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2. A guide to help consumers choose apps and avoid app overload
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schuster, Ellen (author) and Zimmerman, Lynda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06043
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(4) : 4TOT3
- Notes:
- 3 pages.
3. A monitoring system for intensive agriculture based on mesh networks and the android system
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Montoya, Francisco G. (author), Gómez, Julio (author), Cama, Alejandro (author), Zapata-Sierra, Antonio (author), Martínez, Felipe (author), De La Cruz, José Luis (author), and Manzano-Agugliaro, Francisco (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-11
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07694
- Journal Title:
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 99 : 14-20
4. ABM Agri Media Council's research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Semler, Jack (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06379
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 53(6) : 30
5. Adoption and intensity of use of mobile money among smallholder farmers in rural Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kofi Asravor, Richard (author), Boakye, Afia Nyarko (author), and Essuman, John (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-04-21
- Published:
- International: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12310
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Online First
- Notes:
- 10 pages., he impact of mobile money services in sub-Saharan Africa have been largely recognised. However, empirical studies are principally lacking on the factors influencing the decision to own a mobile phone (first hurdle), register with mobile money (second hurdle) and the intensity of use of mobile money services (third hurdle). This study examined the determinants of the mobile phone ownership, drivers of registration (participation) of mobile money services, and the intensity of use of mobile money services in rural Ghana by employing the triple hurdle approach. The first and second hurdle were analysed using the logit model while quasi-poisson regression was used to analyse the third hurdle. The analysis from the cross-sectional data showed that the decision to own a mobile phone was driven by household size, marital status, the farm size, access to electricity, income status and the type of occupation engaged, whereas the decision to register with mobile money was influenced by the age, educational status, marital status, household size, farm size and the type of occupation engaged in by the household head. The intensity of usage of mobile money services was influenced by the age of the household head, higher educational level, marital status of the household head, household and farm size as well as the distance of the household heads from the mobile money agent which directly influences the intensity of use of mobile money services by household heads. The study recommends that strategies that promote access to electricity and occupation in the formal sector or both farming and trading in the rural communities should be promoted. Furthermore, policy attention should focus on location, farmers and farm characteristics.
6. Ag media study: loyalty remains strong to both print and digital readers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Alterio, Michael Moran (author)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2014-03-11
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D05945
- Notes:
- Online from Agri-Media Council of the Association of Business Information and Media Companies (ABM), New York City, New York. 1 page.
7. AgWeb launches app finder for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wood, Samantha (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06286
- Journal Title:
- Folio
- Journal Title Details:
- 43(5) : 18-19
8. Agriculture information resource apps
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blue, John (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09486
- Notes:
- Truffle Media Networks LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1 page., Brief report identifies six smart phone agriculture applications as sources of varied kinds of agricultural information. 1 page.
9. Agriculture safety website upgraded with operator feedback
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2015-02-06
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05845
- Notes:
- Online from the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Marshfield, Wisconsin. 2 pages., Report of a national survey of agritourism operators
10. An Attempt towards structuring agricultural information using WhatsApp as query redressal social media platform
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- S., Mohan Kumar (author), Suman, Saurabh (author), Kulkarni, Umakanth P. (author), and N.H., Siddalingaswamy (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- Verizona Publisher
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11161
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(1)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., via online journal., ICT has been initiated and implemented effectively by the public private partnership, government, researchers and various Institutions. Availability of wireless service, Internet and mobile communication have forced ICT to find foothold in daily routine of the Indian farmers. ICT has huge impact in agricultural development but still in natal stage. Many farmers are not availing the actual potential of ICT due to poverty, social constraint, illiteracy, language barriers and unwillingness to adopt new technology. Many Indian farmers have reported positive change in income, quality of produce and timely access to the market information by using latest mobile application. WhatsApp is the most popular and easy to use Mobile Instant Messaging service amongst the Indian farmer. It supports sharing of localized information and utilizing these services as query redressal public platform. This paper is an attempt to gather meaningful agricultural data for analysis and filtering of relevant need based information assessment. The main focus of the present work is to develop an automatic information handling and redressal of the need based agricultural information system using WhatsApp as social media platform.
