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2. A framework of information technology-based agriculture information dissemination system to improve crop productivity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Reddy, P. Krishna (author) and Ankaiah, R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-06-15
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26859
- Journal Title:
- Current Science
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 88, No. 12, pp. 1905-1913
3. A regional collaborative extension project to decrease nutrient losses to waterways in the New Zealand dairy industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Parminter, Terry (author), Duker, Adam (author), and Hughes, Jess (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- New Zealand
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07582
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Information Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 12 (1): 23-31
4. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SPILLOVER
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Grobler, Wynand (author) and David, Oladipo Olalekan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-01
- Published:
- International: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12207
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of eBusiness and eGovernment
- Journal Title Details:
- Issue 11(2)
- Notes:
- 17 pages, The positive spillover impacts of the efficiency of information and communication technology (ICT) and land accessibility as factor inputs to agricultural productivity are well documented in the literature. Furthermore, input-output efficiency as a measurement of factors contributing towards gross production is no exception in this regard. Few studies on agricultural production and ICT at the household level in South Africa show divergent empirical results. This study investigates the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) and land for farming in the context of household food production in South Africa. Household engagement in agricultural activities is proxy for agricultural production, farm land size is a proxy for land accessibility, telephone and internet use are proxies for ICT in this study. Household data of twenty-one thousand, six hundred and one (21,601) households on agricultural activities and ICTs were generated from the existing survey data of General household survey, 2015 by Statistics South Africa. Majority of the households are not engaging in agricultural activities due to no access to land for farming, but more than 80 percent of the households have access to at least one form of ICTs penetration i.e. mobile telephony. The logit regression shows that internet connection in the household have positive and significant impact on household agricultural production but land accessibility is indirectly related and significant to household food production in South Africa. Therefore land accessibility may be a barrier to agricultural activity involvement in South Africa. The study shows that the positive spillover impacts of ICT may not be possible due to lack of access to land for agriculture. Land for farming, CDMA telephony and internet are highly required for agricultural activities in order to promote food production, reduce cost of telecommunications, promoting agricultural research and development via internet accessibility.
5. Achieving sustainable livestock farming in Nigeria: the role of information and communication technology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Okoro, V.M.O. (author), Chikaire, J. (author), Anyoha, N.O. (author), and Ejiogu-Okereke, N. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Nigeria: Wilolud Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08182
- Journal Title:
- Continental Journal of Information Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- 5 (1): 22
6. Adapting yet not adopting? Conservation agriculture in Central Malawi
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bouwman, T.I. (author), Andersson, J.A. (author), and Giller, K.E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02-28
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12487
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 307
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been widely promoted as a pathway to sustainably intensify agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet despite decades of promotion, CA uptake in SSA remains sparse with only few analyses of its impacts on farming and rural livelihoods. This study, which focuses on areas in Central Malawi considered to have a relatively high uptake of CA, uses analyses of satellite images, field observations, interviews with farmers, extension workers and other people involved in CA promotion, as well as a household survey, to investigate how CA has been adapted. We find that the three CA principles – (1) continuous minimum tillage, e.g. no-ridging, (2) permanent ground cover, and (3) crop rotation/intercropping – were not practiced as intended. First, one-third of non-ridged land was tilled during the growing season, and half was again ridged in the following season. Second, unless crop residues were added, the soil’s surface of non-ridged plots was usually bare at planting, causing weed control problems, and an increased risk of erosion. Most farmers added large volumes of crop residues to their non-ridged plots. They collected these from the surrounding fields, but this practice severely restricted the size of these plots. Third, crop rotation/intercropping was practiced less when farmers stopped ridging. Thus overall, very few farmers practised all of the three CA principles simultaneously. CA promotion appeared to only increase yields on plots where mulch was added, but this practice is not scalable. CA promotiondoes not seem to have provided substantial benefits for overall farm productivity, labour-savings or soil cons
7. Adoption of improved chickpea varieties : KRIBHCO experience in tribal region of Gujarat, India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shiyani, R. L. (author), Joshi, P. K. (author), Asokan, M. (author), and Bantilan, M. C. S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2002-05
- Published:
- India: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18709
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 27 (1) 33-39
- Notes:
- Agricultural Economics (Amsterdam, Netherlands), The study aims to track adoption of improved chickpea varieties, and assess their on-farm benefits in some remote and backward tribal villages in Gujarat, India, where few newly developed varieties were introduced by a non-government organization. It also determines key factors which were influencing their adoption. The study found that adoption of improved chickpea varieties was gradually increasing by replacing a prominent local variety. Duration of crop maturity, farm size, yield risk, and farmers' experience of growing chickpea crop were significantly influencing their adoption. The on-farm benefits as a result of improved varieties were realized in terms of increased yield levels, higher income and labor productivity, more marketable surplus, price premium and stabilized yields in fluctuating weather. Breeding short duration varieties with stable yield levels under varying weather, and organizing seed multiplication and dissemination in regions, where moisture stress is a problem during maturity of chickpea, are the major suggestions.
8. Agglomeration, agriculture, and the perspective of the periphery
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gruber, Stefan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010-03
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07534
- Journal Title:
- Spatial Economic Analysis
- Journal Title Details:
- 5 (1): 43-72
9. Agricultural Waste Management Extension Education (AWMEE): the ultimate need for intellectual productivity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mohammadi, Iraj Malek (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01410
- Journal Title:
- American Journal of Environmental Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(1) : 10-14
10. Agricultural productivity growth and poverty reduction: evidence from thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Suphannachart, Waleerat (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-11-20
- Published:
- United States: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12369
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 72, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 22 pages, Raising agricultural productivity in developing countries is often said to reduce poverty more than comparable growth arising from other sectors. This claim has frequently been based on casual theorising, rather than empirical evidence. Productivity growth generates additional income and must benefit someone, though not necessarily the poor. It is conceivable that most, or even all of the benefits might go to others. Using region-level data from Thailand, we study the relationship between agricultural productivity growth and rural poverty incidence. The dependent variable for our regression analysis is the annual rate of change in rural poverty incidence at the regional level between the years for which poverty data are available. Agricultural productivity is measured as the annual rate of change in regional total agricultural productivity, covering the same time intervals as the poverty observations, but lagged one calendar year. Other control variables include regional non-agricultural incomes and the real price of food. The estimated coefficient on the change in agricultural productivity is negative and highly significant, implying that agricultural productivity growth does reduce rural poverty, holding other variables constant, though not more so than non-agricultural sources of income growth. The poverty-reducing contribution of recent agricultural productivity growth has been small. The poverty-reducing effects of long-term drivers of agricultural productivity growth are also analysed, using simulations based on the estimated model.