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    1. Assessing the economic value of seasonal climate forecasts for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe using contingency valuation approach

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Makaudze, Ephias M. (author) and Centre for the Study of African Economics, University of Oxford, UK.
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2007-03-18
    Published:
    Zimbabwe
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27990
    Notes:
    Presented at "Economic Development in Africa" conference, University of Oxford, UK, March 18-20, 2007. 20 pages.

    3. Economic value of seasonal climate forecasts for agriculture: review of ex-ante assessments and recommendations for future research

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Meza, Francisco J. (author), Hansen, James H. (author), and Osgood, Daniel (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-05
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27906
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
    Journal Title Details:
    47(5) : 1269-1286
    Notes:
    ACDC has selection

    4. Impact of SMS-based agricultural information on Indian farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fafchamps, Marcel (author) and Minten, Burt (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012-10
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06186
    Journal Title:
    World Bank Economic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    26(3) : 383-414
    Notes:
    Experiment using a commercial service called Reuters Market Lights. Market, weather and other information provided to farmers by mobile phones resulted in no statistically significant average treatment effect on the prices received by farmers, crop losses resulting from rainstorms, or the likelihood of changing crop varieties and cultivation practices.

    7. Radio of assistance to American farmer

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1926-03-31
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23561
    Journal Title:
    Hartford Courant
    Journal Title Details:
    : 12
    Notes:
    Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 2 pages., Report of a nationwide survey among farm residents by the National Farm Radio Council. Identifies kinds of programs valued by listeners. Article also describes the role and organization of the Council.

    8. The economics of extended-term weather forecasting

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Anderson, Lee G. (author / University of Miami, Department of Economics) and University of Miami, Department of Economics
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1973
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03506
    Journal Title:
    Monthly Weather Review
    Journal Title Details:
    101(2) : 115-125
    Notes:
    James F. Evans Collection

    9. The farmer and the weather

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1913-08-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23576
    Journal Title:
    Hartford Courant
    Journal Title Details:
    : 8
    Notes:
    Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Cites a reader who emphasizes the value of weather reports and forecasts to farmers. "Since the advent of the rural delivery, all up-to-date farmers get a daily paper, and its value can be made immeasurably greater by a careful study of the weather report."