Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D03024
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Report No. 155, Ronald Anderson's Primary Industry Survey, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 34 pages., Based on the author's visit to the U.S. to examine the application of computer technology in agriculture. Includes a variety of computer-based agricultural information services.
International: Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michigan State University, East Lansing; and U. S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05682
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05918
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Via website of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland. UNCTAD Current Studies on Science, Technology and Innovation, No. 9. 84 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06289
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Table of contents, executive summary and recommendations sections printed for ACDC file., Report by the Working Group on Information Needs of Communities, U. S. Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 468 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06701
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Online from P2P Foundation. 5 pages, including responses., Perspectives on "rural hubs" as reinvention of the "village as a 'place of many trades,' embedded in silence and beauty."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09597
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Delmar Hatesohl Collection, 1 page., Resource for a consultation with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Nairobi, regarding development and operation of a communications unit. Provides reference value beyond that specific organization. 1 page.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11135
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From the file, "Bill Ward - Communication Centre Proposal," in the international resource file of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., 21 pages., Report traces origins of this communication centre, basic concepts of it, the seven stages of development, administration and organization of it, short- and long-term recommendations, and future communication developments envisioned. The report includes a pictorial review of Center activities, discussion of relationship with the Extension Directorate, and examples of course outlines.
Hooker, Neal H. (author), Ernst, Stan (author), Heilig, Julia (author), and Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25711
Rudgard, Stephen (author), Janakiram, S. (author), Winder,Dylan (author), Demes, Michal (author), Young, John (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2003-11
Published:
Armenia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26289
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14 pages., Report of a field visit November 16-24, 2003, to Armenia, as part of: "A collaborative programme for knowledge systems in support of rural livelihoods."
Raffea, Ahmed (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
Egypt
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26290
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7 pages., Describes the Virtual Extension Communication Network (VERCON), an FAO-developed model for an internet-based network to improve communications between agricultural researchers and extension workers.
Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26292
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8 pages., Case study of Indiagriline.com, an agricultural information portal created by a sugar processing company. The portals/kiosks are franchised to local entrepreneurs in rural communities.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26293
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10 pages., Case study of TARAhaat, an e-business "created to bring the benefits of the Internet to India's rural population." The title combines an Indian NGO intiative (Technology and Action for Rural Alternatives, TARA) with "haat" (meaning a village bazaar).
Yongling, Zhong (author), Riggs, Michael (author), Heller, Nathaniel (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26294
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8 pages., Case study of a government-supported information service center, called "Service Station," that provides (and gathers) information from farmers at county, township and village levels. Uses electronic and other channels.
Travers, Helen (author), Hunter, Ernest (author), Gibson, Julie (author), and Campion, Jonathan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-09
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26363
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6 pages., Describes the National HITnet Development Program (Health Interactive Technology Network). It uses touchscreen technology and interactive multimedia approaches to address health issues and choices in indigenous communities of Australia.
International: Communication for Development Group, Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27650
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Communication for Development Manual 4. 25 pages., A bilingual regional workshop, "Methodologies for designing and implementing multimedia communications strategies and national communication policies," Niamey, Niger, April 1-5, 2002.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27912
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1 page., Identifies 10 modules dealing with the role of telecenters in communities, local participation, needs assessment, telecenter management, financial sustainability, marketing, communication planning, information production and dissemination, training for telecenter activities and making computers work for you.
Colle, Royal D. (author) and Anh, Nguyen Tuan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-09-25
Published:
Vietnam
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27918
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Via online. 10 pages., Case report of university involvement in national development through the ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) movement.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27919
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3 pages., Q/A discussion with Dr. Royal Colle, 40-year member of the faculty of the Department of Communication, Cornell University, about the development, role and prospects of information technologies in support of development, internationally.
Balit, Silvia (author / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2004-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27920
Gaiani, Silvia (author) and Dipartimento di Economia e Ingegneria Agrarie, Universita di Bologna.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28332
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DEIAgra Working Paper 08-002. 17 pages., Examines whether the use of e-Choupal for information dissemination and service delivery leads to improvements in farmers' quality of decisions. E-Choupal is the largest information technology-based intervention created in rural India by a corporate entity, the Indian Tobacco Company.
Amjad, Khadija (author) and Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28540
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Via Media Re:public Case Studies 2008: news and information as digital media come of age. 6 pages., Describes development and approach of a news website that serves several rural towns in New Hampshire.
Stites, Tom (author) and Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28541
Notes:
Via Media Re:public Case Studies 2008: news and information as digital media come of age. 10 pages., Analyzes the role of editors in a dynamic media era. Uses local "correspondents" in rural community newspapers to illustrate potential frameworks for the operation of news organizations in a digital environment.
Miller, Ryan (author / Homeland Security and Technology Division, National Governors Association) and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-05-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28678
Garrucio, Maria (author / Bioversity International) and International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-02-19
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28920
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3 pages., Summary of discussion during a session about this subject at ShareFair held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, January 20-22, 2009.
