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    1. $6 billion for rural broadband: a hatchet or a scalpel?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Daily, Geoff (author) and App-Rising.com
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2009-01-15
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28742
    Notes:
    2 pages., Suggests the U.S. government use funds from an economic stimulus package to establish and operate a Rural Fiber Fund.

    4. Adapted from "assessment of rural ITS wireless communications solutions"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Yang Qingyan (author), Sisiopiku, Virginia P. (author), Arnold, James A. (author), Pisano, Paul (author), and Neson, Gary G. (author)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2000-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C13140
    Journal Title:
    Public Roads
    Journal Title Details:
    <63(5):46-47>
    Notes:
    2 p.

    5. Africa short on phones despite mobile phone growth

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004-09
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24022
    Journal Title:
    Appropriate Technology
    Journal Title Details:
    31(3) : 49
    Notes:
    Apart from describing the shortage of mobile phones, the report indicates that growth in mobile phone usage is concentrated in urban areas and is "creating a widening communication gap between rural and urban communities."

    6. An update on rural broadband

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Abraham, Bridget (author) and Center for the Study of Rural America
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2003-10
    Published:
    USA: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20316
    Notes:
    4 pages; from "The Main Street Economist : Commentary on the Rural Economy"

    7. Bridging the information and knowledge gap between urban and rural communities through rural knowledge centres: case studies from Kenya and Uganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Asaba, Jane Frances (author), Musebe, Richard (author), Kimani, Martin (author), Day, Roger (author), Nkonu, Michael (author), Mukhebi, Adrian (author), Wesonga, Albert (author), Mbula, Regina (author), Balaba, Peter (author), and Nakagwa, Alyce (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2006-05-21
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24477
    Notes:
    Retrieved July 5, 2006, Conference sponsored by the International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 21-26, 2006. Via Livelihoods Connect. 13 pages., Conference theme: "Managing agricultural information for sustainable food security and improved livelihoods in Africa."

    9. Bridging the rural digital divide: global partnerships to exploit the new technologies

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Rudgard, Stephen (author) and CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2009-10-21
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29639
    Notes:
    Presented as a PowerPoint at the CABI Global Summit, October 19-21, 2009, London, UK. 19 pages.

    10. Broadband country roads: co-ops are helping bridge the digital divide

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Poppenhouse, Ty (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-06
    Published:
    USA: Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives, Springfield, Illinois.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27723
    Journal Title:
    Illinois Country Living
    Journal Title Details:
    66(2) : 10-13