Format: Journal article / Publication Year: 2018 / Within Last x Years: within 25 Years

1. "Ugly duckling": afterthought farm paper becomes "bible of Delta agriculture"

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brandon, Hembree (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09289
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 2-3
Notes:: See the article in this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286). Special editions - Delta Farm Press, See article in pages 2-3 of this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286)

2. "Volunteering is like any other business" - Civic participation and social media

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kaun, Anne (author) and Julie Uldam (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09677
Journal Title:: New Media and Society
Journal Title Details:: 20(6) : 2186-2207
Notes:: Role of social media for civic participation, drawing on Swedish volunteer initiatives that emerged in the context of the migration crisis in 2015 as a case study.

3. #TransformFFA: an analysis of social media content during the 2016 national FFA convention

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rogers-Randolph, Tiffany M. (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Harsh, Jessica L. (author), and Rabon, Raychel (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09222
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(1) Article7

4. 40 years of forging new paths

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Martin, Diane (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-05
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09558
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 56(4) : 46

5. A consumer behaviour approach to analyse handmade and locally made agrifood products in western Honduras

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Salazar-Ordonez, Melania (author), Cordon-Pedregosa, Rosa (author), and Rodriguez-Entrena, Macario (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Honduras: AgEcon
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10584
Journal Title:: Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales
Journal Title Details:: 18(2) : 5-27
Notes:: 23 pages., via database., Results of this study indicate that the consumption of handmade and locally made agrifood products increases for consumers who read nutrition labels and health claim information and for those with higher income and are younger. Authors offer suggestions for improving communications.

6. A content analysis of Extension's presence on 1890 Land-Grand University websites

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Steede, Garrett M. (author), Fischer, Laura (author), Meyer, Diane C. (author), and Meyers, Courtney (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09217
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(1) Article 2

7. A perplexing process: Understanding how agricultural producers process best management practice information

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: King, Audrey E.H. (author), Baker, Lauri M. (author), and Oklahoma State University Kansas State University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10164
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(3)
Notes:: 19 pages., via online journal article, Best management practices (BMPs) are suggested practices that help agricultural producers optimize production while reducing pollution, soil erosion, and other environmental impacts. Many audiences, including scientists and policy makers, have expressed disappointment at the current level of BMP use. Elaboration likelihood model (ELM) is used to understand how people process messages. ELM states that people can process messages either centrally or peripherally. This study sought to understand how producers processed information related to BMP adoption in grazing systems. Researchers conducted qualitative, in-depth interviews with 42 beef-cattle producers in Kansas and Oklahoma. It was found producers process information both centrally and peripherally, more specifically through past experiences and visual observations. This study suggests that when promoting BMPs, communicators should use visual cues to help producers process information. More importantly communicators should utilize strategies that encourage producers to reflect on past experiences to promote central processing.

8. A quest into the unknown

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Connelly, Ross (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA: International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11776
Journal Title:: Grassroots Editor
Journal Title Details:: 59(4) : 3-6
Notes:: Via UI Library online subscription., Owner of the Hardwick Gazette community newspaper in Vermont describes his experience in seeking a new owner through an essay contest. His quest included confirmation of the importance of community newspapers in their areas of circulation.

9. A sentiment and content analysis of twitter content regarding the use of antibiotics in livestock

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Garrett M. Steede (author), Courtney Meyers (author), Nan Li (author), Erica Irlbeck (author), Sherice Gearhart (author), and Texas Tech University; University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D10103
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(4)
Notes:: Article 4; pgs. 1-16, On January 1, 2017, the final rule of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) was put into place requiring antibiotics approved for both humans and animals to be discontinued for growth promotion. This change was brought on by the role growth promoters in livestock production play in the development of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance increases the costs associated with human health care by increasing the length of stays in the hospital and requiring more intensive medical care for patients. The purpose of this study was to explore sentiment and characteristics of social media content and the characteristics of the key influencers whose opinions had the greatest amount of reach on social media in regard to antibiotic use in livestock and antibiotic resistance. Nuvi, a social media monitoring program, provided sentiment for each tweet and coded 64.8% of the content (n = 129) as negative compared to 38.2% (n = 76) humans coded as negative. The contrast between human coders and Nuvi indicates there could be discrepancies between how Nuvi codes content and the way a human might interpret the content. No key influencer discussed antibiotic use in livestock positively. Findings suggest agricultural communicators should not rely completely on the output from sentiment analysis programs to evaluate how the public discusses issues related to agriculture, particularly controversial issues. Further, agricultural communications practitioners should prioritize monitoring the content shared by key influencers in an effort to better understand the content being shared by the most influential users. Recommendations for future research are provided.

10. Adoption of crop insurance and impact: insights from India

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Aditya, K.S. (author), Khan, Md. Tajuddin (author), and Kishore, Avinash (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: India
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10284
Journal Title:: Agricultural Economics Research Review
Journal Title Details:: 31(2) : 163-174
Notes:: Via journal online., Agriculture is inherently a risky enterprise because of its dependence on rainfall. To mitigate risks, farmers diversify crops and enterprises, maintain stabilization account or resort to the sale of assets. Crop insurance is a complementary institutional mechanism that aids farmers to cope with risks better.Considering the importance of crop insurance in risk mitigation, this paper using data from a large-scale farmers’ survey we identify the factors that influence farmers’ decision to buy crop insurance and subsequently assess its impact on farm income, production expenses and productive investments in agriculture. Farmers’ adoption of crop insurance is low— 4.80% kharif season and 3.17% in the rabi season mainly on account of lack of awareness about insurance products. Nevertheless, the probability of adoption of insurance is higher for those who experience higher crop loss and have some formal training in agriculture. The subsidy on premium also positively influences crop insurance uptake decisions. On the other hand, the factors like the lower social status, tenant farming and exposure to deficit-rainfall in the previous year are negatively associated with the decision to insure. The results on the impact of insurance are not conclusive to prove that insured farmer subsumes higher risks compared to the uninsured.

11. Ads reflect agriculture's progress

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brandon, Hembree (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09292
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 1
Notes:: See article in 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)

12. Ag Comm leaders' updates

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Herman, Matt (author), Cunningham, Cindy (author), and Deering, Julie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-07
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09788
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 56(6) : 25-26

13. Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Pan, Yao; Smith (author), Smith, Stephen C. (author), and Sulaiman, Munshi (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-23
Published:: United States: Oxford University Press, New York, New York.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12395
Journal Title:: American Jounal of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 21 pages, We evaluate causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on technology adoption and food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers used better basic cultivation methods, achieved improved food security. Given minimal changes in adoption of relatively expensive inputs, we attribute these gains to improved cultivation methods that require low upfront monetary investment. Farmers also modified their shock-coping methods. These results highlight the role of information and training in boosting agricultural productivity among poor farmers and, indirectly, improving food security.

14. Agricultural communications students describe a short-term field experience

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Riggs, Angel (author), Montgomery, Diane (author), and Oklahoma State University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-07-02
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10166
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(2)
Notes:: 20 pages; Article 3, via online journal, Student-run publications, including newsrooms and similar agency-style work achieve the curricular goal of experiential learning (Roberts, 2006) for university agricultural communication students. Gaining a journalistic skillset in the classroom is richly supplemented with experiencing real-world and authentic agency immersion to reveal to students the genuine characteristics of a workplace. The purpose of this study was to use Q methodology to evaluate a real-world, out-of-class-but-supervised newsroom producing publications for the State FFA Convention. Fifteen undergraduate students who were immersed in this three-day program in which students publish original work to disseminate information to FFA participants and the public participated in the study at the end of the newsroom experience. With a concourse sampled along four dimensions of growth and development (Author, 2014), a Q set of 36 statements was sorted. In addition to the Q sorts, comments gathered from the students at the last session assisted in the interpretation of data. Post-sort interviews were conducted with exemplar sorters. Data were analyzed using principal components and varimax rotation and interpreted to show three ways the newsroom was experienced by the university students. The Supervisors honed managerial skills while working as colleagues with faculty supervisors. The Contented Staff valued the education gained from the experience and recognized the practical application of the communications-based skill-set. The Stressed Staff had insecurities and physical discomfort during the work and living in the city. Implications for program development, classroom instruction, and field experience assessment will be discussed.

15. Agricultural communicators' use of mobile devices and social media in the USA

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hawley, John L (author), Hall, Kelsey (author), and Chowdhury, Ataharul (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11207
Journal Title:: Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:: 14(1) : 101-109
Notes:: The article reports findings of a media-use survey conducted among agricultural communicators attending a meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. A majority of respondents reported using a variety of social media for work, with smartphones being the most common device used. Among other recommendations, authors suggested that respondents should continue to use Facebook and Twitter to engage their stakeholder groups in conversations about agriculture. The survey identified stakeholder groups of the communicator respondents.

