Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03421
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Online via AgriCultures Network, Wageningen, Netherlands. Written during a workshop to document lessons learnt in rural development in Sudan, conducted by ILEIA [Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture] for IFAD [International Fund for Agricultural Development]., Features experiences of KariaNet (Knowledge Access for Interconnected Areas Network)in establishing a network around relatively new concepts such as knowledge management, knowledge sharing and communities of practice. 4 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06823
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Pages 297-308 in Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn W. Muschert (eds.), The digital divide: the internet and social inequalities in international perspective. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, UK. 324 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08513
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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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08514
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Story 13 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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08515
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Story 15 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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08516
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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.
2 pages., Via online summary of an online article dated December 10, 2018, from PCMag.com., "This represents an important step towards a more inclusive global information society," International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Houlin Zhao said in a statement. However, he added that more needs to be done to connect the rest of the world to internet.
Abstract and citation available via Ebscohost.com., Author cites the rapid growth of agricultural websites in China, with almost 714 set up via each local government and 31 provinces with their own. They are "not well distributed geographically."
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Cites findings of an internet research project conducted by the Research Center for Social Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Findings indicated that for most people, especially the young, the internet provides a new and exciting source of entertainment and a way to communicate with others. It also represents a place where people can find information that is difficult to procure from the traditional media and where they can express their own opinions. More users (51 percent) than non-users (42 percent) said they believe the internet will make the world a better place.
Chowdhury, Shyamal K. (author) and Bayes, Abdul (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25436
Notes:
Pages 110-122 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: C25437
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Pages 122-132 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.
Mueller-Falcke, Dietrich (author), Matambalya, Francis A.S.T. (author), and Wolf, Susanna (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25439
Notes:
Pages 174-184 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 Box: 160 Document Number: C26287
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Via Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 2 pages., Describes expansion of a program begun in 2002 whereby publishers make information available on the Internet to scientists in developing countries, free or almost free of charge. "Information charity."
Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26291
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6 pages., Case study of an information distribution service providing farmers and traders with access to market and technical information on crops and other commodities with which they deal in the form of a newspaper, magazines, short message service by mobile phone, and web services.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26293
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10 pages., Case study of TARAhaat, an e-business "created to bring the benefits of the Internet to India's rural population." The title combines an Indian NGO intiative (Technology and Action for Rural Alternatives, TARA) with "haat" (meaning a village bazaar).
Yongling, Zhong (author), Riggs, Michael (author), Heller, Nathaniel (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26294
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8 pages., Case study of a government-supported information service center, called "Service Station," that provides (and gathers) information from farmers at county, township and village levels. Uses electronic and other channels.
Examines issues of connectivity, language and content of the internet. Concludes that "in reality the internet concentrates economic activity and power more narrowly in one group. As a result there is a real risk that we are moving towards a two-tier technology society that perpetuates the old distinctions between North and South."
Retrieved on open web via Oxfam Publishing., Examines ways in which new web applications are being used for development-related communications - and notes that drawbacks still apply.
Corbett, Jon (author), Kulchyski, Tim (author), Hukari, Tom (author), and Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26824
2 pages., Describes a Canadian initiative for using new information technologies to aid the survival of an endangered language spoken in a number of rural communities on southern Vancouver Island.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27908
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Presented at the Participatory Communication Research Section in the annual meeting of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002. 11 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27912
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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.
Colle, Royal D. (author) and Anh, Nguyen Tuan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-09-25
Published:
Vietnam
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27918
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Via online. 10 pages., Case report of university involvement in national development through the ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) movement.
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
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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..
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29016
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Pages 12-19 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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29020
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Pages 34-37 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.
Abbott, Eric A. (author), Korsching, Peter F. (author), and Hipple, Patricia C. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29066
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Pages 277-291 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Niebauer, Walter E. Jr. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29072
Notes:
Pages 101-120 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Pellerin, Bridget Moser (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29073
Notes:
Pages 121-145 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Hipple, Patricia C. (author) and Schreck, Erin K. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29074
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Pages 147-172 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Morehart, Mitch (author), Stenberg, Peter (author), Brown, Dennis (author), Cromartie, John (author), Vogel, Stephen (author), and Breneman, Vince (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2009-08
Published:
USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29243
Author asks whether new communications technologies can solve global development problems, or are they just a new way to make old mistakes? Examines the assumption that if you move data around instead of physical objects, then you can reduce pollution and energy use significantly. For example, analyses need to include environmental costs of the computers and networks themselves.
Lightfoot, Clive (author) and Nyimbo, Vincon (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Tanzania
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29783
Notes:
Pages 92-94 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Nirvikar, Singh (author) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C30073
Notes:
University of California Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 563. 35 pages., Analysis highlighted the common building blocks required for successful implementation of information technology in rural development in India and the relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Bakar, A.B.A. (author) and Alhadri, A.Y.A.L (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-08-23
Published:
Malaysia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35653
Notes:
Presented at the World Library and Information Congress, Milan, Italy, August 23-27, 2009. Via International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague, Netherlands. 10 pages.