11. An app for that: making your cooperative mobile-friendly
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Payne, Takisha (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-10
- Published:
- USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06340
- Journal Title:
- CCA Communique
- Journal Title Details:
- : 8
12. Apps - an innovative way to share Extension knowledge
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dvorak, Joseph S. (author), Franke-Dvorak, Tanya C. (author), and Price, Randy R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06094
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 50(6) : 6IAW2
- Notes:
- 5 pages.
13. Blogging for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report / Case study
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Uganda
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08513
- Notes:
- Story 6 in Clare Pedrick, Web 2.0 and social media: a life-changing pathway for agricultural development actors. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 66 pages.
14. Building Africa’s first “e-Extension Platform” for smallholder farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gap Report Initiative (author)
- Format:
- Blog posting
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02-24
- Published:
- United States: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12519
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Sasakawa Africa Association shares their approach to strengthening the resilience of food systems in Africa through innovative approaches using information and communication technologies. he Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) was established in 1986 by Ryoichi Sasakawa, the first chairman of the Nippon Foundation; Dr. Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and father of the Green Revolution; and former US President, Jimmy Carter; in response to the famine in the Horn of Africa in the 1980s. Since then, SAA has strengthened agricultural extension services in 16 countries in Africa. Currently, we have offices in Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda, where we focus on field activities and human resource development at universities and other educational institutions. We also implement human resource development projects in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.
15. Can you ensure that ICT for development apps are downloaded and used? A case study of the plantwise data collection app for plant health in Kenya
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ochilo, Willis N. (author), Ruffhead, Holly (author), Rumsey, Abigail (author), Chege, Florence (author), Lusweti, Charles (author), Oronje, Mary Lucy (author), and Otieno, Washington (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: D10807
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 20(3):237-253
- Notes:
- 18 pages., via online journal., Mobile apps are increasingly being used to answer development challenges around the world. The development opportunities that apps offer is wide-reaching but uptake of the technology varies. This article examines the ease of use and factors impacting user acceptance and behavior when interacting with an app for agricultural extension in Kenya. Results show factors including gender and age play a role in the adoption of technology by agricultural extension agents. The findings have useful lessons for apps’ development in the agricultural sector and suggest that including intended users of an app in the design process significantly increases usability.
16. Chapter 8 - Digital extension service: a quick way to deliver agricultural information to the farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Naika, Mahantesha B.N. (author), Kudari, Manjunath (author), Sree Devi, Maguluri (author), Sadhu, DhanushSwaroop (author), and Sunagar, Suma (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-20
- Published:
- Academic Press Ltd. (Elsevier Science Ltd.)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12483
- Notes:
- Book Chapter, 37 pages in "Food Technology Disruptions" ISBN: 9780128214701, Globally, various digital platforms are efficiently explored to provide information in various sectors. In many developing countries, the majority of the main population occupation is agriculture. Traditional extension services are limited by lack of extension personnel, expertise, up-to-date information regarding market access, timeliness, information storage. Therefore, digitalization can be critical in overcoming such limitations through the utilization of various information and communication technology (ICT) tools; Decision support systems, databases, Agri-based Apps, KIOSK. These advanced approaches will not only support the extension and farming communities but also improve their skills and uplift them in contributing to an increased national GDP. This chapter covers various digital tools and their efficiency with a supporting case study on utilization and impact of digital extension services (DES) on farmer’s knowledge in terms of agricultural practices in selected villages of Belagavi district, Karnataka, India. In conclusion, digital extension services play a vital role in the dissemination of updated information for improving agricultural supply chain management.
