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402. Communications needs of developing countries as they see them
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, H. Calvert (author / Inter-American Popular Information Program, American International Association), Vieira, Phil (author / Farm broadcaster, West Indies), Appiah, Ofosu (author / Radio Ghana), and Jain, G.P. (author / Sevagram, Delhi, India)
- Format:
- Panel report
- Publication Date:
- 1967-06
- Published:
- International: First International Congress of Farm Writers.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10794
- Notes:
- Item located in Document 10786. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 78-86 in J.S. Cram (ed.), Proceedings of the first International Congress of Farm Writers at Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada, June 18-21, 1967. 112 pages.
403. Review of Congress
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hayhurst, John (author / Past president, International Federation of Agricultural Journalists)
- Format:
- Presentation
- Publication Date:
- 1967-06
- Published:
- International: First International Congress of Farm Writers.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10795
- Notes:
- Item located in Document 10786. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 87-91 in J.S. Cram (ed.), Proceedings of the first International Congress of Farm Writers at Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada, June 18-21, 1967. 112 pages.
404. Where to put the focus on rural development: changing the focus from funding to learning
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Katona Kovacs, Judit (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10918
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 116 : 41-48
- Notes:
- Why is a change in the focus of rural development needed? Sinek (2009) pointed out that the first question addressed by successful entrepreneurs when establishing their companies is, why should the enterprise be created, what is the purpose of it? With the outcome of a conversation with an academic colleague in mind, that even scientific papers have a story to tell, the author has structured this paper in line with the 'golden circle' approach of Sinek (2009), namely asking why, then how and then what? At the beginning of her research career in rural development, the author examined the role of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Hungary, with special regard to agri-environmental management. As this research was linked to policy regulations it was in rather a 'top down' direction, examining the effects of selected tools such as agri-environmental measures, direct payments and the LEADER approach. The experience gained during this period (2001-2006) redirected the interest of the author to human and social capital. Examination of sustainability, resilience and system thinking has become a basic element in her work. Acceptance by agriculture that corporate social responsibility is a pre-condition for the licence to produce is now an established societal demand. Production methods that have regard for the planet and people as well as profi t have become a 'must' for the food industry (Slingerland and Rab-binge, 2009). The author keeps in mind the three dimensions of sustainability (nature, society and economy), in which nature creates the frame, the limits of growth, and society is understood to be part of it. Each human being, as an indi-vidual part of society, has his/her responsibility and has to understand the system he/she lives in. This is very important because, as Senge (2011) points out, people do not believe that they infl uence the future, while Johnson (2013), in line with Meier (2005), states that our future is based on how we as individuals live and talk today. In Hungary, human and social resources, which play an important role in the rural economy, show a great defi cit (Katona Kovács, 2006a). Appreciating the importance of human and social capital and their deficit in the North Great Plain NUTS 2 region where she lives, the author is look-ing for ways to increase these resources. This is the first and most important answer to the why question. Since 2006 the author's research work has sought answers to how human and social capital could be increased in local economies, as key factors for future development, even in the improvement of agri-environment management. Although there are good examples of changes generated through policy instruments, such as the LEADER pro-gramme (ÖIR, 2004), instead of trying to form or to increase human and social capital via 'top down' policy mechanisms, while keeping the importance of these instruments in mind, the author is looking for 'bottom-up' tools and participatory actions. This preference is based on an increasing body of evidence. For example, Dam et al. (2009) explore the transi-tion of societal organisation from heavy reliance on the state towards self-organisation by citizens in communities. They note that private citizens are increasingly expected to take responsibility for the direction of their own lives. The suc-cess of the LEADER programme also comes from the space it gives for bottom-up approaches, for partnership and co-creation. Based on the model elaborated by Lukesch (2007), Katona Kovács et al. (2011) examined, from the three modes of operation offered by the model (animating actions, struc-turing actions and consolidating actions), the types of activities of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) in the North Great Plain region. Their results demonstrate the importance of animating actions amongst the LAGs in the region. In this region the level of governance is such that "the ability of people to articulate their common needs is the starting point for many innovations ... It is the only point where we can speak about development programmes in the strict sense" (Lukesch, 2007, p.16). Today animating actions are the most needed operations in the North Great Plain region, so as to encourage different actors to work together and experience the results of common thinking. Dialogue about the common needs is an important first step to help the development of local communities.
405. The impact of education on agricultural productivity: evidence from East Asian economies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Luh, Yir-Hueih (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10919
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(4) : 11-24
- Notes:
- This study presents an efficient version of test for the hypothesis that education plays a key role in influencing agricultural productivity based on a switching regression model. In the present setting, farmers’ ability to deal with disequilibria is allowed to change with education, which thereby provides a concrete evidence of the effect of education on selected East Asian production agriculture. The results suggest that there exists a threshold for education to be influential to agricultural productivity change when the selected East-Asian economies are categoried by their degree of economic development. Moreover, for the group of economies where education constitutes a major determinant of productivity growth in both the technological progression and/or stagnation/recession regimes, the effect of education is found to vary from economy to economy and from regime to regime. Generally speaking, however, those East-Asian economies tend to reach their turning point in short time despite of the mentioned differences. This result therefore leads to important policy implications concerning giving an impetus to human capital investment in the agriculture sector.
406. Simon Brandt address: agricultural and rural development: painful lessons
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Binswanger, Hans P. (author / World Bank, Washington USA)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1994-12
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10920
- Journal Title:
- Agrekon - Quarterly Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 33(4) : 163-174
- Notes:
- Address reviews the theories and misconceptions which have provided the intellectual and idealogical underpinning of misguided agricultural and rural development policies. It then discusses major misguided policies which were supported by these intellectual traditions which have been shown to reduce agricultural growth and harm the welfare of the rural poor.
