9 pages., Article # 6RIB5, via online journal., Oklahoma Extension educators encountered barriers related to trainings and program delivery for a caregiver education program produced by Oklahoma State University Extension. Oklahoma family and consumer sciences educators were interviewed about perceived barriers to attending trainings and delivering the program. Findings indicated that staff shortages, program prioritization, challenges in developing an audience, and communication issues with the program team made it difficult for educators to engage with the program. Strategies for improvement based on the findings were devised.

408. Basic photography : a handbook for extension workers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hutto, D.N., Jr. (author)
Format:: Handbook
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 19 Document Number: B02179
Notes:: #428, Harold Swanson Collection, Mississippi State, MS : Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension Service, [19-]. 41 p.

409. Bayer's chairman of the board announces new transparency, R&D efforts

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: News release
Publication Date:: 2019-06-14
Published:: International: Henderson Communications, LLC
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10563
Notes:: 2 pages., From Bayer AG - online via AgriMarketing Weekly., Leverkusen, Germany - Bayer is raising the bar in transparency, sustainability and engagement, reflecting its heightened responsibility and potential as a new leader in agriculture. "We're making good progress on integrating the acquired agriculture business, and are now starting to implement a series of measures to drive transparency and sustainability across our business," Werner Baumann, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG, said on Friday.

410. Be an effective master of ceremonies

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Web document
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA: Iowa State University College of Agriculture
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: C18671
Notes:: 1 page

411. Beef cutout prices: widely reported, yet wildly misunderstood

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Henderson, Greg (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-11-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11078
Journal Title:: Drovers
Notes:: Via online issue. 2 pages., Describes recent experience in which a packing house fire resulted in lower fed cattle prices and higher values of choice boxed beef cutout values - resulting in frustration and anger in cattle country.

412. Beginnings, role, and development of NAFB [National Association of Farm Broadcasting]. Part of a section of this issue saluting the organization

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brand, Tom (author / Executive Director, NAFB)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10378
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 57(3) : 49, 64
Notes:: At the occasion of the 75th anniversary of NAFB.

413. Behavior analysis of farmers in tidal swamp land towards agricultural insurance

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Alif, Muhammad (author), Sumardjo (author), Sarwoprasodjo, Sarwititi (author), and Fatchiya, Anna (author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2022-11-25
Published:: United States: Horizon Research Publishing
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12808
Journal Title:: Universal Journal of Agricultural Research
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 8pgs, In many studies, communication and social cognitive theories have been used to investigate people's behaviors toward agricultural insurance programs resulting in varied conclusions on how and why people react to such programs. However, few of them have explicitly investigated the role of social cognitive theory in escalating insurance literacy levels on agriculture and cultural factors. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the behavioral factors of tidal swampland farmers in Barito Kuala Regency, South Kalimantan province, towards agricultural insurance in the perspective of analyzing farmers' knowledge of agricultural insurance products and determinants of community behavior. Under the instrumental case-study research design, the data were collected through interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) with 35 informants, consisting of the Head of the South Kalimantan Provincial Agriculture Service and the Barito Kuala District Agriculture Service, opinion leaders, academics, representatives of farmer groups, and farmers. Documentation data related to the implementation of the agricultural insurance program were used to complete the interview and FGDs data. The results of this study indicate that tidal swampland farmers are trapped in hoax information or negative issues related to Agricultural Insurance which makes them reluctant to participate in agricultural insurance. Farmers prefer to be resigned and surrender to the state of their agricultural land than to participate in agricultural insurance. Besides, farmers feel there is no point in participating in agricultural insurance, especially those who think the registration and insurance claim process is convoluted. Low insurance literacy is a key problem of the misinformation that is formed.

414. Behavioral framing and consumer acceptance of new food technologies: factors influencing consumer demand for active packaging

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Just, David R. (author) and Goddard, Julie M. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-11-04
Published:: USA: Wiley Periodicals LLC
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12871
Journal Title:: Journal of Agribusiness
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 39, Iss. 1
Notes:: 25 pages, We examine consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for foods packaged using active packaging which can be used to improve quality, shelf life, or safety of a range of products, potentially reducing the use of food additives (preservatives) and food waste. We administer an experimental survey of US food consumers (n = 2325) with five treatments. The surveys include contingent valuation exercises to assess consumer WTP for six products in active packaging relative to conventional packaging. We find that consumer acceptance of this technology is dependent on the product packaged and related directly to the specific relative benefit. In addition, consumer WTP is impacted by the framing of the technology in relation to other available technologies, information about the developer of the technology, and the degree of specificity of information regarding benefits. Notably, impacts of framing and use cases are primarily apparent among those who are resistant to the technology. A cluster analysis finds that those more likely to resist the technology include households that are lower income, less educated, and more likely to be white [EconLit citations: Q18, M31, D12, D83].

415. Benefits of regional food quality labels for Czech producers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sadilek, Tomas (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Czech Republic
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11084
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 10(2) : 195-205
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results showed that the producers had seen a positive improvement in sales following acquisition of the regional food quality label, although they had not noticed greater interest in their products during campaigns to support awareness of the label.

416. Better than chocolate: one thing consumers would love from the food industry

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Research brief
Publication Date:: 2019-02-08
Published:: USA: Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10221
Notes:: 2 pages.

417. Between science and local knowledge: improving thecommunication of climate change to rural agriculturistsin the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Anaafo, David (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04
Published:: International: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D12099
Journal Title:: Local Environment
Journal Title Details:: VOL. 24, NO. 3, 201–215
Notes:: 14 pgs., There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that global climate is changing with associated devastating, yet differential impacts on different world regions. This, therefore, calls for efforts to improve our understanding of the phenomenon as a way of enhancing mitigation and adaptation measures.Although a lot has been done in this respect, the present study examines the extent to which misnomers associated with the calendar months and local climate events can be employed to convey the phenomenon of climate change to rural agriculturists in the Bolgatanga municipality. The study establishes that the names of the calendar months, which serve asgoalposts for local agricultural practices no longer portray their true meaning due to climate change. The study, therefore, recommends the use of nuanced ways of communicating climate change to local agriculturists,using scientific research, lived experiences as well as socially and culturally embedded tools such as misnomers associated with local climate events.

418. Between words: a generational discussion about farming knowledge sources

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wójcik, Marcin (author), Jeziorska-Biel, Pamela (author), and Czapiewski, Konrad (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03-09
Published:: Poland: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10245
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 67: 130-141
Notes:: 12 pages., Via online journal., This article is concerned with the shaping of agricultural knowledge among farmers, in the context of the rapid changes Polish agriculture has been subject to since the time of the country's EU accession. The theoretical underpinnings of this work have been described in terms of the significant notional categories, i.e. knowledge, knowledge-cultures and sources of knowledge. The research made use of the joint interviews method. Interviews were run with representatives of different generations in 10 farming families in central Poland. The main research objective was to determine sources of farming knowledge among farmers. The use of joint interviews allowed for the identification of sources of knowledge of different kinds. These reflect a division into farmers' closer and more distant surroundings, i.e. to the family and neighbours on the one hand, and to institutions and media on the other. Knowledge acquisition among farmers is in fact found to be a complex process, reflecting socialisation in a multi-generation environment of family and neighbours, on the one hand, and the impact of the institutional and legal system, on the other. In a general sense, this corresponds to the well-known division of sources of knowledge into the tacit and the explicit, with the acquisition of tacit (i.e. informal) knowledge not meeting with any more major obstacles thanks to proximity in a sense that may be cultural (i.e. the agriculture itself), family-related (and in fact multi-generation) and spatial (physical proximity in a given locality). Microsocial conditioning thus plays a major role in the shaping of this source of knowledge. However, the most important factor distinguishing contemporary cultures as regards knowledge on farming is the capacity to adapt to conditions set by the institutions supporting the latter's development. Formal knowledge flowing into farming families from their institutional surroundings requires growing adaptability and preparation if a succession of innovations are to be taken on board. The multi-source nature of knowledge and the achievement of some kind of balance in this respect actually poses a major challenge for the future functioning of family farms as cultural microsystems.

