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    1. Drivers of practice change in land management in Australian agriculture: Synthesis report - Stages I, II and III

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kancans, Robert (author), Ecker, Saan (author), Duncan, Alixaandrea (author), Stenekes, Nyree (author), and Zobel-Zubrzycka, Halina (author)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2014-06
    Published:
    Australia: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Government of Australia, Canberra.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02884
    Notes:
    Contents pages, introduction and summary are printed. Full document available online., Research Report 14.5 132 pages.

    4. An Iowa farmer depends on pesticides. His son asks: Is there a better way?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Callahan, Patricia (author)
    Format:
    News article
    Publication Date:
    2015-12-11
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07439
    Journal Title:
    Chicago Tribune
    Notes:
    A version of this article appeared in print on December 13,2015, in the News section of the Chicago Tribune with the headline "Man vs nature.", Online from Chicago Tribune. 12 pafwa.

    5. A new discourse on the kitchen: feminism and environmental education

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Stovall, Holly A. (author), Baker-Sperry, Lori (author), and Dallinger, Judith M. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07596
    Journal Title:
    Australian Journal of Environmental Education
    Journal Title Details:
    31 (1): 110-131

    6. How to amplify agroecology

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bruil, Janneke (author) and Milgroom, Jessica (author)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2016-09-22
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07923
    Notes:
    Online from ILEA (Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture), Wageningen, Netherlands. 5 pages.

    10. Consumers' sense of farmers' markets: tasting sustainability or just purchasing food?

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Giampietri, Elisa (author), Koemle, Dieter B. A. (author), Yu, Xiaohua (author), and Finco, Adele (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016-11-10
    Published:
    Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08765
    Journal Title:
    Sustainability
    Journal Title Details:
    8(11), 1157
    Notes:
    14 pages.

    11. Farmer;s motivation to adopt sustainable agricultural practices

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Menozzi, Davide (author), Fioravanzi, Martina (author), and Donati, Michele (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08768
    Journal Title:
    Bio-based and Applied Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    4(2) : 125-147

    13. Markets to support sustainable food production: potentials and challenges of alternative provisioning

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Grasseni, Cristina (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08791
    Notes:
    Pages 281-294 in Gordon, Iain J. Prins, Herbert H.T. Squire, Geoff R. (eds.), Food production and nature conservation: conflicts and solutions. United Kingdom: Routledge, London. 348 pages.

    14. Neo-Malthusian entertainment: the limits of green TV

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Murphy, Patrick D. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08811
    Notes:
    Pages 71-93 in Patrick D. Murphy, The media commons: globalization and environmental discourses. United States: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield. 192 pages.

    15. Battle of the blogosphere: Monsanto versus the world

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Murphy, Patrick D. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08812
    Notes:
    Pages 95-116 in Patrick D. Murphy, The media commons: globalization and environmental discourses. United States: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield. 192 pages.

    16. Urban agriculture in São Paulo, Brazil: actors, spaces, and governance models

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Giacchè, Giulia (author) and Silva, Wânia Rezende (author)
    Format:
    Proceedings
    Publication Date:
    2016
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08819
    Notes:
    Pages 431-452 in Rob Roggema (ed.), Agriculture in an urbanizing society volume one: proceedings of the sixth AESOP conference on sustainable food planning. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 549 pages.

    17. Pros and cons of flower strips for farmers: a review

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Uyttenbroeck, Roel (author), Hatt, Severin (author), Paul, Aman (author), Boeraeve,Fanny (author), Piqueray, Julien (author), Francis, Frederic (author), Danthine, Sabine (author), Frederich, Michel (author), Dufrene, Marc (author), Bodson, Bernard (author), and Monty, Arnaud (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09019
    Journal Title:
    Biotechnoligie, Agronomie, Societe et Environnement
    Journal Title Details:
    20(S1) : 225-235

    23. The implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act and the strength of the Sustainable Agriculture Movement

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wiseman, Samuel R. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09438
    Journal Title:
    American Journal of Law and Medicine
    Journal Title Details:
    41 : 259-273

    24. Factors influencing farmers' adoption of best management practices: a review and synthesis

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Liu, Tingting (author), Bruins, Randall J.F. (author), and Heberling, Matthew T. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09653
    Journal Title:
    Sustainability
    Journal Title Details:
    10, 432

    28. Eco-efficiency among dairy farmers: the importance of socio-economic characteristics and farmer attitudes

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Urdiales, Maria Perez (author), Lansink, Alfons Oude (author), and Wall, Alan (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016
    Published:
    Spain: Springer
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10186
    Journal Title:
    Environmental Resource Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    64(4): 559-574
    Notes:
    pgs. 559–574, Via online journal, The aim of this paper is to assess the eco-efficiency of dairy farms in Spain. To do so, we use data from a survey carried out in 2010 for the specific purpose of analysing the environmental performance of 50 dairy farms in the Spanish region of Asturias. The survey contains information on nutrients balances and greenhouse gas emissions which is used to calculate environmental pressure indicators. Eco-efficiency is measured using data envelopment analysis. We analyse the influence of farmers’ socio-economic characteristics and attitudes in explaining these eco-efficiency scores using truncated regression and bootstrapping procedures. On average, the dairy farms are found to be highly eco-inefficient. Among our results, farmers that are younger, that plan to continue in operation in the foreseeable future and that participate more in training schemes are found to be more eco-efficient. Self-reported positive environmental habits are also reflected in actual eco-efficient performance. We quantify these potential gains in eco-efficiency through a simulation analysis based on the estimated model’s coefficients.

    29. Closing the extension gap: Information and communication technology in sustainable agriculture

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lubell, Mark (author), McRoberts, Neil (author), and University of California, Davis
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-10
    Published:
    Richmond, CA: University of California, Oakland, Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10260
    Journal Title:
    California Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    74(4) : 236-242
    Notes:
    7 pages., As the information revolution sweeps through the agricultural sector, extension professionals may be lagging behind their clients in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) such as social media, which could be a valuable tool for outreach and education. We surveyed sustainable agriculture stakeholders in California - extension professionals, county agricultural commissioners, and members of farm bureaus and producer groups - to measure their ICT behavior and attitudes. Drawing on diffusion of innovation theory, we characterized the innovation attributes of ICT that may influence the adoption and use of new technology among extension professionals. We also studied their demographic characteristics to establish whether there was a connection with ICT use. The main perceived benefit of ICT was that it can quickly reach larger, more diverse and more distant audiences. The perceived challenges included lack of professional support, the potential for misinformation on social media platforms, and the time requirements and technical complexity of technology use. Extension professionals experienced these challenges more than other sustainable agriculture stakeholders, creating a technology gap between extension professionals and their clientele. An ICT community of practice and clear organizational guidelines for measuring and reporting performance relating to ICT might help extension professionals dose the gap.

    30. A state-of-the-art review on facilitating sustainable agriculture through green fertilizer technology adoption: Assessing farmers behavior

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Nadia Adnan (author), Shahrina Md Nordin (author), Mohamad Ariff Bahruddin (author), and Ahmad Hussen Tareq (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-04
    Published:
    International: Science Direct
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10291
    Journal Title:
    Trends in Food Science & Technology
    Journal Title Details:
    86 : 439-452
    Notes:
    14 pages., Via online journal., Green technology is the means of improving towards the rising environmental concern. The implication of green fertilizer technology (GFT) is the need for the modern development of environmentally friendly technology, also to increase the production level among all the agriculture crops. It is especially needed for paddy production, as it has always been considered as an important commodity because it is the main staple food for the nation. Paddy production in Malaysia using GFT allows for sustainable development and boosts the yield. Nevertheless, the adoption rate of GFT is unsatisfactory in most of the developing countries, including in Malaysia. The fact that the cost of production is considerably higher results in low-level perception regarding the adoption of GFT. Hence, the integration of communication and technology factors could become one of the main elements for the further development of the paddy sector in Malaysia. The overall objective of this research study will identify the factors that determine paddy farmer's adoption decision on GFT in Malaysia. To do so, a literature review was compiled on the topic of agriculture innovation-based adoption decision theories such as Diffusion of innovation (DOI), Theory of reasoned action (TRA), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Technology acceptance model (TAM) and communication channels to study paddy farmers' adoption decision of GFT. The results of the review revealed that this framework highlights adoption as an intricate behavior, interweaving aspects such as communication channels, socio-psychological and innovation attribute considerations. The conceptual framework illuminates the decision towards adoption as a self-motivated process, assumes a composite interaction among groups of variables coming from two different theories. The combination of DOI, TRA, TPB, TAM and communication channels overcome some limitations that arise when the only theory is used to examine the adoption decision among paddy farmers in Malaysia. Correspondingly, there has been limited empirical research done on the decision of adoption toward GFT use among paddy farmers in Malaysia.

    31. GeoFarmer: a monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects

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    Eitzinger, Anton (author), Cock, James (author), Atzmanstorfer, Karl (author), Binder, Claudia R. (author), Läderach, Peter (author), Bonilla-Findji, Osana (author), Bartlin, Mona (author), Mwongera, Caroline (author), Zurita, Leo (author), and Jarvis, Andy (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-03
    Published:
    Germany: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10292
    Journal Title:
    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    158 : 109-121
    Notes:
    13 pages., Via online journal., Farmers can manage their crops and farms better if they can communicate their experiences, both positive and negative, with each other and with experts. Digital agriculture using internet communication technology (ICT) may facilitate the sharing of experiences between farmers themselves and with experts and others interested in agriculture. ICT approaches in agriculture are, however, still out of the reach of many farmers. The reasons are lack of connectivity, missing capacity building and poor usability of ICT applications. We decided to tackle this problem through cost-effective, easy to use ICT approaches, based on infrastructure and services currently available to small-scale producers in developing areas. Working through a participatory design approach, we developed and tested a novel technology. GeoFarmer provides near real-time, two-way data flows that support processes of co-innovation in agricultural development projects. It can be used as a cost-effective ICT-based platform to monitor agricultural production systems with interactive feedback between the users, within pre-defined geographical domains. We tested GeoFarmer in four geographic domains associated with ongoing agricultural development projects in East and West Africa and Latin America. We demonstrate that GeoFarmer is a cost-effective means of providing and sharing opportune indicators of on-farm performance. It is a potentially useful tool that farmers and agricultural practitioners can use to manage their crops and farms better, reduce risk, increase productivity and improve their livelihoods.

