Traces adoption and identifies "two pressing issues that affect the digital divide -- affordability of these technologies to the rural population and the educational level of rural users that impact upon usage capability.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06753
Notes:
Synthesis report of the annual seminar of CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation), Brussels, Belgium, October 12-16, 2009. 12 pages.
9 pages., Via online journal., This article reports on an exploratory study designed to measure community leaders’
attitudes toward scenes from working rural landscapes as elicited by photographs
paired with a semantic differential scale. Using this approach it is determined that
age, occupation, knowledge about farm structure, and community size are important
factors shaping the diverse attitudes held by community leaders in rural southern
Illinois. Findings suggest that the position and magnitude of attitude differences
between relevant social groups be examined prior to launching new rural development initiatives.
4 pages., Via online journal., Raising the productivity of smallholders
is a necessary condition for increasing incomes and
improving livelihoods among the rural poor in most
developing countries. This increased productivity is
essential to both household food security and to
agriculture-based growth and poverty reduction in the larger
economy. Smallholder productivity is limited by a variety of
constraints including poor soils, unpredictable rainfall,
and imperfect markets, as well as lack of access to
productive resources, financial services, or infrastructure.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are also
vitally important to commercial and large-scale agriculture,
and to agriculture-related services and infrastructure such
as weather monitoring and irrigation. This note focuses on
the sometimes less-obvious importance of ICT in improving
the information, communication, transaction, and networking
elements of smallholder agriculture in developing countries.
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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."
Copps, Michael J. (author) and Federal Communications Commission
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2009-05-22
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29237
Notes:
Posted online at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/Query.do?numberFld=&numberFld2=&docket=&dateFld=&docTitleDesc=Bringing+Broadband+to+Rural+America
Morehart, Mitch (author), Stenberg, Peter (author), Brown, Dennis (author), Cromartie, John (author), Vogel, Stephen (author), and Breneman, Vince (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2009-08
Published:
USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29243
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29245
Notes:
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."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29275
Notes:
Via Nieman Watchdog. 5 pages., The Congressional stimulus packages "could mark a new, promising beginning - or they could be a new boondoggle for AT&T, Verizon and rural phone companies."
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
Notes:
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.
Moreira, Maria Arce (author) and Mulvany, Patrick M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29790
Notes:
Pages 135-137 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Jiggins, Janice (author) and Roling, Niels (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29794
Notes:
Pages 264-267 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages., "The 'technological treadmill has obviously failed to reduce rural poverty, especially in Africa." - " Agricultural research institutes and universities are often dominated by agricultural economists and natural scientists, who typically do not consider the behaviour of real people and social processes as part of their mandate." Authors call for more collaboration involving social scientists.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29800
Notes:
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 Box: 175 Document Number: C29819
Notes:
Independent Study HCD 598. 29 pages., Development, services, marketing efforts, contributions and outlook concerning this international resource and service for communications related to agriculture.
Moustier, Paule (author), Figuie, Muriel (author), Anh, Dao The (author), and Loc, Nguyen Thi Tan (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Vietnam
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29855
Notes:
Pages 311-325 in Adam Lindgreen, Martin K. Hingley and Joelle Vanhamme (eds.), The crisis of food brands: sustaining safe, innovative and competitive food supply. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England. 352 pages.
Vieira, Luciana Marques (author) and Aguiar, Luis Kluwe (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Brazil
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29856
Notes:
Pages 327-345 in Adam Lindgreen, Martin K. Hingley and Joelle Vanhamme (eds.), The crisis of food brands: sustaining safe, innovative and competitive food supply. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England. 352 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29857
Notes:
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.
Gomez, Ricardo (author), Coward, Chris (author), and Ambikar, Rucha (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-08-23
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35654
Notes:
Presented at the World Library and Information Congress, Quebec, Canada, August 10-14, 2008. Via International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague, Netherlands. 15 pages., Reports on public access venues such as libraries, cybercafes and telecenters in 25 countries, with a particular focus on underserved populations.
Lambert, Frank (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-11-04
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35685
Notes:
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2009, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 15 pages., Author finds a successful "top-down" approach for delivering online community information from three levels of Canadian governmental agencies.
Grunfeld, Helena (author), Hak, Sokleap (author), Pin, Tara (author), and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-11-04
Published:
Cambodia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35687
Notes:
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2009, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 19 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36371
Notes:
Pages 33-43 in Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb (eds.), African women and ICTs: investigating technology, gender and empowerment. Zed Books Ltd., London, UK. 222 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36372
Notes:
Pages 44-55 in Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb (eds.), African women and ICTs: investigating technology, gender and empowerment. Zed Books Ltd., London, UK. 222 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36376
Notes:
Pages 193-205 in Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb (eds.), African women and ICTs: investigating technology, gender and empowerment. Zed Books Ltd., London, UK. 222 pages.
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
Notes:
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: C36718
Notes:
Pages 39-75 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: C36719
Notes:
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
Notes:
Pages 125-175 in Tim Unwin (ed.), ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. 386 pages.
Kenny, Charles (author) and Best, Michael L. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36721
Notes:
Pages 177-205 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: C36722
Notes:
Pages 321-360 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 Box: 182 Document Number: C36984
Notes:
5 pages., Describes process and outcomes of a four-day workshop in Bangladesh involving representatives of several organizations that have been actively involved in the farmer-led approach.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36985
Notes:
5 pages., Describes process and outcomes of a four-day workshop in Orissa, India, involving representatives of several organizations that have been actively involved in the farmer-led approach.
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36999
Notes:
Group 3: Making content widely accessible on the Web. 3 pages., Resource from CIARD for agricultural information professionals and technical developers.
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37000
Notes:
Group 3: Making content widely accessible on the Web. 2 pages., Resource from CIARD for agricultural information professionals, technical developers and marketing and communications professionals.
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37001
Notes:
Group 3: Making content widely accessible on the Web. 2 pages., Resource from CIARD for agricultural scientists, information professionals, technical developers and marketing and communications professionals.
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37002
Notes:
Group 3: Making content widely accessible on the Web. 3 pages., Resource from CIARD for agricultural scientists, information professionals, technical developers and marketing and communications professionals.
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37003
Notes:
Group 3: Making content widely accessible on the Web. 3 pages., Resource from CIARD for agricultural managers, researchers, information professionals and technical developers.
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37004
Notes:
Group 3: Making content widely accessible on the Web. 3 pages., Resource from CIARD for agricultural scientists, information professionals and technical developers, and marketing and communication professionals.