17. Content analysis of diet-related mobile apps: a self-regulation perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zahry, Nagwan R. (author), Cheng, Ying (author), and Peng, Wei (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10-02
- Published:
- UK: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08209
- Journal Title:
- Health Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 31 (10): 1301-1310
18. Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rose, David C. (author), Sutherland, William J. (author), Parker, Caroline (author), Lobley, Matt (author), Winter, Michael (author), Morris, Carol (author), Twining, Susan (author), foulkes, Charles F. (author), Amano, Tatsuya (author), and Dicks, Lynn V. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-11
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07672
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 149 : 165-174
19. Digitalizing agriculture in rural Senegal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-07-20
- Published:
- Senegal: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12940
- Notes:
- 6 pages
20. Do icts boost agricultural productivity?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zhu, Qiubo (author), Bai, Junfei (author), Peng, Chao (author), and Zhu, Chen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-11
- Published:
- China: China Economist
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12263
- Journal Title:
- China Economist
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.15, No.6
- Notes:
- 18 pages, Based on panel data from the Rural Fixed Point Survey of the Ministry of Agriculture over the period 2004-2016 and supplementary survey data on information and communications technology (ICT) applications in the countryside, this paper employs the difference in differences (DID) method to analyze the effects of ICT applications on rural households’ agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) with mobile phone signal, internet and 3G mobile network connections as indicators, and decomposes and evaluates the constituent factors. Our findings reveal a positive effect of ICTs on rural households’ TFP, which primarily stemmed from rising agricultural technical efficiency. However, ICTs exerted no significant effect on agricultural technical progress during this paper’s data period due to limited rural human capital. These findings are consistent with robustness test results based on counterfactual and matching methods.
21. Dynamic network uses a simple phone app to transform Indonesia's rivers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-13
- Published:
- Indonesia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09696
- Notes:
- Online from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France. 3 pages., Case report of a successful and influential Indonesian River School Movement, which involves establishment of local river schools and activities.
22. Enhancing volunteer effectiveness with Google Apps
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Terry, Bryan D. (author), Harder, Amy M. (author), and Zyburt, Tonia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06042
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(4) : 4IAW1
- Notes:
- 4 pages
23. Factors influencing smallholder farmers to participate in farmer-led research of agro-ecological practices in selected areas, Tanzania
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kihoma, Luambano (author), Churi, Ayubu J. (author), Sanga, Camilius A. (author), and Tisselli, Eugenio (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10-22
- Published:
- International: Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12336
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.13(4)
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Declining crop productivity is a great challenge facing smallholder farmers in Tanzania. Agro-ecological practices can improve crop productivity in a sustainable way and produce healthy food among smallholder farmers. Initiation of “Farmer-Led Research of Agro-Ecological Practices” (FLRAG) may enhance farmers’ capacities for innovation and co-develop suitable agro-ecological practices. This study aimed at identifying factors influencing smallholder farmers to participate in FLRAG. A cross-sectional survey was used to collect qualitative and quantitative data from 90 smallholder farmers in Mvomero, Bagamoyo and Masasi districts in Tanzania. Data were also collected from key informants who were extension officers. The study identified that experience in farming, easiness in accessing agro-ecological inputs, interest in doing experiments and farm size ownership are the factors that substantially influence smallholder farmers to participate in FLRAG. Therefore, researchers are advised to select participants of FLRAG by considering the mentioned factors. Furthermore, farmers selected to participate in FLRAG are advised to the use of ugunduzi app” that was developed purposefully to enhance agro-ecological research in order to test and understand its potential on smoothing agro-ecological research activities.
24. Farm Journal's "The Farm" radio program now on IHeart and Tunein platforms
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2016-05-11
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: D07061
- Notes:
- Online from Farm Journal Media via AgriMarketing.com. 1 page.
25. Farmers’ Readiness to Adopt Social Media as Agro-Information Reception Tool During Covid-19 Pandemic in Ondo State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fasina, O. O. (author), Tehinloju, O.A. (author), and Ikuerowo, J.O. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-24
- Published:
- Nigeria: AJOL
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12444
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 26 No. 1 (2021)
- Notes:
- Conference paper / Journal article, This study examined farmers’ readiness to assess social media as agro-information reception tool in the study area. An interview guide was used in collecting data from 120 farmers who were randomly selected. Data collected were analysed with the aid frequency counts percentages and logit regression. The results showed that half of the respondents (50%) had primary education. About 90% were aware of whatsapp and 12.6% were aware of blogs, respectively. Education, farming experience, membership of farmers’ group and extension access were the variables that positively influence farmers’ readiness to assesssocial media as agro-information reception tool while respondents’ age negatively influence readiness to assess social media. Enlightenment programmes for farmers on the use of social media and an improved extension services to keep the farmers acquainted with the benefits of social media.
