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2. Cash for water creates win-win for ranchers: cooperation with environmental groups enhances water conservation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brooks,Rhonda (author)
- Format:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09
- Published:
- USA: Drovers CattleNetwork, Lenexa, Kansas.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11780
- Journal Title:
- Drovers
- Journal Title Details:
- : 10, 12
- Notes:
- Online from publisher., Case example of arrangements by which participating ranchers and farmers are compensated for water they did not use. Financial support provided through cooperation with various organizations and environmental groups, based on shared interest in enhancing water conservation.
3. Climate and environmental polotics needs to be supported by accurate information and communication. What is the role of the scientific community?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Motta, Renzo (author), Marchetti, Marco (author), and Vacchiano, Giorgio (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- Italian
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- Italy
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11334
- Journal Title:
- Forest@
- Journal Title Details:
- 17 : 17-22
4. Climate change curricula for adult audiences in agriculture and forestry: a review
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schattman, Rachel E. (author), Kaplan, Marjorie (author), Aitken, Hannah M (author), and Helminski, Jennifer (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10524
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(1): 131–151
- Notes:
- 21 pages., via online journal., Agricultural and forestry advisers and other technical service providers play an important role in supporting farmers and foresters to adapt to climate change. However, not all agricultural and forestry advisers are comfortable talking about climate change with land managers. While there is a demonstrated interest related to climate-related professional development, few examples of curricula developed with the express purpose of serving this audience and a systematic review of these curricula has not been conducted. To address this gap, we reviewed 12 curricula which were developed and implemented between 2001 and 2017. The goal of this review is to apply the lessons learned from a range of climate change-focused curricula to new, regionally or sector-specific educational programs targeting both agricultural advisers and innovative farmers. Our findings suggest that developers of future educational programs consider the following: (a) the specific needs of their audience, including topical interests and learning needs; (b) the use of interdisciplinary teams for curricula development; (c) trade-offs associated with inclusivity and depth of course content; and (d) the advantages of project-based education approaches suited for adult learning audiences. By applying these concepts to future curricula, these curricula are likely to have the greatest level of impact.
5. Climate services and communication for development: the role of early career researchers in advancing the debate
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Donkor, Felix Kwabena (author), Howarth, Candice (author), Ebhuoma, Eromose (author), Daly, Meaghan (author), Vaughan, Catherine (author), Pretorius, Lulu (author), Mambo, Julia (author), MacLeod, Dave (author), Kythreotis, Andrew (author), Jones, Lindsey (author), Grainger, Sam (author), Golding, Nicola (author), and Anderson, Julio Araujo (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10677
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(5): 561-566
- Notes:
- 7 pages., via online journal., Climate services entail providing timely and tailored climate information to end-users in order to facilitate and improve decision-making processes. Climate services are instrumental in socio-economic development and benefit substantially from interdisciplinary collaborations, particularly when including Early Career Researchers (ECRs). This commentary critically discusses deliberations from an interdisciplinary workshop involving ECRs from the United Kingdom and South Africa in 2017, to discuss issues in climate adaptation and climate services development in water resources, food security and agriculture. Outcomes from the discussions revolved around key issues somewhat marginalized within the broader climate service discourse. This commentary discusses what constitutes “effective” communication, framings (user framings, mental models, narratives, co-production) and ethical dimensions in developing climate services that can best serve end-users. It also reflects on how ECRs can help tackle these important thematic areas and advance the discourse on climate services.
