Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06753
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Synthesis report of the annual seminar of CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation), Brussels, Belgium, October 12-16, 2009. 12 pages.
14 pages., Online via journal by open access., Researcher proposed an appropriate mechanism for the maintenance of traditional knowledge associated with wild edible plants, seaweeds, and mushrooms in these ecosystems. Assessment of linkages between traditional knowledge and human well-being showed that both the decline in traditional knowledge and the drivers of change adversely affect fundamental components of human well-being: health, development of good social relations, and security.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28979
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Knowledge Share Fair for Agricultural Development and Food Security at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, January 20-22, 2009. 6 pages., Notes from a session at the Knowledge Share Fair about the role and unique value of radio in rural development.
International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29048
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4 pages., Information technology researcher describes four challenges to having cheap and portable devices like mobile phones and PDAs offer real social and economic impact.
Recognizes the career and contributions of "one of the pioneers in the use of communication for development, a relatively new discipline on the development scene."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29245
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Via KCET and "Documenting the Face of America" web site. 3 pages., Announcement and summary of a documentary about "the legendary group of New Deal-sponsored photographers who traversed the country in the 1930s and early 1940s to capture some of the most iconic images in history."
2 pages., "If African farmers feel disenfranchised and marginalized, the system is not working. Now's the time to try to fix it, improve communication systems, and move towards feeding hungry people."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29759
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Recommendations from the 2nd Agriculture Leadership Summit, New Delhi, India, September 4-5, 2009. 13 pages., Summary and recommendations, including those involving extension and communications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29779
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Pages 30-38 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29780
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Pages 31-45 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Lightfoot, Clive (author) and Nyimbo, Vincon (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Tanzania
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29783
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Pages 92-94 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Campilan, Dindo (author), Roa, Julieta R. (author), and Gonsalves, Julian (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29785
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Pages 97-101 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages., Describes a program, UPWARD (Users' Perspectives with Agricultural Research and Development ). Shifts emphasis from food systems to livelihood systems, from crop production to agricultural livelihoods and from farms to marketing chains.
Spielman, David J. (author), Hartwich, Frank (author), and Von Grebmer, Klaus (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29786
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Pages 116-124 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Hagmann, Jurgen (author) and Ngwenya, Hlamalani (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
South Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29791
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Pages 220-229 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29796
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Pages 271-275 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29800
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Pages 31-57 in Anthony A. Olorunnisola (ed.), Media and communications industries in Nigeria: impacts of neoliberal reforms between 1999 and 2007. Edwin Mellon Press, Lewiston, New York. 278 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29857
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Pages 3-30 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C36293
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Via Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, Washington, D.C. 1 page., Reports on a service enabling workers in urban areas to send money to their families in rural areas, using mobile phones.
Adinarayana, J. (author), Sudharsan, D. (author), Tripathy, A.K. (author), and IEEE, New York City, New York.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-02-07
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36580
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Pages 54-59 of proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems and Web Services, Cancun, Mexico, February 1-7, 2009.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36719
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Pages 76-124 in Tim Unwin (ed.), ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. 386 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36720
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Pages 125-175 in Tim Unwin (ed.), ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. 386 pages.
