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2. Actor social networks as knowledge sharing mechanisms in multi-stakeholder processes: a case of coffee innovation platforms of Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Magala, Damalie Babirye (author), Mangheni, Margaret Nijjingo (author), Miiro, Richard Fred (author), and Makerere University
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06-23
- Published:
- Uganda: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10978
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(4) : 323-336
- Notes:
- 13 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This study examined knowledge sharing mechanisms in coffee IPs and their effect on actor linkages in four districts of Uganda. Design/methodology/approach: Thirty one respondents from the public and private sector were interviewed using a qualitative approach. Data were analyzed using the Atlas ti qualitative software version 7.5.18 to generate themes for information sources, types and channels. Social network analysis was used to measure the actor centrality positions and influence in the IP network. Findings: Results revealed seven main categories of actors in the Coffee IPs who shared information on coffee inputs, agronomic practices, processing and markets through three main channels. Level of cohesion was less than 10% which had negative implications on the knowledge flow, trust and collaboration among the actors. Influential positions were occupied by the processors and farmer leaders in IPs in the southern districts of Luwero and Rakai, while nursery operators were most influential in IPs of the western districts of Ntungamo and Bushenyi. Weak linkages within the social networks indicated that initiatives of the actors were fragmented, as each actor acted as an individual detached from the platform activities limiting inter-actor knowledge sharing. Practical implications: Innovation intermediaries should focus on integrated systemic and innovative approaches to strengthen actor social linkages for knowledge sharing and better platform performance. Theoretical implications: Actor positions and relationships in innovation networks are critical tenets for fostering knowledge exchange and performance. In an innovation platform, diverse actors are multiple sources for accessing information within a given social and institutional context. Originality/value: The study contributes to existing debate and knowledge on institutional change in agricultural innovation systems.
3. Corporate communication actions in response to crises: empirical evidence in food fraud in Brazil
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Florencio de Almeida, Luciana (author), Valeria Rocha, Thelma (author), and Ribeiro da Fonseca, Marcio (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Brazil
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11088
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(5) : 458-472
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results indicated that both corporate firms involved in a food fraud case lacked an immediate mandate to address the legitimate stakeholders' claim. "This study adds the action perspective to stakeholder salience theory, providing practical guidelines for marketers in the food sector who face wicked contexts, attempting to achieve transparency and common goals along with their stakeholders."
4. Identification of key components for a new urban food strategy - results of a delphi study in Cologne, Germany
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hirsch, Darya (author), Heuschkel, Zoe (author), and Terlau, Wiltrud (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10930
- Notes:
- 2018 International European Forum (163rd EAAE Seminar), February 5-9, 2018, Innsbruck, Austria. International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks. 5 pages., Urban food systems consist of many stakeholders with different perspectives, different interests and different governance tools. This study aimed at developing potential future scenarios for the food system of Cologne by analysing the system with a Delphi approach. In our research-design, the suitability of the Delphi-method was evaluated not only as a tool for future modelling and scenario design, but also as a communication tool among the group of participants on a multistakeholder platform. As a case study, the Food Policy Council of Cologne, Germany was used. Cologne can be seen as a forerunner among German cities in the development of a new urban food policy. Some of the successful steps to re-envisioning food as an urban system include joining the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, the decision of the City Council to become an edible city and the establishment of a Food Policy Council. For the study it was important to capture participants’ visions of a common goal regarding the governance of the urban food system and also to identify mental ‘silos’. It was obvious that the municipality of Cologne together with the Food Policy Council made great efforts towards participatory processes to build a vision for a sustainable and regional food supply. However, many stakeholder-groups in the process still work exclusively among themselves and do not actively practice the confrontation with the viewpoints of other relevant groups. This supports the maintenance of ‘silos’ and leaves little room for face-to-face discussions. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to explore key components of food provisioning in the future for Cologne while confronting all stakeholders (municipal administration and politicians, farmers and food activists) with the perspectives of all group members. We used a multi-stakeholder Delphi approach with 19 panellists to find out essential components of the municipal regional food provisioning system in Cologne. Unique in this Delphi study is the bringing together of municipal administration, regional urban farmers and food activists. The research is still on-going, but preliminary results show that more communication among all relevant actors, especially horizontally among different city departments, in the urban food system is needed.