16. Agricultural research using social media data

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zipper, Samuel C. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09678
Journal Title:: Agronomy Journal
Journal Title Details:: 110 : 349-358

17. Altheide, Merrys inducted into ARC's (Agricultural Relations Council's) Hall of Fame

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-07
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09787
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 56(6) : 20-22

18. An online study tool for reviewing plant propagation terms and concepts

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wilson, Sandra B. (author), Geneve, Robert L. (author), and Davies, Fred T. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10324
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(6) : 851-854
Notes:: 4 pages., Via online journal., Interactive web-based questions were developed for students to review subject matter learned in an online plant propagation course. Articulate Storyline software was used to build nearly 250 review questions with five different testing styles to ascertain proficiency in subject areas, including the biology of propagation, the propagation environment, seed propagation, vegetative propagation, micropropagation, and cell culture. Questions were arranged to correspond to the supporting textbook chapters in Hartmann and Kester’s Plant propagation: Principles and practices, ninth edition. These are open access and available to instructors and students worldwide. Users received immediate feedback for each question answered correctly or incorrectly. The system remembers where one leaves off, which enables starting and stopping multiple times within a chapter. Means of preand posttest responses to nine content knowledge items showed that students perceived a significant content knowledge gain in the course. These online interactive reviews can be adapted easily to other courses in a variety of fields, including horticulture, botany, systematics, and biology. They can also be expanded to overlay multiple objects and trigger events based on user response. Since inception, the website hosting these online reviews averaged 156 unique visitors per month. Students have reported this to be a useful tool to prepare them for course exams.

19. Annual ag/rural show calendar

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-07
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09790
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 56(6) : 43-56

20. Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers' biosecurity attitudes and behaviours

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Richens, I.F. (author), Houdmont, J. (author), Wapenaar, W. (author), Shortall, O. (author), Kaler, J. (author), and O'Connor, H. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: United Kingdom
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: D10193
Journal Title:: Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Journal Title Details:: 155 : 61-74
Notes:: 13 pages., Via UI online subscription.

21. Attitudes and preferences of Kosovar consumers towards quality and origin of meat

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wongprawmas, Rungsaran (author), Canavari, Maurizio (author), Imami, Drini (author), Gjonbalaj, Muje (author), and Gjokaj, Ekrem (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Kosovo
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11659
Journal Title:: Studies in Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: 120(3) : 126-133
Notes:: 9 pages., Online via AgEconSearch., Researchers examined Kosovar consumers' characteristics, attitude and preferences towards meat. Results suggested that they perceived country of origin, especially domestic origin, as an indicator of quality and safety of meat. Research identified two consumer profiles: conservative and innovative food consumers.

22. BBC announces its position on climate change, will CBC follow?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Abraha, Lidia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-10-02
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11427
Journal Title:: Ryerson Review of Journalism
Notes:: 6 pages., Online via publication website., Author examines the approaches taken by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in reporting on climate change.

23. Barriers to acceptance of information and communication technology in agricultural extension in Indonesia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Purnomo, Sutrisno Hadi (author) and Kusnandar (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-03-15
Published:: Indonesia: SAGE Journals
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12169
Journal Title:: Information Development
Journal Title Details:: vol: 35, issue 4, 2019
Notes:: 12 pages, The use of information and communication technology (ICT) has become progressively widespread in various sectors including agriculture. This study investigated the barriers to the diffusion of ICT in agricultural extension. Further, the study examined the effect of barriers toward ICT acceptance in agricultural extension. A paper and pencil survey by mail was conducted to collect data from 355 respondents in the Greater Surakarta Region, Indonesia. The study discovered that individual barriers, cultural barriers, government policy barriers, support and technological barriers significantly influenced the acceptance of ICT. In line with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), these variables influenced perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and perceived intention to use of ICT. The findings suggested the methods that could be adopted by governments and non-government bodies to overcome the barriers in ICT implementation.

24. Being "socially" acceptable to co-op audiences

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-05
Published:: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09417
Journal Title:: CCA Communique
Journal Title Details:: : 11-12

25. Blueberry producers' attitudes towards harvest mechanization for fresh market

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gallardo, Karina R. (author), Stafne, Eric T. (author), Devetter, Lisa Wasko (author), Zhang, Qi (author), Li, Charlie (author), Takeda, Fumiomi (author), Williamson, Jeffrey (author), Yang, Wei Qiang (author), Cline, William O. (author), Beaudry, Randy (author), Allen, Renee (author), and Washington State University Mississippi State University University of Georgia University of Florida Oregon State University Michigan State University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-02
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10337
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(1) : 10-16
Notes:: 7 pages., Via online journal., The availability and cost of agricultural labor is constraining the specialty crop industry throughout the United States. Most soft fruits destined for the fresh market are fragile and are usually hand harvested to maintain optimal quality and postharvest longevity. However, because of labor shortages, machine harvest options are being explored out of necessity. A survey on machine harvest of blueberries (Vaccinium sp.) for fresh market was conducted in 2015 and 2016 in seven U.S. states and one Canadian province. Survey respondents totaled 223 blueberry producers of various production sizes and scope. A majority (61%) indicated that their berries were destined for fresh markets with 33% machine harvested for this purpose. Eighty percent said that they thought fruit quality was the limiting factor for machine-harvested blueberries destined for fresh markets. Many producers had used mechanized harvesters, but their experience varied greatly. Just less than half (47%) used mechanical harvesters for fewer than 5 years. Most respondents indicated that labor was a primary concern, as well as competing markets and weather. New technologies that reduce harvesting constraints, such as improvements to harvest machinery and packing lines, were of interest to most respondents. Forty-five percent stated they would be interested in using a modified harvest-aid platform with handheld shaking devices if it is viable (i.e., fruit quality and picking efficiency is maintained and the practice is cost effective). Overall, the survey showed that blueberry producers have great concerns with labor costs and availability and are open to exploring mechanization as a way to mitigate the need for hand-harvest labor.

26. Brand and country influence on purchase intentions: a theory-of-reasoned-action approach

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brodowsky, Glen (author), Stewart, Kristin (author), and Anderson, Beverlee (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: D11580
Journal Title:: Journal of Promotion Management
Journal Title Details:: 24(2) : 251-269
Notes:: 20 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers used the Theory of Reasoned Action as foundation for investigating how a firm's choices related to brand identity and country of manufacture influenced purchase decisions. Results suggested that while both affect attitudes toward purchasing a product, a positive attitude toward buying a particular brand might offset a negative attitude toward buying from a particular country. This study focused on appliance brands. The review of literature cited examples of research involving ice cream, wines, and leather products.

27. Bridging the gap

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jones, Karen (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-09
Published:: USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellafonte, Pennsylvania.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09942
Journal Title:: Communique
Notes:: 2 pages.

28. CCA institute: A tradition since 1954

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-10
Published:: USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellafonte, Pennsylvania.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09947
Journal Title:: Communique
Notes:: 2 pages.

29. Can menu labeling affect away-from-home dietary choices?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Castellari, Elena (author), Marette, Stephan (author), Moro, Daniele (author), and Sckokai, Paolo (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Italy
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11327
Journal Title:: Bio- based and Applied Economics
Journal Title Details:: 7(3) : 249-263
Notes:: 15 pages., Online via AgEconSearch., Results of a field experiment at a university cafeteria indicated that "provision of nutritional information by itself can have zero or low impact unless it synergizes with other instruments such as nutritional education, social norm provisions and nudges."

