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2. Do agricultural extension services promote adoption of soil and water conservation practices? evidence from northern Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Danso-Abbeam, Gideon (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-06
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12801
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 10
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Agricultural environment in many developing economies has become increasingly unpredictable in recent decades as a result of climate change, increasing the risk of crop failure. Access to meaningful information is required to mitigate the negative effects of the changing environment. This study examined the impact of agricultural extension services on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) practices using data obtained from farming households in Northern Ghana. A multivariate probit model was used to assess the simultaneous or/and substitution adoption of SWC practices, while endogenous switching probit (ESP) was used to estimate the impact of extension services on adoption of SWC practices to account for observed and unobserved heterogeneities. The results showed that most of the SWC practices were adopted jointly, and factors such as non-farm economic activites and farm size influence the adoption of SWC practices. Moreover, farmers who accessed agricultural extension services had a higher probability of adopting most of the SWC practices (crop rotation, contour ploughing and manure application), and those who did not benefit from extension services would have had an equally higher likelihood of adopting the SWC practices had they accessed the services. The findings of the study imply that enhancing agricultural extension services will reduce adoption gaps in SWC practices, and consequently reduce farmers’ exposure to climate-related agricultural production risks. With growing information and communication technologies, pluralistic extension service delivery that mixes governmental and private-sector-led approaches to extension operations to foster demand-driven extension delivery services are highly recommended.
3. Harvesting shellfish? get the app
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beck, Lena (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-09-28
- Published:
- USA: Modern Farmer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12971
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Toxins, pollution and invisible boundary lines are obstacles to harvesting bivalves such as clams and oysters. A new cohort of cellphone and web apps promises to help people farm and harvest shellfish more responsibly.
4. Land o'lakes truterra creating specialized agronomy network to provide technical expertise to ag retailer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Truterra News Release (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-04-29
- Published:
- agrimarketing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12897
- Notes:
- 1 page
5. The Adoption of food safety practices and the implications of regulation for small scale farms
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Canales, Elizabeth (author), Silva, Juan (author), and Anderson, Joy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-16
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12604
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 60, N.2
- Notes:
- 10 pages, In this article we examine the adoption of food safety practices among produce growers in the south and discuss implications of food safety regulations in the U.S. Produce growers have adopted standard food safety practices to varying degrees, but there is still an adoption gap, particularly among small scale operations. Market-driven and regulatory food safety enforcement continues to tighten, and this can further hinder market access for small scale producers.