    32. Converging free and open source software tools for knowledge sharing in smallholder agricultural communities in Sri Lanka

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jayathailake, Chandana (author), Jayasinghe-Mudalige, Udith (author), Perera, Rohana (author), Gow, Gordon (author), and Waidyanatha, Nuwan (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    Italy: Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10351
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
    Journal Title Details:
    111(2) : 351-359
    Notes:
    9 pages., Via online journal., In a world where the notion of ‘sharing of knowledge’ has been gained much prominence in the recent past, the importance of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to promote sustainable agriculture, especially when combined with mobile and open source software technologies is discussed critically. On this rationale, this study was carried out to explore the applicability of the concept of converging ‘Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)’ to promote sustainable knowledge sharing amongst the agricultural communities in Sri Lanka. A multi-stage community consultative process with a set of designated officials (“Sponsors”) and a series of semi-structured questionnaire survey with a cross section of smallholder agriculture farmers (n=246), were carried out in the Batticaloa, Kurunegala and Puttalam districts to gather the baseline data. This was followed by a number of field experiments (“Campaigns”) with the farmers (n=340) from same geographical areas. The two FOSS, namely: (1) “FrontlineSMS” for ‘Text Messaging’ and (2) “FreedomFone” for ‘Interactive Voice Responses’, were applied to evaluate the effectiveness of knowledge sharing within the farming communities. It was found that FOSS intervention increases the ‘Text messaging’ and ‘Voice Call’ usage in day-to-day agricultural communication by 26 and 8 percent, respectively. The demographic factors like age and income level of the farmers has positively influence on the knowledge sharing process. And also the ‘Mobile Telephony’ was the most extensive mode of communication within the communities. The outcome of analysis, as a whole, implies that, with a fitting mechanism in place, this approach can be promoted as a “drive for positive changes” in agriculture-based rural communities in developing countries like Sri Lanka, and those in South and East Asia with similar socio-economic and cultural perspectives.

    33. Why communication is key to sustainable agricultural water management

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pandya, A. B. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10509
    Journal Title:
    Irrigation and Drainage
    Journal Title Details:
    67: 471–473
    Notes:
    3 pages., via online journal., We often wonder why many a time our policies defy logic and our engineering designs lack a human element. There is no dearth of advances in scientific research and technologies. However, the large‐scale implementation of this knowledge and capacity on the field lags behind several decades in some regions. Unfortunately, the farmers not always benefit from these, least on the large‐scale. Well, the mystery may lie in the underlying communication processes that are supposed to be part of designing policies, institutions, engineering infrastructure, machines, products or any man‐made thing or rule. Or, sometimes it may be just due to a complete lack of any such processes during the design phase. Obviously, agricultural water management (AWM) for food production, particularly in many developing countries, is no exception to this phenomenon.

    34. Farmers' preferences for grassland restoration: evidence from France

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ben-Othmen, Marie Asma (author) and Ostapchuk, Mariia (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2019-05
    Published:
    France
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10583
    Notes:
    16 pages., Paper presented at the 172nd European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar,"Agricultural policy for the environment or environmental policy for agriculture?" Brussels, Belgium, May 28-29, 2019., via database., Results of this study indicate that environmental consideration is not the key factor behind farmers' preference involving land restoration programs. The financial component remains the main incentive.

    35. Adaptation of indigenous community agricultural systems on climate change (case study of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar, Sukabumi Regency, West Java)

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    Contributers:
    Hapsari, H. (author), Hapsari, D. (author), Karyani, T. (author), and Fatimah, S. (author)
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    IOP Publishing Ltd
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10909
    Journal Title Details:
    306
    Notes:
    10 pages., IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, via IOPScience website., Climate change is a threat to indigenous farming systems that rely on nature. Indigenous society has idiosyncrasies in managing agricultural systems that relate to nature. This study aims to examine the adaptation mechanism of indigenous farming systems to climate change in terms of social, economic, and technological aspects. The study was conducted in Indigenous Village of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar of Sukabumi Regency West Java. The research method is case study. The technique of collecting data through in-depth interviews with selected informants, participant observation, and focus group discussion (FGD). The results showed that the indigenous society of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar experienced the changes that occur in the environment as a result of climate change. Strategies to adapt to these changes, among others: (1) use natural resources in a sustainable manner, (2) preserve the customary positive impact on the environment, (3) do a crop rotation system, (4) managing the communal granary community food security system, (5) maintaining social values in the society, (6) establish cooperation with the agricultural institutions; (7) utilizing communication networks and information systems; (8) with some help from external parties in the repair of facilities and infrastructure, such as transportation and irrigation; (9) perform the processing of non-rice farming profit-oriented, and (10) instilling the values of local wisdom to the younger generation from an early age.

    37. Using educational theory and research to refine agricultural extension: affordances and barriers for farmers’ learning and practice change

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    Sewell, A.M. (author), Hartnett, M.K. (author), Gray, D.I. (author), Blair, H.T. (author), Kemp, P.D. (author), Kenyon, P.R. (author), Morris, S.T. (author), Wood, B.A. (author), and Massey University
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-04-24
    Published:
    New Zealand: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10968
    Journal Title:
    The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    23(4) : 313-333
    Notes:
    20 pages, via online journal, Purpose: To examine the factors that support and hinder farmers’ learning and to investigate the impact of an innovative learning program on farmers’ practice change. Design/methodology/approach: Individual interviews and focus group discussions were held with 24 farmers over 20 months. Observations were made of these farmers as they participated with eight agricultural and social scientists in a range of innovative experiences to learn about chicory and plantain establishment and management. These learning experiences were designed around evidence-informed educational pedagogies. Data sets were analyzed using NVivo to determine common themes of affordances and barriers to learning and actual practice changes. Findings: The affordances for learning and practice change include belonging to a learning community, enhancing self-efficacy, engaging with scientists, seeing relative advantage, reinforcing and validating learning, supporting system’s integration and developing an identity as learners. Barriers to learning and practice change include issues of: trialability, complexity, compatibility and risk. Practical implications: The importance of basing new models of extension around evidence-informed pedagogies known through educational research to promote learning and practice change. Theoretical implications: Sociocultural theory and self-efficacy theories of learning are critical to the success of effective agricultural extension programs. Originality: To date, little empirical research about the affordances and barriers for pastoral farmers’ learning has been based on contemporary educational research.

    38. How to communicate with farmers about climate change: Farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to increasingly variable weather patterns in Maine (USA)

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jemison, John M. Jr. (author), Hall, Damon (author), Welcomer, Stephanie (author), and Haskell, Jane (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2014-07-23
    Published:
    New Leaf Associates, Inc
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10991
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
    Journal Title Details:
    4(4):57-70
    Notes:
    14 pages., via online journal., While dealing with weather variability has always been a source of stress for farmers, a generally warmer, wetter climate with the potential for increasingly intensive precipitation poses a threat to long-term farm viability. Knowing how farmers think about increasingly variable weather patterns (IVWP) is important for educators, agency staff, and others to learn how to work with producers on adaptation strategies to protect natural resources and prevent crop failure. In 2011, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension conducted focus group sessions with farmers from seven different commodity groups, five mixed farmer sessions, and two sessions with consultants, educators, and agency staff who work with growers to learn about grower perceptions of environmental changes, and to learn about changes they may be making to their farming operations to protect their operations from IVWP. Farmers discussed over 40 practices that could be construed as adaptation measures to buffer against IVWP. Fruit (apple and blueberry) growers spent the most time on the subject and expressed the most concern about the effects of IVWP, while dairy and potato growers spent the least. Given the divergence of opinion on the subject of climate change that Maine growers expressed, successful outreach education through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Cooperative Extension should likely emphasize short-term risk management, resilience, and stability of farm operations as opposed to communicating the need to adopt strategies based on climate change.

    39. Information provision by public library to agricultural extension agents in a developing country

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome (author), Owolabi, Ayotunde (author), Segun-Adeniran, Chidi (author), Aregbesola, Ayooluwa (author), Emmanuel Owolabi, Sola (author), and Eyiolorunshe, Toluwani (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-12-10
    Published:
    Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D10996
    Journal Title:
    Public Library Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    38(1) : 103-115
    Notes:
    14 pages., One of the bedrock of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is eradication of poverty and hunger. In an attempt to actualize this goal, the role of public libraries in information provision to agricultural extension agents in Nigeria becomes paramount. This paper discusses provision of information to agricultural extension agents in a developing country. It starts with the concept of extension agents and the essence of information provision to them. It further discusses types, sources and challenges of public libraries in information provision to agricultural extension workers in a developing country. Some of the challenges are as follows: poor funding of public libraries, demotivated staff, and so on. Based on these discussions, the paper recommended adequate training and retraining of staff, adequate funding of public libraries by the federal, state and local government, the revitalization of the abandoned mobile library services among others. The paper therefore concludes that information provision to agricultural extension agents by public library is very crucial for national development. The current state of poverty, hunger and lack in Nigeria and some other African countries could be reduced to a great extent if current, relevant and up-to-date information are provided by libraries to the concerned agencies.

