International: Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, Japan.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25331
Notes:
Report of an APO study meeting, February 25-March 6, 1992, in Tokyo, Japan. 259 pages., Includes four papers about agricultural and extension information systems in Japan. Also includes brief country reports from Bangladesh, Republic of China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25434
Notes:
Pages 90-100 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Matambalya, Francis A.S.T. (author) and Wolf, Susanna (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25440
Notes:
Pages 184-197 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25573
Notes:
Pages 13-24 in Stuart Macdonald and Gary Madden (eds.), Telecommunications and socio-economic development. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 444 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25575
Notes:
Pages 77-97 in Stuart Macdonald and Gary Madden (eds.), Telecommunications and socio-economic development. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 444 pages.
Rudgard, Stephen (author), Janakiram, S. (author), Winder,Dylan (author), Demes, Michal (author), Young, John (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2003-11
Published:
Armenia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26289
Notes:
14 pages., Report of a field visit November 16-24, 2003, to Armenia, as part of: "A collaborative programme for knowledge systems in support of rural livelihoods."
Examines the dominant Global Information Society framework (competition, private investment, flexible regulation policies, open access to networks), in terms of appropriateness for the developing world.
International: Communication for Development Group, Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27650
Notes:
Communication for Development Manual 4. 25 pages., A bilingual regional workshop, "Methodologies for designing and implementing multimedia communications strategies and national communication policies," Niamey, Niger, April 1-5, 2002.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27912
Notes:
1 page., Identifies 10 modules dealing with the role of telecenters in communities, local participation, needs assessment, telecenter management, financial sustainability, marketing, communication planning, information production and dissemination, training for telecenter activities and making computers work for you.
Balit, Silvia (author / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2004-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27920
Via online. 12 pages., Author proposes a development-related framework for the "digital divide" that is broader than the notion of what the global south "lacks."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28720
Notes:
Presented at the World Conference on Agricultural Information and IT (IAALD-AFITA-WCCA2008), Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan, August 2008. 11 pages.
Matthess, Annemarie (author) and Kreutz, Christian (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
International: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eshborn, Germany.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29014
Notes:
41 pages., Provides a systematic overview of Web 2.0 experiences made to date in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It serves as a practice-oriented introduction to the theme and discusses both the potentials and the possible limits to the participatory web..
Pattanaik, Debashis (author) and Sarkar, Runa (author)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29017
Notes:
Posted at http://www.crisscrossed.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/1/the-participatory-web.pdf, Pages 20-25 in Annamarie Matthess and Christian Kreutz, Participatory web - new potentials of ICT in rural areas, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. 41 pages.
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.
Author examines the challenges and limitation of recent ICT developments, especially when "for millions of people, they remain no more than a dream." Also reminds that the concept of "communications technology" encompasses more than computers and the internet.
