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2. Development and assessment of a food safety training program for farmers’ market vendors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Scheinberg, Joshua (author), Radhakrishna, Rama (author), and Cutter, Catherine (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-19
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12832
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 60, N. 4
- Notes:
- 9 pages, Based on results collected through a comprehensive needs assessment of farmers market (FM) vendors in Pennsylvania, the purpose of this study was to develop and pilot-test a customized, food safety training program for FM vendors. A customized 3-hour, in-person, training program was developed and pilot tested. Using pre- and post-test assessment tests through piloted training, the results found participants scores on knowledge questions increased significantly by ~20%.
3. Supporting farmer wellbeing: exploring a potential role for advisors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hammersley, Conor (author), Richardson, Noel (author), Meredith, David (author), Carroll, Paula (author), and McNamara, John G. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-14
- Published:
- USA: Taylor and Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12610
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Notes:
- 29pgs, Farmers experience poor health outcomes and are considered ‘hard to reach’. Agricultural advisors (‘advisors’) are uniquely positioned to support and signpost farmers on health issues. This paper explores the acceptability and terms of reference of a potential health role for advisors, and offers key recommendations for developing a bespoke farmers’ health training programme.
4. Assessment constraints faced by farm women in adaption strategies toward climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pandey, A (author) and Arya, P. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-05-12
- Published:
- India: Puspa Publishing House
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13448
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Economic Plants
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(2) : 139–144
- Notes:
- 7 pages
5. Soy dairy performance metrics
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Krause, Julia (author), Cornelius M. (author), Goldsmith, P. (author), and Mzungu, M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11-01
- Published:
- Kenya: Africa Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D12993
- Journal Title:
- African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V.21, N.10
- Notes:
- 24 pages, Soybean (Glycine max (L. Merr.) has been a crop of interest to address both poverty and malnutrition in the developing world because of its high levels of both protein and oil, and its adaptability to grow in tropical environments. Development practitioners and policymakers have long sought value added opportunities for local crops to move communities out of poverty by introducing processing or manufacturing technologies. Soy dairy production technologies sit within this development conceptual model. To the researchers’ knowledge, no research to date measures soy dairy performance, though donors and NGOs have launched hundreds of enterprises over the last 18 years. The lack of firm-level data on operations limits the ability of donors and practitioners to fund and site sustainable dairy businesses. Therefore, the research team developed and implemented a recordkeeping system and training program first, as a 14-month beta test with a network of five dairies in Ghana and Mozambique in 2016-2017. Learning from the initial research then supported a formal research rollout over 18 months with a network of six different dairies in Malawi and key collaboration from USAID’s Agricultural Diversification activity. None of the beta or rollout dairies kept records prior to the intervention. The formal rollout resulted in a unique primary dataset to address the soy dairy performance knowledge gap. The results of analysis show that the dairies, on average, achieve positive operating margins of 61%, yet cannot cover the fixed costs associated with depreciation, amortization of equipment and infrastructure, working capital, marketing and promotion, and regulatory compliance. The enterprises in our sample operate only at 9% of capacity, which limits their ability to cover the normal fixed costs associated with the business. The challenge is not the technology itself, as when operated, it produces a high-quality dairy product. The challenges involve a business that requires too much capital for normal operations relative to a nascent and small addressable market.
6. Rural remedy: a virtual telementoring program helps the West respond to the pandemic
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kutz, Jessica (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12152
- Journal Title:
- High Country News
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(3) : 9
- Notes:
- Online from publication., Describes a medical telementoring and telemonitoring program, Project ECHO, created by a New Mexico gastroenterologist, Dr. Sanjeev Arora. This model features connections and interactions between specialists and physicians working in rural areas and state prisons. It is now leading training nationally and globally (with the World Health Organization) to address urgent issues like vaccine hesitancy and the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
7. Young people will receive technical training in organic agriculture from home
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- Peru
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11691
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online from website of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France., Description of the UNESCO Horizontes Program, through which young people from some rural schools in Peru learn to grow vegetables in their homes and farms. Youths work with their families, using audios and texts provided to them. Through the program, they can "implement their life projects and dedicate themselves to activities linked to the development of their communities inside or outside their locality without losing their identity."
8. Assessment of farmers on their knowledge regarding pesticide usage and biosafety
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mubushar, Muhammad; (author), Aldosari, Fahad O. (author), Baig, Mirza B. (author), Alotaibi, Bader M. (author), and Khan, Abdul Qader (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03-06
- Published:
- Saudi Arabia: Scholars Middle East Publishers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13066
- Journal Title:
- Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- V.26, Iss.7
- Notes:
- 8 pages, Purpose Inappropriate application of pesticides is quite common in the study area, causing health issues and in some cases fatalities. The intent of the current study is to gauge the farmers’ level of knowledge on the safe usage of pesticides and biosafety to keep the famers healthy through the focused extension programs. Methodology The study is carried out in 41 union councils of Tehsil Sahiwal, District Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. Data are collected through a cluster sampling technique by conducting face-to-face interviews. Statistical analysis is used to determine relationships and interpret them. Results The findings show that the majority of farmers (87.2%) earn their livelihoods from farming and 2.1% are traders. More than half of the respondents (51.8%) own small land-holdings with an area of 4–8 ha, with only 16.4% having a land area of more than 12 ha. The results also reveal that the majority of respondents obtain information from private agents and only about one third (34.4%) respondents get information on the safe usage of pesticides from the Department of Agriculture (Extension). The internet has emerged as a fast and reliable source of information in the new paradigm; however, only 14.4% of the respondents take advantage of this economical and fast information tool/medium. The findings also reveal that the farmers employ unhealthy and poor practices by not following the recommendations regarding the safe usage of pesticides. The study also reveals that more than half of the farmers (54.4%) use unsafe storage practices on their farms, and about 48.2% do not follow the instructions. Conclusions Inappropriate application of pesticides can have negative effects on human health and the adoption safety measures are necessary to avoid the harmful effects of pesticides. Due to high illiteracy in the area, farmers mainly seek advice of neighboring farmers, having ignorance on the biosafety issues. Variables like education level, land ownership, total land size and the trainings on safe pesticide usage significantly influence the knowledge level of farmers on the safe usage of pesticides. Recommendations Farmers do not follow the recommendations of the extension department or the instructions printed on pesticide bottles/containers, therefore educational (formal and informal) and training programs are necessary on the safe pesticide usage to upgrade their skills and expertise on safe usage of pesticides and the importance of biosafety.
9. Journalists say more capacity building needed to improve agricultural reporting
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Darboe, Seedy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-09
- Published:
- Banjul, The Gambia: The Point newspaper
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10070
- Journal Title:
- The Point
- Notes:
- 1 page., Online article.
10. A community approach: digital innovations for extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bascombe, Keron (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11612
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 26-28
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Online from publisher website., Following a training course in technology stewardship, actors in the Caribbean's agri-food sector are implementing ICT approaches to provide agricultural advice and support to their local communities