30. Can the TV makeover format of edutainment lead to widespread changes in farmer behaviour and influence innovation systems? Shamba Shape Up in Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10461
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 76: 338-351
Notes:: 14 pages., Edutainment, the combination of education with entertainment through various media such as television, radio, mobile phone applications and games, is increasingly being used as an approach to stimulate innovation and increase agricultural productivity amongst smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Shamba Shape Up, a widely publicised makeover reality TV programme, is an example of edutainment that has received considerable attention, and airs in three countries in East Africa where it is estimated to be watched by millions of viewers. There is no published academic research on the influence of makeover television formats on innovation systems and processes in smallholder agriculture. Using an Agricultural Innovation Systems approach, this paper explores how makeover edutainment is influencing smallholder farmer innovation systems together with the effect this is having on smallholder farms. In the absence of previous research, it articulates a Theory of Change which draws on research traditions from mass communication, agricultural extension and innovation systems. Data came from two large scale quantitative (n = 9885 and n = 1572) surveys and in-depth participatory qualitative research comprising focus group discussions, participatory budgets, agricultural timelines, case studies and key information interviews in Kenya. An estimated 430,000 farmers in the study area were benefiting from their interaction with the programme through increased income and / or a range of related social benefits including food security, improving household health, diversification of livelihood choices, paying school fees for children and increasing their community standing / social capital. Participatory research showed SSU enhanced an already rich communication environment and strengthened existing processes of innovation. It helped set the agenda for discussions within farming communities about opportunities for improving smallholder farms, while also giving specific ideas, information and knowledge, all in the context of featured farm families carefully selected so that a wide range of viewers would identify with them and their challenges. Broadcasts motivated and inspired farmers to improve their own farms through a range of influences including entertainment, strong empathy with the featured host farm families, the way ideas emerged through interaction with credible experts, and importantly through stimulating widespread discussion and interaction amongst and between farmers and communities of experts on agricultural problems, solutions and opportunities. The fact that local extension workers also watched the programmes further enhanced the influence on local innovation systems. The findings indicate that well designed makeover edutainment can strongly influence agricultural innovation processes and systems resulting in impact on the agricultural production and behaviours of large numbers of smallholder farmers.

31. Cattlemen's groups voice concerns with lab-grown meat

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bechtel, Wyatt (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-11
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10022
Journal Title:: Drovers Cattlenetwork
Journal Title Details:: : 26

32. Challenging the urban–rural dichotomy in agri-food systems

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Shellabarger, Rachel M. (author), Voss, Rachel C. (author), Egerer, Monika (author), Chiang, Shun-Nan (author), and University of California, Santa Cruz
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-10-17
Published:: United States: Springer Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10316
Journal Title:: Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:: 36(1) : 91-103
Notes:: 13 pages., Via online journal., The idea of a profound urban–rural divide has shaped analysis of the 2016 U.S. presidential election results. Here, through examples from agri-food systems, we consider the limitations of the urban–rural divide framework in light of the assumptions and intentions that underpin it. We explore the ideas and imaginaries that shape urban and rural categories, consider how material realities are and are not translated into U.S. rural development, farm, and nutrition policies, and examine the blending of rural and urban identities through processes of rural deagrarianization and urban reagrarianization. We do not argue that an urban–rural divide does not exist, as studies and public opinion polls illustrate both measured and perceived differences in many aspects of the lived experiences that shape our individual and collective actions. Ultimately, we suggest that the urban–rural divide concept obscures the diversity and dynamism of experiences each category encompasses. Additionally, it ignores the connections and commonalities that demand integrative solutions to challenges in agri-food systems, and draw attention to the power relations that shape resource access and use within and across urban and rural spaces.

33. Cleaner and greener livestock production: appraising producers' perceptions regarding renewable energy in Iran

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bozorgparvar, Elham (author), Yazdanpanah, Masoud (author), Forouzani, Masoumeh (author), Khosravipour, Bahman (author), and Khuzestan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-08-27
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: D10859
Journal Title:: Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal Title Details:: 203 : 769-776
Notes:: 8 pages., Via Science Direct., This paper aims to use a comprehensive modeling framework to investigate the intention of Iranian livestock producers to deploy renewable energies on their farms to mitigate climate change. A survey was conducted in southern Iran using a random sample of farmers (n = 140). Structural equation modeling showed that attitude, moral norm, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control are significant predictors of farmers' intention to use renewable energies. Attitude was determined by positive affect and perceived benefits, and moral norm was determined by perceived benefits, perceived cost, and outcome efficacy. The findings not only have public policy implications for promoting the use of renewable energies by farmers in Iran, but also contribute to the literature on environmental psychology, renewable energy, and pro-environmental behavior in a non-Western country.

34. Closing the extension gap: Information and communication technology in sustainable agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lubell, Mark (author), McRoberts, Neil (author), and University of California, Davis
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-10
Published:: Richmond, CA: University of California, Oakland, Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10260
Journal Title:: California Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 74(4) : 236-242
Notes:: 7 pages., As the information revolution sweeps through the agricultural sector, extension professionals may be lagging behind their clients in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) such as social media, which could be a valuable tool for outreach and education. We surveyed sustainable agriculture stakeholders in California - extension professionals, county agricultural commissioners, and members of farm bureaus and producer groups - to measure their ICT behavior and attitudes. Drawing on diffusion of innovation theory, we characterized the innovation attributes of ICT that may influence the adoption and use of new technology among extension professionals. We also studied their demographic characteristics to establish whether there was a connection with ICT use. The main perceived benefit of ICT was that it can quickly reach larger, more diverse and more distant audiences. The perceived challenges included lack of professional support, the potential for misinformation on social media platforms, and the time requirements and technical complexity of technology use. Extension professionals experienced these challenges more than other sustainable agriculture stakeholders, creating a technology gap between extension professionals and their clientele. An ICT community of practice and clear organizational guidelines for measuring and reporting performance relating to ICT might help extension professionals dose the gap.

35. Closing the extension gap: information and communication technology in sustainable agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lubell, Mark (author) and McRoberts, Neil (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11331
Journal Title:: California Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 72(4) : 236-242
Notes:: Online from https://doaj.org, Authors examined extension professionals, county agricultural commissioners, and members of farm bureaus and producer groups regarding their behavior and attitudes about use of information and communication technologies (ITCs). Results indicated that extension professionals experienced challenges in using ICTs more than the other sustainable agriculture stakeholders, "creating a technology gap between extension professionals and their clientele." Authors suggested use of an ICT community of practice and clear organizational guidelines for measuring and reporting performance related to ICT.

36. Collegiate millennials' perceptions of locally produced beef

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Oesterreicher, Shelby (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Rumble, Joy (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), and University of Florida The Ohio State University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10157
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(4)
Notes:: 15 pages, via online journal article, Millennial consumers are stepping into important roles as decision makers and consumers. A knowledge and communication gap exists between cattle producers and consumers this knowledge seeking generation. This study focused on collegiate millennials' perceptions of locally produced beef. The research design was qualitative in nature using focus groups. Participants associated the beef industry and beef products with the environment, management practices, treatment of animals, human health concerns, retail, experience with the beef industry, experience with beef, and transparency. Results of this study showed participants had minimal knowledge of the industry and relatively negative perceptions of the industry and beef products. Participants were skeptical of communication materials promotion beef and expressed particular distrust toward video messages. Participants revealed a knowledge and communication gap between producers and consumers

37. Community media and translocalism in Latin America: cultural production at a Mexican community radio station

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hayes, Joy Elizabeth (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Mexico
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09651
Journal Title:: Media, Culture and Society
Journal Title Details:: 40(2) : 267-284
Notes:: Case study of an internationally-finded campesino radio station and cultural negotiation in which local interests engage with - and transform - donor-funded content aimed at the local community.

38. Comparison of extension personnel and supervisor perceptions of communications activities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bowman, Brittany (author), Settle, Quisto (author), North, Elizabeth Gregory (author), Lewis, Kerri Collins (author), and Oklahoma State University Mississippi State University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10159
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(4)
Notes:: 18 pages, via online journal, Extension is often called the “best-kept secret” having low awareness with the public but high satisfaction with clientele. Extension services nationwide have faced budget cuts, creating a need for the organization to re-evaluate its activities, including how it communicates with its stakeholders. While Extension personnel are the ones who will do most of the communicating, their supervisors impact the personnel’s actions, which means it is important to assess both groups. A survey was conducted with Extension personnel and their supervisors in Mississippi assessing engagement in communications activities and perceptions of those activities, as well as personnel’s preference of professional development activities. Personnel reported higher use, comfort, and importance of more traditional (e.g. making a speech) and written activities (e.g. writing a promotional handout) than media-relations activities (e.g. being interviewed for TV), social media-related activities (e.g. managing a Twitter account), and visual communication activities (e.g. graphic design). Supervisors perceived individual communications activities as less important overall than personnel did, and although supervisor and communication scores for use and comfort/capability were similar for most communication activities, there were noticeable exceptions. Additionally, personnel preferred professional development activities that were hands-on or showing the activities first-hand (e.g. demonstrations and field days). Future research should be expanded to other states, conducted in a case study format to study specific relationships, and involve qualitative components. Extension should ensure clear supervisor-communication dialogue on prioritizing communication activities, provide training on communication activities with low use and comfort, and utilize early innovators who are comfortable using newer communication activities.

