Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06750
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Response to a request for perspectives about theories that might be relevant for a doctoral-level distance education program involving agricultural communications. 8 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08547
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ACDC holds citation information and introduction pages., Online from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program of the Sustainable Agriculture Network. 98 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25910
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Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Women's Feature Service via Media South Asia. 3 pages., Describes the development and pioneering role of a rural magazine for which rural women handle all the reporting, writing, editing, layout, artwork, photography and circulation.
Raffea, Ahmed (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
Egypt
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26290
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7 pages., Describes the Virtual Extension Communication Network (VERCON), an FAO-developed model for an internet-based network to improve communications between agricultural researchers and extension workers.
Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26291
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6 pages., Case study of an information distribution service providing farmers and traders with access to market and technical information on crops and other commodities with which they deal in the form of a newspaper, magazines, short message service by mobile phone, and web services.
Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26292
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8 pages., Case study of Indiagriline.com, an agricultural information portal created by a sugar processing company. The portals/kiosks are franchised to local entrepreneurs in rural communities.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26293
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10 pages., Case study of TARAhaat, an e-business "created to bring the benefits of the Internet to India's rural population." The title combines an Indian NGO intiative (Technology and Action for Rural Alternatives, TARA) with "haat" (meaning a village bazaar).
Yongling, Zhong (author), Riggs, Michael (author), Heller, Nathaniel (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26294
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8 pages., Case study of a government-supported information service center, called "Service Station," that provides (and gathers) information from farmers at county, township and village levels. Uses electronic and other channels.
Aslin, Heather (author), Andrew, Jennifer (author), Breckwoldt, Roland (author), Crombie, Alastair (author), Kelly, Dana (author), Holmes, Tanya (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27016
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Executive summary posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/05-105sum.html; full report posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/05-105.pdf, RIRDC Publication No. 05-105.
Coutts, Jeff (author), Roberts, Kate (author), Frost, Fionnuala (author), Coutts, Amy (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27017
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27581
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Posted at http://www.wkkf.org, Pages 1-30 in Perceptions of the U.S. food system: what and how Americans think about their food. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan. 88 pages.
Aubrun, Axel (author), Brown, Andrew (author), and Grady, Joseph (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-09-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27582
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Posted at http://www.wkkf.org, Pages 31-55 in Perceptions of the U.S. food system: what and how Americans think about their food. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan. 88 pages.
Aubrun, Axel (author), Brown, Andrew (author), and Grady, Joseph (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-09-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27583
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Posted at http://www.wkkf.org, Pages 57-65 in Perceptions of the U.S. food system: what and how Americans think about their food. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan. 88 pages.
Aubrun, Axel (author), Brown, Andrew (author), and Grady, Joseph (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-09-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27584
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Posted at http://www.wkkf.org, Pages 67-88 in Perceptions of the U.S. food system: what and how Americans think about their food. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan. 88 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28559
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5 pages., Message frames ("current" and "better") for use by rural advocates about creating messages based on the way people currently think about rural America.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30154
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Available online at http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CBoQFjAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Frirdc.infoservices.com.au%2Fdownloads%2F05-086.pdf&ei=HOssTMeRNNTbnAf7vNT0Ag&usg=AFQjCNEjWYvUexEk06VB9BOfH8KFNw9sbw&sig2=eue7SIwyIDkUr1vKLwhgag
Aslin, Heather (author), Andrew, Jennifer (author), Breckwoldt, Roland (author), Crombie, Alastair (author), Kelly, Dana (author), and Holmes, Tanya (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C30155
Notes:
Available online at http://www.crdc.com.au/uploaded/file/E-Library/E-PEOPLE/Fostering%20involvement.pdf
International: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22046
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4 pages., Reviews "new studies reaffirming that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. This brief brings together IFPRI's most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22258
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Summaries presented to the Academic Programs Special Interest Group at the conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, San Antonio, Texas, June 1, 2005. 21 pages., Contains annual updates regarding academic programs at the University of Florida, University of Guelph, Kansas State University, Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23325
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17p., This report for an Agricultural Communications 110 class project at the University of Illinois examines the development of agricultural journalism and communications, with special emphasis on the author's field of interest -- agricultural public relations. It also tracks the development of the author's career interest in agricultural communications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23342
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2 pages., Access Communications, New York City, New York, describes a media relations program in support of new organic standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23343
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Posted on http://www.usda.gov (Electronic Reading Room - Reports), 2 pages., Identifies public relations and advertising firms contracted to work for 9 agencieds and offices of the USDA.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23347
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From SourceWatch, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy. 3 pages., Brief description of the BMTC, including information services provided, budget and staffing.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23359
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Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. 10 pages., Fourth annual survey of U.S. consumer attitudes about genetically modified food. Research by Mellman Group and Public Opinion Strategies.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23384
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Via web site of the Water Music Project. 4 pages., Describes a public education effort centered on a book, Water Music, that features photographs of water accompanied by the "writings and musical contributions of 66 world-renowned musicians, who have creatively responded to the meaning and value of water in their lives."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23413
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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 6 pages., Identifies efforts by some newspapers to cover the issue of methamphetamine abuse in rural America. Describes the issue and provides links to samples of media coverage.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23462
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International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. 14 pages., Identifies and summarizes nearly 50 news articles about this threat in various countries and regions.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23514
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The New Agriculturist On-Line. 5 pages., Highlighted remarks from a seminar on this subject sponsored by the CTA (Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation in EU-ACP Countries), Government of Mozambique and the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23736
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Best practices database in improving the living environment. 2 pages., Describes a market information system and service for smallholder farmers, using low-cost information and communication technologies. During the last season, farmers who used the MIS to market their maize obtained 22% higher prices than those who did not.
USA: Academic Programs Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), Gainesville, Florida.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24472
Port-au-Prince, Haïti: Bureau Nacional d' Ethnologie
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 136
Notes:
Features the following studies: "Quelques approches sur la culture haitienne:, "Considerations sur la femme haitienne en milieu rural en compariason avec l'etude du géographe Paul Moral" and "Lamusique en HaitieL Les momets de turbulence dans la musique populaire haitienne entre 1960 et 1990". Includes notes.
