Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.
Gajjala, Radhika (author / Bowling Green State University) and Mamidipudi, Annapurna (author / Dastkar Andhra, Hyderabad, India)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2005-11-14
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27878
Notes:
Presented at the World Forum on Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia, November 14-16, 2005. 1 page., Describes an unusual teaching assignment that involved students in intercultural communications.
July 15 issue via online. 2 pages., Describes how Penton's increased emphasis on being an information service provider rather than business-to-business publisher is prompting a closer look at "investments in non-core businesses like data, events, and elearning."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08013
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Prepared by Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand, in connection with the Agricultural Extension and Research Project, Nepal. Conducted in Parwanipur, Nepal, February 6-17, 1984. 20 pages., Schedule and report of a two-week workshop for extension workers.
Nepal: UNDP Asia and Pacific programme for Development Training and Communication Planning
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19473
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, Prepared by James H. French; Conducted in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension and Research Project Parwanipur, Nepal
