This newsletter article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- "International" file section - "OCIAC" file folder., Maitra,S. "Role of rural newspapers in adult education." Indian Journal of Adult Education. 45(7/8) : 18-22. 1984., Summary of a journal article. The findings suggested that the rural press would give newly-literate rural people something to practice reading, as well as give them information that would help them participate in development and decision-making processes that affect them.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C22956
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Prepared for Agri-Council of American Business Media. 17 pages., Summary and complete report of mail survey responses from 2,717 U.S. farmers and ranchers during November 2004 and February 2005. Results are weighted to represent all farmers and ranchers in the U.S. according to targets derived from the 2002 U.S. Census of Agriculture.
USA: Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08957
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Page 16 in Lucinda Crile, Findings from studies of bulletins, news stories, and circular letters. Extension Service Circular 488. Revision of Extension Service Circular 461, which it supersedes. May 1953. 24 pages. Summary of research reported by the National Fertilizer Association, Inc., Washington, D.C. 1929. 38 pages.
Online via keyword search of UI Library ecatalog., Report of newspaper reading among 241 farmers in Gujarat State, India. Findings suggested that newspapers play an important part in popularizing the agricultural practices of farmers. Author recommended that sufficient space should be given to agricultural information, and it should be published on time, more understandable, interesting, acceptable to readers, and in regional-language newspapers.
Copp, James H. (author), Rust, I.W. (author), and Dept. Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Kentucky; Dept. Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Kentucky
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Journal / Research summary
Publication Date:
1962
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00422
