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2. Half of the world is now online, says UN agency
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kan, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article summary
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11297
- Journal Title:
- PC Magazine
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Via online summary of an online article dated December 10, 2018, from PCMag.com., "This represents an important step towards a more inclusive global information society," International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Houlin Zhao said in a statement. However, he added that more needs to be done to connect the rest of the world to internet.
3. Mobile technology and home broadband 2019
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, Monica (author)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11298
- Notes:
- 7 pages., Online from Internet and Technology, Pew Research Center., "37% of Americans go online mostly using a smartphone, and these devices are increasingly cited as a reason for not having a high-speed internet connection at home."
4. The impact of mobile payment channel on consumer consumption: evidence from Alipay
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Xu, Yugian (author), Ghose, Anindya (author), and Xiao, Binqing (author)
- Format:
- Research Study
- Publication Date:
- 2018-10
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10017
- Notes:
- 35 pages., Using data from a large bank in China, this study examined trends in transactions after adoption of Alipay, which is now the world's largest mobile payment platform.
5. Understanding Malawian farmers' slow adoption of composting: Stories about composting using a participatory video approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cai, Tian (author), Steinfeld, Charles (author), Chiwasa, Hastings (author), and Ganunga, Tadala (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04-09
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12488
- Journal Title:
- Land Degredation & Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 30 (11)
- Notes:
- 18 pages, Soil and land degradation is a common issue in Sub-Saharan Africa leading to poor yield and threatening food security, yet soil conservation technologies remain underutilized. To build on prior work that primarily emphasizes demographic differences in adoption, this study contributes by identifying underlying social and cultural factors that influence farmers' perceptions about and willingness to adopt soil conservation management practices in a rural region of Malawi. Key informant interviews were first conducted to identify constraints slowing composting adoption, which were then used to structure the creation of participatory videos—videos created with the active participation of local farmers that demonstrated compost manure practices and benefits. Farmers from the same communities subsequently participated in focus group discussions before and after the moderated screening and discussion of these videos in order to obtain a more in-depth understanding of the constraints and possible ways to overcome them. Among the identified constraints to the use of composting were inefficient government programs such as the Farm Input Subsidy Program that contributed to a belief that only subsidized chemical fertilizers provided positive returns on investment, a lack of support from extension services that diminished compost use, social norms around gender that hindered women farmers from attempting to use composting, and livelihood strategy changes that led to labour shortages. Findings from the focus groups showed that the participatory video method encouraged adoption by helping farmers, and especially women, to reconsider composting, test it, and reflect upon social and cultural constraints impeding adoption. Over half of the farmers in the study tested composting for the first time after discussing the videos and changed their perception of both the value of composting and their own ability to use these types of soil conservation practices.