39. Comparison of presentation method effectiveness for dissemination of pesticide-free turfgrass management information

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Campbell, Julie H. (author), Henderson, Jason J. (author), Wallace, Victoria H. (author), and University of Georgia University of Connecticut Department of Extension, University of Connecticut
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-08
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10327
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(4) : 536-542
Notes:: 7 pages., Via online journal., This study examined how different presentation formats affected knowledge gain among school grounds managers. Results indicate large-group participants (presentation to ≈50 participants at a turfgrass field day) had greater knowledge retention than small-group participants (presentation to 6–10 participants at an interactive workshop). Small-group attendees had more flexibility to discuss issues that affected them directly and may have focused on those issues instead of the targeted information. Large-group meetings were more ridged in format and attendees were less able to deviate from the main subject matter being presented. However, the value of the small-group meeting should not be discounted, especially when athletic field grounds managers and staff require information specific to their situation. When disseminating more general information, the large-group meeting format is a better means of delivery.

40. Consciously pursued joint action: agricultural and food value chains as clubs

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Fleming, Euan (author), Griffith, Garry (author), Mounter, Stuart (author), and Baker, Derek (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11107
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 9(2) : 166-177
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Authors examine ways in which club theory can help provide an alternative approach to recognizing and overcoming market failure in agricultural and food value chains.

41. Constraints to the utilisation of conservation agriculture in Africa as perceived by agricultural extension service providers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brown, Brendan (author), Nuberg, Ian (author), Llewellyn, Rick (author), and School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide CSIRO Agriculture
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10460
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 73: 331-340
Notes:: 10 pages., Via online journal., Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a knowledge-intensive set of practices which requires substantial access to functional agricultural extension services to enable utilisation. Despite this importance, the perspectives of those providing extension services to smallholder farmers have not been fully investigated. To address this, we qualitatively explore the perspectives of agricultural extension providers across six African countries to understand why uptake of CA has been limited, as well as the institutional changes that may be required to facilitate greater utilisation. Across the diversity of geographical, political and institutional contexts between countries, we find multiple commonalities in the constrained utilisation of CA by smallholder farmers, highlighting the difficulties non-mechanised subsistence farmers face in transitioning to market-oriented farming systems such as CA. The primary constraint relates to the economic viability of market-oriented farming where farmers remain in low input and low output systems with limited exit points. The assumed exit point used by CA programs appears to have led to a culture of financial expectancy and reflects a continuation of top-down extension approaches with inadequate modification of CA to the contextual realities of subsistence farmers. If African agricultural systems are to be sustainably intensified, we find a need for greater flexibility within extension systems in the pursuit of sustainable intensification. If extension systems are to persist with CA, it will need to be promoted through more transitional pathways that disaggregate the CA package, and with that there is a need for the provision of a mandate to, and necessary funding for, more participatory extension services.

42. Consumer knowledge of country of origin of fresh food at point of purchase

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Holdershaw, Judith (author) and Konopka, Roman (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: New Zealand
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D11510
Journal Title:: Journal of Promotion Management
Journal Title Details:: 24(3) : 349-362
Notes:: 15 pages., Via online., Store-exit interviews with fresh food shoppers indicated that 38% were confident of country of origin of their food purchased. However, extent of knowledge varied somewhat by food category and more noticeably for specific food items within categories.

43. Consumer perceptions of landscape plant production water sources and uses in the landscape during perceived and real drought

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Knuth, Melinda (author), Behe, Bridget K. (author), Hall, Charles R. (author), Huddleston, Patricia (author), Fernandez, R. (author), and Texas A&M University Michigan State University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-02
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10339
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(1) : 85-93
Notes:: 9 pages., Via online journal., Water is becoming scarcer as world population increases and will be allocated among competing uses. Some of that water will go toward sustaining human life, but some will be needed to install and support landscape plants. Thus, future water resource availability may literally change the American landscape. Recent research suggests that consumers’ attitudes and behavior toward potable water supplies have changed in other countries because of greater social awareness and increasingly widespread exposure to drought conditions. We conducted an online survey of 1543 U.S. consumers to assess their perceptions about landscape plants, the water source used to produce them, and plant water needs to become established in the landscape. Using two separate conjoint designs, we assessed their perceptions of both herbaceous and woody perennials. Consumers placed greater relative importance on water source in production over water use in the landscape for both herbaceous and woody perennials included in this study. They preferred (had a higher utility score for) fresh water over recycled water and least preferred a blend of fresh with recycled water for perennials and recycled water used for woody perennial production. In addition, the group that did not perceive a drought but experienced one placed a higher value (higher utility score) on nursery plants grown with fresh water compared with those which were actually not in drought and did not perceive one. Educational and promotional efforts may improve the perception of recycled water to increase the utility of that resource. Promoting the benefits of low water use plants in the landscape may also facilitate plant sales in times of adequate and low water periods.

44. Consumers' perspective on dual-purpose chickens as alternative to the killing of day-old chicks

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brummer, Nanke (author), Christoph-Schulz, Inken (author), and Rovers, Anja-Karolina (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Germany
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11080
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 9(5) : 390-398
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results indicated that study participants had specific expectations regarding the husbandry conditions, but also regarding the product characteristics and the labelling of dual-purpose chickens.

45. Contextual framing and monetary incentives in field experiments on risk preferences: evidence from german farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rommel, Jens (author), Hermann, Daniel (author), Müller, Malte (author), and Mußhoff, Oliver (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-11-05
Published:: United States: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12382
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 70, Iss. 2
Notes:: 18 pages, Recent studies cast doubt on the ability of abstract experiments to predict decision-making in the field. Thus, scholars have argued for more ‘realism’ by introducing context to field experiments. Yet, such realism may work against the induced values of monetary incentives in economic experiments. It is an open question whether contextual framing works best with or without inducing values, through methods such as the use of monetary incentives. Using a sample of 146 German farmers, we compare experimentally the predictive power of a framed lottery in an agricultural context vs. using an abstract version. For one half of the sample, lotteries are incentivised; for the other half, they are hypothetical. Although risk preferences differ between treatments, all four lottery tasks correlate poorly with farmers’ real-world use of risk management instruments such as harvest or hail insurance. Subjects who start with an agricultural framing are willing to take significantly greater risks in the lotteries. More generally, our findings cast doubt on the ability of lottery tasks to predict risk-taking in the field.

46. Crisis management and how to be prepared

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bland, Jessie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-02-08
Published:: USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09356
Journal Title:: AAEA ByLine
Notes:: Online issue. 4 pages.

47. Cultivating creativity: faculty perceptions of creativity in agricultural communications students

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gibson, Courtney (author), Hancock, Hope (author), Irlbeck, Erica (author), and Meyers, Courtney (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09218
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(1) Article 3

48. Curricula influence college student knowledge and attitudes regarding invasive species

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Waliczek, Tina M. (author), Parsley, Kathryn M. (author), Williamson, Paula S. (author), Oxley, Florence M. (author), and Texas State University The University of Memphis Austin Community College
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-08
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10330
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(4) : 548-556
Notes:: 9 pages., Via online journal., Negative impacts from invasive species present a global problem. Consequently, invasive species biology has emerged as an important subdiscipline of conservation biology. One of the goals of invasive species biology is to educate the public about impacts and potential control of invasive species. The purpose of this study was to determine if a lecture, a lecture and laboratory learning model, or both influence college student learning gains and whether increase in knowledge results in changes in attitudes about invasive species. A pre- and posttest instrument that measured knowledge and attitudes of invasive species was administered to several different classes of students at a university and community college. One group of students received a lecture and laboratory curriculum between the pre- and posttest (the lecture and laboratory treatment group). A second group of students received a lecture between the pre- and posttest (the lecture-only treatment group) and a third group received no instruction between tests (the control group). The lecture was in the form of an electronic presentation, whereas the laboratory curriculum included a case study, a visual aid, and a scavenger hunt to educate students about examples of invasive plant and animal species. In all classes and groups, there were at least 2 weeks between administering the pre- and posttest. Results showed that the control group scores were not different between the pre- and posttest. However, both the lecture-only and the lecture and laboratory treatment groups had scores that changed after receiving the curricula. In addition, there was an effect of curricula on student learning for the three conditions. The differences between the group that received no curricula vs. the two that did indicated that the curricula were effective teaching interventions to help students become more educated about invasive species.

