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2. Australian science communicators conference 2020, the: Are we foot and mouth disease ready?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Manyweathers, Jennifer (author), Hernández-Jover, Marta (author), Hayes, Lynne (author), Loechel, Barton (author), Kelly, Jennifer (author), Felton, Simone (author), El Hassan, Marwan (author), Woodgate, Rob (author), and Maru, Yiheyis (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06-18
- Published:
- Italy: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12741
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- I. 19, V. 3
- Notes:
- 8pgs, A transdisciplinary pilot study with Australia's livestock industries is bringing multiple stakeholders together as equal partners, to examine the complex problems around animal disease management. These problems include disease surveillance and on-farm biosecurity practices. The pilot groups are established in industries susceptible to foot and mouth disease, namely dairy and beef cattle, pork, sheep and goats. The Agricultural Innovation Systems framework is being evaluated to determine its effectiveness as a tool to improve partnerships between stakeholders. These stakeholders include livestock producers (farmers), private and government veterinarians, local council representatives, and industry personal including from saleyards and abattoirs. Stimulation of innovative solutions to issues arising from conflicting priorities and limited resources around animal disease management are also expected. Using a participatory communication approach, the impact of the pilot on trust and relationships is being evaluated. The sustainability of the Agricultural Innovation Systems approach to address complex issues around animal health management is also being assessed. The aim of the study is to strengthen Australia's preparedness for an emergency animal disease outbreak, such as Foot and Mouth Disease.
3. Can community-based organisations deliver adequate agricultural information to farmers? Evidence from rural resources centers in Cameroon
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kenfack Essougong, Urcil Papito (author), Fongang Fouepe, Guillaume Hensel (author), and Degrande, Ann (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01-30
- Published:
- USA: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10229
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Via online journal., Rural Resources Centers (RRCs) managed by community-based organisations, where farmers come together for training and demonstration, have been an innovative extension approach in Cameroon since 2006. This paper describes information flow in RRCs and farmers’ assessment of RRCs as information sources. All the RRCs in Cameroon were studied and 29 group interviews, involving 118 producers and 7 individual interviews with RRC managers, were performed. RRCs share information with several stakeholders including farmers, research institutions, and educational and religious institutions; and interpersonal channels are commonly used. Farmers and agricultural extension workers are the most important sources of information for RRCs. Farmers rank RRCs as their second best sources of information after fellow farmers. On average, each year, RRCs organise at least 40 training sessions for about 1777 participants. The themes are mainly agroforestry (29%), marketing (20%), group dynamics (20%) and post-harvest techniques (11%). The issue of funding the activities of the RRCs needs to be addressed, they need to be better structured, and their human resources increased and strengthened.
4. Communication at farmers’ markets: commodifying relationships, community and morality
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Garner, Benjamin (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-07-01
- Published:
- USA: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10231
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Creative Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(2) : 186-198
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Via online journal, Consumers are increasingly using their purchasing power to enact their politics and activism. I examine how consumption at farmers’ markets fits into this trend. The consumption of local and organic food and the number of farmers’ markets have drastically increased in recent years. This research examines the ways interpersonal relationships, community ties and morality (ethical consumption) relate to commodification at local farmers’ markets. Specifically, this research is framed through Marx’s understanding and critique of capitalism, including his concept of commodity fetishism. Using Radin’s (1996) indicia of commodification, I explore the degree to which relationships, community and morality either are commodifiable or resist commodification. Using a combination of extant literature as well as interview and observational data from a 2011–2012 market study, I discovered that relationships and community ties resist commodification but morality is commodifiable in this space. Specifically, I argue that the contingent and voluntary nature of human communication as a two-way process is one of the key reasons that interpersonal relationships and community ties resist commodification.
5. Notes on communicating
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Taylor, Hal R. (author)
- Format:
- Teaching material
- Publication Date:
- n.d.
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 193 Document Number: D07246
- Notes:
- Hal R.Taylor Collection., From author., Packet of notes and resources written and assembled by the author through the years for communication training, with emphasis on theory and process of communication. Some are resources from the Communication Training Program of the National Project in Agricultural Communications (NPAC), Michigan State University, East Lansing.
6. Storytelling through experiencescape: creating unique stories and extraordinary experiences in farm tourism
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mei, Xiang Y (author), S Ha˚gensen, Ann-Margret (author), and Kristiansen, Heidi S (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11-28
- Published:
- Norway: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10230
- Journal Title:
- Tourism and Hospitality Research
- Notes:
- Via online journal., Creating unique stories through storytelling as a way to stage extraordinary experiences has become increasingly important in the tourism industry, particularly in experience-based activities such as farm tourism. However, limited resources and the lack of knowledge of the experiencescape suggest that many farm tourism operators struggle to integrate the experiencescape as part of storytelling. The research method chosen was an explorative study with the use of semi-structured in-depth interviews with key farm tourism operators in the Inland region in Norway. How stories and concepts are created is dependent on the resources available, the perception of authenticity, the history of the farm as well as the environment. Storytelling can be facilitated through tangible elements in the experiencescape such as the physical environment as well as intangible elements including the interaction and dynamics between the host and guest. The farmer or the person telling the story also need to possess certain skills, engagement, and interest in order to be committed to deliver the story or the concept. Essentially, the farmer becomes a part of the product and the experience.