26. Food delivery apps deliver, but at what cost?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Karst, Tom (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07-22
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11926
- Journal Title:
- Packer
- Notes:
- Online from publication. 4 pages., Report about a panel presentation at a meeting of the Produce Marketing Association. Panelist moderator reported that food delivery services such as Grubhub, DoorDash and Postmates can charge restaurants 20-35 percent commission per order, in addition to the monthly fee for the service. Customers typically pay a delivery fee, a driver tip, and sales tax. The moderator urged restaurants, "Be smart about where your money is spent, and be firm, and try and make it a good experience for yourself and your customers."
27. Going digital in agriculture: how radio and SMS can scale-up smallholder participation in legume-based sustainable agricultural intensification practices and technologies in Tanzania
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Silvestri, Silvia (author), Richard, Musebe (author), Edward, Baars (author), Dharmesh, Ganatra (author), and Dannie, Romney (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-04-14
- Published:
- International: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12505
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
- Journal Title Details:
- 19
- Notes:
- 11 pages., In 2016, a study was conducted in Tanzania to assess the impact of radio and SMS in scaling-up smallholder participation in legume-based sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) practices and technologies. The study aimed to answer the following research questions: (i) does participation in the campaign enhance farmers’ knowledge of legume-based sustainable agricultural intensification practices and technologies? (ii) what is the impact of the campaign on the adoption of legume-based sustainable agricultural intensification practices and technologies?; (iii) does exposure to multiple ICT-enabled channels result in larger gains (in terms of knowledge and adoption) than exposure to only one channel? (iv) is it more cost-effective to use radio or SMS alone or use them in combination? The results show that both awareness and adoption are boosted if SMS supports radio campaigns. However, radio alone is the most cost-effective approach. Each dollar spent on the radio campaign results in 2.1 farmers that have adopted at least one new practice, compared with 0.5 farmers for SMS and 0.4 farmers for radio and SMS combined. Other factors were also important in facilitating uptake of legume-based SAI practices, such as gender, age, education and land size, but were not statistically significant when rated against the communication channels used.
28. Green shoots: how small signs of hope are sprouting up across the impoverished local news landscape
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bednar, Olivia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05-15
- Published:
- Canada: Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10545
- Journal Title:
- Ryerson Review of Journalism
- Journal Title Details:
- Spring 2019
- Notes:
- 7 pages., via online journal., Article examines challenges facing local news media and introduces some options they are exploring.
29. How have smallholder farmers used digital extension tools? Developer and user voices from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Coggins, Sam (author), McCampbell, Mariette (author), Sharma, Akriti (author), Sharma, Rama (author), Haefele, Stephen (author), Karki, Emma (author), Hetherington, Jack (author), Smith, Jeremy (author), and Brown, Brendan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-03-01
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12486
- Journal Title:
- Global Food Security
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 32
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Digital extension tools (DETs) include phone calls, WhatsApp groups and specialised smartphone applications used for agricultural knowledge brokering. We researched processes through which DETs have (and have not) been used by farmers and other extension actors in low- and middle-income countries. We interviewed 40 DET developers across 21 countries and 101 DET users in Bihar, India. We found DET use is commonly constrained by fifteen pitfalls (unawareness of DET, inaccessible device, inaccessible electricity, inaccessible mobile network, insensitive to digital illiteracy, insensitive to illiteracy, unfamiliar language, slow to access, hard to interpret, unengaging, insensitive to user's knowledge, insensitive to priorities, insensitive to socio-economic constraints, irrelevant to farm, distrust). These pitfalls partially explain why women, less educated and less wealthy farmers often use DETs less, as well as why user-driven DETs (e.g. phone calls and chat apps) are often used more than externally-driven DETs (e.g. specialised smartphone apps). Our second key finding was that users often made - not just found - DETs useful for themselves and others. This suggests the word ‘appropriation’ conceptualises DET use more accurately and helpfully than the word ‘adoption’. Our final key finding was that developers and users advocated almost ubiquitously for involving desired users in DET provision. We synthesise these findings in a one-page framework to help funders and developers facilitate more useable, useful and positively impactful DETs. Overall, we conclude developers increase DET use by recognizing users as fellow developers – either through collaborative design or by designing adaptable DETs that create room for user innovation.
30. How to make millions as a freelancer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, Barb (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, Lagrange, Georgia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11660
- Journal Title:
- AAEA ByLine
- Journal Title Details:
- May
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online from publisher., Author identifies five apps/tools that help her be more efficient, organized and productive in her freelance operations.
