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2. 2019 is the year for blockchain for traceability, but will it have legs?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Banker, Steve (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11805
- Journal Title:
- Forbes
- Notes:
- Online from publisher website. 5 pages., Describes a new Food Trust Consortium , run by IBM, using blockchain technologies to improve food traceability.
3. Agricultural value chain development in nepal: understanding mechanisms for poverty reduction
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kafle, Kashi (author), Songsermsawas, Tisorn (author), and Winters, Paul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-12
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12452
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Notes:
- 18pgs, This analysis investigates the potential mechanisms and the practical significance of agricultural value chain development in a geographically challenging rural area of a developing country. Using data from a carefully designed primary survey administered in a hill and mountainous region in Western Nepal, we show that linking small-scale producers to regional and local traders can help increase income. Analysis of impact pathways shows that the positive impact on household income emerges through higher agricultural income, driven by higher sale volume at lower prices. Focusing on high value commodities in rural areas, where arable land is not always fully exploited or utilized, appears to lead to acreage expansion and some crop switching, contributing to higher supply albeit at lower prices. The positive impact on household income is practically significant; it helps improve household food security and asset accumulation. These findings are robust to alternative specifications. Targeted value chain interventions that strengthen and stabilize small-scale producers’ access to markets can contribute to rural poverty reduction via increase in agricultural income.
4. Agroecology and the emergence of a post covid-19 agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Altieri, Miguel A. (author) and Ines Nicholls, Clara (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- International: Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11869
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 37(3) : 525-526 September 2020
- Notes:
- 2 pages, For years agroecologists have warned that industrial agri-culture became too narrow ecologically, highly dependent on outside inputs, and extremely vulnerable to insect pests, diseases, climate change and now as demonstrated by the COVID19 pandemic prone to a complete shut down by unforeseen crisis.Like never before, COVID19 has revealed how closely linked human, animal and ecological health are. As a power-ful systemic approach, agroecology reveals that the way we practice agriculture can provide opportunities for improv-ing environmental and human health, but if done wrongly, agriculture can cause major risks to health.
5. Are restaurant franchisees getting a positive return on their advertising fees?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Herrington, J. Duncan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11623
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Promotion Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(1) : 71-81
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., The author compiled restaurant sales and unit count estimates for 155 restaurant chains during 1981 through 1998. Unit-level sales and advertising expenditures were calculated by averaging annual system-wide totals by the number of units in operation during the year. Findings supported hypotheses that national advertising does not provide a positive return to advertising for many chain units and a larger proportion of chains exhibit a positive return to advertising at the system level than at the unit level.
6. Building sustainable community-based food programs: Cautionary tales from The Garden
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Foust, Christina R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-08-09
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09784
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(3) : 356-362
7. Can documentary food films like Food Inc. achieve their promise?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lindenfeld, Laura (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010-09-16
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09775
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(3) : 378-386
8. Can medium-scale farms support smallholder commercialisation and improve welfare? evidence from nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis (author), Salim Nuhu, Ahmed (author), Awokuse, Titus (author), Jayne, Thomas (author), Muyanga, Milu (author), Aromolaran, Adebayo (author), and Adelaja, Adesoji (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-04-19
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12576
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 27pgs, In spite of mounting evidence about the growth of medium-scale farms (MSFs) across Africa, there is limited empirical evidence on their impact on neighbouring small-scale farms (SSFs). We examine the relationships between MSFs and SSFs, with particular focus on the specific mechanisms driving potential spillover effects. First, we develop a theoretical model explaining two propagating mechanisms: learning effects (training) and cost effects (reduced transactions cost). An empirical application to data from Nigeria shows that SSFs with training from MSFs tend to use higher levels of modern inputs (have higher productivity), and receive higher prices and income. The results also show that purchasing inputs from MSFs reduces the costs of accessing modern inputs and is associated with higher inorganic fertiliser use by SSFs. Our results suggest that the benefits of receiving training and purchasing inputs from MSFs are particularly important for very small-scale producers, operating less than 1 hectare of land. This implies that policies which promote the efficient operation of MSFs and encourage their interaction with SSFs can be an effective mechanism for improving the productivity and welfare of smallholder farms, hence reducing their vulnerability to extreme poverty.
9. Challenges to promote sustainability in urban agriculture models: a review
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vigne Bennedetti, Luiza (author), Antônio de Almeida Sinisgalli, Paulo (author), Lamano Ferreira, Maurício (author), and Lemes de Oliveira, Fabiano (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01-24
- Published:
- Netherlands: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12839
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 20, Issue 3
- Notes:
- 14pgs, Urban agriculture (UA) can be used as an action to promote sustainability in cities and inform public health policies for urban populations. Despite this growing recognition, its implementation still presents challenges in countries in the Global North and Global South. Background: In this context, this systematic review aims to identify the development of frameworks for the implementation of UA as a sustainable action and its main opportunities and shortcomings in meeting urban socio-environmental demands. Methods: In this review, using the PRISMA protocol, we evaluated 26 studies on the interplay between UA and sustainability surveyed on the Web of Science to provide an overview of the state of the art. Conclusions: In summary, it was possible to identify many key challenges in UA adoption, which regard air and soil contamination, availability of green areas, layout of urban infrastructure, food distribution, among others. Due to numerous socio-economic and environmental contextual factors in cities, especially when comparing realities of the Global North and Global South, there is a need to develop a model that can be adaptable to these different contexts. Thus, it is recognized that the concept of sustainability does not present a universal understanding and that in its search it could be argued that one of the most important gaps is still to address social issues in relation to environmental ones.
10. Collaboration and commitment in a regional supermarket supply chain
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dunning, Rebecca (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-07
- Published:
- USA: Food Systems Development Project of the Center for Transformative Action, an affiliate of Cornell Un, New Leaf Associates, Inc. Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08211
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 (4): 21-39