407. Assessing rural women food producers capacity to adopt modern ICTs - a case study of the Mfantsiman District of Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sampong, D.D. (author), Egyir, I.S. (author), and Yaw, Osei-Asare (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- Ghana
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10923
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the African Association of Agricultural Economists second international conference, Accra, Guana, August 20-22, 2007. 4 pages., The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs). For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity. Issues of level of resource capacity of women, information needed, and current sources of such information become important. This study sought to investigate the issues above with respect to rural women food producers in the Mfantsiman District of Ghana. Simple descriptive statistics and econometric models were employed in the data analysis of 91 randomly selected respondents. The results of the study showed that: In general, the women food producers were aged, subsistence food crop farmers. They depended on the natural rainfall cycle and had inadequate funds, so they use traditional inputs for production and sell surpluses in the community. The most important agricultural information needed was on inputs, specifically, low cost in-kind or cash credit. Currently, the major information sources are relatives and other farmers in the locality, agricultural extension agents, the radio and television. This suggests that the women food producers have low resource capacity and this could limit the adoption of modern ICTs as a source of and media for information dissemination. Yet, the regression results show that the few (6) mobile phone users have a higher income generating capacity. In order to improve on capacity to use modern ICTs for increased access to other resources, women farmers’ should organize themselves into formidable groups so local institutions can assist easily.
408. Taking the university to the people: seventy-five years of cooperative extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rasmussen, Wayne D. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1989
- Published:
- USA: Iowa State University Press, Ames.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11007
- Notes:
- First edition. 300 pages.
409. Making millets matter in Madhya Pradesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mondal, Ashis (author), King, Israel Oliver (author), Meldrum, Gennifer (author), Roy, Somnath (author), Priyam, Shambhavi (author), Mishra, Sharad (author), and Padulosi, Stefano (author)
- Format:
- Case study
- Publication Date:
- 2016-06
- Published:
- India: Agri Cultures Network, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11019
- Journal Title:
- Farming Matters
- Journal Title Details:
- 32(2)
- Notes:
- Online from publisher. 6 pages., Case example includes description of successful use of farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange and festivals for rural-urban populations featuring ways to get these climate-hardy crops back on their plates.
410. The best handful of tips 8 - stimulating agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Moss, Geoffrey (author / Moss Associates, Wellington, New Zealand)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11023
- Notes:
- Via email from author's website. 3 pages., Author's five basic principles for stimulating agriculture in countries. "Each country is unique and must work things out for themselves, but there are basic principles to be considered and, if necessary, put in place." Three principles focus on farmer collaboration and training needs.
411. Status report '84: development communication activities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1984
- Published:
- International: Development Support Communication Branch, Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11128
- Notes:
- 48 pages., From the "FAO - Communication" file of the international collection in the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Describes activities during 1984 of the DSC Branch. Lists, under appropriate headings, the work of the Branch in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and the Far East.
412. Development Support Communication Status Report 1987
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1987
- Published:
- International: Development Support Communication (DSC) Branch, Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11129
- Notes:
- 57 pages., From the "FAO - Communication" file of the international collection in the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Describes activities during 1987 of the DSC Branch. Lists, under appropriate country headings, the work of the Branch in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and the Far East.
413. Why not a cooperative India Institute for Rural Communication Development?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Read, Hadley (author / Head, Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
- Format:
- Proposal
- Publication Date:
- 1971-09-14
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11130
- Notes:
- 2 pages., From the "India Institute for Rural Communication Development" file in the international collection of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Proposal for establishing a permanent facility for providing formal and nonformal education in rural communications for professional communication specialists and for university instructors of rural communications.
414. Overseas study report (Republic of the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt), Project for Agricultural Communication Education Overseas (PACE)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dahl, Delbert T. (author / Head, Office of Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois.) and Read, Hadley (author / Director, Project for Agricultural Communications Education Overseas)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11131
- Notes:
- 14 pages., From the "India - 1981 Trip Report" file in the international collection of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., This report is in two parts. The first part deals with observations and potential accomplishments from consultations in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The second part, "There's a need and people know it,"focuses on needs and opportunities. A final section provides "observations from a novice international traveler to future novices."
415. JNKVV Communications Centre inaugurated
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1970
- Published:
- Information Office, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11132
- Journal Title:
- JNKVV News
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(4) : 1-2
- Notes:
- In published issue from the "India - J. Nehru Agricultural University" file in the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Announces what is described as the first Centre of its kind to be established anywhere in India.
416. Minutes of the advisory committee meeting for the Centre of Advanced Studies in Agricultural Communication, held at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981-02-16
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11133
- Notes:
- 9 pages., From the file, "India - G.B. Pant University," in the international file of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Discussion emphasized that the nature of agricultural communication needs a flexible approach rather than the rigid procedures laid down for the program. Committee members emphasized need to focus on features of India culture and society, deliberately departing from "the Western-oriented communication technologies and a systematic attempt to use what is relevant in these to develop packages based on our own understanding of socio-cultural pattern of society." They offered a dozen other recommendations about approaches to this graduate program.
417. Post graduate programme in agricultural communication: a proposal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1979
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11134
- Notes:
- 29 pages., From the file, "India - G.B. Pant University," in the international program resources of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Prepared by the Department of Agricultural Communication, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Nainital)., This document features implementation of this programme as part of a larger scheme to establish centres of advanced studies in India. The introduction describes needs for the described communication education programme, cited as unique since "no Institution in this country offers degree programme in this field."
418. End of tour report, January 1-September 30, 1972 - involving establishment of a Communication Centre at the Mysore University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ward, William B. (author / Cornell University)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1972
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11135
- Notes:
- From the file, "Bill Ward - Communication Centre Proposal," in the international resource file of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., 21 pages., Report traces origins of this communication centre, basic concepts of it, the seven stages of development, administration and organization of it, short- and long-term recommendations, and future communication developments envisioned. The report includes a pictorial review of Center activities, discussion of relationship with the Extension Directorate, and examples of course outlines.
