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2. Back to the Future Part 2: Surveying Geospatial Technology Needs of Georgia Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Professionals
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Merry, Krista L. (author), Bettinger, Pete (author), and Hubbard, William G. (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28398
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 46, No. 4
3. Chapter 8 - Digital extension service: a quick way to deliver agricultural information to the farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Naika, Mahantesha B.N. (author), Kudari, Manjunath (author), Sree Devi, Maguluri (author), Sadhu, DhanushSwaroop (author), and Sunagar, Suma (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-20
- Published:
- Academic Press Ltd. (Elsevier Science Ltd.)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12483
- Notes:
- Book Chapter, 37 pages in "Food Technology Disruptions" ISBN: 9780128214701, Globally, various digital platforms are efficiently explored to provide information in various sectors. In many developing countries, the majority of the main population occupation is agriculture. Traditional extension services are limited by lack of extension personnel, expertise, up-to-date information regarding market access, timeliness, information storage. Therefore, digitalization can be critical in overcoming such limitations through the utilization of various information and communication technology (ICT) tools; Decision support systems, databases, Agri-based Apps, KIOSK. These advanced approaches will not only support the extension and farming communities but also improve their skills and uplift them in contributing to an increased national GDP. This chapter covers various digital tools and their efficiency with a supporting case study on utilization and impact of digital extension services (DES) on farmer’s knowledge in terms of agricultural practices in selected villages of Belagavi district, Karnataka, India. In conclusion, digital extension services play a vital role in the dissemination of updated information for improving agricultural supply chain management.
4. Extension on the brink: meeting the private-sector challenge in the information marketplace
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boehlje, Michael D. (author), King, D.A. (author), and Purdue University
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08589
- Notes:
- 1996 U.S. Agricultural Communicators Congress. Washington, D.C.
5. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Spielman, David J. (author), Lecoutere, Els (author), Makhija, V.K. (author), and Van Campenhout, Bjorn (author)
- Format:
- journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-02
- Published:
- United States: Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12536
- Journal Title:
- Annual Review of Resource Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 13
- Notes:
- 27 pages, With new possibilities offered by information and communications technology (ICT), an abundance of products, services, and projects has emerged with the promise of revitalizing agricultural extension in developing countries. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that not all ICT-enabled extension approaches are equally effective in improving adoption, productivity, income, or welfare outcomes. In this review, we explore various conceptual and methodological threads in the literature on ICT-enabled extension in developing countries. We examine the role of multiple impact pathways, highlighting how ICTs influence behaviors and preferences,gender and intrahousehold dynamics, spillovers, and public worker incentives. We also explore the opportunities presented by ICT-enabled extension for increasing the methodological rigor with which extension outcomes are identified. These conceptual and methodological insights—coupled with empirical evidence from prior studies—offer direction for several lines of policy-relevant research on ICT-enabled extension.
6. Tapping the full potential of the digital revolution for agricultural extension: an emerging innovation agenda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Steinke, Jonathan (author), van Etten, Jacob (author), Muller, Anna (author), Ortiz-Crespo, Berta (author), van de Gevel, Jeske (author), Silvestri, Silvia (author), and Priebe, Jan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-03-27
- Published:
- International: Taylor and Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12480
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
- Journal Title Details:
- 5-6
- Notes:
- 26 pages, Agricultural extension in the Global South can benefit greatly from the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT). Yet, despite two decades of promising experiences, this potential is not fully realized. Here, we review the relevant research literature to inform future investments into agricultural information services that harness the full potential of digital media. We describe a recently emerging innovation agenda that is, in part, a response to the eventual failure of many new agro-advisory initiatives. One important cause of failure has been a focus on pushing certain technologies, rather than responding to the particular communication challenges of potential users. To avoid such bias in designing new services, the new innovation agenda rests on two major foundations: strong user-centredness and problem-orientation. In our review, we first describe how user-centred design methods help in specifying both problems and (digital) solutions in agricultural extension. To inform responses to the communication challenges defined by that analysis, we then describe eight emerging aspects of using ICT for development, and how they can address common deficiencies of agricultural extension. Practical examples from the literature highlight the possibilities and limitations of these innovation directions. Beyond digital design, however, technological innovation requires enabling institutions.
7. Teaching Livestock Producers to Use Handheld Computers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boyles, Stephen L. (author) and McCutcheon, Jefferson S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-06
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26178
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 45(3)
8. The role of electronic information in extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Poley, Janet K. (author / Director of Communication, Information, and Technology, Extension Service, USDA)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C07015
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 (1) : 29-36
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection; presented at the US Agricultural Information Network Conference, "Electronic Information in the Agricultural Sciences:, October 14-16, 1991, Minneapolis, MN