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    1. Communication, engagement and science-based policy

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Megaro, Anne (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-02-01
    Published:
    USA: University of California
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10457
    Journal Title:
    California Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    73(1):4-4
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    3 pages., via online journal., UC ANR works to bridge the gap between scientists and policymakers.

    2. Feasibility of using mobile phones as an educational medium in agricultural extension services in Guilan Province, Iran

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Allahyaria, Mohammad Sadegh (author), Atashi, Maryam Ranjbar (author), and Dunn, Emily Shea (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10476
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
    Journal Title Details:
    19(2): 129-140
    Notes:
    13 pages., via online journal., This study examined the feasibility of the use of mobile phones as an educational tool in agricultural extension services in the Guilan Province of Iran. A descriptive-survey methodology was employed on a sample population of 120 agricultural extension agents. Data were analyzed at descriptive and inferential levels using SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). The results of the factor analysis indicated that the application of mobile phones in extension activities was influenced by three factors: economic, skill, and infrastructure. These factors accounted for 52.3% of the variance. Moreover, the possibility for the development of mobile phones as an educational medium is impacted by social, financial-credit, information-communicational, psychological, and improper conditions factors that, in total, captured 70.4% of the variance.