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12. High Country News: in the graces of grasses
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hanscom, Greg (author)
- Format:
- Magazine
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10-01
- Published:
- USA: High Country News
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13025
- Journal Title Details:
- V.53, N.10
- Notes:
- 50 pages
13. High Country News: the radioactive waste next door
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hanscom, Greg (author)
- Format:
- Magazine
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11
- Published:
- USA: High Country News
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13024
- Journal Title Details:
- V.53, N.11
- Notes:
- 50 pages
14. ICT and gender equity policy: lessons of the Mali telecentres
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dumas, Josephine Helen Ann (author)
- Format:
- Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21058
- Journal Title:
- Digital Dissertation
- Notes:
- Posted at: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3065880, 211 pages 1.02 MB, There is an urgent need for a better understanding of the interplay of information and communication technology (ICT) and the role of women in facilitating social, political and economic development. This research examines engagement of women with ICT in traditional poor, rural, communities of Mali, a least developed country (LDC). Mali was selected as the focus based on its broadly representative LDC challenges and the availability of locally and internationally collected data. This research applies the theoretical framework of international regime theory and development as freedom theory to help explain how ICT diffusion can be an empowerment tool for women in development. Women of Mali face low literacy rates, high birth rates, high infant and maternal mortality rates, and low incomes. This research found ICT applications facilitated positive change in health, education, politics and the economy in Mali. The relationship between international and national regimes in the process of negotiating problem solutions is particularly important to policy analysis of telecommunications and of gender equity. Policy in each of these areas permeates every sector of society. Challenges, obstacles, solutions and benefits of ICT development with gender equity in Mali can inform policymakers' understanding of ICT diffusion and its benefits to people in LDCs. This analysis was based on a literature review, a survey of existing relevant research studies, a country study and a case study of the Multipurpose Community Telecentre (MCT) model for rural ICT development. The country study includes data and reports from the UNDP, ITU, IDRC, USAID and the World Bank. It incorporates history, policy, existing research, statistical human development data over time, ethnographic data, and reports of other ICT projects in Mali. Analyzed together, these data strongly suggest positive and directional change in Mali during 1990 to 2000, a period of dynamic telecommunications and gender equity policy liberalization. The case study of the MCT in Timbuktu includes baseline communications research, on-site ethnographic research, interviews and the MCT Director's report. The Mali MCT was one of five African pilot projects initially supported by ITU, UNESCO and IDRC funds and developed with national and local community support. The MCT is a social communication center that provides ICT education and services. This research focuses on the MCT as an ICT knowledge gathering and distribution center. Influenced by international regime policies for gender equity, Mali's national machineries have implemented gender equity policy in communication access. Women participated in the design, implementation and operation of this MCT. The community open access design was found to be particularly conducive to ICT development through women's social networking. Research indicates women are keepers of indigenous knowledge systems in cultural communities. Content developed from this local knowledge base can contribute to global knowledge systems, cultural integrity and sustainability as well as to economic development. Conclusions of this study are based on findings that Malian ICT development with gender equity in the context of national and international policy engagement contributed to the positive growth in the political, educational and social sectors.
15. Indigenous data sovereignty shakes up research: in the COVID-19 era, tribal nations want research that better serves their people
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Goodluck, Kalen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11937
- Journal Title:
- High Country News
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(11) : 20
- Notes:
- Online from publication., "What the pandemic has shed a light on is the need for tribes to have access to external data."
16. Intellectual property exhaustion, breeder frustration, and hindered innovation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Endres, A. Bryan (author), Guarino, Jessica (author), and Nathani, Nabilah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-08-22
- Published:
- USA: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12955
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V.12, N.4
- Notes:
- 11 pages, Private-sector dominance of plant breeding constitutes the present norm of organic seed genetics research, which has generated concerns in the organic farming community in this era of robust intellectual property protections. Intellectual property restrictions primarily in the form of certificates, patents, and contractual arrangements are blamed for stifling the innovation of organic seed varieties. To better understand the challenges small-scale and university-based breeders and researchers face in organic corn seed genetic development, this article provides an overview of intellectual property structures surrounding seed innovation and sharing. After describing the legal landscape in which organic corn seed research and development occurs, the article details research efforts exploring the veracity of claims that contractual arrangements (in the form of seed-sharing agreements between breeders and universities) stifle the innovation of organic varieties. In doing so, the article describes the search methodology utilized and highlights a critical barrier to research: the closely guarded nature of private contracts that parties are reluctant to reveal. While we were able to identify several data points that highlighted the importance of seed-sharing agreements as a part of the intellectual property regime controlling organics research and breeding, we were unable to obtain contracts or identify disputes over contractual language to further analyze. Such contractual language only becomes available upon consent and release by individual parties to the contract or by litigation that exposes the contractual language, both of which we attempted to explore and utilize. The article concludes with a discussion of why contractual arrangements in the context of organic corn seed development are an informative piece of the intellectual property puzzle worth exploring, as well as future points of research necessary to yield data substantiating the concerns of stakeholders in the organic seed industry.
17. Land-grab universities: expropriated indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ahtone, Tristan (author) and Lee, Robert (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-03-30
- Published:
- USA: High Country News
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13183
- Notes:
- 36 pages
18. Living on the dragon's back: agriculture, environment and rural identity in deep rural Montana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Redlin, Meredith M. (author)
- Format:
- Ph.D. Dissertation Abstract
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13290
- Notes:
- 1 p., University of Kentucky, Lexington
19. Local Knowledge for Addressing Food Insecurity: The Use of a Goat Meat drying Technique i a Rural Famine Context in Southern Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- del Valle, Martin (author), Ibarra, Jose Tomas (author), Aguire Hormann, Pablo (author), Hernandez, Roberto (author), and Riveros, Jose Luis (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- International: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11870
- Journal Title:
- Animals
- Journal Title Details:
- 2019 9(10)
- Notes:
- 8 pages, Only 30% of households inBairro Boroma(Boromaneighborhood) have a regular proteinintake, mainly due to the lack of a proper cold chain. We analyzed the level of knowledge about alocal dried meat calledchinkui, examining the relationship between this knowledge and its valuefor strengthening local food security. Through surveys ofBairro Boromagoat herders (n=23) about“chinkuiawareness” and passive observation ofchinkuipreparation (n=5) from local biotype goats,we found thatchinkuiwas known to most goat herders (91.3%), but was used only irregularly, mainlybecause knowledge transmission has decreased over time. From passive observation, we foundthat the amount of dried meat obtained from an animal rarely exceeded a yield of 10% and itsperformance and safety depended on weather conditions and the absence of other animals in thearea of preparation. It is, therefore, recommended to strengthen initiatives to increase the amount ofchinkui, based on local knowledge, so as to enhance its frequency of consumption and the possibilityof using it as a sustainable alternative source of protein
20. Participatory integrated pest management in Uganda: merging local and scientific knowledge systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Erbaugh, J. Mark (author), Willson, Harold (author / Ohio State University), and Kyamanywa, Samuel (author / Ohio State University)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes1 Document Number: C12126
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, 2 p. Setting and date not identified.
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