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2. Communication effectiveness of farmers' fair (Kisan Mela)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gupta, M.P. (author / Associate Professor, Extension Education, H.P.K.V.V., Palampur, India)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1981-12
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 98 Document Number: C08062
- Journal Title:
- Indian Journal of Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 17 (3/4) : 92-95
- Notes:
- search through journal
3. Communication patterns and procedures associated with village level workers effectiveness
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Patel, I.C. (author / Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh, Gujarat State, India) and Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh, Gujarat State, India
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1972-09
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05342
- Journal Title:
- Indian Journal of Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 8 (3/4) : 1-8
- Notes:
- Evans, cited reference
4. Differential impact of agricultural innovations on knowledge gained by adult farmers through different extension teaching methods - an experimental evidence
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Akhouri, M. M. P. (author), Singh, R. P. (author), and Department of Extension Education, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar; Department of Extension Education, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1974
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05160
- Journal Title:
- Indian Journal of Adult Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 35 (12) : 118-120
- Notes:
- Evans, cited reference
5. Effective utilisation of wall news sheet in disseminating agricultural information
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, A.R. (author), Lokhande, M.R. (author), and Rao, C.S.S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1966-03
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05266
- Journal Title:
- Indian Journal of Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 2 (1/2) : 81-85
- Notes:
- Evans, cited reference
6. Effectiveness of some selected modes of communication in imparting knowledge to the members of ladies Charcha Mandals of Ludhiana District
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bhardwaj, Neelam (author) and Hansra, B.S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1983-06
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 98 Document Number: C08089
- Journal Title:
- Indian Journal of Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 19 (1/2) : 99-103
- Notes:
- search through journal
7. Farmers’ intention to use text messaging for extension services in Trinidad
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Narine, Lendel K. (author), Harder, Amy (author), and Roberts, T. Grady (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-07-12
- Published:
- Trinidad: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10969
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(4) : 293-306
- Notes:
- 15 pages, via online journal, Purpose: The effectiveness of new extension approaches hinges on farmers’ willingness to adopt innovative ways to interact with extension. Therefore, this study explored farmers’ willingness to use mobile text messaging for two-way interactions with Ministry Extension officers. Design/Methodology/Approach: Guided by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), this study followed a correlational design and survey data were conveniently collected from 200 farmers of Trinidad. Findings: Findings showed most farmers of the sample knew how to send and receive text messages, and many owned Internet-enabled smartphones. In addition, most farmers were willing to communicate with extension officers through text messages. Practical Implications: Ministry Extension should revisit and revise their policies of communicating with farmers. Administrators should encourage extension officers to use SMS to respond to farmers’ requests and information needs. Theoretical Implications: While the UTAUT provided an appropriate framework for understanding farmers’ use of text messaging, researchers should tailor the moderator variables to the country’s context. Originality/Value: This study is the first to look at farmers’ willingness to use two-way information communication technologies in Trinidad. Results showed there is potential for Ministry Extension to use text messaging to communicate with farmers.
8. The efficacy of knowledge sharing strategies used at Egerton University as perceived by livestock value chain actors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ong'ondo, M. A (author), Nyaanga, J. G (author), and Bebe, B. O. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Pakistan: eSci Journals Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11224
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(2): 155-160
- Notes:
- 6 pages., ISSN: 2311-6110, via online journal., Agricultural universities invest substantial resources in postgraduate research that generate knowledge products. These are aimed at providing solutions to practical constraints impeding increased productivity in the agricultural sector, which plays a vital role in Kenya's economic development. Using a case study of Egerton University, this study aimed to determine the strategies most frequently used to share the generated knowledge products, and to find out their preferences of the knowledge sharing strategies in use. The actors' perception of the relevance and accessibility of the knowledge products generated at the University was also examined. The study was conducted through desktop study which reviewed the Masters and Doctorate Theses that targeted livestock value chain actors generated between January 2005 and December 2011. A survey was conducted using structured questionnaires to collect data from a sample size of 198 actors. The findings indicated that the knowledge products were 25 to 29 times more likely (P<0.001) to be disseminated through the library than any other sharing strategy examined. The sampled actors in livestock value chain perceived media briefs to be the most accessible with a mean of 4.26. The Masters Theses were perceived as more relevant to their needs with a mean of 4.07. The findings indicate that the livestock value chain actors were not fully utilizing the knowledge sharing strategies used to reach them. The study concluded that the defined primary beneficiaries of knowledge products from the university were not effectively reached.
9. Use of communication media in changing rice farmers' pest management in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Heong, K.L. (author), Escalada, M.M. (author), Huan, N.H. (author), and Mai, V. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1998-07
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11465
- Journal Title:
- Crop Protection
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(5): 413-425
- Notes:
- 13 pages., via online journal., Many rice farmers decide to spray insecticides based on their perception of potential damage and losses caused by pest species. Farmers generally overestimate the seriousness of the rice leaf folder from visible damage and apply insecticides early, and therefore, changing perceptions may help reduce the perceived benefits of unnecessary spraying. Farmers in Long An province, Vietnam, were motivated to ‘test’ a heuristic or rule of thumb, ‘insecticide spraying for leaf folder control in the first 40 days after sowing is not needed’, by the distribution of carefully designed communication media materials. The media reached 97% of the farmers in the study sites. Leaflets, radio drama and posters had the most effective reach. Thirty-one months after the media introduction, the number of insecticide sprays dropped significantly from 3.35 sprays per farmer per season to 1.56. The proportion of farmers spraying at early and late tillering and booting stages was reduced from 59%, 84% and 85% to 0.2%, 19% and 30%, respectively. Those who did not use any insecticides increased from 1% to 32%. Correspondingly, farmers' perceptions of leaf folder damage as indicated in a belief index, decreased significantly from 11.25 to 7.62. The proportion of farmers who believed that leaf folders could cause losses was reduced from 70% to 25%, as did those who believed that early season spraying was required, from 77% to 23%, respectively. Farmers' insecticide spray frequencies and the belief index were significantly correlated and were not significantly different between farmers who had attended farmer field school training and those who had not. The cost (insecticide and labour) saving was the most important incentive for farmers to stop early season spraying as cited by 89% of the farmers. A survey of 12 other districts in Long An showed that 82% of the province's 210000 households were reached. About 20% had not applied any insecticides, 77% had stopped early season spraying and the average number of insecticide sprays was 1.6 (compared with 1.55 in study sites). The approach was readily adopted by extension in 15 provinces that launched their own programmes, extending to the whole Mekong Delta of 2 million farmer households.