419. Beyond rich and poor: Identifying global development constellations

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hackenesch, Christine (author), Koch, Svea (author), and Ziaja, Sebastian (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-02-23
Published:: United States of America: Wiley Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12447
Journal Title:: Development Policy Review
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 40 (2)
Notes:: 37 pages., Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent example that global development problems can occur anywhere, rebutting the assumption of a world divided into developed and developing countries. Recent scholarship has coined the term “global development” to capture this changing geography of development problems. Purpose Our article contributes to these debates by proposing a novel empirical approach to localize global development problems in country contexts worldwide. Methods and approach Our approach rests on a universal understanding of “development.” We identify countries that are particularly relevant for global problem-solving and consider not only the problem dimension but also countries’ capacities to address these problems. Findings Our results show that countries with the most severe combinations of problems are as diverse as Afghanistan, Nigeria and the United States. Two thirds of countries with above-average contributions to global problems are authoritarian regimes. We also find that middle-income countries have hardly anything in common apart from their income level. Policy implications Our analysis shows that traditional development concepts of a binary world order and of foreign aid as financial transfer to remedy imbalances are not enough to address constellations of global problems and capacity that have long evolved beyond rich and poor.

420. Beyond the Post: Exploring Equine Operators’ Understanding and Role in Conservation Best Management Practices Role in Conservation Best Management

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zagonel, Anissa (author), Baker, Lauri M. (author), and Ingram, Shelli (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-02
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12102
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 105, Issue 1
Notes:: 19 pgs., The equine industry is an established part of Maryland agriculture with 79,100 equines valued at approximately $714 million in the state; approximately 10% of these animals are housed in one county. Equine operators are a unique demographic in the agricultural realm, because they are not managing land to produce food or fiber and often are employed in other professions unrelated to agriculture. These operators tend to be unaware of land conservation practices and can have a detrimental effect on areas, like the Chesapeake Bay economy and ecosystem, if shared resources are exploited. The purpose of this study was to explore equine operators’ knowledge and connection of conservation best management practices (BMPs) and their role in being a caretaker of the land. The study was informed by the diffusion of innovations theory and gathered data through semi-structured, qualitative interviews. Equine operators in the study were found to use a variety of informational sources, had a high level of adoption of the BMPs they used, and overall, a majority of participants saw their role as caretakers of the land as an important aspect of their environmental actions. Recommendations from this research include improving communication processes to increase the spread of BMPs and adjusting specific infrastructure aspects to improve retention of equine operators practicing conservation efforts. Further research should investigate other niche areas of agriculture that could potentially be struggling with a knowledge deficit of BMPs and communication neglect between conservation offices and audiences.

421. Beyond the marketing mix: modern food marketing and the future of organic food consumption

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Dagevos, Hans (author)
Format:: Book chapter
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29852
Notes:: Pages 255-270 in Adam Lindgreen, Martin K. Hingley and Joelle Vanhamme (eds.), The crisis of food brands: sustaining safe, innovative and competitive food supply. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England. 352 pages.

422. Biased or balanced? Assessing BBC news and current affairs performance in covering the badger cull in England

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Stanyer, James (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: United States: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11986
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: Volume 80
Notes:: 9 pages, This article represents the first systematic examination of BBC coverage of one of the most controversial rural issues in a generation, namely the culling of badgers (a protected species) to stop the spread of bovine TB in England. While the BBC has certain regulatory responsibilities set out in its guidelines to provide duly impartial coverage it has been regularly criticised for being biased. Little is known about the BBC's performance other than what is suggested by critics, previous research having focused on press coverage. Based on an original content analysis of news, current affairs and factual output this article assesses the BBC's coverage. It shows that while competing voices and perspectives were balanced its coverage was not that distinct from its commercial rivals, with both framing the issue as a conflict over badgers rather than about the spread of a disease affecting livestock and livelihoods, and both focusing on a narrow set of voices involved in the conflict.

423. Bibiografia de documentos sobre comunicacion compendiados en CIESPAL = [Document bibliography on communication compiled by CIESPAL]

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Bibliography
Language:: Spanish
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 41 Document Number: B04728
Notes:: Quito, Ecuador : CIESPAL, [s.l.], [19- ]. 96 P.

424. Bibliography of communications research concerning low income people

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Bibliography
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 22 Document Number: B02344
Notes:: #772, Harold Swanson Collection, Mimeographed. [197-]. 9 p.

425. Biden's infrastructure plan includes $100 billion for rural broadband

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2021-04-05
Published:: USA: Hoosier Ag Today Radio Network
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13044
Notes:: 1 page, Accessed online via AgriMarketing update.

426. Big data in agriculture: does the new oil lead to sustainability?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lioutas, Evagelos D. (author) and Charatsari, Chrysanthi (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-02
Published:: Netherlands: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12235
Journal Title:: Geoforum
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 109
Notes:: 3 pages, Big data represent a new productive factor (the "new oil" for advocates) that generates new realities in agriculture. By adding an extra "cyber" dimension to current farming systems, big data lead to the emergence of new, complex cyber-physical-social systems. However, our understanding of the sustainability of such systems is still at a rudimental stage. In this critical review we attempt to shed some light on this topic, by identifying and presenting some issues that put in doubt the sustainability of big data agriculture. By using a punctuated equilibria lens, we argue that despite their contribution to the economic and environmental performance of farming, big data act as a speciation mechanism. Hence, they lead to new forms of intraspecific, interspecific and intergeneric competition, thus putting at risk the most vulnerable players of the game. We conclude by pointing out that to holistically address the interrelation between big data and agricultural sustainability we need a hybrid research line, which will combine the qualities of both technology-oriented research and critical social science.

427. Big trees, small news: media access, symbolic power and strategic intervention

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lester, Libby (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: unknown
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37120

428. Biographical Sketches of Agricultural Writers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Book
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27816
Notes:: Short biographies from the Agricultural Journalism Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison., Subjects include: Norman J. Coleman, Coleman's Rural World -- H.W. Collingwood, Rural New Yorker -- Pietro de Crescenzi, an Italian agricultural writer (1230-1320) -- Samuel Hartlib, Great Britain (1600-??) -- Gervase Markham, Great Britain (1568-1637) -- Sir John Sinclair, Scotland (1754-1835) -- John Stuart Skinner, American Farmer -- Jethro Tull, Great Britain (1674-??) -- Thomas Tusser, Great Britain (1524-1580) -- Jethro Wood, inventor of the modern plow -- Arthur Young, Great Britain (1741-1820)

429. Biography of Donald R. Murphy

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Unpublished report
Publication Date:: n.d.
Published:: USA: Unpublished
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D06393
Notes:: Wallaces Farmer/Penton contribution to ACDC, November 2015., 2 pages.

