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2. A study on impact of ICT enabled web portal (Krishinet) on farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Singh, Vinod (author) and Kameswari, V.L.V. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- India: New Delhi Publishers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: D10868
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(2): 163-174
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., In recent years, there has been extensive investment in e-governance throughout the developing world. Still, little is known about the impact of those investments, partly due to a lack of assessment guidance. In this study modified sustainable livelihood framework approach was used for studying impact of the project on farmers. Before and after data was collected from the registered farmers using recall method to assess the impact of the project on all five types of capital (Natural capital, financial capital, human capital, physical capital and social capital). It was found that after implementation of the project, in the category of natural capital, average production and average sold quantity of rice, wheat, pigeon pea, mustard, and green gram has been significantly increased and in the category of financial capital, respondents’ average family income, earning from agriculture and allied sector and benefit from government schemes has been significantly increased and in the category of human capital, average number of training received by respondents and average number of extension contacts made by respondents has been significantly increased and in the category of physical capital, average storage facility has been increased by respondents and in the category of social capital, average number of meetings attended by respondents in Krishi Gyan Kendra has been significantly increased.
3. Amid palm oil boycott, India wants to produce more of it
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Frayer, Lauren (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09-21
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09823
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt, 8 pages.
4. Connecting the unconnected: Tombigbee Communications believes building a better future for its rural residents starts with fiber
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bedord, Laurie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01
- Published:
- USA: Meredith Agrimedia, Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10198
- Journal Title:
- Successful Farming
- Journal Title Details:
- 117(01) : 52-55
- Notes:
- Magazine article
5. Cover crop trends, programs, and practices in the United States
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wallander, Steven (author), Smith, David (author), Bowman, Maria (author), and Claassen, Roger (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12143
- Notes:
- Economic Information Bulletin Number 222. 33 pages., This report detailed how cover crops are managed on corn, cotton, soybean, and wheat fields in the United States. "These surveys reveal that there are many different approaches to using cover crops."
6. Diversity in success: Interaction between external interventions and local actions in three rice farming areas in Benin
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Totin, Edmond (author), Mierlo, Barbara van (author), Mongbo, Roch (author), Leeuwis, Cees (author), and Wageningen University, The Netherlands Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-11-21
- Published:
- Benin: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10957
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 133(2015) : 119-130
- Notes:
- 12 pages, via online journal, Since the rice crisis of 2007, the government of Benin has initiated many programmes for rice intensification. Comparison of three rice production areas shows that local rice production has indeed been increased by the facilities provided by the government programmes. Although broadly the same facilities (market outlet, credit, input, etc.) were provided to rice farmers in the three study areas, which are located close to one another, there are not only similar, but also some different outcomes with regard to farmers' practices. There were also some unexpected changes, like the shift from limited collective canal cleaning to individual canal cleaning in Koussin-Lélé and the use of pumps in upland areas in Bamè. The study explores the interplay between these external interventions of government programmes and local actions of farmers to explain the outcomes. Using an actor-oriented perspective, the study concludes that farmers' agency played a critical role in the success of interventions; the changes occurred because of local actions of the farmers and intermediaries interacting with the external interventions at diverse junctures. Differences in strategies for resolving livelihood problems, in production options and biophysical conditions influence farmers' local actions and contribute to the explanation of the diversity of outcomes. The main lesson drawn from this research is that evaluation studies should not consider external interventions as the only or primary source of change. The dynamic interplay between local agency, intermediation and external interventions makes room for change.
7. Does it matter who advises farmers? Pest management choices with public and private extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wuepper, David (author), Roleff, Nikolaus (author), and Finger, Robert (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-01
- Published:
- Switzerland: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12514
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 99
- Notes:
- 8 pages, Does it matter whether farmers receive advice on pest management strategies from public or from private (pesticide company affiliated) extension services? We use survey data from 733 Swiss fruit growers who are currently contending with an infestation by an invasive pest, the fruit fly Drosophila Suzukii. We find that farmers who are advised by public extension services are more likely (+9–10%) to use preventive measures (e.g. nets) while farmers who are advised by private extension services are more likely (+8–9%) to use synthetic insecticides. These results are robust to the inclusion of various covariates, ways to cluster standard errors, and inverse probability weighting. We also show that our results are unlikely to be driven by omitted variable bias. Our findings have implications for the current debates on both the ongoing privatization of agricultural extension and concerns regarding negative environmental and health externalities of pesticide use.
8. 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.
9. Farmers’ perception of the quality of mobile-based extension services in Egypt: a comparison between public and private provision
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kassem, Hazem S. (author), Shabana, Rasha M. (author), Alotaibi, Bader M. (author), and Ghoneim, Yomna A. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10523
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Notes:
- 20 pages., via online journal., During the last 10 years, different initiatives have been implemented to provide mobile-based extension services for the agricultural sector in Egypt. The current study compared the quality of agricultural extension messages between public and private providers. A simple random sample of 120 farmers was selected representing 7% of the total farmers registered in the databases of Ministry of Agriculture (public services) and Shoura company (private services). Farmers assessed a sample of 10 messages delivered by both providers in terms of six indicators namely (1) access, (2) utilization, (3) timeliness, (4) trust, (5) satisfaction, and (6) sharing information with other farmers. The findings revealed the lack of access to messages by the farmers in the two services. However, more than 50% had utilized the majority of messages (in case of access). The study also showed significant differences between perception of farmers to quality attributes in public and private services (Access 6.77, 0.01; Utilization 8.44, 0.004; Timeliness 8.55, 0.002; Satisfaction 8.88, 0.001; information sharing 7.62, 0.009) except for trust (1.11, 0.4). Findings provide practical implications to support mobile-based extension services to enable sharing information and link farmers with other actors in the agricultural value chain.
10. Mobile phone usage for accessing agricultural information in southern Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kaske, Deribe (author), Mvena, Zebedayo S. K. (author), and Sife, Alfred S. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10492
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(3): 284-298
- Notes:
- 16 pages., via online journal., This study was conducted in Ethiopia to determine the use of mobile phones in agriculture. The study included 320 household heads who owned mobile phones. Data were collected using an interview schedule. The results revealed that the majority (90.6%) of household heads made phone calls for agricultural purposes. Over three quarters (85.9%) of the household heads received phone calls related to agriculture. Short message service (SMS) was poorly used. It is concluded that mobile phones are playing an important role as an informational medium. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture in Ethiopia needs to develop a mobile-based agricultural information dissemination system to enhance information delivery to rural farming households.