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    1. A little precision ag perspective, please

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Vogt, Willie (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2016-12
    Published:
    USA: Penton Agriculture, St. Charles, Illinois.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07633
    Journal Title:
    Prairie Farmer
    Journal Title Details:
    188(12) : 80
    Notes:
    Refers readers to USDA report on which this commentary was based: http://bit.ly/precision-ag-report

    2. Agricultural innovation - the United States and the developing world

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pardey, Philip G. (author)
    Format:
    Presentation
    Publication Date:
    2016-02-26
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07436
    Notes:
    Presentation at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Outlook Forum, Arlington, Virginia, February 26, 2016. 26 pages.

    3. Attitudes towards vertical farming at home: a user study

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jansen, Guido (author), Cila, Nazli (author), Kanis, Marije (author), and Slaats, Yanti (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2016-05
    Published:
    USA: Association for Computing Machinery
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: D10858
    Notes:
    Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings Volume 07-12-May-2016, Pages 3091-3098. 34th annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016,, San Jose, California., Vertical farming is a promising new technology for increasing crop yields per square meter. However, little research has been done so far in people's perception of this technology. The aim of this project was to gain a better understanding of consumers' attitude on small scale vertical farming at home. This was achieved by developing a prototype that uses sensor and LED technology for growing food at home and deploying it in a user study. The prototype was built to give users a genuine feeling of what it would be like to use a small scale vertical farming system. The user study showed that the attitudes towards the system were mostly positive. However, a fully autonomous system is not desirable and there are concerns regarding food safety.

    7. The evolution of the MasAgro hubs: responsiveness and serendipity as drivers of agricultural innovation in a dynamic and heterogeneous context

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Camacho-Villa, Tania Carolina (author), Almekinders, Conny (author), Hellin, Jon (author), Martinez-Cruz, Tania Eulalia (author), Rendon-Medel, Roberto (author), and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico, D.F. Wageningen University, The Netherlands Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas University of Bonn, Germany
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016-10-17
    Published:
    Mexico: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10955
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    22(5) : 455-470
    Notes:
    17 pages, via online journal, Purpose: Little is known about effective ways to operationalize agricultural innovation processes. We use the MasAgro program in Mexico (which aims to increase maize and wheat productivity, profitability and sustainability), and the experiences of middle level ‘hub managers’, to understand how innovation processes occur in heterogeneous and changing contexts. Design/methodology/approach: We use a comparative case study analysis involving research tools such as documentary review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and reflection workshops with key actors. Findings: Our research shows how a program, that initially had a relatively narrow technology focus, evolved towards an innovation system approach. The adaptive management of such a process was in response to context-specific challenges and opportunities. In the heterogeneous context of Mexico this results in diverse ways of operationalization at the hub level, leading to different collaborating partners and technology portfolios. Practical implications: MasAgro experiences merit analysis in the light of national public efforts to transform agricultural advisory services and accommodate pluralistic agricultural extension approaches in Latin America. Such efforts need long-term coherent macro level visions, frameworks and support, while the serendipitous nature of the process requires meso-level implementers to respond and adapt to and move the innovation process forward. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the debate on how to operationalize large programs by showing that the innovation support arrangements enacted in the field should allow for diversity and have a degree of flexibility to accommodate heterogeneous demands from farmers in different contexts as well as continuous changes in the politico- institutional environment.