430. Biologists and economists in Bongoland

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Cock, James H. (author)
Format:: Book chapter
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes1 Document Number: C12148
Notes:: Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Chapter 5 (pp. 71-82) in an unidentified book.

431. Biotechnology not a "top of mind" concern for most grocery shoppers : food experts and opinion surveys say food biotechnology not an issue for U.S. shoppers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Council for Biotechnology Information
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: C18836
Notes:: 2 pages

432. Black newspapers : overlooked barometers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: The National Center for Research and Information on Equal Educational (author)
Format:: Report
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 26 Document Number: B02590
Notes:: #1293, Harold Swanson Collection, New York : Columbia University, Teachers College, the Center, [19- ]. 4 p. (NCRIEED Tipsheet #1)

433. Blending digital and physical tools to deliver CSA information

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ndirangu, Stella (author)
Format:: Opinion
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: D11614
Notes:: 3 pages., Online from publisher., Author addresses "large gap between African extension services ... and the number of farmers being reached." ... "Africa's existing mobile network (currently the second biggest mobile market in the world) could be better utilised to bridge this gap and provide mobile-based agricultural information, advice and support to smallholder farmers."

434. Blunting EU Regulation 1107/2009: following a regulation into a system of agricultural innovation

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Payne-Gifford, Sophie (author), Srinivasan, C.S. (author), and Dorward, Peter (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-12-06
Published:: USA: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12040
Journal Title:: Agriculture and Human Values
Notes:: 21 pages, via Online Journal, This paper explores the role of regulation and legislation on influencing the development and diffusion of technologies and methods of crop production. To do this, the change in pesticide registration under European Regulation 1107/2009 ‘Placing Plant Protection Products on the Market’ was followed through the UK’s agricultural system of innovation. Fieldwork included: a series of interviews conducted with scientists, agronomists and industry organisations; a programme of visiting agricultural events; as well as sending an electronic survey to British potato growers. The innovation system is noted to have made the legislation less restrictive than originally proposed. The most notable system response to the legislation is the adjustment of agrochemical company pesticide discovery strategy and their expansion into biologically derived treatments. There have also been other innovation responses: agricultural seed companies have been breeding in pathogen resistance in their cultivars; agricultural consultancies are prepared to recommend pathogen-resistant seeds; scientists are using the change as justification for adopting their solutions; the agricultural levy boards funded research into off-label pesticide uses; and producers, potato growers in particular, have been seeking advice, but not changing their growing practices.

435. Bob Kern dies at 96

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Casler, Robert (author / ACE retirees director)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-09
Published:: International: Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11978
Journal Title:: ACE Edge
Notes:: Via online issue. 2 pages, Brief career summary related to ACE membership/leadership, with link to an obituary.

436. Booker's boondoggle

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Henderson, Greg (author)
Format:: Opinion
Publication Date:: 2021-08
Published:: USA: Drovers CattleNetwork, Lenexa, Kansas.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13141
Notes:: 1 page

437. Boycott pork!

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Brochure
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: C08254
Notes:: Evans, AgComm teaching, Washington, D.C.: Farm Animal Reform Movement, [198-?]. 1 p.

438. Brands, labels, and product longevity: the case of salmon in UK grocery retailing

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Asche, Frank (author), Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir (author), Dengjun Zhang, (author), Cojocaru, Andreea L. (author), and Young, James A. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-01-19
Published:: United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12591
Journal Title:: Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 17pgs, In recent years, the number of ecolabels and country-of-origin labels has grown substantially in seafood markets globally. This makes it more difficult for retailers and producers to communicate and demonstrate their differentiating claims to consumers. In addition, it has recently been suggested that there are both costs and supply chain benefits associated with labeling. This paper uses duration analysis to investigate factors that influence product longevity for salmon in grocery retailing. Product longevity influences cost as a prolonged product lifetime reduces costs related to product development and marketing. As has been found for wild-caught whitefish, different retail chains appear to vary in their product labeling strategies. However, in contrast to wild fish, farmed salmon with ecolabels or domestic country-of-origin labels appear to have shorter product life cycles compared to products without ecolabels or with foreign country-of-origin labeling. This is most likely due to the higher control of the production process found in aquaculture.

439. Brick meets click: 29% of U.S. households now using online grocery

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nickle, Ashley (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-09-14
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D12017
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from periodical. 2 pages., Results of BrickMeetsClick/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey indicated that roughly 37.5 million U.S. households (29%) used online grocery services in the month of August. That number represents a 133% increase from a year ago. "These results reinforce that grocery delivery and pickup services will continue to play an important role for both shoppers and retailers going forward."

440. Bridging behavioural factors and standard bio- economic modelling in an agent- based modelling framework

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Huber, Robert (author), Xion, Hang (author), Keller, Kevin (author), and Finger, Robert (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-05-17
Published:: United States: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12349
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Economics
Notes:: 29 pages, Agent-based models are important tools for simulating farmers’ behaviour in response to changing environmental, economic or institutional conditions and policies. This article introduces an agent-based modelling approach that combines behavioural factors with standard bio-economic modelling of agricultural production. More specifically, our framework integrates the cumulative prospect theory and social interactions with constrained optimisation decisions in agricultural production. We apply our modelling approach to an exemplary bio-economic model on the assessment of weed control decisions. Results show the effects of heterogeneous farm decision-making and social networks on mechanical weed control and herbicide use. This framework provides a generic and conceptually sound approach to improve the scope for representing farmers’ decision-making and allows the simulation of their decisions and recent advances in behavioural economics to be aligned with existing bio-economic models of agricultural systems.

441. Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Radio's Potential for Extending Information and Communication Technology Benefits to Poor Rural Communities in South Africa

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Megwa, Eronini R. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30137
Journal Title:: The Howard Journal of Communications
Journal Title Details:: 18 (2007): 335-352

442. Bridging the digital divide

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-04
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12184
Journal Title:: High Country News
Journal Title Details:: 53(4) : 7-8
Notes:: Online from publication via subscription., A new report focuses on internet infrastructures on tribal lands and how tribes can use it to strengthen their sovereignty.

443. Bridging the gender gap in forest stewardship: facilitating programs for women landowners

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Koshollek, Alanna (author), Thostenson, Katy (author), and Shaw, Bret (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-04
Published:: United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12314
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: vol. 58, num. 2
Notes:: 9 pages, Nationwide, women woodland owners are increasingly taking on the primary decision-making role for their land. In Wisconsin and beyond, most existing landowner outreach efforts target mixed-gender audiences. We explored how facilitation techniques can be incorporated into a women-centric workshop to increase women landowners' confidence, knowledge, and readiness to take action in forest stewardship. We highlight three core techniques Extension workshop developers can use to promote landowner learning and engagement: creating space for participant-driven open dialogue, generating opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, and enabling participants to receive personalized advice from professionals about their land.

444. Brightens career horizons ... provides ag communications scholarship help to these eight Illinois youth

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Guide
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: B03992
Notes:: See B04086 for original, Urbana, IL : University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, [196- ]. 2 p.

445. Broad coalition formed to push for rural broadband

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: News article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-10
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11768
Notes:: Report from Agri-Pulse received online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 6 pages., Report of a letter to Capitol Hill and the White House from a new American Connection Project Broadband Coalition calling for a "robust federal investment in broadband internet connectivity." Letter (attached) signed by 40 ag, tech, and healthcare groups.

