Ajayi, A.O. (author), Ajayi, O.C. (author), Akinnifesi, F.K. (author), Sileshi, G. (author), and Mng'omba, S. (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-09-14
Published:
Ivory Coast
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30710
Notes:
Paper presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.
USA: Professional Agricultural Communications Editorial Research, Inc. (PACER), Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 23 Document Number: B02447
Notes:
Harold Swanson Collection. AgComm Teaching. Delmar Hatesohl Collection. See also original report B00769., Report of a survey by Response Analysis Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey. RAC 3696. 16 pp.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: B00769
Notes:
AgComm Teaching. Claude W. Gifford Collection. PACER Papers., 120 p., Report of a national research project conducted for Professional Agricultural Communications Editorial Research, Inc. (PACER), a non-profit corporation involving six agricultural communicator organizations. File includes a 17-page summary of highlights.
