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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Lindell, L.R. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D05853
Journal Title:
Agricultural History
Journal Title Details:
83(4) : 503-527
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Frost, Natasha (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017-09-25
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10032
Journal Title:
Atlas Obscura
Notes:
11 pages, Author examines how two inventions of the 1870s (barbed wire and the telephone) changed the lonely lives of frontier Americans.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Brandon, Hembree (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2018-04-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09295
Journal Title:
Delta Farm Press
Journal Title Details:
75(15) : 1
Notes:
See the article in page 37 of this 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Oluwafemi Ogunjimi, Thomas Daum (author) and Kariuki, Juliet (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2022-11-28
Published:
United States: Wiley Online
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12768
Journal Title:
Rural Sociology
Journal Title Details:
Online
Notes:
37pgs, With agriculture considered key to generating jobs for Africa's growing population, several studies have explored youth aspirations toward farming. While many factors explaining aspirations have been well studied, little is known about the actors' shaping aspirations. We developed a novel framework that focuses on the factors and actors shaping the formation and actual aspirations of rural youth and applied a unique “whole-family” approach based on mixed-methods data collection from adolescents (boys and girls) and corresponding adults. We applied this approach in rural Zambia, collecting data from 348 adolescents and adults in 87 households. The study finds that parents strongly shape youth aspirations—they are much more influential than siblings, peers, church, and media. Male youth are more likely to envision farming (full or part-time) than female youth. The male preference for farming reflects their parent's aspirations and is reinforced by the patriarchal system of land inheritance. Parents' farm characteristics, such as degree of mechanization, are also associated with aspirations. We recommend a “whole- family” approach, which acknowledges the influential role of parents, for policies and programs for rural youth and a stronger focus on gender aspects.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Tevis, Cheryl (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D05959
Journal Title:
Successful Farming
Journal Title Details:
: 71
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Spangler, holly (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-12
Published:
USA: Penton Agriculture, St. Charles, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07623
Journal Title:
Prairie Farmer
Journal Title Details:
188(12) : 16
Notes:
Report in the 175th anniversary issue of Prairie Farmer. Features the career of a long-time columnist.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Spangler, holly (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-12
Published:
USA: Penton Agriculture, St. Charles, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07624
Journal Title:
Prairie Farmer
Journal Title Details:
188(12) : 16
Notes:
Report in the 175th anniversary issue of Prairie Farmer.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Miller, Dan (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1993-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06587
Journal Title:
Progressive Farmer
Journal Title Details:
108(2)
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Nelson, Lowry (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1957-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09541
Journal Title:
Rural Sociology
Journal Title Details:
22(1) : 20-30
Notes:
Hal R. Taylor Collection (abstract)
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Mano, Winston (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Zimbabwe
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35714
Journal Title:
The Radio Journal - International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media
Journal Title Details:
3(2) : 93-106
Notes:
Author suggests that RZ is popular because its schedules approximate the habits of Zimbabwean national everyday life.