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2. Commodity groups seek freedom of information exemption for checkoff boards
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- O"Connell, John (author / Capital Press, Salem, Oregon)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-04-28
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11028
- Journal Title:
- Capital Press Agriculture Weekly
- Notes:
- Online from Capital Press. 2 pages., "Several agricultural organizations have gotten language included in the pending fiscal year 2017 House Agricultural Appropriations Bill asking USDA to exempt research and promotion boards funded by grower checkoff fees from federal public records law." The language argues the change is needed to focus producers' resources on research and promotion, rather than records services.
3. Communicating with people, not lawyers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- Circa 1973
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: D10748
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Claude W. Gifford Collection., Emphasis on writing public information that is readable and understandable. Cites an example of a proposed news release from the deputy of one USDA agency. It contained a 68-word sentence found not understandable.
4. Difficulties and perspectives of agricultural information in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aristide, R. (author) and Hernandez, M. (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11317
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Pages 37-42 in 27th annual meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society. Dominica, Volume 27., Authors recall some aspects of agricultural information before analyzing the problems of this information sector, the importance of which sometimes is unrecognized by agricultural administrators, researchers, extensionists, and producers. Perspectives for the development and better management and use of information resources are proposed through the use of new information technologies (databases, microcomputers, software, agricultural thesauruses, CD-ROMs, etc.), networks, and the sharing of resources through cooperation at local, regional, and international levels."
5. Exploring farmers' information seeking behavior from the perspective of information channels
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chang, Yu-Wei (author) and Shao, Jhih-Ling (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English / Chinese
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12
- Published:
- USA: Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13060
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Library and Information Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- V.15, N.2
- Notes:
- 33 pages, This study used an in-depth interview and information horizon maps to investigate information seeking behavior of 15 farmers in Central Taiwan. The results show that increased work roles led to more categories of information needed by farmers. Six types of information sources were used by farmers to obtain agricultural information. Interpersonal network was the most preferred information source by farmers. Especially, most farmers contacted other farmers first. Requesting agricultural organizations and farmer groups was the second preferred information source, followed by searching the Internet. Few farmers obtained information from libraries. Several factors affected farmers to select information sources. In addition, barriers to seeking agricultural information faced by farmers were identified. To strengthen the effect of agricultural information dissemination, some suggestions were made. Government agencies related to agriculture should focus the greatest influence of interpersonal network on disseminating agriculture information and improve the communication between agricultural extension agents and farmers. The content and time of agricultural courses were set based on farmers' needs. Improving farmers' information literacy is an essential issue as well.
6. Generalities on Communications
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rockwood, Walter G. (author / Communications and Information International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan, Nigeria)
- Format:
- Speech
- Publication Date:
- 1971-07-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30380
- Notes:
- Speech prepared to set stage for a seminar on learning and communication for 20 overseas students enrolled in soils programs at American Universities, University of Illinois
7. Journalism's fight for FOI beyond the pines: covering climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Venn, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11-07
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11428
- Journal Title:
- Ryerson Review of Journalism
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Online via publication website., Author addresses a Parks Canada policy that prevented employees from speaking with the media without approval. This follows up on an earlier article, "Parks in the dark," published in The Narwhal and shining "a bright light on how Parks Canada's media relations' practices hinder press freedom."
8. New research shows farmers' perspectives on data collection and sharing
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11675
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online via AgriMarketing Weekly., Summary of research by The Sustainability Consortium of Farm Journal among more than 400 U.S. farmers in more than 40 states. The survey invited their perspectives on sharing data about their production practices with downstream supply chain organizations, such as food companies and retailers. Findings suggested that growers value data collection, the environment, and conservation agriculture practices on their farmers, but hold concerns about sharing farm data.
9. The water paradox: overcoming the global crisis in water management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Barbier, Edward B. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11096
- Notes:
- 281 pages., "By drawing on many examples from around the world, this book explains that our approach to managing water can and must be changed if we are to avoid a global water crisis. Includes a table identifying barriers to adoption of water-sharing technologies.
10. Uncovering the fiction of farm to table food
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Harris, Adam (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11201
- Notes:
- Online via ProPublica website. 2 pages., Examines issues of bogus labels and related issues in the arena of food distribution, marketing, and communications.