31. Information and communication technologies (ICTs): The potential for enhancing the dissemination of agricultural information and services to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mapiye, Obvious (author), Makombe, Godswill (author), Molotsi, Annelin (author), Dzama, Kennedy (author), and Mapiye, Cletos (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-21
- Published:
- South Africa: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12436
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Journal Title Details:
- I-21
- Notes:
- 21 pages, The transformation of smallholder farming is poised to be one of the key drivers of achieving the dual objectives of food security and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Smallholder farmers account for between 60–80% of the food produced in the region but face many challenges that impede their productivity. Such challenges include a lack of timely access to appropriate agricultural information and services, which results in poor decision-making, particularly in addressing challenges and responding effectively to opportunities. In that context, the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in improving accessibility to appropriate agricultural information and services presents substantial prospects for transforming the productivity and livelihoods of the farmers. Currently, the region experiences massive penetration and propagation of mobile and web-based applications. However, there is a dearth of compelling, comprehensive reviews evaluating their importance in enhancing agricultural information and services dissemination to smallholder farmers. Therefore, the current review explores the potential of enhancing agricultural information and services dissemination to smallholder farmers through ICTs and highlights gaps in their development and deployment in SSA. Five existing mobile applications used to disseminate agricultural information and services to smallholder farmers were identified, and their advantages, limitations, and opportunities were discussed. These were Esoko, iCow, Community Knowledge Workers, WeFarm and DigiFarm. The development and deployment of user-driven mobile applications that provide curated skill-sharing platforms, encourage farmers to give feedback to extension systems in real-time and promote the participation of women and youth in agriculture are recommended. Keywords
32. Information and communication technology in agribusiness: A study of mobile applications in perspective of India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gupta, Chandan (author), Gupta, Manu (author), Joshi, Pradeep (author), and Kumar, Ajendra (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-15
- Published:
- International: Applied and Natural Science Foundation
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12385
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied & Natural Science
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13(2)
- Notes:
- 9 pages, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in one of its finding in 2019 stated that about 58% Indians are dependent on agriculture and agriculture sector make about 15.96 % of India’s GDP. To get the best agriculture inputs and best harvest price is the big question for Indian farmers; thus, we can say that “Agriculture is the foundation of the Indian economy”. With the origin of Mobile Applications (m-apps) for agriculture and a huge dependency on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in agribusiness, the scenario in rural India has been changing rapidly. Since India’s economy depends mainly on agriculture, there is a lot of potential for Information and Communication Technology and mobile applications for agribusiness and its marketing. With growing smartphones with m-apps penetration in rural India, the agribusiness in rural belts of India is set for extension and further digitalization to revolutionize the agriculture sector. In recent years, nearly all Indian farmers possess a mobile, and 50%are smartphones with internet connections. With Government's new legislative policy changes as the Digital India programme, mobile applications in India's rural belt cannot remain isolated. Digital India will connect rural Indians farmers worldwide through the internet and mobile applications and provide them with all necessary upliftment in agribusiness in India. This study has focused on the ICT and m-applications used in farming today and how they have changed agribusiness by providing a digital platform and with their impact on agribusiness.
33. Keep your resolutions with some digital help
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lacey, Jennie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01
- Published:
- USA: Cooperative Communicators Asociation, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07882
- Journal Title:
- CCA Communique
- Journal Title Details:
- : 9-10
34. Keep your resolutions with some digital help
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lacey, Jennie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01
- Published:
- USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07902
- Journal Title:
- CCA Communique
- Journal Title Details:
- : 9-10
35. Maps and apps: mobile media marketing education for food and farm entrepreneurs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fox, Julie (author), Leeds, Rob (author), and Barrett, Eric (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06050
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(3) : 3TOT3
- Notes:
- 6 pages.
36. Marketing for next Gen extension clientele through the use of geofilters
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Davis, Jamie (author), Rufener, Samara (author), Dennis, Alan (author), and Murphy, Ann Marie (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11354
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 58(1)
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Article #:v58-1tt2, via online journal., Research supports Extension educators' use of social media as an engagement, outreach, and marketing tool beyond posts shared by staff and faculty. This article highlights the practical use of Snapchat geofilters at county and statewide Extension events to support the creation of user-generated content and increase Extension's visibility with the public. The development and implementation of an innovative statewide marketing project resulted in data and recommendations that can help Extension educators make meaningful marketing decisions.