    40. Communication platforms and perspectives on climate change among layer farmers in San Jose, Batangas, Philippines

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Medina, Benedict O. (author), Hidalgo, Angela Rose A. (author), and Tabliago, Jhendell A. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-06
    Published:
    IJELS
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11009
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences
    Journal Title Details:
    4(3) : 535-547
    Notes:
    13 pages., via online journal., Communication plays a vital role in a developing society as it could be used for developing of perspectives. This study aimed to analyze the communication and perspectives on climate change among layer farmers in San Jose, Batangas, Philippines. Descriptive research design in a quantitative approach, along with distributed survey questionnaires to the respondents in the said municipality were utilized to answer the research objectives. Systematic random sampling was used to get the sample size of the layer farmers. Statistical tools such as frequency/percentage, weighted mean and Pearson’s correlation were also used. The layer farmers were greatly exposed in interpersonal communication platforms. Demonstration, meetings, seminars and trainings were of less extent. Radio, television and cellphones were widely used by the layer farmers, while very few had access on the internet. Furthermore, they agreed on food security, water sufficiency, ecological and environmental stability, human security and knowledge and capacity development. However, they moderately agreed on climate-smart industries and services, and sustainable energy. Findings also showed that there is a significant relationship between the layer farmers’ perspectives to the communication platforms they were exposed to.

    42. Status of agricultural technologies adoption and sustainable intensification in chickpea crop in rain-fed region: a study in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in India

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Rajalaxmi, Amand (author) and E.Revathi (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11321
    Notes:
    17 pages., Paper presented at the 8th EAAE PhD student workshop, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala,Sweden, June 10-12, 2019., Authors analyzed household behavior in adoption of chickpea as an improved crop, as well as the crop's impact at farm level and grower experiences with it.

    43. Determinants of soil conservation technologies among small-scale farmers in Tanzania: evidence from national panel survey

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lasway, Jovin Aveline (author), Temba, George Raphael (author), and Ruhinduka, Remidius Denis (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11323
    Journal Title:
    African Journal of Economic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    8(1) : 89-105
    Notes:
    An analysis of secondary data from the National Panel Survey in Tanzania revealed physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation technologies among small-scale maize farmers. Findings revealed, for example, only 13.9 percent of those had adopted soil conservation technology. This was cited as small, compared with other countries.

    44. What are the factors driving the adoption of sustainable irrigation technologies in Italy?

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pronti, A. (author), Auci, S. (author), Di Paoli, A. (author), and Mazzanti, M. (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11325
    Notes:
    12 pages., Online via AgEconSearch. Paper presented at the 8th Associazione Italiana di Economia Agraria e Applicata (AIEAA) conference, Pistoia, Italy, June 13-14, 2019., Analysis of principal determinants of Italian farmers' adoption of sustainable irrigation technologies, considering social, economic, productive, geographical, and climatic aspects.

    45. Assessing learning regimes leading to sustainable intensification at the farm level: a new perspective for management assistance for family farms

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Aurelie, Toillier (author), Baudoin, Alice (author), and Chia, Eduardo (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2014
    Published:
    Burkina Faso
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11346
    Notes:
    Paper presented during the 11th European International Farming System Association (IFSA) Symposium, "Farming systems facing global challenges: capacities and strategies," April 1-4, 2014, in Berlin, Germany. 11 pages in proceedings, The study involved "learning regime" as the set of mechanisms that are triggers for and lead to the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, allowing the head of the farm to improve production and management methods. Authors identified four types of regimes, calling into question the assumption of homogeneity of farmers' capabilities to change their routines to acquire new skills. Findings prompted suggestion that creating spaces for exchanges between producers who are at common stages of development or have similar problems, leveraging specific know-how of different ethnic groups and inter-cultural exchanges, and facilitating access to existing information in a given territory seem to be some of the many possible ways of strengthening existing dynamics of learning.

    46. The role of information and interaction processes in the adoption of agriculture inputs in Uganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Freeman, Kathlee (author) and Qin, Hua (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020
    Published:
    Uganda
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11373
    Journal Title:
    Agronomy
    Journal Title Details:
    10, 202
    Notes:
    16 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ.org)., Interviews with 203 smallholder farmers in Uganda indicated that households with higher level of information access through cell phone use and weak-tie information sources were more likely to use inputs.

    47. Media's role in enhancing sustainable development in Zambia

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Young, Carrie (author) and McComas, Katherine (author)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2016
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D11602
    Journal Title:
    Mass Communication and Society
    Journal Title Details:
    19(5) : 626-649
    Notes:
    25 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers evaluated the role of media through qualitative feedback from smallholder farmers identified by Community Markets for Conservation through radio programming efforts involving sustainable agriculture. Results demonstrated the centrality of the radio programming alongside other forms of communication such as extension and farmer-to-farmer communication, as well as written and visual communication.

    48. Climate change brings challenges and opportunities, panel says

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Karst, Tom (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020-08-20
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11714
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Via online issue. 3 pages., Summary of panel discussion at a Virtual Town Hall meeting of the Produce Marketing Association. Panelists noted how greenhouse technologies can soften the blow of climate change.

    49. Consumer attitudes about farmers and sustainability

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Survey report
    Publication Date:
    2020-10
    Published:
    USA: American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11898
    Notes:
    Accompanying news release obtained online at https://agrimarketing.com/ss.php?id=333510, Via online. 11 pages., Summary report of a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults. Conducted by Morning Consult. Survey data accompanied by a news release from AFBF entitled, "Poll shows Americans' unwavering trust in farmers and approval of sustainability practices." 2 pages. Dated November13, 2020, and provided online via Agri Marketing Weekly.

    50. Sustainability valued but definition elusive: The Packer's sustainability insights

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Karst, Tom (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020-11-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11902
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Online from publication. 3 pages., "Retailers care about sustainability because consumers care, but for many the pursuit of sustainability tends to be more of an afterthought than top priority. Sustainability is valued highly by growers, retailers and consumers, but there is not always common understanding of what it means."

    51. Sustainability: Building trust with consumers is needed

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Karst, Tom (author)
    Format:
    Research report
    Publication Date:
    2020-11-02
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11903
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Online from publication. 5 pages., Summary of a survey among U.S. consumers, performed by Aimpoint Research for The Packer. Findings suggested that the lack of a concrete definition of sustainability points to the need to earn consumers' trust regarding the food industry.

    52. Growers know sustainability, but they aren't sure about consumers and buyers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Karst, Tom (author)
    Format:
    Research summary
    Publication Date:
    2020-12-16
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12003
    Journal Title:
    Packer
    Notes:
    Online via subscription. 5 pages., Article summarizes results of a survey among farmers and consumers conducted by Aimpoint Research for The Packer. Findings showed that growers believe they best understand sustainability while believing that very few if any food retailers and consumers completely understand it. Nearly two-thirds of surveyed consumers said they believed sustainability efforts from the food industry are a response to their demands rather than industry driven by industry while two-thirds of growers said they believe sustainability efforts are industry driven. Report also compared beliefs by growers and consumers about where they get sustainability information.

    53. Farmers’ perception regarding climate change in Southern Turkey: The case of the Mersin province

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hayran, Seyit (author), Duru, Sinan (author), Kapur, Burcak (author), Gul, Aykut (author), and Turgut, Yavuz Sahin (author)
    Format:
    Journal aricle
    Publication Date:
    2021-04-01
    Published:
    Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12396
    Journal Title:
    New Medit: Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture & Environment
    Journal Title Details:
    v. 20, iss. 1
    Notes:
    15 pages, Climate change is responsible for the negative effects in human life causing a decrease in agricultural products, biodiversity, soil fertility, and forest areas. In contrast, climate change increases plant diseases and pests, the cost of agricultural production and risk in food security. This study aims to determine whether climate change is a phenomenon via the analysis of the perceptions of the farmers in the Mersin province conducted over 251 questionnaires. Farmers primarily perceive climate change over production costs and the reduction in yield. Moreover, they are highly aware of its relation to natural events such as floods, drought, and storms. Nevertheless, inappropriate agricultural practices also lead to the negative consequences caused by climate change. In this respect, this study revealed that farmers with high cooperative partnerships and experience perceived climate change significantly.

    54. A Resource Guide for Beginning Farmers in Oklahoma

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bir, Courtney (author), Hagerman, Amy (author), Sahs, Roger (author), and Ladd, Brent (author)
    Format:
    Abstract
    Publication Date:
    2021-09-01
    Published:
    United States: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12530
    Notes:
    98 pages, If you are considering becoming a farmer or rancher in Oklahoma, then you are about to embark on a journey. As with any long trip, your first step is to plan where you will go and how you will get there. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) at Oklahoma State University has developed this resource guide to help beginning farmers understand the steps needed to achieve the dream of having their own farm. The first and most important step you should take in beginning a farm is to carefully research the property and planned enterprises before investing. Attend educational meetings (such as OSU Extension programs) before properties are purchased. Become acquainted with professionals such as the local Extension Educator–Agriculture, who can help. The OSU Extension website, provides links to county offices, publications and many other resources.

    55. Good farm practices and improved processing technology of enset for sustainable hunger solution in Ethiopia

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kudama, G. (author), Tolera, T. (author), and Gebeyehu, L. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2022-02-01
    Published:
    International: Springer Link
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12574
    Journal Title:
    Innovation and Entrepeneurship
    Journal Title Details:
    11
    Notes:
    20 pages., Given the multi-benefits, enset cultivation has been continuously underutilized in Ethiopia. We assess best practices, processing technologies, environmental maintenance, multi-benefits of enset and its potency in hunger reduction in Ethiopia by reviewing evidence on good farm practices, improved technologies, sustainability, hunger reduction, inputs cost, and yields advantage of enset. The review results identify those best practices that optimize enset yield, technologies that facilitate extension services, processing and food qualities of enset. Moreover, we find that enset is a first-rated climate-smart crop, superior hunger solution because of its apparent capability to endure long periods (more than 5 years) of drought, highest yield, energy food supply, and costs advantages. In contrast, its long-period maturity, cultural perceptions, and little development policy attention given to enset limit its expansion. Therefore, exploring and creating universal access mechanism of early maturing and high-yielding varieties, processing technologies and mobile-based advices, involving best practices of enset in regular agricultural extension services, changing social perceptions optimize enset yield and production thereby it contributes environmental sustainability and cuts hunger challenges.

    56. Public communication of soil conservation practices: a large-scale content analysis of wisconsin’s agricultural trade publications

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Chen, K. (author) and Shaw, B. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2022-02-10
    Published:
    USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12612
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
    Journal Title Details:
    V. 77, Iss. 2
    Notes:
    14pgs, The adoption of soil conservation practices by farmers offers the potential to greatly improve soil health and water quality at large geographic scales. In considering the potential benefits of soil conservation practices to improve ecological outcomes on farms, it is important to ascertain where farmers get their information about soil conservation and what type of information they are exposed to and by whom. One primary way that farmers learn about soil conservation practices is via agricultural trade publications (ATPs). We conducted a content analysis using a computational text analysis method to analyze all the online soil conservation coverage from four influential ATPs in Wisconsin. We focused on 10 different soil conservation practices and found that the most frequently covered soil conservation practices were tillage, manure, and grazing. Additionally, we analyzed the thematic categories for how each soil conservation practice was covered in terms of agricultural, environmental and economic benefits. Generally, articles tended to mention environmental and economic benefits more than agricultural benefits across all soil conservation practices. We also unpacked the subcategories of environmental benefits using cover crops practice as an example to demonstrate how it was covered in terms of subcategories such as biodiversity, sustainability, climate change, water quality, and soil health. Our analysis also looked at how agricultural technology was featured in the stories about soil conservation and found that this category was regularly mentioned for each practice. Finally, we examined the message sources for stories on soil conservation and found that extension and the federal government were the most the frequently cited entities. We also discussed how this form of computational content analysis can provide longitudinal insights about trends in a particular soil conservation practice like cover crops, which showed a clear upward trend in coverage in ATPs for the time period studied. These nuanced content analyses provide insights into what types of thematic categories are featured about soil conservation practices covered in ATPs in Wisconsin. Advocates of soil conservation practices can use our results to determine if some practices could benefit from more attention in ATPs as well as which benefits and themes have received more media coverage. Additionally, stakeholders from entities that serve as different message sources can determine how their organizations are doing as the spokespeople for the soil conservation practices being advocated.

    57. Alternative food networks in Latin America—exploring PGS (participatory guarantee systems) markets and their consumers: a cross-country comparison

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kaufmann, Sonja (author), Hruschka, Nikolaus (author), Vildozo,Luis (author), and Vogl, Christian R. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2022-08-25
    Published:
    USA: Springer Nature
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12628
    Journal Title:
    Agriculture and Human Values
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Notes:
    24 pages, Alternative food networks (AFN) are argued to provide platforms to re-socialize and re-spacealize food, establish and contribute to democratic participation in local food chains, and foster producer–consumer relations and trust. As one of the most recent examples of AFN, Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) have gained notable traction in attempting to redefine consumer-producer relations in the organic value chain. The participation of stakeholders, such as consumers, has been a key element theoretically differentiating PGS from other organic verification systems. While research on farmer participation in PGS is attracting interest, consumer participation is still widely overlooked. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper describes five PGS markets in Mexico, Chile and Bolivia. A survey was conducted with consumers in the PGS markets to explore their awareness of the PGS, how consumers participate in the PGS, and their level of trust in the respective PGS and its certified products. Results showed a low level of awareness of PGS among market consumers, few participation possibilities, and minimal consumer participation overall. Nevertheless, trust in organic quality was generally high. Consumers primarily relied on the direct relationship with producers and the PGS market itself as sources of trust. These results provide novel insight into PGS consumer-market interactions, and contribute to discussions concerning social embeddedness, awareness and participation within AFN.

    58. The adoption problem is a matter of ft: tracing the travel of pruning practices from research to farm in Ghana’s cocoa sector

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Adomaa, Faustina Obeng (author), Vellema, Sietze (author), Slingerland, Maja (author), and Asare, Richard (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2022-01-11
    Published:
    USA: Springer
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12650
    Journal Title:
    Agriculture and Human Values
    Journal Title Details:
    Iss. 39
    Notes:
    15 pages, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) are central to sustainability standards and certifcation programmes in the global cocoa chain. Pruning is one of the practices promoted in extension services associated with these sustainability efforts. Yet concerns exist about the low adoption rate of these GAPs by smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana. A common approach to addressing this challenge is based on creating enabling conditions and offering appropriate incentives. We use the concepts of inscription and afordance to trace the vertically coordinated travel of recommended pruning from research to extension and farming sites, and to describe how pruning is carried out diferently at each site. Our analysis suggests that enactments of pruning at the extension site reduce the number of options and space for interactions, and this constrains making the practice meaningful to farmers’ repertoires. The conventions guiding and legitimising actions at this site, reinforced by sustainability standards, certifcation schemes and associated inspections and audits, favour standardised recommendations and consequently narrow room for context-specifc diagnostics and adaptions. Therefore, we reframe the adoption problem as a matter of fitbetween different sites in the ‘agricultural research value chain’ embedded in the operational cocoa chain. Our contribution problematises the dominant framing of low adoption and highlights that the movement of pruning and the sequential enactment at different sites constrain the affordances available for rendering the practice meaningful to farmers’ repertoires. Consequently, addressing the low uptake of GAPs requires institutional work towards conventions that can construct a fit between sites along the agricultural research value chain

    59. Highlighting a key question for the common agricultural policy: adoption of agriculture system types

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    Contributers:
    Papadopoulos, Sotirios (author), Markopoulos, Theodoros (author), Chousou, Charoula (author), Natos, Dimitrios (author), and Mattas, Konstadinos (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-06
    Published:
    Germany: CENTMA Research
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12702
    Journal Title:
    International Journal on Food System Dynamics
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol.10, N.3
    Notes:
    12 pages, One of the key questions that concerns policy makers, related to the long term planning of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), is the form of agriculture that farmers intend to follow in the future. In order to highlight that question, a sample of producers from the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in Greece were surveyed and analyzed in order to identify and assess the factors that influence farmers’ adoption of organic, conventional or integrated agriculture systems. The paper methodologically applies double-valued logistic regressions, one for each form of agriculture, to the selected sample. Results indicate that producers' training and high awareness of CAP policies are positively correlated with the future adoption of organic farming systems, while the adoption of integrated agriculture depends on producers’ age as well as their positive or negative opinions regarding the conventional agricultural system.

    60. The role of conservation agriculture in bridging gender gaps in Tanzania: the case of sustainable agriculture Tanzania

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Msuya, E. (author), Mhanga, M. (author), and Massawe, F.A. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2022-10-20
    Published:
    Nigeria: Faclty Of Agriculture, Sokoine University of Agriculture
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12762
    Journal Title:
    Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 21, N.1
    Notes:
    9 pages, Despite agriculture’s great potential to Tanzania agricultural development, the sector faces diverse challenges. For example, existence of gender gaps in accessing agricultural production resources and benefits obtained from the same impede the sector’s growth. Therefore, adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) has been seen as one of the measures to address the sector limited productivity. Nonetheless, there is limited knowledge on how CA has managed to reduce gender inequalities in accessing both reproductive resources and benefits accrued from agriculture. This paper examines gender gaps in conservation agriculture programme implemented by Sustainable Agriculture in Tanzania (SAT), by specifically analyzing gender participation and relations in CA in Morogoro municipality and Morogoro district. This study adopted a mixed method approach whereby both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from four sites where SAT implements its activities. Findings show that CA has significantly reduced gander gaps in accessing production resources and services as well as raising women’s participation in decision making with regards to production and use of income obtained from sales of produce. Farmers regardless of the gender can access extension services, and credit, and are involved in various initiatives collectively. Despite the economic benefits, findings show that CA is laborious and takes much of farmers’ time, women being more affected. Therefore, it is recommended that the central and local governments and various stakeholders should promote the spread of conservation agriculture technologies since it reduces the biasness in agriculture and empowering women. Ensuring access to advanced cheap technologies to farmers. Nonetheless, there is need to ensure that female farmers are not overburdened in the process.

    61. Review of building a resilient and sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan africa

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Mkuna, Eliaza (author)
    Format:
    Book review
    Publication Date:
    2022-09-01
    Published:
    UK: Taylor and Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12874
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural and Food Information
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 0, N.0
    Notes:
    2 pages

    65. Participatory Sustainable Development in Rural Areas: Case Study -- Internet in Czech Countryside

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Halbich, Cestmir (author)
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27476
    Notes:
    Presented at the International Sociological Association Conference in Durban, South Africa in 2006.

    66. Factors affecting farmers' crop diversity decisions: an integrated approach

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    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Francis, Charles A. (author), Lynne, Gary D. (author), Cutforth, Laurence B. (author), Mortensen, David A. (author), and Eskridge, Kent M. (author)
    Format:
    Journal / Abstract
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18700
    Journal Title:
    American Journal of Alternative Agriculture
    Notes:
    Journal paper no. 12951 of the Univ. of Nebraska, Agricultural Research Division, Although greater diversity in the agricultural landscape is an important goal, the decisions of individual farmers determine the diversity of crops used in each farming system. Cutforth et al developed and tested an integrated socioeconomic model of farmers' decisions on crop rotations as an indicator of overall crop diversity.