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2. A Community Development Approach to Environmental Management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Caldwell, W.J. (author), Greening, S.B.H. (author), Norman, L. (author), and Williams, O. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26840
- Journal Title:
- Environments
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp. x5-78
- Notes:
- Published in 1999.
3. A land-use map heard all around social media "here's how america uses its land"
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- DeLong, Karen L. (author) and Hughes, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- England: Oxford University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12246
- Journal Title:
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 1, Iss.3
- Notes:
- 3 pages, Figure 1 above appeared on July 31, 2018, in Bloomberg. Bloomberg tweeted this graphic on August 13, and twenty-four hours later it had been retweeted by 84 twitter accounts and “liked” 118 times. Chances are you have seen this graphic on your social media newsfeed (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) by now. It is a novel idea to portray how U.S. land use could be represented across the United States. However, to the casual observer, which is most everyone viewing a graphic on social media, this graphic is misleading.
4. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SPILLOVER
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Grobler, Wynand (author) and David, Oladipo Olalekan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-01
- Published:
- International: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12207
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of eBusiness and eGovernment
- Journal Title Details:
- Issue 11(2)
- Notes:
- 17 pages, The positive spillover impacts of the efficiency of information and communication technology (ICT) and land accessibility as factor inputs to agricultural productivity are well documented in the literature. Furthermore, input-output efficiency as a measurement of factors contributing towards gross production is no exception in this regard. Few studies on agricultural production and ICT at the household level in South Africa show divergent empirical results. This study investigates the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) and land for farming in the context of household food production in South Africa. Household engagement in agricultural activities is proxy for agricultural production, farm land size is a proxy for land accessibility, telephone and internet use are proxies for ICT in this study. Household data of twenty-one thousand, six hundred and one (21,601) households on agricultural activities and ICTs were generated from the existing survey data of General household survey, 2015 by Statistics South Africa. Majority of the households are not engaging in agricultural activities due to no access to land for farming, but more than 80 percent of the households have access to at least one form of ICTs penetration i.e. mobile telephony. The logit regression shows that internet connection in the household have positive and significant impact on household agricultural production but land accessibility is indirectly related and significant to household food production in South Africa. Therefore land accessibility may be a barrier to agricultural activity involvement in South Africa. The study shows that the positive spillover impacts of ICT may not be possible due to lack of access to land for agriculture. Land for farming, CDMA telephony and internet are highly required for agricultural activities in order to promote food production, reduce cost of telecommunications, promoting agricultural research and development via internet accessibility.
5. Agricultural technologies, territorialization from below and land-use conflicts in agro-pastoral areas of Northern Benin
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Djohy, Georges (author) and Edja, Honorat (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-31
- Published:
- Nigeria: Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12754
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 14, N.4
- Notes:
- 10 pages, For some years, the Republic of Benin has promoted mechanization and modernization of its agricultural sector as a driver of food security, socio-economic development and sub-regional solidarity. New agricultural technologies such as tractors and pesticides have been introduced into the small scale farming systems and have reached record adoption rates in various agro-ecological zones of the country. However, rural actors’ use of these technologies also leads to new forms of territoriality which make some winners and others losers. This study was carried out in the cotton basin of northern Benin to scrutinize the forms of appropriation of agricultural technologies and the effects on access to productive resources and interactions between farmers and herders who are cultural neighbors. Participatory observation was carried out over ten months in the district of Gogounou where informants who were purposively selected were engaged in 164 individual interviews and 21 focus group discussions recorded by consent, transcribed and thematically analyzed. By analyzing the mechanisms of appropriation of herbicides in rural areas and the related political ecology of land use, the paper argues that herbicides reconfigure tenure systems by inducing new forms of land-tenure insecurity and land-use conflicts between socio-professional groups that depend on the same natural resources for their livelihoods. Community-based discussions can engage stakeholders in exchanges of sustainable production alternatives, just as institutional reforms are needed to better channel the uses of modern agricultural technologies.
6. Being left behind amidst Africa's rising imagery: the Maasai in the world of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Otenyo, Eric E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11382
- Journal Title:
- Australasian Journal of Information Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 21
- Notes:
- 15 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)., "In sum, the Africa rising myth and penetration of ICTs in rural areas masks the disposition of Maasai means of livelihood , and therefore worsening the groups' conditions of living.
7. Berta Caceres - Goldman Environmental Prize 2015
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Honduras
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09317
- Notes:
- Online from Goldman Environmental Foundation. 2 pages., "In a country with growing socioeconomic inequality and human rights violations, Berta Caceres (d. 2016) rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam."
8. Can a nature reserve help feed a family?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dudley, Nigel (author) and Stolton, Sue (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08786
- Notes:
- Pages 71-89 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.
9. Characterizing and evaluating integrated landscape initiatives
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carmenta, Rachel (author), Coomes, David A. (author), DeClerck, Fabrice A.J. (author), Hart, Abigail K. (author), Harvey, Celia A. (author), Milder, Jeff (author), Reed, James (author), Vira, Bhaskar (author), and Estrada-Carmona, Natalia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11357
- Journal Title:
- One Earth
- Journal Title Details:
- 2 : 174-187
- Notes:
- Online via open access., Researchers gathered survey data on 104 integrated landscape initiatives (ILIs) within Latin America and the Caribbean jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. Findings suggested four distinct strategies existed, two of which were only weakly integrated and another two of which were more ambitiously attempting integration, engaging more sectors and scales of governance, and targeting the structural barriers to sustainability.
10. Commentary: for the fate of american farming, our response is required
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lamb, Brooks (author)
- Format:
- online article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-02
- Published:
- United States: Daily Yonder
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12826
- Journal Title:
- Daily Yonder, The
- Journal Title Details:
- online
- Notes:
- 2pgs, For farmers, filling out the USDA’s Census of Agriculture before the February 6 deadline is more than a legal obligation. It’s a way to keep watch over our farmlands and help bring about necessary changes.