446. Buckraking on the food beat: when is it a conflict of interest?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Malkan, Stacy (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10392
Notes:: Online from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York. 9 pages., "Is it a conflict of interest for a columnist who covers food and agriculture to take money from agrichemical industry interest groups?"

447. Build a better farm equipment show

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: workbook
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA: North American Farm Show Council
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00320
Notes:: 15 pages. n.d.

448. Build a people-oriented urbanization: China’s new-type urbanization dream and Anhui model

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mingxing Chen (author), Yinghua Gong (author), Dadao Lu (author), and Chao Ye (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01-01
Published:: USA: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10149
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 80:1-9
Notes:: 9 pages., via online journal, Since 2014, the Chinese government has initiated new-type urbanization under the guidance of ‘the National New-type Urbanization Plan (2014–2020)’, which embarks on a significant transformation of the model of urbanization in post-reform China. To understand the origin and outputs of this policy, this article demonstrates the context of China’s new-type urbanization. The paper proposes a conceptual framework of new-type urbanization, which mainly includes four aspects: humanism, people-oriented urbanization; inclusivism, benefits sharing for urban and rural; sustainability, development without sacrifice of resources and environment; and harmonism, coordination. This is followed by an examination of the case of Anhui province, as a pilot province of China’s new-type urbanization. Anhui has performed a lot of related work to promote citizenization of peasant workers and has made great progress on the reform of the household registration system. The study found that despite a special emphasis on people-oriented urbanization, the pressures and costs of citizenization of peasant workers are growing fast, accompanied by rising housing prices in cities. This insight suggests there are benefits and costs of promoting China’s new-type urbanization. Despite the advantages of institutional innovation, the unexpected side effects such as rapid rising housing prices actually undermine the success of plan implementation.

449. Building Africa’s first “e-Extension Platform” for smallholder farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gap Report Initiative (author)
Format:: Blog posting
Publication Date:: 2021-02-24
Published:: United States: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12519
Notes:: 4 pages., Sasakawa Africa Association shares their approach to strengthening the resilience of food systems in Africa through innovative approaches using information and communication technologies. he Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) was established in 1986 by Ryoichi Sasakawa, the first chairman of the Nippon Foundation; Dr. Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and father of the Green Revolution; and former US President, Jimmy Carter; in response to the famine in the Horn of Africa in the 1980s. Since then, SAA has strengthened agricultural extension services in 16 countries in Africa. Currently, we have offices in Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda, where we focus on field activities and human resource development at universities and other educational institutions. We also implement human resource development projects in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.

450. Building Bridges: improving extension support to organic growers in North Georgia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Marabesi, Amanda Olbrick (author), Kelsey, Kathleen D. (author), Anderson, James C. (author), and Fuhrman, Nicholas E. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-02-18
Published:: USA: School of Human Sciences at Mississippi State University
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12728
Journal Title:: Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 9, N. 1
Notes:: 20 pages, Organic agriculture has the potential to improve the environmental performance of U.S. agriculture, supporting increasing food demand and diversification of food consumption while improving the quality of ecosystems. Organic growers are challenged by a lack of Cooperative Extension agent support as agents have not served organic growers to the same extent as conventional growers nationwide. Rogers’ (2003) diffusion of innovations theory guided our phenomenological inquiry to explore (a) what agents experienced while supporting organic growers, and (b) how agents experienced providing support to organic growers in north Georgia. According to participants, the essence of the support offered to organic growers was an uneven bridge. Agents were willing to provide growers with the resources to support organic production; however, they lacked theoretical and empirical knowledge regarding organic agricultural production that would enable them to establish stronger relationships with growers. Findings from the study and the uneven bridge metaphor led to an original model to assist Extension agents in better serving the organic agricultural community.

451. Building Self-reliance: A Framework to Evaluate Smallholder Coffee Farmers’ Pursuit of Commercialization

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Silvert, Colby (author), Diaz, John (author), Warner, Laura (author), Grady Roberts, T. (author), and Injoque, Raul (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-08-21
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12525
Journal Title:: Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 28(4)
Notes:: 18 pages, This study examines the application of a self-reliance framework for practitioners and evaluators to better understand the capacities and intrinsic factors impacting smallholder coffee farmers’ commercialization behaviors. We surveyed 40 smallholder coffee producers in Peru using a quantitative instrument. Data were analyzed to determine if statistical relationships exist between farmers’ self-reliance (measured via knowledge and skills, attitudes, and aspirations) and their commercialization behaviors. Findings indicate the self-reliance framework effectively illustrates relationships between farmers’ aspirations, knowledge and skills and their commercialization behaviors, while future, additional studies are needed to better measure and understand the role of commercialization-related attitudes. Practitioners can leverage the study’s findings by using a self-reliance framework to infer farmers’ likeliness to pursue sustainable commercialization practices and align their trainings and design interventions based on evaluation findings. The conceptual self-reliance framework is the first of its kind applied for smallholder coffee commercialization. The findings demonstrate that self-reliance concepts employed recently in other contexts may potentially be used similarly by extension and development facilitators.

452. Building a Successful ATV Safety Education Program Utilizing Youth and Community

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Flautt, Maci (author), Giaccaglia, Laura (author), Hutchinson, Thomas (author), Twiner, Ann (author), Whitt, Anna Lyn (author), and Boggan, Ricky (author)
Format:: unknown
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28247

453. Building a culture of creativity in your produce departments

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nickle, Ashley (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-04-15
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11976
Journal Title:: Produce Market Guide
Notes:: Online from publication. 9 pages., Advice from a fresh produce marketer with more than 30 years of experience in a supermarket chain. "The environment you want is one of being a merchant. ... It is somewhat of a lost art in today's fast paced world of data, low price and lack of labor."

454. Building bridges between producers and schools: the role of extension in the farm to school program

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Qu, Shuyang (author), Fischer, Laura (author), and Rumble, Joy (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-10
Published:: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10948
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(4)
Notes:: 10 pages., Article #:4FEA4, via online journal., Childhood obesity is one of the leading problems facing Americans today. As children continue to struggle with both obesity and food insecurity, many parents and doctors look to schools to be responsible for providing healthful meals. The aim of the Farm to School (F2S) program is to bring fresh, local produce into school cafeterias. Aligning with Extension goals, the F2S program provides an opportunity for both the development of healthful lifestyles and increases in agricultural profits. Through interviews with producers and school food service directors, we determined ways Extension programming can be used to improve the efficiency of the F2S program.

455. Building communities through food: strengthening communications, families, and social capital

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Purnell, David F. (author)
Format:: Book
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA: Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11095
Notes:: 137 pages., Examines the power of food as a communicative tool to bring people of diverse backgrounds together. Author argues that food enables people to look past their differences and focus on their similarities, thus creating a stronger sense of community via the sharing of a meal.

456. Building engagement in Facebook: A case study with Utah State University Extension

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kesler, Kenna R. (author), Hall, Kelsey (author), and Spielmaker, Debra (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-02
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12104
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 105, Issue 1
Notes:: 24 pgs., In order to stay relevant in an online world, Extension must properly use social networking platforms to effectively reach diverse audiences regarding agricultural and natural resource issues. However, few studies have focused on how Extension uses Facebook to effectively accomplish its goal. This study’s purpose was to explore how Utah State University Extension Sustainability uses Facebook to engage followers. The researchers conducted a quantitative content analysis of 504 messages posted to the USU Extension Sustainability Facebook page. Graphics and links were the most common post characteristics used by the organization. Text-only posts and posts containing videos were utilized the least. Food was the most common area of sustainability discussed on the page. Posts containing videos, shared content, or that tagged other Facebook pages in messages experienced statistically significantly higher user engagement than posts without those characteristics. Posts containing hashtags experienced statistically significantly lower engagement. Neutral sentiment appeared in the majority of posts. Additionally, information seeking was the most dominant communicative function among the posts. Neither the type of sentiment nor communicative functions were significantly connected to engagement. Future research should determine changes in knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behavior as a result of exposure to, and engagement with, the Facebook page. Additionally, a qualitative study determining consumers’ attitudes toward Facebook content can provide a deeper understanding of the audience’s thought processes and content preferences. Page administrators should craft engaging content that builds community among followers.

457. Building global leaders through field research and extension experiences in Belize

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gill, Tom (author) and Willcox, Adam S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-05
Published:: USA: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12683
Journal Title:: Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 29, Iss.2
Notes:: 21 pages, One of the most complex agricultural and natural resources challenges of our time is reconciling sustainable global food security and biodiversity conservation. Providing undergraduate students effective, learning experiences to develop technical and cultural competency prepares them to address this challenge and become global leaders in their disciplines. A three-year experiential research and extension project brought together 14 students and 10 faculty mentors to investigate smallholder farmers practicing conservation-compatible adjacent to the Vaca Forest Reserve in Belize. We used an agroecological approach to foster systems-level thinking and develop transdisciplinary skills of undergraduate students. Students completed applied individual research projects that explored the challenge of food security and biodiversity conservation in the tropics, and worked collaboratively with local stakeholders, design and implement extension projects based on research results. Student and faculty teams assessed cropping and soil management practices; social and economic systems; and wildlife, forestry, and ecosystem services. We assessed student learning outcomes with a tool commonly used for evaluating undergraduate research. Students reported learning gains in attitudes and behaviors toward research, mindset towards research, ability to think and work like a scientist, and research skills. Students also reported positive working relationships with mentors and peers, and a high level of publication and presentation outputs. Students reported that their Belize experience helped develop their agroecological and cross-cultural knowledge and skills, and prepared them for their next career steps. We conclude with recommendations for higher education institutions wishing to develop meaningful global undergraduate research experiences that can build the next generation of leaders.

458. Building success of food hubs through understanding of the cooperative experience

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Schmit, Todd M. (author) and Severson, Roberta M. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10189
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(1) : 1-9
Notes:: 9 pages., Article # 1RIB4, Via online journal., Food hubs represent a business model through which farmers can collectively market product to access new supply chains and buyers can efficiently access locally sourced foods. Many farmer marketing cooperatives fit within the food hub definition and have existed for decades. Accordingly, much can be learned from them to support food hub business planning efforts. We developed and synthesized case studies of three successful cooperatives in order to match key food hub operational challenges with recommended best management practices. Such information is useful for Extension education efforts supporting the development of economically viable food hub businesses.

459. Bureau of Institutional Research, publication bibliography since approximately 1947

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: The Department of Information and Agricultural Journalism, University of (author)
Format:: Bibliography
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 26 Document Number: B02588
Notes:: #1232, Harold Swanson Collection, Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota, [196-], 13 p.

460. Bureau of Lost Management: Narrow interests now dominate the agency's direction

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kenna, Jim (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2020-07
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11728
Journal Title:: High Country News
Journal Title Details:: 52(7) : 42
Notes:: Online from publisher., Author observes how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is losing sight of the traditional mission of maintaining public lands and passing them intact to the next generation. "The BLM's mission is not ideological and does no give preference to certain land users. Its legal mandate calls for managing public lands for a variety of uses, treating energy generation and conservation equally. But now, the agency is losing sight of that mission."

461. Burger King ditches TV ad, asks leading extension scientist for help

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brooks, Rhonda (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-22
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11910
Journal Title:: Drovers
Notes:: Online from publication 2 pages., Report about removal of Burger King TV advertisements inaccurately touting the use of lemongrass in cows' diets to reduce methane emissions by "up to 33%."

462. Burger King pulls its "anti-cow" ad campaign

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2020-08-03
Published:: USA: AgWeb
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11726
Notes:: Online from AgWeb.com via AgriMarketing Weekly. 2 pages., Discontinued advertising campaign based on inaccurate information about using lemongrass in cows' diets to reduce methane emissions by "up to 33%."

463. Burger King tells a whopper

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Henderson, Greg (author)
Format:: Editorial
Publication Date:: 2020-08
Published:: USA: Drovers CattleNetwork, Lenexa, Kansas.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11723
Journal Title:: Drovers Cattlenetwork
Journal Title Details:: : 4
Notes:: Via online from publisher., "The Front Gate" editorial confronts advertising campaign of Burger King based on misleading, inaccurate information about the role of cattle in generating global greenhouse gas emissions.

464. Burger King tells a whopper!

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Henderson, Greg (author)
Format:: Editorial
Publication Date:: 2020-07
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11911
Journal Title:: Drovers
Notes:: Online from publication. 3 pages., Editorial highlights the inaccuracies in a Burger King television advertisement that repeats misleading claims and data about the role of beef and dairy production in greenhouse gas emissions that harm climate.

465. Burger thy neighbour

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Torshizi, M. (author)
Format:: Paper
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11648
Notes:: 15 pages., Paper presented at the 2018 conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), July 28-August 2, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Author develops a theoretical model that helps provide a better understanding of the effect of hostile marketing and advertisement strategies on competition involving meat. Findings suggest that negatively influencing consumers' perceptions of rivals' products may be a more effective marketing tool than the "beggar-thy-neighbor" advertising where one firm steals some market share from the rivals by means of positive promotion of its own product.

466. Bust to boom: reinventing the agricultural marketing model

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Motter, John (author)
Format:: Opinion
Publication Date:: 2019-08
Published:: United States: AgWeb
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 82 Document Number: D10831
Notes:: 10 pages., via website AgWeb's Farm Journal, In their story, “Plowed Under, The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us,” (paywall) the Wall Street Journal reported on the tough times we’re facing in agriculture. They are tough. And, as a corn and soybean farmer, it’s painful to see. But farmers are nothing if not resilient. And we’ll survive this one too.

467. Butter cows and butter buildings: a history of an unconventional sculptural medium

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Simpson, Pamela H. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11347
Journal Title:: Sculpture Review
Journal Title Details:: 68(4) : 40-59
Notes:: 20 pages., Via online., Historical analysis of butter sculpture within the context of food as art, and as a way to promote butter as the natural, healthy alternative to oleomargarine.

468. Buyers Guide, The

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Directory
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA: Tractor Classics
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: B-C; Folder: V1.12.B.049 Document Number: D01803
Journal Title Details:: 1
Notes:: 48p, Volume One Number One Collection; John Harvey Collection

469. C.O.NXT survey shows pandemic has not shaken consumer interest in food sustainability

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Research summary
Publication Date:: 2021-02
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12179
Notes:: Online via AgriMarketing Update. 2 pages., Communications firm reports findings of an online survey of 750 consumers across the U.S.