49. Customer experience with farmers' markets: what hashtags can reveal

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Pilai, Ladislav (author), Balcarova, Tereza (author), Rojik, Stanislav (author), Ticha, Ivana (author), and Polakova, Jana (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10413
Journal Title:: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
Journal Title Details:: 21(6) : 754-770
Notes:: Social media networks are increasing in popularity and have been integrated into many aspects of daily life. Analysis of the ways in which individuals use social media is important for understanding social, cultural, and environmental issues. This study examines experiences of farmers’ market customers through their self- expression on social networks. Contributions to the Instagram social network based on the #farmersmarket hashtag were gathered on a single day, yielding 19,398 contributions created by 13,862 users. Six major linked hashtags were identified (#Organic, #Fresh, #Food, #Local, #Vegan, and #Healthy), providing key indicators of the characteristics of farmers’ markets that are valued by customers. Four customer segments were identified: Product Oriented, Emotional Oriented, Social Oriented, and Product-Social Oriented, with strong interconnections identified between these communities. The results of this study provide insights into consumer values and behaviors in the farmers’ market context and will be of practical use for future marketing and management.

50. DIRT: The Dacus Image Recognition Toolkit

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kalamatianos, Romanos; (author), Karydis, Ioannis (author), Doukakis, Dimitris (author), and Avlonitis, Markos (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-10-30
Published:: Switzerland: MDPI
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13063
Journal Title:: Journal of Imaging
Journal Title Details:: V.4, N.11
Notes:: 17 pages, Modern agriculture is facing unique challenges in building a sustainable future for food production, in which the reliable detection of plantation threats is of critical importance. The breadth of existing information sources, and their equivalent sensors, can provide a wealth of data which, to be useful, must be transformed into actionable knowledge. Approaches based on Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have been shown to be able to help farmers and related stakeholders make decisions on problems by examining large volumes of data while assessing multiple criteria. In this paper, we address the automated identification (and count the instances) of the major threat of olive trees and their fruit, the Bactrocera Oleae (a.k.a. Dacus) based on images of the commonly used McPhail trap’s contents. Accordingly, we introduce the “Dacus Image Recognition Toolkit” (DIRT), a collection of publicly available data, programming code samples and web-services focused at supporting research aiming at the management the Dacus as well as extensive experimentation on the capability of the proposed dataset in identifying Dacuses using Deep Learning methods. Experimental results indicated performance accuracy (mAP) of 91.52% in identifying Dacuses in trap images featuring various pests. Moreover, the results also indicated a trade-off between image attributes affecting detail, file size and complexity of approaches and mAP performance that can be selectively used to better tackle the needs of each usage scenario.

51. Defining U.S. consumers' (mis)perceptions of pollinator friendly labels: an exploratory study

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Khachatryan, Hayk (author) and Rihn, Alicia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09659
Journal Title:: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
Journal Title Details:: 21(3) : 365-378

52. Delta Farm Press celebrating 75 years of service in Mid-South

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09287
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 1
Notes:: See this article in 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)

53. Delta Farm Press diary: an editor's jog down memory lane

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bennett, David (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09296
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 1
Notes:: See the article in pages 38-39 of this 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)

54. Delta Farm Press' growth has mirrored the leaps and bounds in agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09294
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 1
Notes:: See the article in pages 32-33 of this 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)

55. Despite losses, community newspapers still dominate the U.S. market

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Reader, Bill (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09649
Journal Title:: Newspaper Research Journal
Journal Title Details:: 39(1) : 32-41
Notes:: Includes report of a survey indicating that during 1997-2009 the average circulation of weekly newspapers in the U.S. increased from 3,780 to 4,700.

56. Development of a uniform approach to writing and grading of laboratory reports in horticultural science courses

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Anderson, Neil O. (author), Hoover, Emily (author), Longo, Bernadette (author), and Ross, Marjorie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11195
Journal Title:: Journal of Curriculum and Teaching
Journal Title Details:: 7(1) : 125-134
Notes:: Researchers addressed an issue in teaching scientific communication. Surveys and interviews indicated that a disconnect existed between what instructors expected of their students in writing laboratory reports and what the stated learning outcomes were for their horticultural science courses. Researchers developed and tested a grading or analytic scoring rubric, observing positive results.

57. Earning my wings: a journalist's journey to become a drone pilot

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jenkins, Allison (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04
Published:: USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09409
Journal Title:: CCA Communique
Journal Title Details:: :8-9

58. Eating animals: the influence of food-based narratives

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Spolarich, Gillian (author), Ruth-McSwain, Amanda (author), and Lundy, Lisa K. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09219
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 102(1) Article 4
Notes:: College student reactions to a book of that title.

59. Educational needs and perceptions of the sustainability of precision agriculture: survey evidence from Greece

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kountio, Georgios (author), Ragkos, Athanasios (author), Bournaris, Thomas (author), Papadavid, Georgios (author), and Michailidis, Anastasios (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-06
Published:: Springer Science & Business Media
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: D10860
Journal Title:: Precision Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 19(3) : 537-554
Notes:: 28 pages., Via Science Direct., Precision agriculture (PA) constitutes a dynamic production method which is gaining attention in several parts of the world. Its environmental and economic sustainability has been examined in terms of its ability to reduce the adverse effects of agrochemical use—by regulating their application to the levels needed at the land parcel level—and of its contribution to higher incomes and profitability. At the social level, PA has been linked to collective action although little insight is available regarding the role of various actors and education. This study tackles PA through an assessment of the attitudes of farmers towards the elements of its sustainability and of their educational needs. The analysis of survey data of a sample of young farmers in Greece showed that the majority of respondents were not familiar with PA. Significant differences were found between the attitudes of knowledgeable and non-knowledgeable farmers, the former demonstrating better acknowledgement of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of PA. Important educational needs were also detected, with group and individual methods being the most preferred ones for education and information campaigns. The results of the analysis could be of use for the design of Common Agricultural Policy Pillar II measures for the promotion of PA targeting to specific audiences and actors.

60. Effects of climate change in paddy production and adaption strategies in Tharu communities of Dang district, Nepal

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Poudel, Pradip Raj (author), Joshi, Narayan Raj (author), and Pokhrel, Shanta (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12-09
Published:: Nepal: Nepal Journals Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13064
Journal Title:: Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Journal Title Details:: V.1, N.1
Notes:: 14 pages, A study on effects of climate change on rice (Oryza sativa) production in Tharu communities of Dang district of Nepal was conducted in 2018A.D to investigate the perception and major adaptation strategies followed by Tharu farmers. The study areas were selected purposively. Cross-sectional data was collected using a household survey of 120 households by applying simple random sampling technique with lottery method for sample selection. Primary data were collected using semi-structured and pretested interview schedule, focus group discussion and key informants interview whereas monthly and annual time series data on temperature and precipitation over 21years (1996-2016) were collected from Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Kathmandu as secondary data. Descriptive statistics and trend analysis were used to analyze the data. The ratio of male and female was found to be equal with higher literacy rate at study area than district. Most of the farmers depended on agriculture only for their livelihood where there was large variation in land distribution. Farmers had better access to FM/radio for agricultural extension information sources. The study resulted that Tharu farmers of Dang perceived all parameters of climate. Temperature and rainfall were the most changing component of climate perceived by farmers. The trend analysis of temperature data of Dang over 21 years showed that maximum, minimum and average temperature were increasing at the rate of 0.031°C, 0.021°C and 0.072°C per year respectively which supports the farmers perception whereas trend of rainfall was decreased with 7.56mm per year. The yearly maximum rainfall amount was increased by 1.15mm. The production of local indigenous rice varieties were decreasing while hybrid and improved rice varieties were increasing. The district rice production trend was increasing which support the farmer’s perception. The study revealed that there were climate change effects on paddy production and using various adaptation strategies to cope in Dang district.

61. Elementary school students’ needs and preferences regarding urban agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lee, A-Young (author), Kim, Seon-Ok (author), Park, Sin-Ae (author), and Konkuk University
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12
Published:: Republic of Korea: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10321
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(6) : 783-794
Notes:: 12 pages, via online journal, This study aimed to investigate elementary school students’ needs and preferences regarding urban agriculture. In total, 1268 students in grades 4 to 6 at four elementary schools in Seoul, South Korea, participated in the study. A 21-item questionnaire was developed and distributed in each school by trained researchers for 3 weeks in Oct. 2017. More than 73.7% of the students reported having an awareness of and need for urban agriculture, and 86.8% (N = 1048) indicated their participation intention. Students noted needing urban agriculture for scientific inquiry and recommended including a learning activity in urban agriculture (35.4%, N = 400) for psychological stability and stress reduction (20.9%, N = 236), and for leisure and hobby purposes (16.2%, N = 183). Students reported participating in urban agriculture activities in indoor and outdoor spaces (33.8%, N = 423) for more than 30 minutes and less than 60 minutes (42.0%, N = 525) twice per week (40.2%, N = 501) with friends (72.9%, N = 818). Preferred urban agriculture indoor activities were planting plants (21.8%, N = 822), arranging flowers (20.9%, N = 788), and making craftwork using plants (18.9%, N = 714). Harvesting (20.8%, N = 790), watering (15.1%, N = 570), and planting transplants (13.1%, N = 493) were preferred outdoor activities. Other preferred activities included playing with livestock (22.4%, N = 884), cooking with the harvested crops (21.3%, N = 805), and feeding livestock (17.2%, N = 650). The female students demonstrated greater perception, experience, awareness of the necessity, and willingness to participate in urban agriculture compared with male students (P = 0.01). The lower the grade, the more students perceived the necessity of urban agriculture (P < 0.001). The results of this study can provide basic data for the practical development of urban agriculture programs for elementary school students.

