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2. A multimodal degree completion needs analysis of agricultural and extension education graduate students in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oyugi, Millicent A. (author), Baker T, Mathew (author), Lamm, Alexa (author), and Lamm, Kevan W. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-01
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12726
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 29, N. 3
- Notes:
- 23 pages, Increasing doctoral degree holders in Sub-Saharan Africa may significantly impact the quality and quantity of undergraduate and graduate programs. Research capacity is crucial to successfully completing a thesis or dissertation and obtaining a graduate degree. Unfortunately, in Sub-Saharan Africa, many students abandon or delay their degrees at this stage due to limited research and writing skills. This study aimed to identify the most critical thesis and dissertation (TD) research needs of masters and PhD students from Sub-Saharan Africa. Thirty-eight skills were identified from the literature and presented to agricultural education and extension/leadership students. Borich (1980) and Witkin (1984) needs assessment models were used to ascertain the perceived importance and extent of students' knowledge of TD topic areas. The top identified needs were extracting a manuscript from a thesis, writing a journal article, choosing inferential statistics, deciding the descriptive statics, and what to review in the literature. A total of 15 items were identified as critical needs using the Witkin model. The findings identified challenges and opportunities for improving Sub-Saharan African graduate students' research knowledge and TD performance, implying that combining the two models to identify training needs may produce more comprehensive results than using only one methodology.
3. Accuracy, congruency and agreement among researchers, extension workers and pigeon pea farmers in Trinidad and Tobago
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dolly, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1997
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11746
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- <4(1) : 23-32>
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection
4. Adoption of improved agricultural practices: Learning from off-season vegetable production in Nepal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ghimire, Raju (author), Suvedi, Marari (author), and Kaplowitz, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-01
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12682
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 29, Iss. 3
- Notes:
- 18 pages, This study examines factors that appear to contribute to farmers’ adoption and discontinuation of poly house technology for off-season vegetable production. We collected cross-sectional survey data from a sample of 151 households in Kaski district, Nepal during October 2018. The data are analyzed using Heckman’s two stage sample selection model. The study reveals that the family members report being engaged in nonfarm sector that there is an increased probability of discontinuation of poly house technology. Farmers may be diverting their labor towards nonfarm activities that result in higher returns to labor and different risks. At the same time, the results indicate that farmers who did not receive training on vegetable production were more likely to discontinue poly house technology. It was also found that increasing farmers’ engagement with marketing activities increased the likelihood of farmers to continue poly house technology and increase household income. The provision of continued technical support (e.g., training), input supply (e.g., seeds, fertilizers) and market information are essential to sustain the adopted technologies. The study sheds light on the sustainability of technology adoption by underpinning the importance of extension services for longer-term adoption. We believe that the combined effect of various technologies would be associated with sustained adoption of the improved off-season technologies. This provides a new direction to operationalize farmer-oriented policies in agricultural extension and helps in devising programs for sustained adoption of technology.
5. Agricultural extension as a development strategy for war-torn countries: the case of Lebanon
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Long, James S. (author) and Betru, Teffera (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11802
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- <3(2) : 15-22>
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection
6. An interdisciplinary model for behavior analysis and intervention in agricultural extension and rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- duvel, Gustay (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1997
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11799
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- <4(3) : 55-65>
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection
7. Building Self-reliance: A Framework to Evaluate Smallholder Coffee Farmers’ Pursuit of Commercialization
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Silvert, Colby (author), Diaz, John (author), Warner, Laura (author), Grady Roberts, T. (author), and Injoque, Raul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08-21
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12525
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 28(4)
- Notes:
- 18 pages, This study examines the application of a self-reliance framework for practitioners and evaluators to better understand the capacities and intrinsic factors impacting smallholder coffee farmers’ commercialization behaviors. We surveyed 40 smallholder coffee producers in Peru using a quantitative instrument. Data were analyzed to determine if statistical relationships exist between farmers’ self-reliance (measured via knowledge and skills, attitudes, and aspirations) and their commercialization behaviors. Findings indicate the self-reliance framework effectively illustrates relationships between farmers’ aspirations, knowledge and skills and their commercialization behaviors, while future, additional studies are needed to better measure and understand the role of commercialization-related attitudes. Practitioners can leverage the study’s findings by using a self-reliance framework to infer farmers’ likeliness to pursue sustainable commercialization practices and align their trainings and design interventions based on evaluation findings. The conceptual self-reliance framework is the first of its kind applied for smallholder coffee commercialization. The findings demonstrate that self-reliance concepts employed recently in other contexts may potentially be used similarly by extension and development facilitators.
8. Building global leaders through field research and extension experiences in Belize
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gill, Tom (author) and Willcox, Adam S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-05
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12683
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 29, Iss.2
- Notes:
- 21 pages, One of the most complex agricultural and natural resources challenges of our time is reconciling sustainable global food security and biodiversity conservation. Providing undergraduate students effective, learning experiences to develop technical and cultural competency prepares them to address this challenge and become global leaders in their disciplines. A three-year experiential research and extension project brought together 14 students and 10 faculty mentors to investigate smallholder farmers practicing conservation-compatible adjacent to the Vaca Forest Reserve in Belize. We used an agroecological approach to foster systems-level thinking and develop transdisciplinary skills of undergraduate students. Students completed applied individual research projects that explored the challenge of food security and biodiversity conservation in the tropics, and worked collaboratively with local stakeholders, design and implement extension projects based on research results. Student and faculty teams assessed cropping and soil management practices; social and economic systems; and wildlife, forestry, and ecosystem services. We assessed student learning outcomes with a tool commonly used for evaluating undergraduate research. Students reported learning gains in attitudes and behaviors toward research, mindset towards research, ability to think and work like a scientist, and research skills. Students also reported positive working relationships with mentors and peers, and a high level of publication and presentation outputs. Students reported that their Belize experience helped develop their agroecological and cross-cultural knowledge and skills, and prepared them for their next career steps. We conclude with recommendations for higher education institutions wishing to develop meaningful global undergraduate research experiences that can build the next generation of leaders.
9. Building linkages for protection of the environment: the role of participatory technology development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ruddell, Edward D. (author), Ochoa, Humberto Beingolea (author), and Ochoa, Julio Beingolea (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11806
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- <3(2) : 55-61>
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection
10. Building linkages with students: internationalization of the curriculum as perceived by undergraduates in the College of Agriculture, Iowa State University
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Martin, Robert A. (author) and Sammons, Sherry (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1997
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11750
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- <4(1) : 63-78>
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection
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