470. C.O.nxt announces this is Lyle E. Orwig Day

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: News release
Publication Date:: 2021-03
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12141
Notes:: Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 1 page., A March 1 occasion marking the retirement and legacy of Lyle E. Orwig, co-founder and chairman of Charleston-Orwig communications agency, recently rebranded as C.O.nxt.

471. CADU and EPID : diffusion agencies in rural Ethiopia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Polgreen, J. (author)
Format:: Unpublished paper
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05573
Notes:: Harold Swanson Collection

472. CAT for agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation)

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (author)
Format:: Guide
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 62 Document Number: C02083
Notes:: Hanne, Wageningen-Ede, Netherlands : Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EEC Convention of Lome, 198-. 6 p.

473. CIAT #6

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
Format:: File
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: United States
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9 Document Number: D09073
Notes:: Includes Document C12653 "Readings in development communication." In four folders in the box., Francis C. Byrnes Collection

474. COVID-19 Pandemic: Implication on Nigeria Agriculture and Role of Extension

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ayi, N.A. (author)
Format:: Conference paper
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: Nigeria: AJOL
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12442
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 26 No. 1
Notes:: Conference paper / journal article, The paper focused on COVID-19 pandemic, its implication on the Nigeria agriculture and the role of extension. The review uncovered a subtle but undeniable negative impact on all the value chain of the Nigeria agriculture. One of the most important factors that may avert this negative impact is agricultural extension service. With lockdown, travel ban and social distancing, the way out becomes technology. Government and institutions at all levels should intentionally deploy technology tools to aid effective agricultural extension service to farmers.

475. COVID-19 and food safety FAQ: Is coronavirus a concern with takeout?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Seymour, Natalie (author), Yavelak, Mary (author), Christian, Candice (author), Chapman, Ben (author), and Danyluk, Michelle (author)
Format:: Flyer
Publication Date:: 2020-03-24
Published:: UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11495
Journal Title:: EDIS
Journal Title Details:: 2020(2)
Notes:: 1 page., Via IFAS Extension, University of Florida, These flyers, written by Natalie Seymour, Mary Yavelak, Candice Christian, and Ben Chapman (NC State University Extension), provide quick, digestible information regarding prevention of COVID-19 and procedures for food service, grocery stores, and other food-related businesses. This flyer in particular provides guidance regarding takeout and COVID-19. Published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.

476. COVID-19 and food safety FAQ: Is coronavirus a food safety issue?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Seymour, Natalie (author), Yavelak, Mary (author), Christian, Candice (author), Chapman, Ben (author), and Danyluk, Michelle (author)
Format:: Flyer
Publication Date:: 2020-03-18
Published:: UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11494
Journal Title:: EDIS
Journal Title Details:: 2020(2)
Notes:: 1 page., Via IFAS Extension, University of Florida, These flyers, written by Natalie Seymour, Mary Yavelak, Candice Christian, and Ben Chapman (NC State University Extension), provide quick, digestible information regarding prevention of COVID-19 and procedures for food service, grocery stores, and other food-related businesses. This flyer in particular provides information about food safety in relation to COVID-19. Published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.

477. COVID-19 and marketing challenges for food producers in Louisiana

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bampasidou, Maria (author), Frelier, Johannah (author), Coleman, Marcus A. (author), and Motsenbockerd, Carl E. (author)
Format:: Research report
Publication Date:: 2022-03
Published:: USA: Food Distribution Research Society
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12649
Journal Title:: Journal of Food Distribution Research
Journal Title Details:: V. 53, Iss.1
Notes:: 2 pages, The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the operations of many farm and food businesses across Louisiana. Producers had to adapt to changes or closures of market outlets, including farmers markets, farm-to-school programs, and restaurants. Using data collected from an online survey, this research examines pre- and post-pandemic marketing channels and challenges faced by food producers.

478. COVID-19 and the Sustainability of Agricultural Extension Models

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Siankwilimba, E. (author), Hiddlestone-Mumford, J. (author), Hang’ombe Mudenda, B.M. (author), Mumba, C. (author), and Hoque, Md. E (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-01-05
Published:: United Kingdom: Visnav
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12485
Journal Title:: International Journal of Applied Chemical and Biological Sciences
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 3 (1)
Notes:: 20 pages., Agricultural extension and advisory services in information and technology dissemination and delivery are critical in a developing country’s food security and sustainability. Without extension service provision, the productivity and production smallholder farmers are experiencing would have been much lower, and current global hunger and malnutrition worse. This paper assesses the effects of COVID-19 on the sustainability of agricultural extension models/approaches for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Over 60 papers were reviewed covering 2019-2021, commencing with the disease outbreak in China. Based on characteristics and usage, the findings indicate most reviewed extension models were disrupted. No single model was entirely disbanded as the impact of COVID-19 was being felt. However, each model incorporated a digital means of communication to keep farmers and service providers in touch. There is considerable criticism around the inadequacy of these extension techniques in advancing the agenda for smallholder farming’s long-term viability that needs to be addressed

479. COVID-19 crisis spurs uptick in bagged potatoes, suppliers say

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Offner, Jim (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-09-16
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12021
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from periodical. 3 pages., Article reports observations from several marketers of potatoes. One marketing director observed, "We anticipate consumers will still maintain their shift to eating at home even when we approach a new normal."

480. COVID-19 has made me lose the joy of cooking

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wilkinson, Sue (author / Food Marketing Institute)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2020-06-24
Published:: USA: Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11750
Notes:: Blog examines the fatigue factor of cooking at home.

481. COVID-19 throws up unwelcome roadblocks for apple marketing

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Koger, Chris (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-12-31
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12023
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from periodical. 3 pages., Some produce retailers report on challenges they are facing during the pandemic in marketing apples.

482. COVID-19's impact on grocery shopping in just five weeks

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Markenson, Steve (author / Food Marketing Institute)
Format:: Research summary
Publication Date:: 2020-04-24
Published:: USA: Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11748
Notes:: Online from Institute website. 2 pages., Summarizes findings of the FMI COVID-19 weekly tracking surveys among U.S. consumers during this early stage of the pandemic.

483. COWShED: communication within white spots for breeders

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Seye, Madoune R. (author), Diallo, Moussa (author), Gueye, Bamba (author), and Cambier, Christophe (author)
Format:: Conference paper
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: France: IEEE
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10498
Notes:: 3 pages., 22nd Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks and Workshops (ICIN), via online database., Livestock transhumance in Senegal is done in several areas and more specifically in Sylvo-pastoral areas located in the Ferlo's region where it is difficult or impossible to communicate with terrestrial communication systems. The main reason is due to the existence of white spots. The lack of communication between breeders does not allow the dissemination of vital information such as water points location, bush fires geographic location, epidemic area, and available pastureland. However, in undeserved areas, satellite communications are very expensive for rural population. Therefore, we propose a low-cost communication based on LoRa transmission that enables different services like short message text, voice messages, status of a water points, geographic location. The deployed architecture is a delay tolerant ad-hoc network that can cover a large area with a mesh system.

485. California ag survey gauges areas of concern for residents

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Koger, Chris (author)
Format:: Survey report
Publication Date:: 2020-10-15
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11947
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from publication. 1 page., Summary of a survey among residents in the Bay Area of California by the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California. Findings indicated that 77 percent of the respondents considered agriculture "most" or "very" important. A majority also appeared to understand issues that face frmers, including employment of guest workers through the H-2A program.

486. California grapes go global with promotions

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Karst, Tom (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2021-09-03
Published:: USA: The Packer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13154
Notes:: 2 pages

487. California grapes on the air

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Karst, Tom (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2021-09-09
Published:: USA: The Packer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13159
Notes:: 2 pages

488. Camera-ready vs mimeographed, copy what about usage?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Keel, V.A. (author) and Sperbeck, J.M. (author)
Format:: Report
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 17 Document Number: B02066
Notes:: #1128, Harold Swanson Collection, St. Paul, MN : University of Minnesota, Agricultural Extension Service, [197-]. 8 p. (Communications Research and paper series 2)

489. Can Mobile Phones build social trust? Insights from rural Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Parlasca, Martin C. (author), Hermann, Daniel (author), and Mußhoff, Oliver (author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2020-10-01
Published:: International: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11862
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 79
Notes:: 15 pages, Generalized trust, which refers to trust towards people that are not well known (Yamagishi and Yamagishi, 1994; Stolle, 2002; Uslaner, 2002; Freitag and Traunmüller, 2009), is needed for many situations of economic interaction such as daily market activities. Considering that trust acts as a lubricant for social interaction, a lack of generalized trust can severely restrict a persons reach of efficient economic exchange. Increases of generalized trust within a society thus have the potential to create large efficiency gains (Fafchamps and Minten, 2002; Fafchamps, 2006). Given the importance of trust for social interaction and various welfare dimensions, a growing body of economic, sociological, and psychological research has been devoted to examining the circumstances under which trust can thrive. A reoccurring notion in all three disciplines is that communication represents a key factor in the formation of trust (Lewicki et al., 2006; Glanville and Paxton, 2007). Ostrom et al. (1992), for example, find that communication and sanctioning in a common pool resource experiment lead to substantially more efficient outcomes. In a laboratory setting, personal communication has shown to enhance trust (Buchan et al., 2006), and is even more powerful in creating mutually benefitting exchanges than the possibility to engage in non-binding contracts (Ben-Ner and Putterman, 2009). In this paper, we analyze whether mobile phones which constitute a fundamental component of modern information and communications technologies (ICT) can help build social trust among pastoral communities in Northern Kenya.1 In most African countries, trust levels are remarkably low; out of all regions in the world, people living in sub-Sahara Africa exhibit the lowest levels of generalized trust (Mattes and Moreno, 2018). In the study region of Northern Kenya, it is particularly relevant to increase trust for several reasons. First, the relatively weak legal system jeopardizes contract enforcement, which means that any economic interaction requires substantial amounts of trust between the contract partners. This has caused a strong reliance on trust-based relationships in Northern Kenyas livestock sector (Mahmoud, 2008; Pavanello, 2010; Roba et al., 2018). Furthermore, low trust levels between ethnic tribes have also reinforced longstanding intertribal conflicts in the region, and impede solutions to share resources peacefully and effectively (Schilling et al., 2012). Lastly, the low population density and long physical distances between settlements in the region make communication over long distances difficult and therefore induce high monitoring costs. Potential benefits of enhancing trust are therefore particularly high in the context of Northern Kenya. To compensate for physical remoteness, rural communities have a high need for digital connectivity but have oftentimes suffered from poor connection and inclusion in existing networks in the past (Salemink et al., 2017). Over the last decade, however, mobile phones have become available to most pastoralists in Northern Kenya (Butt, 2015; Asaka and Smucker, 2016; Parlasca et al., 2020). A large and growing body of research has pointed out that mobile phones can help increase several paramount welfare dimensions of rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa, such as income and income equality, financial development, gender equality, or institutional quality (Aker and Mbiti, 2010; Asongu, 2015; Asongu and Nwachukwu, 2016; Rotondi et al., 2020). However, the research on the implications of mobile phones on social capital formation is much less extensive. To the best of our knowledge, the potential of mobile phones to affect trust is so far solely based on qualitative or anecdotal evidence (Molony, 2006, 2009; Overå, 2006) and lacks quantitative assessments. This paper aims to close this gap. In this study, we elicit trust levels with an incentivized experiment, namely the canonical trust game by Berg et al. (1995). Experimental sessions were conducted from July 2018 to August 2018 in 17 different villages in Turkana County, Northern Kenya, and included a total of 402 respondents. We differentiate with regard to the object of trust by measuring trust towards fellow villagers, trust towards people from a neighboring village, and trust towards city dwellers from the county capital. Past research in rural sub-Saharan Africa indicates that smallholder farmers exhibit less trust towards people from different villages (Etang, 2010; Etang et al., 2011) or people from the next larger city (Parlasca et al., 2019). The differentiation of the object of trust therefore allows investigating heterogeneous effects of mobile phone use on trust depending on the physical distance between trustor and trustee. This research adds add to the existing literature in several ways: to the extent of our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the direct link between mobile phone use and trust using quantitative household data from a low-income country. Thus far, no study has analyzed the role of geographical distance in the relationship between mobile phone use and trust. Lastly, this analysis contributes to the extremely sparse literature on trust in the context of pastoralist communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The remainder of the study is organized as follows. Section 2 lays out the conceptual framework that guides the analysis. The data are explained in section 3 and the empirical framework is presented in section 4. The results are discussed section 5, followed by concluding remarks in section 6.

490. Can anyone hear us? An exploration of echo chambers at a land-grant university

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ruth, Taylor K. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Galindo-Gonzalez, Sebastian (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Carter, Hannah S. (author), Folta, Kevin M. (author), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Ohio State University University of Florida Association for Communication Excellence
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10430
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 103(2)
Notes:: 24 pages., Via online journal., Faculty at land-grant universities are expected to engage in some form of Extension, or science communication, as part of the land-grant mission. However, critics have claimed these institutions are out of touch with their stakeholders’ needs and faculty mainly communicate with others in academia. This engagement with a homogenous group reflects the concepts of echo chambers, where people are only exposed to information that aligns with their beliefs and current knowledge and discredit opposing information. An explanatory mixed-methods design was used to understand land-grant faculty’s engagement in echo chambers. A survey was distributed to a census of tenure-track faculty in the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to understand respondents’ engagement in echo chambers. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 13 of the survey respondents to further explore their audiences and channels used in science communication to understand their engagement in echo chambers. Survey results indicated faculty did not necessarily participate in echo chambers, but they also did not contribute to an open communication network. However, the interviews found participants were interested in reaching new audiences yet struggled to communicate with stakeholders. The participants also reported wanting to find alternative channels to peer reviewed journals to help disseminate their work. The findings from this study indicated faculty contributed to a type of echo chamber, but rather than viewing their stakeholders’ opinions as false, they simply did not hear the opinions. Agricultural communicators should work with land-grant faculty administrators to identify appropriate audiences and channels for science communication.

