Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12846
Notes:
Chapter 9 in Shirley A. White (ed.), The art of facilitating participation: releasing the power of grassroots communication. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India. 367 p.
Online from publisher. 3 pages., Activities and achievements of the California Women's Association, a volunteer organization of women concerned about challenges to California agriculture. Consists of 21 local chapters that focus on promoting agriculture locally and providing scholarships to students majoring in farming-related majors.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36370
Notes:
Pages 21-32 in Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb (eds.), African women and ICTs: investigating technology, gender and empowerment. Zed Books Ltd., London, UK. 222 pages.
International: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22046
Notes:
4 pages., Reviews "new studies reaffirming that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. This brief brings together IFPRI's most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all."
Author wonders if "we are not over-doing modernistic layout, form, and color in our attempt to get stuff to folks, at the expense of just good plain writing."
Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom.
Format:
News release
Publication Date:
2009-08-07
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29290
Notes:
Via Eurekalert.org. 2 pages., Summary of a research study emphasizes the importance of terms used in connection with public health issues. Also identified dangers associated with a gap revealed between media portrayal of hygiene and cleanliness in hospitals compared with reality in the wards.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D09983
Notes:
This conference report and accompanying materials are maintained in ACDC storage., Project file from the International section of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., This is the report of an international workshop involving 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries at Cali, Colombia, April 14-18, 1986. Examines needs and potentials for strengthening communications linkages among national and international agricultural research organizations organizations serving that region. File includes abstracts in English as well as correspondence about some follow-up activities.
Congress organized by the World Bank, The Communication Initiative and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
International: World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26963
Notes:
Posted at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai143e/ai143e01.pdf, Report of a World Congress that took place October 25-27, 2006, in Rome, Italy. 126 pages.
Roberts, Owen (author / President, International Federation of Agricultural Journalists)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2020
Published:
International: International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), Ormstown, Quebec, Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11647
Notes:
2 pages., Online from publisher., During a global coronavirus pandemic, IFAJ President Owen Roberts emphasizes the vital importance of journalists in helping people be informed and safe. "The world will change hugely in the next 365 days as we grapple with the pandemic... But two things won't change: these are farmers' need to feed the world and journalists' role in helping them do so. Through our global network for agricultural journalism, we can make a difference in how effective this all works out."
This issue is in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Summary of the first Global Consultation on Agricultural Extension held at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, December 4-8, 1989. Focused on seven major problem areas or issues addressed in the report.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02248
Notes:
Pages 38-44 in Keya Acharya and Frederick Noronha (eds.), The green pen: environmental journalism in India and South Asia. Sage Publications India, New Delhi. 303 pages.
Roberts, Owen (author), Simon, Karen (author), and Evans, Jim (author)
Format:
Presentation
Publication Date:
2009-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D06651
Notes:
PowerPoint presentation at an American Agricultural Editors' Association session of the Agricultural Media Summit, Fort Worth, Texas, August 2009. 38 pages.
Via online. 12 pages., Author proposes a development-related framework for the "digital divide" that is broader than the notion of what the global south "lacks."
Via online issue. 1 page., Author reports that only two of 25 eXtension communities of practice have offically named communications professionals on their leadership teams.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02273
Notes:
Pages 261-270 in Keya Acharya and Frederick Noronha (eds.), The green pen: environmental journalism in India and South Asia. Sage Publications India, New Delhi. 303 pages.
Killingsworth, M. Jimmie (author) and Jacobsen, Martin (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1999
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02240
Notes:
Pages 167-177 in Jane M. Perkins and Nancy Blyler (eds.), Narrative and professional communication, Ablex Publishing Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut. 224 pages.