419. Can India's agricultural universities meet the communication challenge?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ward, William B. (author / Cornell University), Read, Hadley (author / University of Illinois), and Colle, Royal D. (author / Cornell University)
- Format:
- Presentation
- Publication Date:
- 1971
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11136
- Notes:
- From the "India visit 1971" file of the international programs section of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., 24 pages., Presented at the second convention of Indian Agricultural Universities, at U.P. Agricultural University, Pantnagar, India,February 25-28, 1971
420. Agricultural communications IPB/UW graduate education project, Bogor, Indonesia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Behrens, John H. (author / Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
- Format:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- Indonesia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11139
- Notes:
- 60 pages., From the file, "IPB/UW Grad Ed Project - Ag Comm Report," in the international programs file of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Report involving the graduate education project of the Institut Pertanian Bogor (Bogor Agricultural Institute) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This was U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) project 497-0290, Report Number 7., As communications consultant, Professor Behrens carried out three objectives. 1) Establish plans for the further development of an effective agricultural communications program at IPB. 2) Develop a list of commodities needed to establish a strong information and communications unit in the Information Resources Center. 3) Develop plans for further collaboration of the advisor and short-term training of IPB staff in this subjct area.
421. Undergraduate program of agricultural communications at Gadjah Mada University: some possibilities for improvement
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Harsoyo (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11162
- Notes:
- AGCM 300, Special Problems in Agricultural Communications. Course project as part of the author's Master of Extension Education Program, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Part 2, September 11, 1990. 14 pages., Based on prior analyses in his series of AGCM 300 course projects, author focused on priority challenges and four potential strategies for increasing enrollment in the agricultural communications program at Gadjah Mada University and clarifying the role of agricultural communications in relation to extension education and general journalism/communications.
422. Undergraduate program of agricultural communications (degree program/curriculum) at the University of Illinois
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Harsoyo (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11163
- Notes:
- AGCM 300, Special Problems in Agricultural Communications. Course project as part of the author's Master of Extension Education Program, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Part 21, June 12, 1990. 26 pages., Introducing his series of AGCM 300 course projects, author focused on formation and development of the undergraduate program in agricultural communications at the University of Illinois. This report included growth of the program (1961-1989) and current program within the context of national trends in this emerging academic subject area.
423. Summary of undergraduate program of agricultural communications at Gadjah Mada University
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Harsoyo (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11165
- Notes:
- AGCM 300, Special Problems in Agricultural Communications. Course project as part of the author's Master of Extension Education Program, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Part 2, June 12, 1990. 12 pages., Author focused on development and formation of the agricultural communications program at Gadjah Mada University through collaborative efforts of faculty members at GMU and the University of Illinois. Included the process and philosophy of formation of the program, beginning in 1981. Described development of courses and enrollment to 1990, including current challenges of qualified faculty development and lack of funding and equipment.
424. Improving Indonesia's rural development delivery systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Read, Hadley (author) and Woods, John (author)
- Format:
- Proposal
- Publication Date:
- 1971
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11167
- Notes:
- From the International Project file, "Indonesia - MUCIA Request," of the Agricultural Communications Program, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois., 11 pages., A request for a grant to implement an exploratory study of opportunities to improve rural development communication systems and programs in Indonesia. Includes situation analysis, scope of study, and budget proposal.
425. International Development Research Centre
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Project files
- Publication Date:
- 1984
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11169
- Notes:
- See a summary of this resource in the "Abstract" section of this citation. See the broader "International Projects" section in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., 14 pages., This file involves correspondence and orientation resources involving the International Development Research Centre and the Agricultural Communications Program at the University of Illinois. The project file, entitled "International Development Research Centre," is from the International section of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois. File includes reference information about IDRC (based in Ottawa, Canada) and the Asia Regional Office in Singapore. This information includes the history and mission of IDRC, including involvement in journalism training, scientific communications, and media development (print, radio, audiovisual). A closing section identifies five communications topics recommended for exploration.
426. "Farmer First" approach: scientist-farmer reversal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Book review
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11173
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 8(1) : 5
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Review of a book, Farmer first: farmer innovation and agricultural research, edited by Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey, and Lori Ann Thrupp, Intermedia Technology Publications, London, 1989.
427. Whacking the pendulum or middle of the road?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- summary report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11174
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(2) : 1
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Review of articles by Robert Rodale, Robert E. Wagner, Dennis Keeney, and Peter E. Hildebrand in the July-September 1990 issue Journal of Production Agriculture. Authors send messages to "many former outsiders" in the "agricultural road:" inventors, consumers, lobbyists, politicians, environmentalists, input suppliers, and scientists. "...they must now share their power to transform agriculture."
428. Is Extension extinct?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- summary report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11175
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(2) : 2
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Summary of a presentation by Charles H. Antholt, Asian Region of the World Bank, at an Extension seminar in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 7, 1990. Case examples of new factors to be considered involving the relevance and responsiveness of agricultural extension: interdependence of nations thrugh trade and telecommunications, limits of land an water resources, and budgetary constraints in all governments. Caneed for closer integration between agricultural universities and extension.
429. Transfer guidelines for national research systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author)
- Format:
- summary report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11177
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(2) : 8
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Nine guidelines for national research systems in the transfer of information about new agricultural technologies, with emphasis on maximizing communication, interaction, and collaboration between researchers and transfer agents during the entire development process, from national to local levels.
430. Decentralized Extension brings better results
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Claar, John B. (author / University of Illinois)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11178
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(1) : 3-4
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Author introduces reasons why top-down management and decision making generally results in ineffective extension systems. Also addresses reasons why resistance to organizational change is so persistent and difficult. "Huge benefits will come from changing to a decentralized system that fosters acceptance of responsibility through incentives and provides for local programming through involvement and interaction with the clientele."
431. Farmer-to-farmer extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- Niger: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11179
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(1) : 5
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Summary of a research report by Constance M. McCorkle, Robert H. Brandstetter, and Gail D. McClure, "A case study on farmer innovations and communication in Niger," Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C., 1988.
432. Social marketing for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- summary report
- Publication Date:
- 1989
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11180
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 6(1) : 4
- Notes:
- In an issue located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Summary of a report: Howard E. Ray, "Communicating with farmers: Lessons learned and to be learned" Development Communication Report, No. 58, 1987.
433. Technology development, transfer, and feedback systems in agriculture: an operational systems analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Swanson, Burton E. (author) and Claar, John B. (author)
- Format:
- Proposal
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11187
- Notes:
- This project proposal is located in the "INTERPAKS - Technology Development Project" file, which is maintained in the International Projects section of the Agricultural Communications Program records, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Contact ACDC for assistance in access., 70 pages., Proposal submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., resulting in a five-year $1.7 million project. Work initiated March 1, 1984.
434. Editing and publication training course: 16 weeks
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Folder
- Publication Date:
- 1987
- Published:
- Philippines: Communication and Publications Department, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11189
- Notes:
- Folder transferred to ACDC collection from the "International Rice Research Institute" file in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Those records contain related correspondence of possible interest., Folder describes this training course offered by the Communication and Publications Department of IRRI. Content involves background, objectives, course content, publication project, requirements and procedures, application, selection, award letter, and certification of completion.
435. Achieving relevant education in agriculture for students from developing nations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dwyer, Don D. (author / Executive Director, Consortium for International Development)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11190
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the ISEC/BIFAD Working Seminar on International Education and Training: a focus on relevancy and support services, April 23-24, 1986, Washington, D.C., Author emphasizes how the educational needs of lesser-developed-country (LDC) students are very different from their U.S. counterparts. "An international student's success in our universities is often hampered by language inadequacies, cultural and religious differences, dietary restrictions, extended family separations, and non-familiarity with the U.S. university system." Calls for universities to offer the most important things U.S. universities have to offer: methods of systematic inquiry, organizational skills, administration; prioritization of values and effort; and ability to conceptualize what's important.
436. Need for and possibilities of increasing program relevance and related support services
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author / Director, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS))
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11191
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the ISEC/BIFAD Working Seminar on International Education and Training: a focus on relevancy and support services, April 23-24, 1986, Washington, D.C., Presenter describes nine characteristics of graduate students from overseas that differ from those of U.S. graduate students. Recommends that U.S. universities be more flexible and encourage more participation of students from abroad in designing their academic programs. Also urges establishment with international students of frameworks for long-term institutional linkages with their home organizations.
437. Socially responsible distribution: distribution strategies for reaching the bottom of the pyramid
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vachani, Sushil (author) and Smith, N. Craig (author)
- Format:
- Paper abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11235
- Notes:
- INSEAD Business School Research Paper No. 2008/21/ISIC, 55 pages
438. Role of ICTs in rural development with reference to changing climatic conditions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kumar, Abhay (author) and Singh, Krishna M. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 128 Document Number: D11248
- Notes:
- Online via Social Sciences Research Network. 6 pages. Pages 83-88 in Krishna M. Singh and M.S. Meena, "ICT for agricultural development under changing climate, Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi., Authors examined main reasons for relatively slow application of information and communication technologies in the rural development sector of India. Among the cited reasons: poor ICT infrastructure in rural areas, poor ICT awareness among agency officials working in rural areas and local language issues. They offered ways to strengthen use of ICT tools for addressing climate change at local levels.
439. Half of the world is now online, says UN agency
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kan, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article summary
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11297
- Journal Title:
- PC Magazine
- Notes:
- 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.
440. Difficulties and perspectives of agricultural information in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aristide, R. (author) and Hernandez, M. (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11317
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Pages 37-42 in 27th annual meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society. Dominica, Volume 27., Authors recall some aspects of agricultural information before analyzing the problems of this information sector, the importance of which sometimes is unrecognized by agricultural administrators, researchers, extensionists, and producers. Perspectives for the development and better management and use of information resources are proposed through the use of new information technologies (databases, microcomputers, software, agricultural thesauruses, CD-ROMs, etc.), networks, and the sharing of resources through cooperation at local, regional, and international levels."
441. Rural tourism to promote territories along the ancient roads of communication: Case study of the rediscovery of the St. Francis's Ways between Florence and La Verna
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bambi, Gianluca (author), Iacobelli, Simona (author), Rossi, Giuseppe (author), Pellegrini, Paolo (author), and Barberi, Matteo (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Italy
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11335
- Journal Title:
- Sciendo
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(3) : 462-474
- Notes:
- Via online., "This research project aimed at identifying a new network of routes and historical itineraries for the development and promotion of rural tourism in the Tuscany Region, by promoting forms of sustainable mobility in rural areas, particularly marginal ones." Examples: shrines, churches, abbeys, hermitages and sacred places.
442. Assessing learning regimes leading to sustainable intensification at the farm level: a new perspective for management assistance for family farms
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aurelie, Toillier (author), Baudoin, Alice (author), and Chia, Eduardo (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Burkina Faso
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11346
- Notes:
- Paper presented during the 11th European International Farming System Association (IFSA) Symposium, "Farming systems facing global challenges: capacities and strategies," April 1-4, 2014, in Berlin, Germany. 11 pages in proceedings, The study involved "learning regime" as the set of mechanisms that are triggers for and lead to the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, allowing the head of the farm to improve production and management methods. Authors identified four types of regimes, calling into question the assumption of homogeneity of farmers' capabilities to change their routines to acquire new skills. Findings prompted suggestion that creating spaces for exchanges between producers who are at common stages of development or have similar problems, leveraging specific know-how of different ethnic groups and inter-cultural exchanges, and facilitating access to existing information in a given territory seem to be some of the many possible ways of strengthening existing dynamics of learning.
443. Disasters in "development" contexts: contradictions and options for a preventive approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hewitt, Kenneth (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11372
- Journal Title:
- Jamba : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(2) : Art. #91
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ.org). 8 pages., Author used a social vulnerability approach with a goal of improving conditions for persons and places most at risk. "However, this approach faces serious contradictions in both the disasters and development scenes." "...The promise of 'developed nations,' build around massive use of fossil fuels, puts global and African economic growth on a collision course with environmental calamity."
444. Role of community radio for community development in Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Md. Anowarul Arif (author), Khan, Md. Mostafizur Rahman (author), Hassan, Mahmudul (author), Ahmed, Firoz (author), and Haque, Shah Md. Rauful (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Bangladesh
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11377
- Journal Title:
- International Technology Management Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 : 94-102
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Authors examined the history, role, potentials, and challenges of community radio in Bangladesh, especial serving those in rural and hard to reach areas. Emphasis on principles of access and participation, volunteerism, diversity, independence, and locality.
445. Silent revolution in research for sustainability
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Currie-Alder, Bruce (author / International Development Research Centre (IDRC))
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11383
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(1) : 2-3
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Author suggests that universities and research centres "persist with 19th century methods of data gathering, scholarly analysis, and journal articles. Today's world needs science in real-time, whether to detect drought, confront Ebola, or assist refugees. Research needs to work faster and embrace 21st century practices including data science, open access, and infographics."
446. Social activities, information seeking on subjects like health and education top the list of mobile activities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Silver, Laura (author) and Huang, Christine (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 134 Document Number: D11402
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Online via website., "In emerging economies, smartphone and social media users have broader social networks."
447. Media's role in enhancing sustainable development in Zambia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Young, Carrie (author) and McComas, Katherine (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D11602
- Journal Title:
- Mass Communication and Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(5) : 626-649
- Notes:
- 25 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers evaluated the role of media through qualitative feedback from smallholder farmers identified by Community Markets for Conservation through radio programming efforts involving sustainable agriculture. Results demonstrated the centrality of the radio programming alongside other forms of communication such as extension and farmer-to-farmer communication, as well as written and visual communication.
448. Nasir Yammama: A technological approach to enhancing the impact of agricultural extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oluwagbemi, Inioluwa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Nigeria: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11610
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 23
- Notes:
- 1 page., September-November issue via online., Digitalisation is improving the agricultural extension system by providing services at the right time, and facilitating adoption of new agronomic practices, resulting in yield improvements and higher incomes for farming households.
449. Accessing agricultural extension by video
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mkoka, Charles (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11611
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 24-25
- Notes:
- Online from publisher website., By embracing modern technology and engaging enthusiastic young people, the work of an NGO in Malawi is extending the reach of agricultural extension across the country.
450. A community approach: digital innovations for extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bascombe, Keron (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11612
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 26-28
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Online from publisher website., Following a training course in technology stewardship, actors in the Caribbean's agri-food sector are implementing ICT approaches to provide agricultural advice and support to their local communities
451. Ensuring digitalisation is a force for good for African farming
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hailu, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Editorial
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11613
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 3
- Notes:
- 1 page., Online from publisher., Editorial discusses the launching in early 2019 of a report about digitalisation of African agriculture and introduces related articles in this special issue of the Spore periodical.
452. Blending digital and physical tools to deliver CSA information
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ndirangu, Stella (author)
- Format:
- Opinion
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11614
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Online from publisher., Author addresses "large gap between African extension services ... and the number of farmers being reached." ... "Africa's existing mobile network (currently the second biggest mobile market in the world) could be better utilised to bridge this gap and provide mobile-based agricultural information, advice and support to smallholder farmers."
453. Decoding agricultural digitalisation in Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boloh, Yanne (author) and Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11615
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 4-7
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Online from publisher., "For the first time, a landmark report on digitalisation for agriculture (D4Ag) in Africa compiles and highlights data on digital solutions that are enabling the transformation of African agriculture."
454. Bad news: seeing communication for and about development through an expose of Swedish aid to Zambia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Enghel, Florencia (author) and Danielsson, Magnus (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11618
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(2) : 254-274
- Notes:
- 23 pages., Online via open access., How is bilateral development cooperation communicated about in the news? How does a donor agency communicate for and about development? And what are the links between one and the other? This article focuses on a 2016 expose reported on Swedish public television about alleged corruption in aid to Zambia, reflecting failure of both donor and recipient. Authors focus on the news media as mediator of the donor's communication with its tax-paying audiences and demonstrated potentials of an integrated conceptual approach to communication for and about development. Findings reveal greater media coverage of financial accountability than on doing good for Zambian citizens.
455. Prophets, profits, prove it: social forestry under pressure
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- van Noordwijk, Meine (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11699
- Journal Title:
- One Earth
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(5) : 394-397
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Author suggests that"social forestry seeks to manage forests through local communities for their own plus national benefits, but is still falls short of the targets set. Reconciling local concerns for livelihood opportunities with the need for accountability requires intermediaries who successfully negotiate in the bureaucratic jungle of forestry as an institution."
456. Report of field trip, April 19-30, 1968 - Seminar in the Communication Skills and Ideas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stockard, Nadene (author / Program Development Officer, U.S.Agency for International Development)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1968
- Published:
- International: U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11801
- Notes:
- Morris Collection, Attachment in an email message from Robert and Susanne Morris, "Morris Greetings." September 11, 2020. 5 pages., Description and evaluation by a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) representative who observed a Michigan State University Seminar in the Communication Workshop series. Twenty attendees represented 10 nations. "...it was the most exciting experience I have had in a long time."
457. Towards a definition of development communication
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sinha, P.R.R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1976
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11837
- Journal Title:
- Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(2) : 1-8
- Notes:
- Online via keyword search of UI Library e-catalog., Analysis of the concepts of "communication" and "development" in relationship to each other within the role of "development communication" in support of rural and economic development.
458. Working toward sustainable agricultural intensification in the Red River Delta of Vietnam
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morton, Lois Wright (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-05
- Published:
- USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11864
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 75
- Notes:
- 8 pages, via online journal, Dense networks of rivers, canals, ditches, dikes, sluice gates, and compartmented fields have enabled the farms of the Red River Delta to produce 18% of Vietnam's rice (Oryza sativa) crop (figure 1), 26% of the country's vegetable crops, and 20% of capture and farmed aquaculture (Redfern et al. 2012). Agriculture in this fertile delta was transformed in the 11th and 13th century AD by large-scale hydraulic projects to protect the delta from flooding and saltwater intrusion, and provide field drainage during the wet season and crop irrigation in the dry season (Tinh 1999). The 20th century brought advancements in agricultural science globally—new crops and livestock genetics, inorganic fertilizers, mechanization, and pesticides that could double and triple food production per unit of land. It was the diesel pump combined with post-Vietnam War agricultural collectivization from 1975 to 1988 that brought the Green Revolution to the Red River Delta.
459. Advocacy journalism and development policy
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cohen, John M. (author) and Westlake, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988-10
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11883
- Journal Title:
- Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(6) : 16-21
- Notes:
- Case analysis of inadequacies in the culture of "advocacy journalism by foundation-based researchers and academics." Documents flaws in the approach of a "senior policy analysis" employed by a conservative foundation to assess he effectiveness of the United Nations (in this case, the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in advancing agricultural development.
460. Competencies needed by graduates of agricultural communications in Mali: implications for developing countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Maiga, Assoumane A. (author), Cartmell, D. Dwayne II (author), Edwards, Craig (author), and Robinson, J. Shane (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-09
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11888
- Journal Title:
- National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(3A) : 139-145
- Notes:
- Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Authors assessed the coursework and competencies required in preparing agricultural communications undergraduates in Mali. Findings guided the development of a curriculum.
461. Sustainable development through participatory communication: an assessment of selected community projects in Cross River State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- John, Godswill (author) and Etika, David Nandi (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Nigeria: Asian Institute for Development Communication (AIDCOM)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11914
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(2) : 60-71
- Notes:
- Online from UI Library subscription., Report of research about use of participatory communication in development projects involving agriculture, natural resources, and other topics at community levels. Findings emphasized need to give priority to it when carrying out community projects.
462. Participatory environmental communication for sustainable natural resource management in Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Atinafu, Behailu (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Ethiopia: Asian Institute for Development Communication (AIDCOM)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11915
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(2) : 72-81
- Notes:
- Online from UI Library subscription., Reports a case study of efforts to control an infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Tana, largest lake in Ethiopia. Findings revealed that participatory communication was equated to a public relations activity of organizing campaigns with the local people urged to participate by providing labour contribution of harvesting and collecting the weed from the lake. The communication approach was found to be a one-way, top-down approach which does not facilitate a horizontal dialogue among stakeholders.
463. Development journalism coverage among community newspapers in the Philippines
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Maganaka, Albert M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11916
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 1-13
- Notes:
- Abstract and citation online via search of Ebscohost.com. 1 page., This article deals with the deliberation of development journalism as a subfield of development communication. It further examines the connection between public journalism and development journalism. The development journalist "should be an active community participant in social change. He or she cannot be a neutral observer who adheres to objectivity. The journalist must relate development to people and focus on relations and the totality of concrete life situations. He or she must go well beyond economics and bring out the inherent drama in development, democracy, and participation."
464. The role of university libraries in serving rural communities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wei, Pan (author / China Agriculture University Beijing)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11928
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 67-71
- Notes:
- Abstract and citation available by open access via Ebscohost.com., Article focuses on the role of university libraries in serving rural communities in China.
465. Status and analysis of Chinese agricultural websites
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zetian, Fu (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11929
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 57-66
- Notes:
- 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."
466. ICT in the Ministry of Agriculture's five year plan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Weike, Li (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11930
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 53-56
- Notes:
- Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com., Focuses on the use of information and communication technology in the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture's five-year plan. put forward in September 2001. The "action plan" stated that within 3-5 years the network system for rural market information would be established across the country.
467. The impact of the internet in China
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Liang, Guo (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11931
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 45-52
- Notes:
- 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.
468. Media in rural development: story of a rural newspaper
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jena, Pramoda Kumar (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11934
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 28-39
- Notes:
- Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Article focuses on the impact of mass media in rural development, including experiences of development communication in India.
469. Lessons of participatory communication in writings of Mahatma Gandhi
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mutyala, Pratima (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11935
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(1) : 45-52
- Notes:
- Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Highlights the similarities between contemporary literature on participatory communication and publications by M. K. Gandhi on Indian rural development. Also recommends a simple model of applying the concept of participatory communication in present day rural development projects in India as an extension of the "Gram Swarajya" idea propounded by Gandhi.
470. Success story of implementing the self-sustaining agricultural extension system in Rwanda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Innocent, Musabyimana (author), Ranganathan (author), Sankaranarayanan (author), and Vasanthakaalam, Hilda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09
- Published:
- Rwanda
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12001
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(9) : 175-185
- Notes:
- 11 pages, Online via UI Library electronic subscription, Researchers assessed the impact of a self-sustaining extension system to help stakeholders improve its current implementation. Analysis revealed that implementation of the system has a strong impact in agricultural development through motivation and increased training of farmer promoters.
471. Karl Robert Kern
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Obituary
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-05
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12020
- Notes:
- Obituary online from the Ames Tribune via legacy.com. 4 pages., Described the career and life of this 31-year communications faculty member at Iowa State University.
472. IFPRI tackling open data challenge
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shelton, Peter (author)
- Format:
- Interview
- Publication Date:
- 2013-04-29
- Published:
- International: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12089
- Notes:
- Online from IFPRI website. 4 pages., Question/Answer interview with two representatives of IFPRI. Responses address IFPRI policy toward Open Data, linkages between Open Data and food security, challenges in sharing data and knowledge on food security with organizations around the world, and messaging suggestions to help developing countries make informed decisions.
473. Pretesting and evaluation of communication materials
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Escalada, M.M. (author / Visayas State University, Philippines)
- Format:
- Teaching material
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12090
- Notes:
- Handout 2 for Development Communication 132 course perhaps at Visayas State University, Philippines, where Monina Escalada taught in the Development Communication Department. 8 pages., How-to resource for pretesting and evaluating communication materials.
474. Between science and local knowledge: improving thecommunication of climate change to rural agriculturistsin the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anaafo, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- International: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D12099
- Journal Title:
- Local Environment
- Journal Title Details:
- VOL. 24, NO. 3, 201–215
- Notes:
- 14 pgs., There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that global climate is changing with associated devastating, yet differential impacts on different world regions. This, therefore, calls for efforts to improve our understanding of the phenomenon as a way of enhancing mitigation and adaptation measures.Although a lot has been done in this respect, the present study examines the extent to which misnomers associated with the calendar months and local climate events can be employed to convey the phenomenon of climate change to rural agriculturists in the Bolgatanga municipality. The study establishes that the names of the calendar months, which serve asgoalposts for local agricultural practices no longer portray their true meaning due to climate change. The study, therefore, recommends the use of nuanced ways of communicating climate change to local agriculturists,using scientific research, lived experiences as well as socially and culturally embedded tools such as misnomers associated with local climate events.
475. Utilisation of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by smallholder farmers in Dzindi Irrigation Scheme in South Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Holmner, Marlene (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Published:
- International: African Journals Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12100
- Journal Title:
- African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 29 No. 1
- Notes:
- 21 pgs., CTs (Communications technologies) have revolutionized agricultural information services at every level in the agricultural sector, thus impacting rural development and catalysing poverty alleviation strategies. This has largely been the case with small-scale farmers in rural areas in developing countries where mobile technologies have penetrated more than most other ICT tools. However, in some of the farming environments, mobile phone use is largely driven by agricultural extension workers. This paper seeks to examine the way mobile phones are used for information access in situations where agricultural extension workers are a critical intermediary in the agricultural information services. Interviews were conducted with 10 randomly selected farmers who were part of the Dzindi irrigation scheme. The findings were that from the variety of information available to the farmers the most important source was the extension officer. The extension officer and the radio were indicated to be the most reliable independent sources of information. The other sources, such as the radio, family members, and friends, suppliers of chemicals, books and magazines, were only considered reliable if the information could be verified or vouched for by the extension officer. Increasing the information handling skills of extension officers, training of farmers to use smart features of their phones and promoting the usual face-to-face communication use of conventional methods, which is what usually gives rise to the mediation of mobile phones, were recommended.
476. Use of information and communication technologies by Vietnamese smallholders: Implications for extension strategies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoang, Hung Gia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02-18
- Published:
- International: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12212
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.37(2)
- Notes:
- 9 pages., In order to facilitate the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for accessing agricultural information by smallholders, it is critical to understand their perspectives on the use of ICT. However, few empirical studies have considered how smallholders utilise ICT in Central Vietnam. This research investigates the Central Vietnamese smallholders’ views on the extent of use of ICT for accessing agricultural information. A sample size of 250 smallholders was randomly selected from a total of 687 smallholders in Trieu Phong district, Central Vietnam. A two-section questionnaire was used to gather data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The smallholders used mobile phones, TV and radio networks/broadcasts as the common ICT tools, and these were also effective ICT tools for accessing agricultural information. Lack of knowledge and skills for using applications on mobile phones were the main challenge to the smallholders’ use of ICT. A statistically significant relationship, existing between the extent of mobile phone use and the smallholders’ age (χ = 10.04, p = 0.040), gender (χ = 5.99, p = 0.014) and the type of households (χ = 6.84, p = 0.033), was found. Similarly, there was a statistically significant relationship existing between the extent of radio network/broadcast use and the smallholders’ age (χ = 9.58, p = 0.048) and gender (χ = 4.83, p = 0.028).
477. An 89% solution adoption rate at a two-year follow-up: evaluating the effectiveness of an animated agricultural video approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bello-Bravo, Julia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-01
- Published:
- International: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12388
- Journal Title:
- Information Technology for Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Issue 3
- Notes:
- 15 pages., Securing the adoption of scalable agro-educational information and communication technology (ICT) solutions by farmers remains one of the international development community’s most elusive goals – in part due to two key gaps in the data: (1) limited comparisons of competing knowledge-delivery methods, and (2) few to no follow-ups on long-term knowledge retention and solution adoption. Addressing both of these gaps, this follow-up study measures farmer knowledge retention and solution adoption two years after being trained on an improved postharvest bean storage method in northern Mozambique. The results found animated-video knowledge delivery at least as effective as a traditional extension approach for knowledge retention (97.9%) and solution adoption (89%). As animated video can more cost-effectively reach the widest – even geographically isolated – populations, it readily complements extension services and international development community efforts to secure knowledge transfer and recipient buy-in for innovations. Implications and future research for adult learning are also discussed.
478. How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Kenya
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng (author), Fongar, Andrea (author), Godecke, Theda (author), Jackering, Lisa (author), Mwololo, Henry (author), and Njuguna, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12-18
- Published:
- International: Oxford University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12393
- Journal Title:
- European Review of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 47, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 24 pages., We analyse how agricultural extension can be made more effective in terms of increasing farmers’ adoption of pro-nutrition technologies, such as biofortified crops. In a randomised controlled trial with farmers in Kenya, we implemented several extension treatments and evaluated their effects on the adoption of beans biofortified with iron and zinc. Difference-in-difference estimates show that intensive agricultural training can increase technology adoption considerably. Additional nutrition training helps farmers to better appreciate the technology’s nutritional benefits and thus further increases adoption. This study is among the first to analyse how improved extension designs can help to make smallholder farming more nutrition-sensitive
479. 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.
480. 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.
481. Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of dairy farmers regarding antibiotic use: Lessons from a developing country
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dankar, Imam (author), Hassan, Hussein (author), and Serhan, Mireille (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-12
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12568
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Dairy Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 2
- Notes:
- 14 pages, In lower- and middle-income countries, uncontrolled use of antibiotics is causing antimicrobial resistance, affecting both animal welfare and public health. Meanwhile, studies on antibiotic use in these countries are limited. A crucial step to limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is to examine the use of these drugs and identify its determinants. The aim of our study, the first of its kind in Lebanon, was to assess dairy farmers' knowledge and awareness of antimicrobial use (AMU) and AMR. For this, 18 farmers from different regions, educational backgrounds, experience levels, and herd sizes were interviewed. Results showed that owners of larger farms were more aware of AMU and AMR, and trying to implement preventive actions, whereas nonsystematic antimicrobial use was prevalent among the smaller farms. Mastitis and laminitis were the most treated diseases, and antibiotics used were oxytetracycline, penicillin, streptomycin, and florfenicol. Overall, antibiotic use was found as a preventive measure and a treatment of nonbacterial diseases. Irregular uses were linked to easy access of farmers to antibiotics, interrupted relations with veterinary authorities, and lack of self-assessment and inspection. Lebanese dairy farmers and owners reported feeling disadvantaged in their local trade field, facing illegal competition and unauthorized farms and industries, and lacking support from the government. Training and awareness programs must be implemented, and policies and regulations must be set, to reduce antibiotic use and hinder the spread of AMR in Lebanon.
482. Co-creative media: capacity building with participatory communication to adopt good agricultural standards practice for people's health
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jongsuksomsakul, Panida (author) and Roebl, Kevin (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-19
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12780
- Journal Title:
- Research in Globalization
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 5
- Notes:
- 14pgs, The World Health Organization (WHO) has used communication methods to promote the international ban of the agricultural pesticides paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. This ban has led to misunderstanding among farmers who still use these chemicals, which may be available under different brand names. Communication with the non-scientific community is uncertain leading to miscommunication, especially where scientific language is used. Governments have banned the use of these agricultural chemicals. The scientific arguments are not necessarily understood by famers so they may ignore the prohibition and continue using them or other similar chemicals. This study uses story-telling and qualitative research methods where a questionnaire is combined with the content analytical technique. The quantitative research method was used to collect data in the field where 351 participants took part. Participatory action research is a method where community farmers engaged in self-reflection on the impact of chemicals on their fields, their health and the health of others. Their understanding of the non-chemical usage model and good agricultural practice farmers in the vicinity, especially as they were personally involved in the creation of the media from script preparation, to acting, filming, and evaluating the final docu-dramas. The findings of the docu–drama programmes of 5 GAP farmers are presented to identify the perception of how to avoid using chemicals and their solutions for tangerine farmers through a manual that is the media output from the project and the resulting findings suggesting that the factors related to the effectiveness of scientific communication are divided into pull factors and push factors.
483. Photography and the rural town
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carter, John E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1997-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25211
- Journal Title:
- Journal of the West
- Journal Title Details:
- 36(4) : 20
484. Kidd, Farm Security Administration photography, the rural South and the dynamics of image-making
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- McEuen, M.A. (author)
- Format:
- Book review
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25212
- Journal Title:
- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(3) : 594-595
485. Above and beyond: small towns and rural areas don't have to be ugly. An excerpt from a new Planners Press book shows how to use photography to imagine a future other than sprawl
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Campoli, Julie (author), Humstone, Elizabeth (author), and MacLean, Alex (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2001-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25215
- Journal Title:
- Planning
- Journal Title Details:
- 67(10) : 4-9
486. Farm broadcast talks: perspectives of farmers and broadcast personnel
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Prathap, D. Puthira (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-12
- Published:
- India: United Arab Emirates University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25227
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Global Communication Research Association
- Notes:
- Retrieved January 3, 2007, 10 pages
487. Locating the praxis of development radio broadcasting within development communication
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Manyozo, Linje (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-12
- Published:
- International: United Arab Emirates University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25228
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Global Communication Research Association
- Notes:
- Retrieved January 3, 2007, 27 pages
488. Development communication typology revisited: modernization "tout azimut"
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Azzi, Abderrahmane (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-12
- Published:
- International: United Arab Emirates University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25229
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Global Communication Research Association
- Notes:
- Retrieved January 3, 2007, 20 pages
489. Development communication: a critical appraisal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hamada, Basyouni Ibraham (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-12
- Published:
- International: United Arab Emirates University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: C25230
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Global Communication Research Association
- Notes:
- Retrieved January 3, 2007, 20 pages
490. A rolling stone
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Moss, Geoffrey (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- New Zealand: Moss Associates Limited, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25276
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, 211 pages.
491. Social networks and information access: implications for agricultural extension in a rice farming community in northern Vietnam
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoang, Lan Anh (author), Castella, Jean-Christophe (author), and Novosad, Paul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2006-12
- Published:
- Vietnam
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25283
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(4) : 513-527
492. An anthropological critique of development: the growth of ignorance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hobart, Mark (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- International: Routledge, London, England.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25296
- Notes:
- 235 pages.
493. Development of information systems for agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Asian Productivity Organization (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- 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.
494. Agricultural extension: the Kenya experience
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gautam, Madhur (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- Kenya: World Bank, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25398
- Notes:
- 67 pages.
495. Entertainment-education and social change: history, research and practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rogers, Everett M. (author), Singhal, Arvind (author), and Cody, Michael J. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Published:
- International: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25403
- Notes:
- 458 pages.
496. Using agricultural knowledge systems: from an institutional approach to a functional extension model
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brunold, S. (author) and Scheurmeier, U. (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 1996-09
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: C25421
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(2) : 75-84
497. Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Torero, Maximo (author) and von Braun , Joachim (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- International: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25432
- Notes:
- Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute. 362 pages.
498. Telecommunications privatization: the case of Peru
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Torero, Maximo (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- Peru
- Location:
- 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.
499. Public-private partnership initiated by aid: the case of Laos
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Song, Gi-Soon (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- Laos
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25435
- Notes:
- Pages 100-110 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.
500. Leadership from nongovernmental organizations: the case of Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- 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.