37. Media channel study results
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Semler, Jack (author / Readex Researcj)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09789
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(6) : 28-29
38. Media placement and promotion: what three years of data tell us
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gleason, Jeanne (author / New Mexico State University), Chamberlin, Barbara (author / New Mexico State University), and Muise, Amy (author / New Mexico State University)
- Format:
- Presentation
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09909
- Notes:
- Presentation at the Association of Communication Excellence (ACE) conference during the Agricultural Media Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 4-8, 2018. 21 pages. PowerPoint.
39. Mobile Telephony and Agriculture Information Communication in Ghana: the Ho West District under Review
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Atiso, Kodjo (author), Yao Folitse, Benjamin (author), and Awuku Manteaw, Seth (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-01
- Published:
- United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12354
- Journal Title:
- Library Philosophy and Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 4711
- Notes:
- 29 pages., The use of mobile phones among stakeholders in Ghana in communication agricultural-related information is gaining ground. The findings show that farmers in the Ho West District of Ghana are beginning to adhere to the dictates of technology to enhance information delivery for their farming activities. The study shows factors such as level of education, income levels have a direct correlation to the use of the technology. Despite these, it is still the case that mobile penetration into agricultural communication is receiving attention from farmers.
40. Mobile applications for extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Drill, Sabrina L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06103
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 50(5) : 5TOT1
- Notes:
- 3 pages.
41. Monitoring changes of the extreme poor people in Bangladesh using mobile technology: Process, impact and experiences
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Owasim, Akram (author)
- Format:
- Working paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014-12-01
- Published:
- Bangladesh: Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development & the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08748
- Journal Title:
- ICT for Development Working Papers Series
- Journal Title Details:
- 4 (2): 44-60
42. New ABM Agri Media Council study reveals information consumption habits of farmers, ranchers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Reid, Elizabeth A. (author)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2014-03-26
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D05972
- Notes:
- Online via American Business Media (ABM), New York City, NY. 1 page.
43. Next generation agricultural system data, models and knowledge products: Introduction
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Antle, John M. (author), Jones, James W. (author), and Rosenzweig, Cynthia E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07678
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Notes:
- In Press, Corrected Proof
44. Optimizing liquid fertilizers: New tool aids in mixing for irrigation systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Attaway, Denise (author)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09-19
- Published:
- United States: Eastern Kentucky University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12255
- Journal Title:
- Eastern Progress
- Notes:
- 5 PAGES., Released in late 2020, the Center Pivot Fertigation Calculator is designed to help producers make more precise fertilizer applications by assisting in calculating liquid fertilizer flow rate and injection pump settings needed to fertigate through a center pivot irrigation system. The Clemson Drip Fertigation Calculator is designed to help South Carolina vegetable producers make more precise fertilizer applications through drip irrigation systems. After producers started using the center pivot and drip fertigation calculators, Zack Snipes, assistant program leader for the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service horticulture team and area horticulture agent, noted many were beginning to ask what they should do if using a greenhouse-grade solid fertilizer and putting it into a solution. In response, Rob Last, area horticulture agent, built a spreadsheet that became the basis for the Liquid Fertilizer Solution Calculator. “We have created a system that provides quick calculations and is really easy to use,” Last said. “Anyone who has questions about these calculators can contact me or Zack and we’ll help them.”
