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    1. Bridging information gaps between farmers, policy-makers, researchers and development agents

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wesseler, Gesa (author) and Brinkman, Willemine (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2002
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08294
    Notes:
    ACDC segment includes only bibliographic information, contents page and introduction. Full text was no longer available at the url 04/16/17., Paper presented at the regional conference on "Agroforestry impacts on livelihoods in Southern Africa: putting research into practice," Aventura Warmbaths, South Africa, May 20-24, 2002. 41 pages.

    2. Factors influencing the information needs and information access channels of farmers: an empirical study in Guangdong, China

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Yongshan Chen (author) and Yonghe Lu (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-01-08
    Published:
    China: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10228
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Information Science
    Notes:
    20 pages., Via online journal., Information plays an important role in meeting the quantitative and qualitative goals of agriculture in the 21st century. As an emerging economy in a developing continent, China has already made many interventions to use information technology to support agricultural development. However, information service in some rural areas is still severely limited. The overall impact of the changing information environment on the farmers’ information needs and access channels has not been fully studied. Thus, this study systematically investigates the characteristics of the information needs and channels of farmers in Guangdong, China. We have collected 4006 questionnaire samples and used correlation analysis to explore the relationships between farmers’ information needs and access channel preferences. The results indicate that individual characteristic factors, social factors and family factors have different degrees of influence on farmers’ information needs and access channel preferences. These findings can provide a reference for information construction in the rural areas of Guangdong Province and thus promote its economic development. This study can also provide useful insights for policymakers and researchers from other developing countries to formulate implementation plans to promote agricultural development.