62. Ellen Orr: the gentle good humor of a farmer's wife

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brandon, Hembree (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09295
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 1
Notes:: See the article in page 37 of this 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)

63. 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.

64. 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.

65. 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.

66. Exploring Information Seeking Behavior of Farmers’ in Information Related to Climate Change Adaptation Through ICT (CHAI)

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Tumbo, Siza (author), Mwalukasa, Nicholaus (author), Fue, Kadeghe G. (author), and Mlozi, Malongo R. S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-07-01
Published:: International: Athabasca University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12413
Journal Title:: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Journal Title Details:: Issue 19, Vol. 3
Notes:: 22 pages., In Tanzania, agriculture sector is known for employing more than 70% of the total population. Agriculture sector faces many challenges including climate change. Climate change causes low productivity in agriculture; low productivity is caused due to poor implementation of agricultural policies and strategies. This poor implementation of policies has also caused many farmers to be not competent in climate change adaptation. Over the years, provisions of agricultural advice and extension were provided by various approaches, including training and visit extension, participatory approaches, and farmers’ field schools. However, provision of agricultural advisory and extension service is inefficient. Also, in most cases the usage of most agricultural innovations and technologies developed is limited. A literature review indicates that the main reasons given by Tanzanian farmers for not using improved technology are not lack of knowledge or skill, but rather that the technologies do not contribute towards improvements (e.g., the technologies are not profitable or they imply to high risk). Thus, agricultural extension service needs to be geared towards teaching farmers how to develop innovative and cost effective technologies that are contextualized. Limited numbers of agricultural extension staff and less interactivity of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as radio and television, have been mentioned to be among the factors limiting the provision of agricultural advisory and extension services to the majority of farmers in Tanzania. The advancements in ICTs have brought new opportunities for enhancing access to agricultural advisory and extension service for climate change adaptation. In Tanzania, farmers and other actors access agricultural information from various sources such as agricultural extension workers and use of various databases from Internet Services Providers. Also there are different web – and mobile – based farmers’ advisory information systems to support conventional agricultural extension service. These systems are producing bulk amounts of data which makes it difficult for different stakeholders to make an informed decision after data analysis. This calls for the need to develop a tool for data visualization in order to understand hidden patterns from massive data. In this study, a semi-automated text classification was developed to determine the frequently asked keywords from a web and mobile based farmers’ advisory system called UshauriKilimo after being in use for more than 2 years by more than 700 farmers.

67. Exploring influences of different communication approaches on consumer target groups for ethically produced beef

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Risius, Antje (author) and Hamm, Ulrich (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Germany
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10226
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Journal Title Details:: 31 : 325-340

68. Exploring influences of different communication approaches on consumer target groups for ethically produced beef

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Risus, Antje (author), Hamm, Ulrich (author), and Department of Food and Agricultural Marketing, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-06
Published:: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10264
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Journal Title Details:: 31(3) : 325-340
Notes:: 16 pages., Via online journal, Communicating the process quality of ethically produced food effectively is of highest interest to policy makers, organizations, retailers and producers in order to enhance ethical food production and increase ethical label use. The objective of this paper is to unveil the effectiveness of different communication treatments in regard to changing purchase behavior of different consumer groups. Different communication material for beef produced according to consumer expectations was compiled and applied in a consumer survey—incorporating a choice experiment and a questionnaire—with 676 respondents in three cities of Germany. A Latent Class Mixed Logit Model was basis to identify different consumer segments and their response to the different communication treatments. The effects of different communication treatments unveil the importance to address information in an objective manner. Target groups could be enlarged through the assessment of clear, objective information. Moreover, most consumers were more likely to refrain from choosing a cheap beef product from conventional, barn-based rearing. Hence, consumers might be interested in reducing their overall consumption of beef and prefer the consumption of high value ethical beef with less frequency. Producers, market actors and policy makers should realize that a high share of consumers, not only smaller target groups, value ethical food and may be ready to change their consumption habits, if they are adequately informed.

69. Extension Master Gardener volunteers of the 21st century: Educated, prosperous, and committed

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Dorn, Sher T. (author), Newberry III, Milton G. (author), Bauske, Ellen M. (author), Pennisi, Svoboda V. (author), and University of Georgia
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-08
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10332
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(2) : 218-229
Notes:: 12 pages., Via online journal., This present quantitative study documented the demographic base of 21st century Extension Master Gardener (EMG) volunteers in the United States. As the EMG program approaches its fifth decade and momentum builds for national leadership, collaborative programming, and innovative impact reporting, it is important to understand the characteristics of the current volunteers and their coordinators. A national study of EMG coordinators and volunteers was conducted in Fall 2016. Response was strong, representing 71.4% of state programs and 7498 volunteers. Responding state coordinators are primarily white females, have a mean age of 51.2 years, and have served in their position an average of 7.2 years. Most state coordinators (94.1%) have a graduate degree (master’s or higher). Responding local coordinators are primarily white females, have a mean age of 51.9 years, and have served in their position 7.5 years. Some local coordinators (57.4%) have a graduate degree (master’s or higher). EMG volunteers responding were primarily female, white, educated, retired, and of economic means; have a mean age of 64.8 years; and have served an average of 7.7 years. Four generations [Traditionalist (born 1925–42), Baby Boomer (born 1943–60), GenX (born 1961–81), and GenY (born 1982–2000)] were represented in survey responses. EMG volunteers were 14.5% Traditionalists, 73.2% Baby Boomers, 11.5% GenX, and 0.9% GenY. There were significant differences in the age, age at initial training, years of active service, and service hours reported in 2015 (the prior complete program cycle) among four generations of EMG volunteers. Responses from EMG volunteers and their coordinators represented all six extension programmatic regions established by the EMG National Committee. Significant differences in age, years of service, and number of volunteer service hours reported in 2015 exist among EMG volunteers across extension programmatic regions. The majority of EMG volunteers responding to the survey indicated they volunteered in an urban county (80.5%), whereas 17.2% of respondents served in a suburban county and 2.1% were connected with rural counties. There were no significant differences in the average age, years of service, and number of volunteer service hours reported in 2015 for EMG volunteers in urban, suburban, and rural programs. Historical data and the present study share similar trends within demographics, including age, income, gender, education, and race/ethnicity, yet offer important considerations for future program growth and development.

70. Factors affecting paddy farmers' perception of utilizing agricultural machines in Indonesia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Pullaila, Ani (author), Amrullah, Eka Rastiyanto (author), Astuti, Yati (author), and Ishida, Akira (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-08
Published:: Indonesia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12002
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
Journal Title Details:: 10(8) : 150-157
Notes:: 8 pages, Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Research identified factors farmers' negative perception on utilizing rice transplanters and combine harvesters. Findings suggested that government agricultural extension services play a significant role in lessening farmers' negative perceptions.

71. Factors affecting the choice, intensity, and allocation of irrigation technologies by U.S. cotton farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Pokhrel, Bijay K. (author), Paudel, Krishna P. (author), and Segarra, Eduardo (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-05-30
Published:: Switzerland: MDPI
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13058
Journal Title:: Water
Journal Title Details:: V.10, Iss.6
Notes:: 12 pages, We use the 2013 cotton precision farming survey data to study the adoption of irrigation technologies by cotton farmers in 14 states of the United States. We find that farmers with a higher irrigated yield, and who are from the Southern Plains (Texas and Oklahoma), adopt water-efficient irrigation technologies, such as sub-surface drip and trickle irrigation technologies. There are 10 irrigation technologies that farmers can adopt for cotton production in these 14 cotton-growing states. The intensity of the irrigation technologies, as measured by the number of irrigation technologies adopted in cotton production, is affected by the irrigated cotton yield realized, land holding (total land owned), education, computer use, and the origin of the cotton farmer being from the Southern Plains. We use a multivariate fractional regression model to identify land allocation by the different irrigation technologies used. Our results indicate that significant variables affecting land allocation with different irrigation technologies are the age of the operator, the cover crop, the information sources used, the per acre irrigated yield, the education, and the cotton farmer being from the Southern Plains.