45. Perfecting the phone photo
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04
- Published:
- USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08283
- Journal Title:
- CCA Communique
- Journal Title Details:
- : 8-9
46. Possibility of Using Mobile Phone in the Delivery of Agricultural Extension Services to Vegetable Farmers, Gezira State, Sudan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hagir Mohammed Abdalla, Ahmed (author)
- Format:
- Dissertation abstract
- Language:
- English/Arabic
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03-04
- Published:
- Sudan: University of Gezira
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12528
- Notes:
- 2 pages, The objective of this study was to assess the possibility of mobile phone use by vegetable farmers for dissemination of agricultural extension services in the South Gezira Locality. Descriptive approach was used and 280 farmers are selected from 1025 farmers in South Gezira Locality. A close ended questionnaire was constructed to collect primary data from 280 vegetable farmers in three units in the South Gezira Locality in April 2019. The collected data were coded, fed to computer and statistically analyzed using SPSS to show frequency distribution and chi-square to test the postulated hypotheses. Results showed that the majority of respondents (92.2%) were males, middle in age and literate, 70% of the farmers had an experience in the cultivation of vegetables more than ten years. The majority of respondents possess normal and smart mobile phones 81% of the farmers had an experience in the use of mobile phones, 81% used mobile phone for both social contact and collection of information. About 53.1% of the respondents used mobile phone for access of the internet. Chi-square test showed a significant association between having a mobile phone, mobile type, use of a mobile and benefits obtained from using a mobile and some personal characteristics of respondents. From this study, it can be concluded that it was possible to use mobile phone in the delivery of agricultural extension services to vegetable farmers in South Gezira Locality. The study recommended that farmers families should be encouraged to use mobile phones by supporting them financially and materially by governments and private sector. More awareness and training of both farmers and extension agents on the effective and efficient use of mobile phone facilities are recommended.
47. Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural advice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schilbach, Frani (author), Kremer, Michael (author), and Fabregas, Raissa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-13
- Published:
- United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12491
- Journal Title:
- Science
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 366, Issue 6471
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Mobile phones are almost universally available, and the costs of information transmission are low. They are used by smallholder farmers in low-income countries, largely successfully, to optimize markets for their produce. Fabregas et al. review the potential for boosting mobile phone use with smartphones to deliver not only market information but also more sophisticated agricultural extension advice. GPS-linked smartphones could provide locally relevant weather and pest information and video-based farming advice. But how to support the financial requirements of such extension services is less obvious, given the unwieldiness of government agencies and the vested interests of commercial suppliers.
48. Smartphone Application in Turkish Agriculture Sector
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ermak, Ebru (author), Gürel, Aydin (author), and Sarioglu, Muaffak (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English / Turkish
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03-01
- Published:
- Turkey: Igdir University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12214
- Journal Title:
- Journal of the Institute of Science & Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 11, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 23 pages; Scroll to very bottom of journal record for access to pdf., In parallel with the development of technology, there have been changes in information acquisition, communication, agricultural production and agricultural extension activities. In this context, it is important for producers to be able to carry out their plant production and animal production activities more consciously, easily or quickly. The rapid spread of smartphones and the smartphone applications developed accordingly, different applications developed by various institutions (such as public and private sector, unions and cooperatives) are a fairly new issue in terms of agricultural extension, agricultural production and digitalization in agriculture. Defining an innovation as an innovation and accepting it as the final result undoubtedly pass through some processes. In this study, the recognition of innovation is discussed. The aim of the study is examined in two ways. First, the current situation of smartphone applications in Turkey were analyzed. Which of these applications are used and which organizations serve the producers were obtained by conducting research on the internet and examining the secondary data. In the second part, which of these applications are known or used by the producers in Edirne Province Lalapaşa District were questioned on the basis of the producers. Online network was used as a method in the research. The presence of a group established by Lalapaşa producers, which is organized through Facebook, which is one of the social media channels, has made it easier to find out which smartphone applications are used. In order to determine which applications Lalapaşa producers use; 265 producers responded to the survey conducted over the group established on Facebook between January 23, 2020 and January 30, 2020. 428 people, including 392 men and 36 women, were producers in the group, and 61.92% of the producers participated in the survey. The research showed us the applications created by the public sector is more when it is compared the cooperative and private sector in Turkey. Among the applications of the public sector; it has been determined that Meteorological Condition Application, Land Registry Cadastre Parcel Query Application, and e-Goverment Application are used more than other applications.
49. Social media use continues to rise in developing countries but plateaus across developed ones: digital divide remains, both within and across countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Poushter, Jacob (author) and Bishop, Caldwell (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-19
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09671
- Notes:
- Global Attitudes and Trends, Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. 6 pages.
50. Study shows digital media use expands among ag producers, traditional media use remains strong
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2016-06-16
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11022
- Notes:
- From Connectiv Agri Council online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 2 pages., News release summarizing results of the 2016 Agricultural Media Channel Study.