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2. Farmers' perception of sustainability for crop production on the north China plain
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wei, Y.P. (author), White, R.E. (author), Chen, D. (author), Davidson, B.A. (author), and Zhang, J.B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06727
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(3) :129-147
3. Impact of adoption of sustainable production systems on farm profitability
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Robinson, Ian (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1997
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00919
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the 41st annual conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, January 1997. 22 pages.
4. Influence of information literacy skills in accessing agricultural information: with special reference to paddy farmers of Ampara district, Sri Lanka
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mashroofa, Mohamed Majeed (author) and Wathmanel Senevirathne (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague, Netherlands.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: D10847
- Notes:
- 17 pages., via depository, IFLA Library., Access to information plays crucial role in getting best agricultural products with some other factors such as soil, weather, biochemical products and their application. Several types of information are required by farmers of Sri Lanka for agricultural activities. This study focuses on the relationship of information literacy and the enhanced access to agricultural productivity. Therefore, this research aims to determine the information literacy level of paddy farmers of Ampara district in Sri Lanka in accessing agricultural information and explores how much this support the enhanced agricultural productivity. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select sample paddy farmers of Ampara district. 57 farmers were selected as the sample from all nineteen D.S. divisions of Ampara as three from each division. Survey method was used to collect data for this study. Questionnaire and Interview were used as research instruments. District Officer of Agriculture was interviewed and farmers were administered with questionnaires. Result was analyzed mainly quantitatively by using SPSS and Mini Tab. Qualitative analysis is also carried out. This study resulted that majority respondents preferred verbal communication, print sources and the use of computer and internet is reported poor. Communication gap, poor communication services, lack of libraries, lack of information literacy skills, poor infra structure and inadequate extension services might have caused poor access to information. Department of Agriculture under Central government and Agrarian Services Board under provincial ministry serve to these farmers as much as possible to provide information. However the information received by farmers indicated that it is not to the expected level. Therefore, it is concluded that government and local authorities should develop the existing services, information and communication systems to facilitate the farmers to access relevant information on time in order to gain best agricultural productivity. Though the perception of farmers indicates that they are information literate, facts and information related to format, mode and sources they preferred shows that these farmers are not much skilled on information literacy. This study recommends educating the farmers on access to information. Information Literacy should be taught to the farmers from the grass root level.
5. Propelling ag productivity: FarmLink
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- LeMay, Ron (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-11
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D04672
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(9) : 38
6. Role of agricultural journalism in diffusion of farming technologies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Yaseen, Muhammad (author), Karim, Mujahid (author), Luqman, Muhammad (author), and Mehmood, Muhammad Umer (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- Pakistan
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12176
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(4) : 289-294
- Notes:
- Online via UI Library Catalog search. 10 pages., Findings of a survey among a sample of 100 farmers in District Sargodha revealed 99% used agricultural radio/TV/FM, 96% used mobile phones, 66% used magazines/newspapers/periodicals, and 61% used social media. Respondents placed highest value on enhancing their productivity.
7. The power of agricultural data
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woodard, Josua D. (author), Sherrick, Bruce J. (author), Atwood, Deborah H. (author), Blair, Robert (author), Fogel, Greg (author), Goeser, Nicholas (author), Gold, Barry (author), Lewis, Josette (author), Mattson, Carl (author), Moseley, Jim (author), O'Mara, Collin (author), Piotti, John (author), Salas, Bill (author), Scarlett, Lynn (author), Duncanson, Kristin Weeks (author), and Yoder, Fred (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09927
- Journal Title:
- Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 362(6413) : 410-411