72. Factors influencing farmers' adoption of best management practices: a review and synthesis

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Liu, Tingting (author), Bruins, Randall J.F. (author), and Heberling, Matthew T. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09653
Journal Title:: Sustainability
Journal Title Details:: 10, 432

73. Fair to the cow or fair to the farmer? The preferences of conventional milk buyers for ethical attributes of milk

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Markova-Nenova, Nonka (author) and Watzold, Frank (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Germany
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10314
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 79 : 223-239
Notes:: Via UI online subscription.

74. Farm Press and no-till: partners through the years

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Laws, Forrest (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09293
Journal Title:: Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:: 75(15) : 1
Notes:: See article in pages 22-23 of this 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)

75. Farm to school in British Columbia: mobilizing food literacy for food sovereignty

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Powell, Lisa Jordan (author) and Wittman, Hannah (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-03
Published:: Canada: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10214
Journal Title:: Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:: 35(1) : 193-206
Notes:: Article first online: 18 July 2017, Via online journal., Farm to school programs have been positioned as interventions that can support goals of the global food sovereignty movement, including strengthening local food production systems, improving food access and food justice for urban populations, and reducing distancing between producers and consumers. However, there has been little assessment of how and to what extent farm to school programs can actually function as a mechanism leading to the achievement of food sovereignty. As implemented in North America, farm to school programs encompass activities not only related to school food procurement, but also to the development of student knowledge and skills under the framework of food literacy. Research on farm to school initiatives has largely been conducted in countries with government-supported national school feeding programs; this study examines farm to school organizing in Canada, where there is no national student nutrition program. Using qualitative fieldwork and document analysis, we investigate the farm to school movement in British Columbia, in a context where civil society concerns related to education and health have been the main vectors of farm to school mobilization. Our analysis suggests that, despite limited institutional infrastructure for school meals, the British Columbia farm to school movement has contributed toward realizing goals of food sovereignty through two main mechanisms: advocacy for institutional procurement of local and sustainable foods and mobilizing food literacy for increased public engagement with issues of social justice and equity in food systems.

76. Farmer perceptions of tunnels for berry production: management and marketing implications

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Conner, David S. (author) and Demchak, Kathleen (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10323
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 28(6) : 706-710
Notes:: 6 pages., Via online journal., Strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa) and caneberries (Rubus sp.) are popular crops that can bring revenue to farms and may improve farm profitability. High and low tunnels can bring a number of benefits to growers, including season extension and improved berry yield and quality, as well as management challenges. Few studies in the literature report directly on grower experiences using tunnels. We report the results of interviews of 10 independent growers who use tunnels to produce strawberries and caneberries. The results echo previous studies finding improved yield and quality, and highlight benefits and challenges around pest, weed, and nutrient management. One novel finding is the role of season extension in creating marketing opportunities. Interviewed growers caution of a learning curve and the need to start on a small scale and grow gradually. Future focus for research should include improved ventilation and mechanization.

77. Farmers perception on climate change and determinants of adaptation strategies in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State of Ethiopia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mesfin, Afeworki H. (author) and Bekele, Adam (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Ethiopia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11081
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 9(5) : 453-469
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Policy implications from findings suggested that improved access to credit, production factors (like land, labor) enhancing the bargaining power of smallholder farmers can significally increase farm-level adaption to climate change.

78. Farmers should use emotion to tell ag's story

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Quinlan, Erica (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-02-02
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09362
Journal Title:: Illinois AgriNews
Journal Title Details:: 40(49) : A4

79. Farmers' perception about quality of planted seed yam and their preferences for certified seed yam in Ghana

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Boadu, Paul (author), Aidoo, Robert (author), Ohene-Yankyera, Kwasi (author), Kleigh, Ulrich (author), Abdoulaye, Tahirou (author), Maroya, Norbert (author), Orchard, John (author), and Bekoe, Stephen (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Ghana
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D11664
Journal Title:: International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: 06(3) : 71-83
Notes:: 14 pages., Online via AgEconSearch., Results of surveying among 380 yam farmers indicated that farmers generally agree that use use of certified seed yam would help to improve yield because of minimum to no disease/pest infestation. Farmer educational level, experiences, access to extension services and household incomes were factors influencing farmers' perception about quality of seed yam cultivated. Authors recommended promotion of farmer education through increased access to extension services.

80. Farmers' use of mobile phone for accessing agricultural information in Pakistan: a case of Punjab province

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Khan, Nasir Abbas (author), Qijie, Gao (author), Ali, Shoukat (author), Shahbaz, Babar (author), and Shah, Ashfaq Ahmad (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Pakistan
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11378
Journal Title:: Ciencia Rural
Journal Title Details:: 49 : 10, e20181016,
Notes:: 12 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). 12 pages., Authors focused on use of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by farmers in the Punjab province. Major uses involved market information, plus other kinds of agricultural information. Major constraints involved farmers' limited aptitude for use of mobile phones and lack of awareness of information sources.

81. Farmers’ perceptions of coexistence between agriculture and a large scale coal seam gas development

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Huth, Neil I. (author), Cocks, Brett (author), Dalgliesh, Neal (author), Poulton, Perry L. (author), Marinoni, Oswald (author), and Navarro Garcia, Javier (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-03
Published:: Australia: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10211
Journal Title:: Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:: 35(1) : 99-115
Notes:: Article first online 13 June 2017, Via online journal., The Coal Seam Gas (CSG) extraction industry is developing rapidly within the Surat Basin in southern Queensland, Australia, with licenses already approved for tenements covering more than 24,000 km2. Much of this land is used for a broad range of agricultural purposes and the need for coexistence between the farm and gas industries has been the source of much conflict. Whilst much research has been undertaken into the environmental and economic impacts of CSG, little research has looked into the issues of coexistence between farmers and the CSG industry in the shared space that is a farm business, a home and a resource extraction network. We conducted three workshops with farmers from across a broad region undergoing CSG development to explore farmers’ perceptions of some of the issues arising from large scale land use change. Workshops explored the importance of place identity and landscape aesthetics for farmers, farmers’ acceptance and coping with change, and possible benefits from off-farm income. We found that farmers believed that place identity was not well understood by CSG staff from non-rural backgrounds and that farmers struggled to explain some concerns because of the different way they interpreted their landscape. Furthermore, high staff turnover, and the extensive use of contractors also impacted on communications. These factors were the cause of much frustration and farmers felt that this has led to severe impacts on mental health and wellbeing. Farmers felt that a change in culture within the CSG companies will be required if engagement with farmers is to improve and that efforts to employ local people in these communications was helping this. The workshops also identified a range of issues perceived by farmers arising from increased traffic volumes, impacts to mental health and wellbeing, place identity and loss of water resources for farmers. Finally, it was suggested that scientists and agricultural industry groups will need to work closely with farmers to develop understanding of these emerging issues and to develop solutions that are timely and relevant.

82. Farming in the digital age

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Campos Solis, Jorge Luis (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-08-01
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09714
Journal Title:: Wallaces Farmer
Notes:: Via online. 4 pages.

83. Feature writing, Wesslund style

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wesslund, Paul (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-01
Published:: USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10401
Journal Title:: CCA Communique
Journal Title Details:: : 7-8
Notes:: Tips from an award-winning cooperative communicator.

84. Finding "fairies" in the forest

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Conover, Robin (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04
Published:: USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09405
Journal Title:: CCA Communique
Journal Title Details:: : 10

85. Food futures and 3D printing: strategic market foresight and the case of Structur3D

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Charlebois, Sylvain (author) and Juhasz, Mark (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Canada
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11109
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 9(2) : 138-148
Notes:: Availab le online at www.centmapress.org, Authors examined a 3D food printing tool, Structure3d, in the context of food innovation within a larger world of 3D printing innovation, science, and processing. Noted how 3D printing is increasingly emerging as a disruptive technology demanding to be recognized for its potential contribution to a rapidly evolving innovation economy.

