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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Akridge, Jay T. (author) and Harling, Kenneth F. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 107 Document Number: C10017
Journal Title:
Agribusiness
Journal Title Details:
14(1) : 1-14
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 90017291
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Leu, Chelsea (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2014-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02882
Journal Title:
University of Chicago Magazine
Journal Title Details:
106(5) : 22-24
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Springer, D.M. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: B00542
Journal Title:
AAACE
Journal Title Details:
59 (3) : 3-7
Notes:
AgComm Teaching
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Braun, Dick (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05156
Journal Title:
Farm Journal
Journal Title Details:
111 (3) : 40-41
Notes:
AGRICOLA ADL 87031077
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wheeler, M. (author / Department of Primary Industries Water Resources. University of Queensland Gatton College. Australia)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08721
Journal Title:
Learning Projects
Journal Title Details:
1(June 1995) : 24-33
Notes:
Warwick Easdown Collection, Rural Extension Centre, Department of Primary Industries. University of Queensland Gatton College.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Smith, Michelle (author) and Brunton, Virginia (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30654
Journal Title:
Extension Farming Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:
6(1) : 111-114
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Patrico, Jim (author / DTN/Progressive Farmer)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017-08-28
Published:
USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08996
Journal Title:
AAEA ByLine
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Coffman, Charlotte W. (author), Eames-Sheavly, Marcia (author), and Gans, Jon (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26410
Journal Title:
Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:
45(4)
Notes:
online access; 5 p.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Besley, John C. (author) and Tanner, Andrea H. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06492
Journal Title:
Science Communication
Journal Title Details:
33(2) : 239-263
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
Journal Title:
World Development
Journal Title Details:
Vol. 33(10) : 1705-1720
Notes:
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.