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2. Farm exit intention and wellbeing: A study of Australian farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Peel, Dominic (author), Berry, Helen L. (author), Schirmer, Jacki (author), and University of Canberra, Australia
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10
- Published:
- Australia: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10964
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 47(2016) : 41-51
- Notes:
- 10 pages, via online journal, As the agricultural industries of developed countries undergo an extended period of change, increasing numbers of farmers are leaving farming. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between intention to exit farming and farmer wellbeing, drawing on and adapting the conservation of resources theory of stress. In a quantitative analysis of 674 Australian farmers, we show that the more likely a farmer is to leave farming, the poorer their wellbeing; but this is moderated by smaller farm size, greater profitability, earning a larger proportion of income off-farm and older age, all of which attenuate the relationship between exit intention and poorer wellbeing. We conclude that it is important for policy-makers to consider the wellbeing of farmers when designing strategies to assist exiting farmers, as poor wellbeing at exit may reduce capacity to adapt successfully to life after farming.
3. Living on the dragon's back: agriculture, environment and rural identity in deep rural Montana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Redlin, Meredith M. (author)
- Format:
- Ph.D. Dissertation Abstract
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13290
- Notes:
- 1 p., University of Kentucky, Lexington
4. Multi-actor co-design of extension interventions: paradoxes arising in three cases in the Republic of Ireland
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Macken-Walsh, Áine (author) and Rural Economy and Development Programme, Republic of Ireland
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04-15
- Published:
- Ireland: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10983
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(3) : 245-265
- Notes:
- 20 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This paper demystifies the processes, methodologies and outputs of three co-design projects, identifying how and to what extent are aims and principles of the multi-actor approach realised and upheld in the field. Implications from the cases for participatory principles are discussed. Design/Methodology/approach: A detailed ethnographic account is presented of three multi-actor co-design cases, supporting diverse readers’ interpretations and learnings. Findings: Three paradoxes were identifiable from the multi-actor processes: (1) outputs can be orphaned when they lack strong identifiers and affiliations with discrete professional communities outside of the co-design team; (2) combining diverse knowledges co-design can generate outputs that are new and strange (rather than familiar and acceptable) to end-users; (3) for Responsible Research and Innovation, co-creating interventions that are challenging (rather than popular) to society may be required. Practical implications: Awareness of dynamics and paradoxes arising in the implementation of multi-actor co-design supports enhanced facilitation of processes and impacts of outcomes. Together, the paradoxes highlight the critical importance of communications and engagement initiatives across diverse communities in the aftermath of co-design efforts. Theoretical implications: Although co-design processes are case-dependent, reflexive accounts of how they play out contribute to the body of knowledge of how co-design may be better understood. The cases in this paper identify paradoxes with implications for principles and theory of multi-actor co-design. Originality/Value: This paper presents a detailed account of three unique co-design processes. Practical and theoretical implications of the cases are identified.
5. Networked learning for agricultural extension: a framework for analysis and two cases
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bennett, M. John (author) and Starasts, Anna (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-05-24
- Published:
- Australia: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10131
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(7) : 399-414
- Notes:
- 17 pages., Via online journal., Purpose: This paper presents economic and pedagogical motivations for adopting information and communications technology (ICT)-mediated learning networks in agricultural education and extension. It proposes a framework for networked learning in agricultural extension and contributes a theoretical and case-based rationale for adopting the networked learning paradigm. Design/methodology/approach: A review of the literature highlights the economic and pedagogical need for adopting a networked learning approach. Two examples are described to instantiate the language for learning networks: a small community of farmers in India and large Twitter community of Australian farmers. Findings: This paper reviews evidence that successful networked learning interventions are already occurring within agricultural extension. It provides a framework for describing these interventions and for helping future designers of learning networks in agricultural extension. Practical implication: Facilitation of learning networks can serve to achieve efficient agricultural extension that connects farmers across distances for constructivist learning. To realize these benefits, designers of learning networks need to consider set design, social design and epistemic design. Theoretical implication: This paper contributes a theoretical framework for designing, implementing and analysing learning networks in agriculture. It does this by integrating existing ideas from networked learning and applying them to the agricultural context through examples. Originality/value: This paper contributes an understanding of the value of networked learning for extension in terms of economic and pedagogical benefits. It provides a language for talking about learning networks that is useful for future researchers and for practitioners.
6. Pioneer whiteness meets “multicultural” whiteness in farm communities in Washington state
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoops, Joshua F. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-01
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: D07023
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 43(1) : 64-86
7. Sex, drugs, and GMOs: interpreting modern agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Reid, Debra A. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08807
- Notes:
- Pages 203-212 in Debra A. Reid, Interpreting agriculture at museums and historic sites. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland. 265 pages.