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    2. Diversity in success: Interaction between external interventions and local actions in three rice farming areas in Benin

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Totin, Edmond (author), Mierlo, Barbara van (author), Mongbo, Roch (author), Leeuwis, Cees (author), and Wageningen University, The Netherlands Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2014-11-21
    Published:
    Benin: Science Direct
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10957
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural Systems
    Journal Title Details:
    133(2015) : 119-130
    Notes:
    12 pages, via online journal, Since the rice crisis of 2007, the government of Benin has initiated many programmes for rice intensification. Comparison of three rice production areas shows that local rice production has indeed been increased by the facilities provided by the government programmes. Although broadly the same facilities (market outlet, credit, input, etc.) were provided to rice farmers in the three study areas, which are located close to one another, there are not only similar, but also some different outcomes with regard to farmers' practices. There were also some unexpected changes, like the shift from limited collective canal cleaning to individual canal cleaning in Koussin-Lélé and the use of pumps in upland areas in Bamè. The study explores the interplay between these external interventions of government programmes and local actions of farmers to explain the outcomes. Using an actor-oriented perspective, the study concludes that farmers' agency played a critical role in the success of interventions; the changes occurred because of local actions of the farmers and intermediaries interacting with the external interventions at diverse junctures. Differences in strategies for resolving livelihood problems, in production options and biophysical conditions influence farmers' local actions and contribute to the explanation of the diversity of outcomes. The main lesson drawn from this research is that evaluation studies should not consider external interventions as the only or primary source of change. The dynamic interplay between local agency, intermediation and external interventions makes room for change.

    4. Evaluating the participation level of fish farmers in agricultural insurance in Ondo state, Nigeria

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Adesoji, Solomon Adedapo (author), Ogundeji, Aminat Olajumoke (author), and Olayode, Oluwafunmilola Olawunmi (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-10-01
    Published:
    Romania: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13059
    Journal Title:
    Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
    Journal Title Details:
    V.17, Iss.4
    Notes:
    12 pages. Located on pages 17-28 of pdf., The study assessed the level of awareness and determined the level of participation of fish farmers in Agricultural Insurance Scheme (AIS) with a view to improving on the level of awareness and consequently participation. The study adopted the survey method of research. The study population comprised all the 1,728 registered fish farmers in Ondo State. Only 295 respondents were sampled from the population using the Raosoft sample size calculator. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to distribute the sample population among the Local Government Areas (LGAs). Two Local Governments Areas (LGAs) were purposively selected from each of the four zones based on the prominence in fish farming. Second stage involved random selection of two communities each from the selected LGAs. At the last stage, fish farmers register was used to proportionately distribute the farmers to LGAs. The results showed the mean age of fish farmers to be 44.6±10.1years and majority (83.4) were married. The mean household size was 5±2 and about 96% was able to read and write. The mean years of fish farming experience was 13.54±11.9 and all of them were smallholders. About 70.5% were aware of AIS but only 15% were under fish policy cover for the last five years. Majority (82.3%) had moderate participation level with only 4.4% with high level of participation. There was strong correlation (R = 0.759) between the variables investigated and level of participation. Also three variables age, contact with extension and awareness regressed positively while number of information sources and household size regressed negatively with level of participation. It was concluded that despite the high level of awareness, level of participation was low.

    5. GeoFarmer: a monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Eitzinger, Anton (author), Cock, James (author), Atzmanstorfer, Karl (author), Binder, Claudia R. (author), Läderach, Peter (author), Bonilla-Findji, Osana (author), Bartlin, Mona (author), Mwongera, Caroline (author), Zurita, Leo (author), and Jarvis, Andy (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-03
    Published:
    Germany: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10292
    Journal Title:
    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    158 : 109-121
    Notes:
    13 pages., Via online journal., Farmers can manage their crops and farms better if they can communicate their experiences, both positive and negative, with each other and with experts. Digital agriculture using internet communication technology (ICT) may facilitate the sharing of experiences between farmers themselves and with experts and others interested in agriculture. ICT approaches in agriculture are, however, still out of the reach of many farmers. The reasons are lack of connectivity, missing capacity building and poor usability of ICT applications. We decided to tackle this problem through cost-effective, easy to use ICT approaches, based on infrastructure and services currently available to small-scale producers in developing areas. Working through a participatory design approach, we developed and tested a novel technology. GeoFarmer provides near real-time, two-way data flows that support processes of co-innovation in agricultural development projects. It can be used as a cost-effective ICT-based platform to monitor agricultural production systems with interactive feedback between the users, within pre-defined geographical domains. We tested GeoFarmer in four geographic domains associated with ongoing agricultural development projects in East and West Africa and Latin America. We demonstrate that GeoFarmer is a cost-effective means of providing and sharing opportune indicators of on-farm performance. It is a potentially useful tool that farmers and agricultural practitioners can use to manage their crops and farms better, reduce risk, increase productivity and improve their livelihoods.

    6. Improving on-farm water use efficiency: role of collective action in irrigation management

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Chaudhry, Anita M. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D11550
    Journal Title:
    Water Resources and Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    22 :4-18
    Notes:
    15 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., Data from Pakistan prompt the author to suggest that underlying community characteristics and/or social interactions may be driving both the performance of water user associations and on-farm water use efficiency.

    7. Proposed product label for electric lamps used in plant sciences

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Both, Arend-Jan (author), Bugbee, Bruce (author), Kubota, Chieri (author), Lopez, Roberto G. (author), Mitchell, Cary (author), Runkle, Erik S. (author), Wallace, Claude (author), and Rutgers University UT State University University of Arizona Michigan State University Purdue University
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-08
    Published:
    United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10439
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    27(4) : 544-549
    Notes:
    6 pages., Via online journal., Electric lamps are widely used to supplement sunlight (supplemental lighting) and daylength extension (photoperiodic lighting) for the production of horticultural crops in greenhouses and controlled environments. Recent advances in light-emitting diode (LED) technology now provide the horticultural industry with multiple lighting options. However, growers are unable to compare technologies and LED options because of insufficient data on lamp performance metrics. Here, we propose a standardized product label that facilitates the comparison of lamps across manufacturers. This label includes the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) efficacy, PAR conversion efficiency, photon flux density output in key wave bands, as well as the phytochrome photostationary state (PSS), red/far red ratio, and graphs of the normalized photon flux density across the 300–900 nm wave band and a horizontal distribution of the light output.

    8. Quantifying the effectiveness of extension delivery methods on practice change - the experience of the Grazing BMP [Best Management Practices] Extension Support Project

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Moravek, Timothy (author), Nelson, Brigid (author), Anderson, Angela (author), and Reid, David (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    Australia: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11208
    Journal Title:
    Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    13(2) : 70-75
    Notes:
    Addressed the effectiveness of extension delivery methods used by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries beef extension team in enabling change in producer practice. Findings were based on a survey of randomly selected producers who had engaged with the project from 2011 to 2015. "This analysis has shown the value in conducting a robust evaluation program both for demonstrating practice change and informing future extension programs."