491. Can healthier food demand be linked to farming systems' sustainability? the case study of the Mediterranean diet

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Campos, Susana (author) and Madureira, Lívia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-06
Published:: Germany: CENTMA Research
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12703
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: Vol 10, N.3
Notes:: 16 pages, Promoting healthier diets is strategic to solve the global societal challenge of excessive and unhealthy calorie intake that causes obesity and overweight and is responsible for chronic diseases that burden healthcare systems. The relationship between food and personal health is well established and in recent years it has originated a number of dietary recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) focused on encouraging healthier diets. The environmental impact of food intake and of particular diets is a growing research area. However, neither research nor public policies, in particular, have been able so far to establish a link between promoting healthier diets and their impact on enhancing environmentally healthier farming systems and the sustainability of rural landscapes. This paper addresses this gap by presenting a multidisciplinary literature review which combines evidence from nutrition and health sciences with that from environmental, agrarian and sustainability studies on the impacts of foods and dietary patterns on the environment, ecosystems and rural landscape. This integrate d review, complemented with data analysis, highlights the Mediterranean diet as a healthier dietary pattern whose promotion could be beneficial to recover or maintain the sustainability of Mediterranean rural landscape. Hence, the second part of the paper focus on discussing the role of public policies in enabling the link between enhancing healthier diets and healthier farming systems in order to sustain rural landscapes since these play a key role in the sustainability of Mediterranean rural areas.

492. Can information drive demand for safer food? impact of brand-specific recommendations and test results on product choice

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wairimu Kariuki, Sarah (author) and Hoffmann, Vivian (author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2021-11-17
Published:: United States: Wiley Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12455
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Economics
Notes:: 14pgs, As an unobservable attribute, food safety is likely to be under-provided by markets where regulatory enforcement is weak. In such settings, stimulating consumer demand for safer food can potentially encourage market actors to invest in food safety. Through a randomized trial in Kenya, we test the impact of informing consumers about which maize flour brands are most likely to comply with the regulatory standard for aflatoxin, a carcinogenic fungal byproduct. Providing information on safer brands alone does not significantly affect consumption behavior. However, when the same information is combined with a test performed on the maize flour stocked by the household, the likelihood that a safer brand is consumed 2 months later is 76% higher than in the comparison group. Our findings suggest that providing information on the relative riskiness of substitute foods could encourage consumers to make safer choices.

493. Can medium-scale farms support smallholder commercialisation and improve welfare? evidence from nigeria

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis (author), Salim Nuhu, Ahmed (author), Awokuse, Titus (author), Jayne, Thomas (author), Muyanga, Milu (author), Aromolaran, Adebayo (author), and Adelaja, Adesoji (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-04-19
Published:: United States: Wiley Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12576
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 27pgs, In spite of mounting evidence about the growth of medium-scale farms (MSFs) across Africa, there is limited empirical evidence on their impact on neighbouring small-scale farms (SSFs). We examine the relationships between MSFs and SSFs, with particular focus on the specific mechanisms driving potential spillover effects. First, we develop a theoretical model explaining two propagating mechanisms: learning effects (training) and cost effects (reduced transactions cost). An empirical application to data from Nigeria shows that SSFs with training from MSFs tend to use higher levels of modern inputs (have higher productivity), and receive higher prices and income. The results also show that purchasing inputs from MSFs reduces the costs of accessing modern inputs and is associated with higher inorganic fertiliser use by SSFs. Our results suggest that the benefits of receiving training and purchasing inputs from MSFs are particularly important for very small-scale producers, operating less than 1 hectare of land. This implies that policies which promote the efficient operation of MSFs and encourage their interaction with SSFs can be an effective mechanism for improving the productivity and welfare of smallholder farms, hence reducing their vulnerability to extreme poverty.

494. Can members’ WeChat engagement affect relational outcomes in community‐supported agriculture? empirical evidence from China

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Tan, Si (author) and Chen, Weiping (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10908
Journal Title:: Agribusiness
Journal Title Details:: 35: 36– 52
Notes:: 17 pages., via online journal., Members’ offline engagement is commonly believed to affect the producer–member relationship in community‐supported agriculture, however, little research focuses on engagement in the online context. Using qualitative data of 24 members and quantitative data of 279 members from China, this study uses a sequential exploratory mixed‐method design to explore the impact of members’ WeChat engagement on relational outcomes. The findings indicate that WeChat engagement positively affects four relational outcomes: Service satisfaction, word of mouth, social bonds, and commitment. In addition, those four relational outcomes are not equally influenced by WeChat engagement. The greatest impact is on commitment, while the lowest is on service satisfaction. Furthermore, multigroup analysis results suggest that gender moderates the relationship between WeChat engagement and commitment.

495. Can we say what diet is best for health?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Katz, D.L. (author) and Meller, S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02889
Journal Title:: Annual Review of Public Health
Journal Title Details:: 35 : 83-103

496. Can women's self‐help groups improve access to information, decision‐making, and agricultural practices? The Indian case

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Raghunathan, Kalyani (author), Kannan, Samyuktha (author), and Quisumbing, Agnes R. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-08
Published:: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: D10822
Journal Title:: Agricultural Economics
Notes:: 14 pages., via online journal,, Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women's self‐help group (SHG) platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women's empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross‐sectional data on close to 1,000 women from five states in India and employ nearest‐neighbor matching models to match SHG and non‐SHG women along a range of observed characteristics. We find that participation in an SHG increases women's access to information and their participation in some agricultural decisions, but has limited impact on agricultural practices or outcomes, possibly due to financial constraints, social norms, and women's domestic responsibilities. SHGs need to go beyond provision of information to changing the dynamics around women's participation in agriculture to effectively translate knowledge into practice.

497. Can you ensure that ICT for development apps are downloaded and used? A case study of the plantwise data collection app for plant health in Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ochilo, Willis N. (author), Ruffhead, Holly (author), Rumsey, Abigail (author), Chege, Florence (author), Lusweti, Charles (author), Oronje, Mary Lucy (author), and Otieno, Washington (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: D10807
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
Journal Title Details:: 20(3):237-253
Notes:: 18 pages., via online journal., Mobile apps are increasingly being used to answer development challenges around the world. The development opportunities that apps offer is wide-reaching but uptake of the technology varies. This article examines the ease of use and factors impacting user acceptance and behavior when interacting with an app for agricultural extension in Kenya. Results show factors including gender and age play a role in the adoption of technology by agricultural extension agents. The findings have useful lessons for apps’ development in the agricultural sector and suggest that including intended users of an app in the design process significantly increases usability.

498. Canadian Consumer Insights on Agriculture: Addressing the Knowledge-Gap

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sutherland, Chelsea (author), Sim, Cassidy (author), Gleim, Savannah (author), and Smyth, Stuart (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-09
Published:: United States: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12196
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
Journal Title Details:: Volume 21, 2020 - Issue 1-2
Notes:: 22 pages., The disconnect between the public and agricultural production is a growing concern for the Canadian agriculture industry. A lack of knowledge regarding food production can lead to distrust in the industry and in the safe, nutritious food grown on Canadian farms. To assess consumers’ level of agricultural knowledge, we surveyed consumers about agricultural production. Results reveal a lack of basic knowledge in most areas, and a particular deficit in the areas of crop protection, organic production, and advanced plant breeding technologies. Based on these results, we recommend that the agriculture industry focus education and communication efforts on these topics.

499. Canadian farms are changing fast. How well are farm media keeping up?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Cockfield Brown Inc., Winnipeg Office (author)
Format:: Report
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: Canada
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 57 Document Number: C01496
Notes:: Winnipeg, Canada : Cockfield Brown Inc. [198-]. 32 p.

500. Cannabis 101 At The University Of Connecticut

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Skahill, Patrick (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2019-03-16
Published:: United States: NPR
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10942
Notes:: 3 pages, via online article and podcast

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