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2. Accessing agricultural extension by video
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mkoka, Charles (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11611
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 24-25
- Notes:
- Online from publisher website., By embracing modern technology and engaging enthusiastic young people, the work of an NGO in Malawi is extending the reach of agricultural extension across the country.
3. Achieving on-farm practice change through facilitated group learning: evaluating the effectiveness of monitor farms and discussion groups
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Prager, Katrin (author) and Creaney, Rachel (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11345
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 56 : 1-11
- Notes:
- November issue., Article investigated two examples of group extension for knowledge exchange and innovation among farmers, discussions within the Beef Technology Adoption Programme (BTAP) in Ireland and monitor farms in Scotland.
4. An analysis of comparative effectiveness of public and private extension services regarding potato production in district Gujranwala
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Riaz, Imran (author), Ashraf, Ijaz (author), Mahmood Ch, Khalid (author), Muhammad Usman (author), Usman, Sohaib (author), and Ejaz, Raza (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-03-24
- Published:
- Pakistan: Directorate of Agricultural Information Lahore
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12854
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Research
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 60, N.4
- Notes:
- 5 pages, The current research was planned and conducted at Institute of Agricultural Extension, Education and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during the year 2019-20 and restricted to district Gujranwala with respect to potato crop. The main objective of this study was to compare the extension services provided by the public and private sector along with different teaching methodologies adopted by them. However, 36 respondents from each tehsil of district Gujranwala were selected through convenient sampling technique. Thereby, getting a sample size of 144 for the purpose of data collection for which interviews were conducted. Data were analyzed through SPSS. Results were explained through weighted score and mean values of all variables. According to results it was found that both sectors were giving useful knowledge to farmers with different teaching methods. It was also concluded that farmers had desire to take information from public sector but they have to go to private sector for products. Furthermore, it was also concluded that performance of public sector was better than private sector.
5. 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
6. Cooperative Extension competencies for the community engagement professional
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Atiles, Jorge Horacio (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: University of Georgia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10552
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(1) : 107-127
- Notes:
- 22 pages., via online journal., The community engagement professional (CEP) plays a critical role in engaging faculty, staff, and students with communities. In order to do this in the most effective way, this essay advocates for CEPs to become familiar with the Cooperative Extension system and develop competency for engaging Extension personnel, even when those personnel are not a part of the CEP’s home institution. The essay extends the work of Dostilio et al. (2017) on preliminary competencies for the community engagement professional by identifying additional competencies, organized as knowledge, skill, and dispositions, that can help CEPs work with the Cooperative Extension system to maximize engagement opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. This essay also includes ideas for implementing competency training for CEPs. Conclusions include thoughts on preparing the community engagement professional to learn and collaborate with Cooperative Extension to enrich the academic experience and benefit the communities they serve.
7. Enabling learning in demonstration farms: a literature review
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ingram, Julie (author), Chiswell, Hannah (author), Mills, Jane (author), Debruyne, Lies (author), Cooreman, Hanne (author), Koutsourts, Alexandros (author), Pappa, Eleni (author), and Marchand, Fleur (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11341
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 2018 : 29-42
- Notes:
- 13th European Farming Systems Association (IFSA) Symposium, Greece., Provides a narrative review which identifies key functional characteristics that enable learning in demonstration farms.
8. Engagement with extension services by small-acreage sugarcane farmers in selected districts of Pakistan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Faheem (author), Wegener, Malcolm (author), and Khan, Muhammad Zafarullah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Pakistan: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11211
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(2) : 34-42
- Notes:
- Personal interviews with 336 small-acreage sugarcane growers indicated that less than half had any knowledge of the public extension services available. Growers who were aware of extension services and sought information from extension achieved substantially higher average yields than growers who did not. Authors recommended that the Pakistan government review current extension services and consider strengthening them.
9. Examining internet access and social media application use for online nutrition education in SNAP-Ed participants in rural Illinois
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Loehmer, Emily (author), Smith, Sylvia (author), McCaffrey, Jennifer (author), and Davis, Jeremy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D11598
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
- Journal Title Details:
- 50(1) : 75-83
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers examined Internet access and interest in receiving nutrition education via social media application among low-income adults participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed).Results indicated similar Internet accessibility in southern Illinois among low-income populations compared with national rural rates. Interest in using online nutrition education varied among participants according to age. Overall, 49% of middle-aged adults aged 33-64 years and 87% of seniors aged 65 years or older reported they would not use online nutrition education.
10. Extension Agents Perceptions Regarding Constraints to Adoption of Improved Agricultural Practices by Farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Ayesha (author), Khan, Zubair Ahmad (author), Pervaiz, Urooba (author), and Iqbal, Mehmood (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05-18
- Published:
- Pakistan: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12394
- Journal Title:
- Sarhad Journal of Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 35 (2)
- Notes:
- 8 pages., The present study was conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)-Pakistan. Three districts were randomly selected from zone C i.e. Peshawar, Swabi and Mardan with the objective to investigate the information sources of extension agents, views of extension agents on adoption constraints and the extension methods used by them. All agricultural officers and 40% of field assistants were interviewed making a sample of 81 extension agents; 10 agricultural officers and 71 field assistants. The study results indicate that 77% field assistants were educated up to Matric with two years diploma while 10% agricultural officers had M.Sc. (Hons) degree with the majority of extension agents having job experience of more than 20 years. The main sources of information for the majority (79%) of extension agents were extension publications and training. Extension agents viewed that poverty (49%), expensive inputs (21%) and illiteracy (16%) were the main adoption constraints faced by farmers. Majority (86%) extension agents reported that the extension services are farmer friendly. The most appropriate teaching methods were group meetings (38%) and method demonstration (24%), while the most frequently used method for farmers contact was individual contact method (63%) as identified by extension agents. Non- significant association exist between diffusion of improved practices with adoption constraints and best teaching method used, while significant association exist with frequently used contact method. It is recommended that necessary inputs on subsidised rates should be provided to extension agents to make extension services more farmers friendly.
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