6. Crop advisers as conservation intermediaries: perceptions and policy implications for relying on nontraditional partners to increase U.S. farmers’ adoption of soil and water conservation practices
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Eanes, Francis R. (author), Singh, Ajay S. (author), Bulla, Brian R. (author), Ranjan, Pranay (author), Fales, Mary (author), Wickerham, Benjamin (author), Doran, Patrick J. (author), and Prokopy, Linda S. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10369
- Journal Title:
- Land Use Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 81 : 360-370
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Via online journal., Federal agricultural land use policies in the United States aimed at protecting soil health and water quality typically rely on persuading individual farmers to voluntarily adopt conservation practices. An expanding body of literature suggests that private sector intermediaries, such as crop advisers, are increasingly trusted sources of information for farmers about conservation practices and thus may be persuasive actors in the conservation-adoption realm. While previous studies have explored farmers’ perceptions of crop advisers facilitating conservation practice adoption and participating in conservation programs in agricultural landscapes, little research to date has explored crop advisers’ perceptions of this role, and few agricultural land use policies have explicitly included crop advisers as conservation partners. This study fills a critical void in the literature by evaluating the Saginaw Bay Regional Conservation Partnership Program, an innovative agricultural policy that relies on crop advisers to recruit farmers into the program and assist them with the adoption of conservation practices. Through a survey and interviews with crop advisers in the Saginaw Bay watershed in Michigan, USA, we explore crop advisers’ perceptions of their role in the program and of delivering conservation information to farmers. We found that crop advisers have positive attitudes towards land/water resources and conservation practices, believe they have an important intermediary role to play in facilitating conservation practice adoption, and believe their supervisors are supportive of them promoting conservation. However, difficulties in collaboration and communication between the private and governmental sectors – resulting from perceived differences, operational differences, and territoriality – present a key barrier to crop advisers increasing their intermediary role in the promotion and implementation of federal conservation programs. Future research and policy initiatives should explore how to address public-private territoriality and whether crop advisers should be incentivized to deliver information about conservation practices and/or assist in enrolling farmers in federal conservation programs.
7. Engaging young people in science education through socioscientific issues of biosecurity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ram, Rajesh (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 75 Document Number: D10804
- Journal Title:
- Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
- Notes:
- 17 pages., via online journal., The biosecurity system is extremely important to New Zealand because the economy is based largely on exporting products derived from primary industry practices. Recent developments in trade practices such as online trade have put the biosecurity system in New Zealand under further strain. In light of this, engaging young people to support biosecurity initiatives is crucial. A qualitative approach using the interpretive mode of inquiry was used to investigate the message young people got out of biosecurity educational material in the public. One hundred and seventy-one young people completed a questionnaire that consisted of Likert-scale type questions and open-ended questions that focused on getting young people’s understanding of biosecurity related educational material. The findings show that young people emotionally connected with the biosecurity educational material, but were unable to get the biosecurity message. Building prior knowledge about biosecurity through teaching and learning is recommended.
8. Extension as a multilevel bridging organization: supporting networked environmental covernance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nourani, Sally W. (author), Decker, Daniel J. (author), and Krasny, Marianne E. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10988
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(5)
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Article # 5FEA2, via online journal., Governmental and nongovernmental actors at different spatial and jurisdictional levels have information that can benefit natural resources management; however, barriers in communication and organizational culture often prevent information sharing and joint endeavors. Bridging entities, such as task forces or working groups, bring together potential stakeholders to pool expertise and stimulate shared learning. Using a network survey, interview data, and meeting minutes, we constructed a case study of task forces convened to stimulate management of the emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring beetle. We found that coordinated action among university and county Extension catalyzed bridging through visionary program design and network positioning.
9. Interactive online tool for educating the public about landscape conservation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hanks, R. Daniel (author), Baldwin, Robert F. (author), Leonard, Paul B. (author), Bee, Gillian B. (author), and Claflin, Patrick (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10425
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(2)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Via online journal., Landscape-scale conservation planning performed in a systematic and transparent manner is becoming more common as it is increasingly evident that ecological processes are being affected at large spatial scales. The Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative undertook a 15-state landscape conservation planning project, resulting in a landscape conservation design called NatureScape. To facilitate NatureScape's implementation by groups and individuals participating in on-the-ground landscape conservation, we developed an online decision support tool. This tool has the potential to assist Extension services in delivering research-based information to varied stakeholders as they make land use decisions.
10. Just turn on the faucet: a content analysis of PSAs about the global water crisis on youTube
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Krajewski, Joanna M. T. (author), Schumacher, Amy C. (author), and Kajsa E. Dalrymple (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 75 Document Number: D10801
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(2): 255-275
- Notes:
- 22 pages., via online journal., Water is essential for human life, yet safe drinking water is a limited resource. Critical to fighting the global water crisis are public awareness campaigns, including Public Service Announcements (PSAs). While YouTube has become a popular medium for disseminating prosocial content such as PSAs, environmental communication efforts on this platform remain largely uninvestigated. This study examines the content and characteristics of global water crisis PSAs on YouTube by applying two communication models: the Extended Parallel Process Model, and the Elaboration Likelihood Model. These models are used to evaluate the potential effectiveness of the PSAs. Content analysis reveals that threat messages often outweigh efficacy messages in the videos, central route processing cues are more prevalent than peripheral route cues, and a focus on quality or quantity issues differed by sponsoring organization (non-profit, for-profit, government). Implications and avenues for potential future research are discussed.