5. Innovation diffusion in an agricultural health center: moving information to practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Almeida, Fabio (author), Cramer, Mary (author), Wendl, Mary (author), Anderson, Matthew (author), and Rautiainen, Risto (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10540
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agromedicine
- Journal Title Details:
- 24(3) : 239-247
- Notes:
- 8 pages., via online journal., Documents fragmentation of an existing information-sharing network. Authors recommend broadening diversity in stakeholder engagement to enhance the information flow for dissemination and diffusion in practice.
6. Participatory environmental communication for sustainable natural resource management in Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Atinafu, Behailu (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Ethiopia: Asian Institute for Development Communication (AIDCOM)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11915
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(2) : 72-81
- Notes:
- Online from UI Library subscription., Reports a case study of efforts to control an infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Tana, largest lake in Ethiopia. Findings revealed that participatory communication was equated to a public relations activity of organizing campaigns with the local people urged to participate by providing labour contribution of harvesting and collecting the weed from the lake. The communication approach was found to be a one-way, top-down approach which does not facilitate a horizontal dialogue among stakeholders.
7. Social media hypes about agro-food issues: activism, scandals and conflicts
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stevens, T.M. (author), Aarts, N. (author), Termeer, C.J.A.M. (author), and Dewulf, A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11475
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 79: 23-34
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Analysis of five cases of peak social media activity in the Dutch livestock sector. Findings indicated that social media hypes revolved around activism, scandals, and conflicts - each with characteristic patterns of activity, framing, interaction and media interplay. "Our results show the need to adopt a proactive and interactive approach that transcends the view of social media as a mere communication channel to respond in crisis situations."
8. Taylor Guitars, guardians of the forest
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Page, Janis Teruggi (author / George Washington University) and Page, William S. (author / Mediawerks PR)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10903
- Notes:
- See also D10895, Pages 283-289 in Brigitta R. Brunner and Corey A. Hickerson (editors), Cases in public relations: translating ethics into action. Oxford University Press, New York City, New York. 359 pages., Traces the public relations efforts and impacts of Taylor Guitars, El Cajon, California, through collaboration with stakeholders involved in the production, forest preservation and use of an exotic wood, ebony. The firm assumed the role of guardian of the forest and operated "with the philosophy to use what the forest gives us." The approach involved changing the perception of what defined ebony.
9. The global forest transition as a human affair
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Garcia, Claude A. (author), Sasvilaakso, Sini (author), Verburg, Rene W. (author), Gutierrez, Victoria (author), Wilson, Sarah J. (author), Krug, Cornelia B. (author), Sassen, Marieke (author), Robinson, Brian E. (author), Moersberger, Hannah (author), Naimi, Babak (author), Rhemtulia, Jeanine M. (author), Dessard, Helene (author), Gond, Valery (author), Vermeulen, Cedric (author), Trolliet, Franck (author), Oszwald, Johan (author), Quetier, Fabien (author), Pietsch, Stephan A. (author), Bastin, Jean-Francois (author), Dray, Anne (author), Araujo, Miguel (author), Ghazoul, Jaboury (author), and Waeber, Patrick O. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11697
- Journal Title:
- One Earth
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(5) : 417-428
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Authors note no clear evidence that global efforts against forest loss, fragmentation,and degradation of land use are working. As key reason, they point to apparent ineffectiveness in involving all stakeholders involved. "Forest transitions are social and behavioral before they are ecological. Decision makers need to integrate better representations of people's agency in their mental models. ... Games can help decision makers in all of these tasks."
10. The impact of sugarcane expansion in Brazil: Local stakeholders' perceptions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Marques, Andreia (author), Kamali, Farahnaz Pashaei (author), Asveld, Lotte (author), Osseweijer, Patricia (author), Silveira, Jose Maria F. J. de (author), and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Unicamp Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11-05
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11216
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 73(2020) : 147-162
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via online journal, Sugarcane expansion in Brazil during the 2000s was partly restricted by several discussions about the sustainability aspects of its cultivation. These discussions were mainly based on surveys that sometimes use highly aggregated data not including local perspectives and particularities, and sometimes used case studies with small samples which, while listening to local perspectives, cannot be considered representative of the whole sector. This work aims at filling this gap by considering both the perceptions of the local community, which add primary data on impact, and a large sample, to increase the research representativeness. To do so, we present the results of 353 interviews, covering 33 municipalities in five states of the Center-South region of Brazil (the largest cultivation area in the country). The results show that the expansion of biofuels has generated conflict mostly related to environmental and social issues, although there is good acceptance of the sugarcane mills in general. Our conclusions point to the importance of including local voices for a deeper understanding of the advantages and limitations of the expansion of biofuels.