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2. Prioritisation in practice: targeted extension in Great Barrier Reef water quality improvement programs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hepburn, Lana (author) and Nash, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11650
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 86-92
- Notes:
- 7 pages., Article presents learnings and observations from the perspective of delivering a targeted sugarcane agricultural extension program across the Wet Tropics. "Importantly, this program has continued to find the need to understand and align with local community and industry dynamics to ensure prioritisation supports the intended outcomes, including that communities and landholders are actively engaged in water quality improvement and remain resilient."
3. Social media application in agriculture extension programming for small scale rural farmers: is knowledge impeding the lack of adoption?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Moonsammy, Stephan (author) and Moonsammy, Donna Marie Renn (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-08-01
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12627
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 27 Iss. 3
- Notes:
- 18 pages, The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge level of farmers on basic computer literacy, social media use, and to explore which social and demographic factors affected their knowledge capacity. The study had a final sample of 176 participants from the northern, southern and central regions of Trinidad and Tobago. A survey instrument comprising of 14 multiple-choice questions with one accurate response was developed to decrease bias of farmers randomly selecting the accurate response. The questions addressed knowledge on basic computer and social media literacy. Analysis was conducted using one-way ANOVA with post-hoc testing. Results indicated that there were significant differences in farmers’ performance in the knowledge test based on characteristics such as age, education, and household use of social media and the internet. Based on the findings, minimal training in computer and social media literacy did not impede the farmers’ use of the computer or social media. These discoveries highlight the potential of extension programs using the internet and social media applications to improve communication efficiency among agricultural stakeholders within farming communities.
4. The development of a backyard composting project through community engagement
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Scully, Donald J. (author), Young, Jeffrey A. (author), Hains, Bryan J. (author), and Hains, Kristina (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-05-04
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12935
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V.61, N.1
- Notes:
- 5 pages, It can be argued that public forums are a valuable and essential tool for Cooperative Extension professionals. This article narrates the innovative use of the public forum action steps outlined in Kahl’s (2016) “A Convener’s Guide to Hosting a Public Forum”. The primary objective was to address illegal dumping and littering concerns with the Extension professional's role to engage the community. The resulting “Backyard Composting Project” demonstrated that public forums are valuable in creatively engaging urban audiences. Ultimately the authors illustrate how a community concern can be addressed using innovative programming to reach what Extension considers to be non-traditional urban populations.