86. Food futures: developing effective food systems interventions to improve public health nutrition

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Waterlander, Wilma E (author), Mhurchu, Cliona Ni (author), Eyles, Helen (author), Vandevijvere, Stefanie (author), Cleghorn, Christine (author), Scarborough, Peter (author), Swinburn, Boyd (author), and Seidell, Jaap (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-02
Published:: New Zealand
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09185
Journal Title:: Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:: 160 : 124-131

87. Food in journalistic narratives: A methodological design for the study of food-based contents in daily newspapers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Fusté-Forné, Francesc (author) and Masip, Pere (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12
Published:: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10304
Journal Title:: International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science
Journal Title Details:: 14 : 14-19
Notes:: 6 pages., Via online journal., The study of food is crucial since food is part of daily life of people. Also, food and gastronomy are a very important leisure and travel issue. This is reflected through the huge attention that media pay to food stories. Food journalism has become a field of increasing interest, and the study of journalistic narratives allows to understand concrete cultural and social realities. Within this context, the current paper analyses food in journalistic storytelling. The objective of the research is to define a methodological proposal of topics in order to study the food-based contents found in legacy media, particularly, in daily newspapers. To achieve it, the food contents of The New York Times, the world's food journalism referent, are revisited.

88. Food scandals, media exposure, and citizens' safety concerns: a multilevel analysis across Chinese cities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Liu, Peng (author) and Ma, Liang (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: China
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11474
Journal Title:: Food Policy
Journal Title Details:: 63 : 102-111
Notes:: 22 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Researchers combined recent national survey data and media reports to quantitatively examine the effects of food scandals and media exposure on food safety risk. Findings suggesed hat media reported food scandals are not significantly related to public concern about food safety risk, suggesting that food risk perceptions may be nationwide rather than region specific. Findings also suggested that more educated citizens with more media exposure were more concerned about food safety risk.

89. From how consumers categorize natural food to their buying methods: a comparative study between France and Israel

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mathiot, Louis (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: International: AgEcon
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10582
Journal Title:: Rev Agric Food Environ Stu
Journal Title Details:: 99 : 57-76
Notes:: 20 pages., via databse., Based on a qualitative investigation comparing the ways in which French and Israeli Bordinary consumers view naturalness in food, this paper questions the choices they make in terms of food supply and their relations to the food production processes and the retail channels. The results of the study highlight that these representations, with the categorizations in which they are embodied, are strongly influenced by the context of life and the socio-cultural affiliations of these consumers. The comparison between the two countries allows to underline that the logic of categorization of the natural, and the related practices, are characterized by significant differences due to food cultures and relations of trust or mistrust regarding the food chains and industries. More broadly, the article demonstrates that investigating the conceptions that consumers have of naturalness is a relevant analyzer of their dietary decisions and their perceptions of food production and distribution systems.

90. Gender and GMOs: Understanding Floridians attitudes toward GMOs through the lens of Social Judgment Theory

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rumble, Joy N. (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Martin, Brittany (author), Anderson, Sandra (author), and University of Florida
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-02-13
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10168
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 101(4)
Notes:: 14 pages, via online journal, Social judgement theory was utilized to determine if men and women showed different acceptance of messages about genetically modified (GM) foods. The primary objective was to determine if females and males had a different latitude of acceptance toward statements about GM foods. Researchers found significant differences between males and females with more males accepting messages about GM foods than females. Additionally, there were several statements with wide latitudes of acceptance across genders. These statements represent a common ground and are a good starting point for conversations about GM food.

91. German pic farmers' attitudes toward animal welfare programs and their willingness to participate in these programs: an empirical study

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: von Hardenberg, Louisa (author) and Heise, Heinke (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Germany
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11110
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 9(3) : 289-301
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Four factors and three farmer groups were identified which significantly differed regarding their attitudes towards animal welfare programs and willingness to participate in them. Authors cited evidence of need to design tailor-made strategies for communicating with farmers about this subject.

92. Growing broadcast talent

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wyant, Sara (author), Truitt, Gary (author), and DeBoer, Jordan (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-09
Published:: USA: Henderson Communications L.L.C., Adel, Iowa.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09920
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 56(7) : 28-29

93. Growing tiny publics: small farmers' social movement strategies

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Steup, Rosemary (author), Santhanam, Arvind (author), Logan, Marisa (author), Dombrowski, Lynn (author), and Makoto, Norman (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-11
Published:: Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12243
Journal Title:: Proceedings of the ACM on Human- Computer Interaction
Journal Title Details:: Volume 2, Issue CSCW
Notes:: 24 pages, Drawing from fieldwork of 14 small food farms in the Midwest, we describe the on-the-ground, practical challenges of doing and communicating sustainability when local food production is not well-supported. We illustrate how farmers enact learned and honed tactics of sustainability at key sites such as farmers' markets and the Internet with consumers. These tactics reveal tensions with dominant discourse from government, Big Ag, and popular culture. The success of these tactics depends on farmers having fortitude--control, resilience, and the wherewithal to be exemplars of sustainability. In our discussion, we highlight how the local farmers' social movement work constitutes loosely organized small groups connecting others to an amorphous idea of a sustainable society--one that sustains an environmental, economic, local, cultural, and physical way of life. Using Fine's concept of tiny publics, we identify design opportunities for supporting this less directed kind of social movement.

94. HSUS goes to church

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gullickson, Gil (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-05
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09426
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Journal Title Details:: 116(7) : 32-35

95. Herd dynamics reflect constraint for pig production and farmer attitudes in smallholder systems in Lao PDR

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Tiemann, Tassilo T. (author), Phengvilaysouk, Ammaly (author), and Keonouchanh, Soukanh (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Laos
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: D10191
Journal Title:: Animal Production Science
Journal Title Details:: 58 : 2158-2166
Notes:: Via UI online subscription.

96. How Jim Patrico created his favorite image

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Knapp, Katie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-04-20
Published:: USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09406
Journal Title:: AAEA ByLine
Notes:: 3 pages.

97. How consumers use mandatory genetic engineering (GE) labels: evidence from Vermont

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kolodinsky, Jane (author), Morris, Sean (author), Pazuniak, Orest (author), and University of Vermont
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-10-29
Published:: United States: Springer Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10315
Journal Title:: Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:: 36(1) : 117-125
Notes:: 9 pages., Via online journal., Food labels legislated by the U.S. government have been designed to provide information to consumers. It has been asserted that the simple disclosures “produced using genetic engineering” on newly legislated U.S. food labels will send a signal that influences individual preferences rather than providing information. Vermont is the only US state to have experienced mandatory labeling of foods produced using genetic engineering (GE) via simple disclosures. Using a representative sample of adults who experienced Vermont’s mandatory GE labeling policy, we examined whether GE labels were seen by consumers and whether the labels provided information or influenced preferences. Nearly one-third of respondents reported seeing a label. Higher income, younger consumers who search for information about GE were more likely to report seeing a label. We also estimated whether labels served as information cues that helped reveal consumer preferences through purchases, or whether labels served as a signal that influenced preferences and purchases. For 50.5% of consumers who saw a label, the label served as an information cue that revealed their preferences. For 13% of those who saw the label, the label influenced preferences and behavior. Overall, for 4% of the total sample, simple GE disclosures influenced preferences. For a slight majority of consumers who used a GE label, simple disclosures were an information signal and not a preference signal. Searching for GE information, classifying as female, older age and opposing GE in food production significantly increased the probability that GE labels served as an information source. Providing such disclosures to consumers may be the least complex and most transparent option for mandatory GE labeling.

98. How people share information about food: insights from Tweets regarding two Italian regions

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Platania, Marco (author) and Spadoni, Roberta (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Italy
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11108
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 9(2) : 149-165
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Describes the type of information regarding food shared on Twitter and what kind of network is established between Twitter users in those cases when the #food in question is associated to a geographical area. Findings highlighted differences between the two networks surveyed, both with regard to the actors involved and to the way in which they share information on Twitter.

99. How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng (author), Fongar, Andrea (author), Godecke, Theda (author), Jackering, Lisa (author), Mwololo, Henry (author), and Njuguna, Michael (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12-18
Published:: International: Oxford University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12393
Journal Title:: European Review of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: Volume 47, Issue 1
Notes:: 24 pages., We analyse how agricultural extension can be made more effective in terms of increasing farmers’ adoption of pro-nutrition technologies, such as biofortified crops. In a randomised controlled trial with farmers in Kenya, we implemented several extension treatments and evaluated their effects on the adoption of beans biofortified with iron and zinc. Difference-in-difference estimates show that intensive agricultural training can increase technology adoption considerably. Additional nutrition training helps farmers to better appreciate the technology’s nutritional benefits and thus further increases adoption. This study is among the first to analyse how improved extension designs can help to make smallholder farming more nutrition-sensitive

100. How well did journalists cover the UN's bombshell climate change report?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Butterworth, Kyra (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-11-14
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11429
Journal Title:: Ryerson Review of Journalism
Notes:: 5 pages., Online via publication website., Includes follow-up perspectives about media coverage from several authors who contributed to a climate change report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Author interpreted the responses as indicating that journalists have generally done a thorough job, but have missed "a few major findings."

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