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2. Engagement with extension services by small-acreage sugarcane farmers in selected districts of Pakistan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Faheem (author), Wegener, Malcolm (author), and Khan, Muhammad Zafarullah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Pakistan: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11211
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(2) : 34-42
- Notes:
- Personal interviews with 336 small-acreage sugarcane growers indicated that less than half had any knowledge of the public extension services available. Growers who were aware of extension services and sought information from extension achieved substantially higher average yields than growers who did not. Authors recommended that the Pakistan government review current extension services and consider strengthening them.
3. Factors influencing Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rice, Ashley E. (author)
- Format:
- Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05
- Published:
- USA: Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10800
- Notes:
- 138 pages., Thesis also is available online from Purdue University by open access, using the URL below., Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science degree at Purdue University. Contributed by author to the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center and University Library, University of Illinois., Purpose was to explain and predict Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University based on level of concern for social and community issues, level of anomie, past interactions with Purdue, and perceptions of Purdue. Findings confirmed that Extension's programmatic areas are addressing perceived needs in the state and that individuals are interested in these programmatic issues. "Land-grant universities can continue to rise to the challenge and deliver state-of-the-art education, research, and resources for all people, as long as they listen to the public and address critical social, community and stakeholder issues."