Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02960
Notes:
Website of International Public Relations Association. Article 134. 5 pages., Report of an award-winning public relations project in the Environmental category involving redevelopment of a small farming community in southeastern Turkey. Part of it involved encouraging production of saffron rather than cotton (which requires more water).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06736
Notes:
Pages 321=-348 in Nico Stehr (ed.), Biotechnology: between commerce and civil society." Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey., Tempers benefits of the Green Revolution with concerns of adverse impacts of industrial agriculture, the power of corporate firms and other less visible infrastructure agents in the political networks of Asia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D08001
Notes:
John L.Woods Collection, Ring binder containing series overview with lesson plans and resources for a series of seven seminars. Author identified with Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C. Pages numbered by section.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: D08725
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Resource developed by Chemonics International, Washington,D.C. CD contains 350+ documents which include guidelines for including the education/communication component in proposals, templates, examples of work done, explanations of various communications tools that should be included in projects, etc. Useful for project personnel and proposal writers.
Abstract and citation online via search of Ebscohost.com. 1 page., This article deals with the deliberation of development journalism as a subfield of development communication. It further examines the connection between public journalism and development journalism. The development journalist "should be an active community participant in social change. He or she cannot be a neutral observer who adheres to objectivity. The journalist must relate development to people and focus on relations and the totality of concrete life situations. He or she must go well beyond economics and bring out the inherent drama in development, democracy, and participation."
Abstract and citation available by open access via Ebscohost.com., Article focuses on the role of university libraries in serving rural communities in China.
Abstract and citation available via Ebscohost.com., Author cites the rapid growth of agricultural websites in China, with almost 714 set up via each local government and 31 provinces with their own. They are "not well distributed geographically."
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com., Focuses on the use of information and communication technology in the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture's five-year plan. put forward in September 2001. The "action plan" stated that within 3-5 years the network system for rural market information would be established across the country.
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Cites findings of an internet research project conducted by the Research Center for Social Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Findings indicated that for most people, especially the young, the internet provides a new and exciting source of entertainment and a way to communicate with others. It also represents a place where people can find information that is difficult to procure from the traditional media and where they can express their own opinions. More users (51 percent) than non-users (42 percent) said they believe the internet will make the world a better place.
Abstract and citation available online via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Describes how the nation is striving to harness new information technologies for development while stressing stability in the political realm. Includes the resources and role of university libraries in supporting outreach to meet the information needs in towns and rural areas of China.
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Article focuses on the impact of mass media in rural development, including experiences of development communication in India.
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
International: Research and Extension Division, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27946
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29643
Notes:
3 pages., "In the place of our journalism becoming development journalism in the sense defined above, it has become 'envelope' journalism based on envelopes with press releases reaching newspaper offices."
Anyaegbunam, Chike (author), Mefalopulos, Paolo (author), and Moetsahi, Titus (author)
Format:
Handbook
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
International: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C29815
Notes:
Posted at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/y5793e, Second Edition. 160 pages., Handbook prepared for the SADC Centre of Communication for Development in collaboration with the Communication for Development Group, Extension, Education and Communication Service, Sustainable Development Department of FAO. Only the 13-page introduction is filed.
Nirvikar, Singh (author) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C30073
Notes:
University of California Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 563. 35 pages., Analysis highlighted the common building blocks required for successful implementation of information technology in rural development in India and the relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36255
Notes:
Regional workshop of this title held in Quito, Ecuador, April 20-22, 2004. 7 pages., Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in cooperation with the Latin American Association for Radio Education and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters.
Raab, Robert T. (author) and Abdon, Buenafe R. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2004-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36927
Notes:
Posted at http://www.cropscience.org.au/icsc2004/symposia/4/4/173_abdonbr.htm, Presented at the 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, September 2004. 10 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37086
Notes:
See C37085 for original, Pages 15-34 in Anna Robinson-Pant (ed.), Women, literacy and development: alternative perspectives. Routledge, London, England. Routledge Studies in Literacy. 259 pages.
