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2. Community Engagement And Programming Models For The 21st Century Extension Professional
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Downey, Laura (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-24
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12439
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 60, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 6 pages, In this article, I review Donaldson's (2020) Community Engagement for Extension Professionals: 21st Century Program Planning, Evaluation, and Professionalism. This guidebook is relevant to several audiences including undergraduate and graduate students, Extension professionals, and faculty who work with students and advisees on program planning research and practice. This article highlights the primary contributions of the guidebook, with special emphasis on proactive and reactive Extension programming models.
3. Engaging farmers on climate risk through targeted integration of bio-economic modelling and seasonal climate forecasts
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nidumolu, U.B. (author), Lubbers, M. (author), Kanellopoulos, A. (author), van Ittersum, M.K. (author), Kadiyala, D.M. (author), and Sreenivas, G. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-11
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07676
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 149 : 175-184
4. Exploring beyond the obvious: Social skills needed for agricultural communication baccalaureate graduates
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Leal, Arthur (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Stedman, Nicole LaMee Perez (author), Treise, Debbie M. (author), and Universit of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Florida Association for Communication Excellence
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10428
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(2)
- Notes:
- 22 pages., Via online journal., This national study sought to expand on current research to identify the importance of and graduates’ ability to perform selected social skills to aid in curricula evaluation and small program development. Using three evaluation groups – agricultural communication graduates, communication industry professionals, and agricultural communication faculty members – 193 individuals responded to the online survey. The most important social skills were those associated with having work values and transitioning into an organization to be a productive member in the workplace. Graduates placed a higher importance on social skills than the other two evaluation groups. All three evaluation groups showed some agreement on graduates’ highest ability to perform several social skills: The ability to be trustworthy, trained, reliable, professional, dedicated, and behave ethically were assigned the highest mean ability. A significant difference was found with the ability graduates afforded themselves in having common sense, being professional, and encompassing maturity versus the other two evaluation groups. Recommendations included incorporating and identifying social skills into instruction for students. Group work, presentations, internships, and student organizations were proposed as opportunities for social skill attainment. Agricultural leadership principles, oral communication, and professional development courses were recommended for new and developing agricultural communication programs that could serve to incorporate the most important social skills. Faculty members could benefit from research that can identify more effective measures to evaluate social skill attainment. Recommendations for future research included a similar assessment with technical skills and for other elements of the Agricultural Communication Program System Model to be assessed.
5. Faces and phases of participation: a local experience on coastal resources management in southern Philippines
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mendoza, Eva N. (author) and Porquis, Joy Melyn J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07594
- Journal Title:
- AES Bioflux
- Journal Title Details:
- 8 (3): 255-264
6. Farming question, the: intergenerational linkages, gender and youth aspirations in rural zambia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oluwafemi Ogunjimi, Thomas Daum (author) and Kariuki, Juliet (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-11-28
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12768
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 37pgs, With agriculture considered key to generating jobs for Africa's growing population, several studies have explored youth aspirations toward farming. While many factors explaining aspirations have been well studied, little is known about the actors' shaping aspirations. We developed a novel framework that focuses on the factors and actors shaping the formation and actual aspirations of rural youth and applied a unique “whole-family” approach based on mixed-methods data collection from adolescents (boys and girls) and corresponding adults. We applied this approach in rural Zambia, collecting data from 348 adolescents and adults in 87 households. The study finds that parents strongly shape youth aspirations—they are much more influential than siblings, peers, church, and media. Male youth are more likely to envision farming (full or part-time) than female youth. The male preference for farming reflects their parent's aspirations and is reinforced by the patriarchal system of land inheritance. Parents' farm characteristics, such as degree of mechanization, are also associated with aspirations. We recommend a “whole- family” approach, which acknowledges the influential role of parents, for policies and programs for rural youth and a stronger focus on gender aspects.
7. Focus on the Flame
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-12
- Published:
- USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05745
- Journal Title:
- AAEA ByLine
- Journal Title Details:
- : 3-8
- Notes:
- Members recall a planning meeting during 1984 involving the direction AAEA should take.
8. Home demonstration work in North Carolina: leading the way for rural women
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Radford, Daniel (author), Morgan, Joy (author), Kirby, Barbara (author), and Warner, Wendy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-06-30
- Published:
- USA: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12932
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- V.64, N.2
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Canning and home demonstration clubs played an important role in improving agriculture and home life shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Organized in local communities, these clubs for young girls and their mothers provided the opportunity for females to engage in experiential learning through the growth and canning of vegetables. Club work and activities allowed the involved individuals to learn important home life concepts including incorporating more nutritious meals, record keeping, maintaining the family garden, and other duties surrounding the home. In addition, clubs promoted cooperation among various groups, fostered friendships, and provided entrepreneurial opportunities for farm women. Movements such as these increased the demand for agricultural and extension education and many of the strategies developed through these clubs can be implemented in both formal and non-formal education today.
9. HortiCube: a platform for transparent, trusted data sharing in the food supply chain
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Verhoosel, Jack (author), Van Bekkum, Michael (author), and Verwaart, Tim (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07638
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Food System Dynamics
10. Impact indicators for community garden programs: Using Delphi methods to inform program development and evaluation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Diaz, John (author), Webb, Susan (author), Warner, Laura (author), Monoghan, Paul (author), and University of Florida
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10348
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(6) : 852-859
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Via online journal., With growing interest in food system solutions to address poor health outcomes related to preventable chronic diseases, organizations and researchers are examining the value of community gardens as interventions to promote individual and community health. Research suggests that participation in community gardens improves access to fresh, healthy foods and increases fruit and vegetable consumption. In addition to these physical benefits, research also documents a variety of social and communal benefits, by expanding social capital, stabilizing neighborhoods, and cultivating relationships. Unfortunately, most of these studies focus on a specific case, cross case, or intervention studies within a geographically specific locale. Learning lessons from successful community garden programs can be difficult because community gardens often rely on the synergy of a complex network of support agencies that assist in various technical and educational capacities. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the use of a framework for program development and evaluation that stakeholders, including extension, can adopt to show program outcomes. The framework used a Delphi approach with a diverse panel of community garden stakeholders to reach consensus about program outcomes. The study demonstrated that the panel could reach consensus on a variety of short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes.