Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06701
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Online from P2P Foundation. 5 pages, including responses., Perspectives on "rural hubs" as reinvention of the "village as a 'place of many trades,' embedded in silence and beauty."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26948
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5 pages., "A growing number of supermarkets and food manufacturers are using traffic light colours on the labels of some products to help you make your choice."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26989
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20 pages., IFAJ delegate from Australia reports on activities at the IFAJ Congress in Japan during September 2007, including IFAJ actions and a panel discussion about the role of agricultural journalists.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27335
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Via European Journalism Centre online. 1 page., A photo image acclaimed as a symbol of harmonious co-existence between man and nature is discovered to having been altered.
Evans, Jim (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-03-15
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27353
Notes:
3 pages., Reports fatalities, arrests, harassment and other restrictions that journalists faced during 2007 in covering rural affairs throughout the world.
USA: Academic Programs Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, Gainesville, Florida.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27720
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24 pages., Includes program reports from 10 universities that offer academic programs in agricultural communications and agricultural journalism.
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), Washington, D.C.; Rome, Italy; Nairobi, Kenya; and Paris, France.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-04
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27798
Notes:
1 page., Suggests the answer, "Yes." Executive summary of a set of reports agreed to at an Intergovernmental Plenary Session in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April, 2008. This was a small part of a study during the past three years by UN organizations, the World Bank and many governments involving 400 experts.
Brownstein, Joseph (author), Honig, Samantha (author), Barrett, Kate (author), and Gardner, Amanda (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-09-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28188
Notes:
ABC News and U.S. News and World Report via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Reports on FDA hearings to examine the effectiveness of food labels that highlight that products "may contain" allergens such as peanuts and eg.
Moss, Geoffrey (author) and Moss Associates Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
New Zealand
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28211
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From author. 2 pages., Author describes a successful technique, "Ten-minute specials," for organizing farmer meetings. "Many years ago our organisation came to the conclusion that one hour was far too long to give any speaker at a farmers' meeting."
Gaiani, Silvia (author) and Dipartimento di Economia e Ingegneria Agrarie, Universita di Bologna.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28332
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DEIAgra Working Paper 08-002. 17 pages., Examines whether the use of e-Choupal for information dissemination and service delivery leads to improvements in farmers' quality of decisions. E-Choupal is the largest information technology-based intervention created in rural India by a corporate entity, the Indian Tobacco Company.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28425
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Via Produce Safety Project, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University. 21 pages., Includes an identification of weaknesses in communications during this outbreak.
National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-11-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28443
Notes:
7 pages., Summary of a panel discussion at the 2008 NAFB convention in Kansas City, Missouri. How agency, marketer and broadcast professionals in the "broadcasting stream" see points of value - and what they see changing or emerging.
National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-11-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28444
Notes:
5 pages., Summary of a panel discussion in a joint session of the 2008 NAFB convention and National AgriMarketing Association (NAMA) in Kansas City, Missouri. Panelists examine what it takes to cater to rural lifestyle needs and expectations.
National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-11-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28500
Notes:
4 pages., Summary of an educational session at the 2008 NAFB convention, Kansas City, Missouri. "Top agency advertising and PR communications professionals share their insights about communications plans and strategies and what can enhance the agency-media relationship, grow business, and best serve clients."
National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-11-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28501
Notes:
5 pages., A look at what three leading NAFB member organizations are doing with strategic initiatives related to audience programming and the Internet.
Taylor, Michael R. (author) and Batz, Michael B. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
USA: Food Safety Research Consortium, Gainesville, Florida, and the School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28537
Amjad, Khadija (author) and Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28540
Notes:
Via Media Re:public Case Studies 2008: news and information as digital media come of age. 6 pages., Describes development and approach of a news website that serves several rural towns in New Hampshire.
Stites, Tom (author) and Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28541
Notes:
Via Media Re:public Case Studies 2008: news and information as digital media come of age. 10 pages., Analyzes the role of editors in a dynamic media era. Uses local "correspondents" in rural community newspapers to illustrate potential frameworks for the operation of news organizations in a digital environment.
USA: University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28542
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Via online report, Documenting Louisiana Sugar 1845-1917. 5 pages., Report about a father-daughter combination that served as pre-eminent agricultural journalists in covering the sugar industry in Louisiana, beginning in 1869.
Miller, Ryan (author / Homeland Security and Technology Division, National Governors Association) and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-05-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28678
American Business Media (author) and American Business Media, New York, New York.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28811
Notes:
Via online. 1 page., Data from Business Information Network of ABM showing advertising pages and revenue in agriculture magazines, December 2007 and December 2008.
Matthess, Annemarie (author) and Kreutz, Christian (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
International: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eshborn, Germany.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29014
Notes:
41 pages., Provides a systematic overview of Web 2.0 experiences made to date in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It serves as a practice-oriented introduction to the theme and discusses both the potentials and the possible limits to the participatory web..
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29141
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1 page., Notes decreased public interest in agricultural science, education and training and extension. "The authors have assessed evidence across a wide range of knowledge that is rarely brought together"
Gelb, E. (author), Maru, A. (author), Brodgen, J. (author), Dodsworth, E. (author), Samii, R. (author), Pesce, V. (author), and Global Forum on Agricultural Research.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-08
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29701
Notes:
Summary of a pre-conference ICT Adoption Workshop - AFITA, IAALD and WCCA Conference in Atsugi, Japan. 20 pages., Participant organizations: Asian Federation of Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA) , International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD ) and the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36962
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9 pages., Describes outcomes of two workshops aimed at documenting and analyzing the experiences gained in building multi-stakeholder partnership in implementing 12 DURAS-funded projects.
Bhavnani, Asheeta (author), Chiu, Rowena Won-Wai (author), Janakiram, Subramaniam (author), Silarszky, Peter (author), and ICT Policy Division, Global Information and Communications Department, World Bank.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-06-15
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00452
