Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00301
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Summary of ideas presented during a session of the 2012 Agricultural Media Summit, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Via website. 1 page., Tips on saving time, traveling, organizing and storing information, balancing careers and personal lives, and working more effectively as an agricultural journalist or communicator.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes4 Document Number: D01506
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Kerry J. Byrnes Collection., Rural Development Division, Office of Development Resources. Bureau for Latin America and Caribbean. United States Agency for International Development.85 pages
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36258
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Retrieved at http://comunica.org/com_rights/, Pages 33-64 in Bruce Girard and Sean O. Siochru (eds.), Communicating in the information society, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland. 223 pages.
INTERPAKS, Reports the summary and recommendations of a document published by the Economic Commission for Africa under E/CN.14/AGRIP/10.A. Makes a comparative analysis of agricultural extension organization and administration in Ethiopia, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Hatfield, Colby R. (author) and Moris, Jon R. (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07422
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INTERPAKS, In: Report of an exploratory Workshop on the Role of Anthropologists and Other Social Scientists in Interdisciplinary Teams Developing Improved Food Production Technology, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute, 1982. p. 43-61., Provides a discussion of the role of the social scientist in the development and implementation of the technologies with the Maasai project in Tanzania to give some understanding of the constraints to success. First discusses two interrelated technologies: scientific and managerial. Explores the various roles played by the social scientist in these technologies over the project's lifetime. Discusses the conflicts that arose from these tasks.
Anderson, Steven (author / Assistant Professor of Forestry and State Extension Forester, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05709
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AGRICOLA IND 89026719, In: Healthy forests, healthy world : Proceedings of the 1988 Society of American Foresters National Convention; 1988 October 16-19; Rochester, NY. Bethesda, MD : The Society. 1989. p. 368-372.
19 pages., via online journal article, Best management practices (BMPs) are suggested practices that help agricultural producers optimize production while reducing pollution, soil erosion, and other environmental impacts. Many audiences, including scientists and policy makers, have expressed disappointment at the current level of BMP use. Elaboration likelihood model (ELM) is used to understand how people process messages. ELM states that people can process messages either centrally or peripherally. This study sought to understand how producers processed information related to BMP adoption in grazing systems. Researchers conducted qualitative, in-depth interviews with 42 beef-cattle producers in Kansas and Oklahoma. It was found producers process information both centrally and peripherally, more specifically through past experiences and visual observations. This study suggests that when promoting BMPs, communicators should use visual cues to help producers process information. More importantly communicators should utilize strategies that encourage producers to reflect on past experiences to promote central processing.
United States: Troy, Ohio: North American Association for Environmental Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 53 Document Number: D08989
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James E. Grunig Collection, Pages 50-82 in L. A. Grunig (ed.), Environmental activism revisited: the changing nature of communication through organizational public relations, special interest groups and the mass media.
Woods, John L. (author), Siddiqi, Hafiz G.A. (author), Rahman, M. Saifur (author), Ali, A.M.M. Shawkat (author), Ahmad, Munshi Siddique (author), and Siddiqi, Feisal (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1988-05
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07963
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John L. Woods Collection, Report by the International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, in association with Rahman Rahman Huq and Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Funds provided by the World Bank, the executing agency for United Nations Development Programme Project BGD/85/029. 220 pages.
Nellis, John R. (author), Young, Frank W. (author), and Young: Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Nellis: Public Sector Management Unit, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05314
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13545
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3 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
AGRICOLA AGE 86926762, Extract: This paper describes four agribusiness simulators which can be processed on a microcomputer for use in undergraduate and extension teaching. The simulators model the environment in which supermarket chains, farm supply centers, and cooperative and proprietary grain elevators compete for business. Instruction manuals, user's manuals, and a diskette are distributed for each simulator. Each diskette contains programs to enter and print reports, and to create graphs of team performance. The simulators can be used to teach financial management concepts and techniques, as well as economic principles.
Botha, C.A.J. (author), Van der Wateren, J.J. (author), and Senior Lecturers, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria; Senior Lecturers, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
South Africa: Pretoria, South Africa : The South African Society for Agricultural Extension
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06650
James F. Evans Collection; See C06647 for original, This paper firstly investigates the origin, characteristics and organizational structure and the management of extension by Training and Visit (T&V) and secondly it focuses on difficulties in establishing extension by T&V. In conclusion a prognosis for T&V extension in South Africa is given (original).
African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Economic Development Institute (EDI), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Management Systems International (MSI)
Format:
Manual
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19932
African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Economic Development Institute (EDI), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Management Systems International (MSI)
Format:
Manual
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19933
African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Economic Development Institute (EDI), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Management Systems International (MSI)
Format:
Manual
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19934
African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Economic Development Institute (EDI), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Management Systems International (MSI)
Format:
Manual
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19935
African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Economic Development Institute (EDI), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Management Systems International (MSI)
Format:
Manual
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19936
African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank, Economic Development Institute (EDI), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Management Systems International (MSI)
Format:
Manual
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19937
Shehata, A.H. (author / Director General, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06887
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AGRICOLA IND 89051559, In: International Workshop on Agricultural Research Management : report of a workshop, 7 to 11 September 1987, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Hague, Netherlands : ISNAR, 1987. p. 201-206.
Church, Sarah P. (author), Haigh, Tonya (author), Widhalm, Melissa (author), Garcia de Jalon, Silvestre (author), Babin, Nicholas (author), Carlton, J. Stuart (author), Dunn, Michael (author), Fagan, Katie (author), Knutson, Cody L. (author), and Prokopy, Linda S. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
Netherlands: Elsevier Science BV
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10262
16 pages., Via online journal., The Midwestern United States experienced a devastating drought in 2012, leading to reduced corn and soybean yields and increased instances of pests and disease. Climate change induced weather variability and extremes are expected to increase in the future, and have and will continue to impact the agricultural sector. This study investigated how agricultural trade publications portrayed the 2012 U.S. Midwestern drought, whether climate change was associated with drought, and whether these publications laid out transformative adaptation measures farmers could undertake in order to increase their adaptive capacity for future climate uncertainty. We performed a content analysis of 1000 media reports between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2014, sampled from ten agricultural trade publications. The results lead us to suggest that trade publications’ 2012 U.S. Midwestern drought discussion lacked information that would allow farmers and agricultural advisors to assess climate change risk and subsequent potential adaptive management strategies. Agricultural risk from climate change is very real, and farmers will need to adapt. The agricultural trade publications studied missed an opportunity to convey risk from climate change and the transformative adaptation practices necessary for a sustainable and resilient agricultural system.
