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2. Agricultural Extension and Fishery Development: Training for Women in Fish Industry in Lagos State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Adeokun, O.A. (author) and Adereti, F.O. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-07
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27454
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Social Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 1-5
3. Assessing Florida Early career extension faculty's adoption of design principles to communicate messages
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beattie, Peyton N. (author), Benge,Matt (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), and Lundy, Lisa K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-11-13
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12716
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 106, Iss.3
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Extension faculty are tasked with developing and communicating educational programs to local clientele, and communication skills are a considerable piece of the Extension faculty job. Thus, UF/IFAS Extension included a communication portion to the on-board training for newly hired Extension faculty to develop their design skills so they can more effectively communicate through their educational and marketing materials. We used Rogers’ (2003) innovation-decision process to assess Florida early career Extension faculty’s adoption of design principles after completion of the 2019 UF/IFAS Extension Faculty Development Academy. Thirty-two Extension faculty completed the spring and fall sessions of the Academy. A mixed methods approach was utilized to gather survey data at the immediate completion of the Academy and qualitative, telephone interview data four to five months after completing the Academy. The faculty retrospectively perceived they increased their knowledge about design principles. They had an overwhelmingly positive attitude about learning design principles to better their communication efforts, but they decided not to fully adopt design principles in their work as other information and elements of learning their job took precedent.
4. Evaluation and impact of a reflective training process for rural extension agents
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author), Brites, Walter (author), and University of La Cuenca del Plata
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07-18
- Published:
- Argentina: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10931
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(5) : 457-472
- Notes:
- 15 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This article assesses a non-traditional training methodology for extension agents, focused on the exchange of experiences among peers and the reflection on practice, with the aim of exploring its potential as a training strategy. Design/Methodology/approach: A quali-quantitative investigation was conducted, which included interviews with extension agents, the use of different questionnaires, and recordings of the evaluation sessions carried out during each workshop. Findings: This research allowed us to understand the importance of effective group coordination, a participatory climate, working in small groups, and the feedback loop between theory and practice for processes of experience sharing and reflection on practice. Some of the positive effects of the training observed were that extension agents acquired new knowledge and methodologies, reflected critically upon their practice, and put into question their own extension approach. Practical Implications: Given its potentialities, implementing training processes focused on experience sharing and reflection on practice for rural extension workers, seems advisable. Theoretical Implications: This article contributes to the understanding of how experience sharing and reflection on practice can generate transformations in rural extension agents’ approaches and positioning. Originality/Value: This study systematically assesses the impacts that training has on extension workers, as well as the underlying processes that made it possible to generate them.
5. Extension and training practices: challenges for smallholder cattle farmers' community in Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jiumpanyarach, W. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Pakistan: eSci Journals Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11225
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 6(2): 117-127
- Notes:
- 11 pages., ISSN : 2311-8547, via online journal., The objective of this study was to analyze the impacts of an extension program (education and training practice) as perceived by smallholder cattle farmers to develop their smallholder farm practices and reduce the costs of production. The study used data from 22 participant smallholder farmers with backgrounding cattle systems. In-depth interview questionnaires were used and collected before and after providing the extension program in Saraburi province, Thailand. Two leaders of this group were selected for observation and as farm models. Environmental differences were investigated during the rainy, winter and summer seasons. This study detailed the socioeconomics of the smallholders, the characteristics and management of livestock farms. The satisfaction levels of the extension programs were also analyzed. The benefits and costs of this program were examined and developed after the program finished. The study found backgrounding cattle farms was a major livelihood within the community. The community was of low income and living in poverty. The farmers were at high levels of risk in terms of feeding costs and cattle market. The program provided knowledge to be enable the farmers to understand and develop the farm systems. Most of the smallholders agreed on the good-practice farming and group activities. The farm leaders influenced their perceptions. The farmers were encouraged to do activities together: learning cattle market information, good-practice cattle farms, and cattle rations management. The success of the extension program improved the economic community, community relationships, and community attitudes. The extension program applied to a pro-active policy. Collaboration learning activities for smallholders benefit the farmers' community. This program improves economic relationships, attitudes, and builds a sustainable agricultural community.
6. Mentoring: providing greatest benefit to new and seasoned faculty in an extension organization
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Place, Nick T. (author), Bailey, Ashley (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE).
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2006-05-14
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24202
- Notes:
- Retrieved June 17, 2006, Pages 498-507 in proceedings of the AIAEE conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 14-17, 2006.
7. Role of agricultural extension agents in Syrian drylands
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boland, Hermann (author) and Alkhateeb, Mazen (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2010-09-14
- Published:
- Syria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30714
- Notes:
- Paper presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
8. Teaching Entrepreneurial and Management Skills to Extension Audiences
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nelson, James R. (author), Hines, Steven (author), and Howe, Sarah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26220
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 43(2)
- Notes:
- Online access; 4 p.
9. Traditional knowledge among small -scale farmers in San Lázaro, State of Trujillo, