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2. Developing an extension programme: the communication process
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Contado, T.E. (author / Agricultural Education and Extension Service, Human Resources, Institutions and Agrarian Reform Division, FAO, Rome)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1984
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08509
- Journal Title Details:
- 31
- Notes:
- In: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1983 training for agriculture and rural development; 1984 101-109; Rome
3. How sources of agriculture information shape the adoption of reduced tillage practices?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bavorova, Miroslava (author), Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay (author), Ponkina, Elena (author), and Pilarova, Tereza (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- International: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D11894
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 79
- Notes:
- 14 Pages, Science Direct, Public and private agricultural information sources are fundamental components that could overcome the barriers to adopting sustainable reduced tillage practices. This study aims to identify the information sources frequently used by farmers and their role in changing from conventional intensive tillage to reduced tillage practices. The study is focused on the Altai Krai region in southwestern Siberia, which faces severe soil degradation problems, pointing to an urgent need for sustainable reduced tillage practices in the area. It relied upon both quantitative and qualitative data that included a quantitative survey with 110 farm managers and qualitative, in-depth interviews with five farm managers. Descriptive statistics were used to explore farm characteristics and farmers’ actual usage of information sources. A logit model was used to estimate the role of agricultural information sources in the adoption of reduced tillage practices. Results show that the participation frequency of farm managers in trainings and workshops influences the adoption of sustainable reduced tillage practices in a statistically significant and positive way. However, the estimation results give that the frequency of expert consultations (from both private and public sources) does not influence the probability of adopting sustainable reduced tillage practices. This may be explained by the fact that farm managers received limited information about sustainable reduced tillage practices from these sources.
4. Textbook on agricultural communication: process and methods
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sandhu, Anoop Singh (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- International: Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23079
- Notes:
- ISBN: 81-204-0833-0, 213 pages., From the back: One of the basic management functions of a good extension system is to improve the quality of extension contact with clientele. To be able to do this extension and research workers and policy makers must understand the process of communication at the problem solving level and have the knowledge and ability to plan an effective communication strategy and be able to select and use appropriate technologies and methods. The major focus of the book is on concept building and on explanations of procedures at the application level. It has been specially prepared for students in agricultural colleges and universities pursuing courses in communication process, extension teaching methods and audio visual aids. Besides it will help a large number of extension workers in the field with a mandate to transfer technology in a planned and effective manner in the areas of agriculture, health, family planning, rural development, etc. The book introduces several new concepts such as communication competence, communication effectiveness, communication intelligence and deals critically and exhaustively with the current theories of communication with a touch of the author’s global experience. It also introduces several innovative extension teaching methods such as agricultural clinics, flag method, peripatetic team visits, agricultural games, etc
5. The research-extension-farmer interface in the cassava industry in the Volta Region: the communication link
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Doamekpor, Prosper Kwesi (author) and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE).
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2006-05-14
- Published:
- Ghana
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24178
- Notes:
- Retrieved June 16, 2006, Pages 183-193 in proceedings of the AIAEE conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 14-17, 2006.