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2. Availability and accessibility of ICT in rural communities of Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kari, Hudron K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27140
- Journal Title:
- Electronic Library
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 25, Issue 3, pp. 363-372
- Notes:
- Published in 2007.
3. Availability and accessibility of ICT in the rural communities of Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kari, H.K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27472
- Journal Title:
- Electronic Library
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 25, Issue 3, pp. 363-372
- Notes:
- Published in 2007.
4. Beyond rich and poor: Identifying global development constellations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hackenesch, Christine (author), Koch, Svea (author), and Ziaja, Sebastian (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-23
- Published:
- United States of America: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12447
- Journal Title:
- Development Policy Review
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 40 (2)
- Notes:
- 37 pages., Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is the most recent example that global development problems can occur anywhere, rebutting the assumption of a world divided into developed and developing countries. Recent scholarship has coined the term “global development” to capture this changing geography of development problems. Purpose Our article contributes to these debates by proposing a novel empirical approach to localize global development problems in country contexts worldwide. Methods and approach Our approach rests on a universal understanding of “development.” We identify countries that are particularly relevant for global problem-solving and consider not only the problem dimension but also countries’ capacities to address these problems. Findings Our results show that countries with the most severe combinations of problems are as diverse as Afghanistan, Nigeria and the United States. Two thirds of countries with above-average contributions to global problems are authoritarian regimes. We also find that middle-income countries have hardly anything in common apart from their income level. Policy implications Our analysis shows that traditional development concepts of a binary world order and of foreign aid as financial transfer to remedy imbalances are not enough to address constellations of global problems and capacity that have long evolved beyond rich and poor.
5. Consumers' preference for cowpea in Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ifegwu, Kalu Ukpai (author) and Ajetomobi, Joshua Olusegun (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-03
- Published:
- Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02379
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Management and Developement
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(1) : 19-26
6. Extension support for cassava (Manihot esculenta) production and processing in Nigeria: Effects on farm practice adoption
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Otubo, Oluchi L. (author) and Molnar, Joseph J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10-31
- Published:
- International: Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12372
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13 (4)
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an important regional food source, providing food and income to over 30 million farmers, processors, and traders in Nigeria. Extension programs support awareness and interest in new technologies; they facilitate the adoption and adaptation of new approaches to crop production, post-harvest processing, and marketing. Extension can be understood as an intermediary or catalyst in the dissemination of information to rural farmers. This study analyzed the effect of cassava farmers’ exposure to extension on a broad measure of cassava technology adoption, while considering the influence of some individual and farm characteristics as control variables. Data were obtained from personal interviews with sample of 952 households conducted in southern Nigeria. Results show a relationship between extension exposure and technology adoption. Farmer-to-farmer interaction played the greatest role in diffusion of the technologies. Interactions with extension agents were low, suggesting that adoption of improved technologies could be enhanced by improved regular contact with extension information. The results underscore the importance of farmer-to-farmer interaction processes that often overshadow extension assistance in supporting and guiding the use of production technology. The conclusions consider some implications for 21st century extension.
7. Heterogeneous treatment effect estimation of participation in collective actions and adoption of climate-smart farming technologies in South–West Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Olawuyi, Seyi Olalekan (author) and Mushunje, Abbyssinia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-10
- Published:
- United States: Springer Nature B.V. 2019
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12234
- Journal Title:
- GeoJournal
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 85, Issue 5
- Notes:
- https://link-springer-com.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/content/pdf/10.1007/s10708-019-10024-2.pdf, 15 pages, Enhancing sustainable food security requires agricultural production systems to change in the direction of higher productivity and to mitigate lower output variability in the face of climate extreme related hazards such as land degradation. Adoption of resilient food production system capable of withstanding disruptive events is therefore needed to stabilize farmers' productivity. Consequently, participation in collective actions has been touted as an effective approach to enhance cooperation among individuals within a social system and to advance adoption of climate-smart farming techniques (conservation agriculture). This study investigated this perspective using heterogeneous treatment effects estimation to analyze the data collected from 350 smallholder farmers selected randomly from the South–West Nigeria. The average treatment effects on the treated estimate revealed that participation in collective actions had adoption-increasing effect for each unit variation in propensity score rank, although, negative selection effect was suspected. Similarly, information acquisition, access to extension service and frequency of visit by extension workers are significant features that predict adoption in the study area. However, rosenbaum sensitivity analysis test revealed that the increasing effect of participation in collective actions on conservation agriculture adoption is insensitive to unobserved bias that may double or triple the odds of exposure to treatment. Hence, the average treatment effect on the treated estimate is a pure impact of the participation in collective actions. The study concluded that farmers with high propensity to participate in collective action have high likelihood to adopt climate-resilient farming practices compared to the counterparts with a lower propensity of participation in collective action.
8. The meditation of dependence: development of communication planning for agricultural development in northern Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mohammed, J.B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26923
- Journal Title:
- Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13, Issue 1-2, pp. 35-47
- Notes:
- Published in 1994.
9. Utilisation and impact of The Essential Electronic Agricultural Database (TEEAL) on library services in a Nigerian university of agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oduwole, A.A. (author) and Sowole, A.O. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30148
- Journal Title:
- Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 157-167
- Notes:
- Published in 2006.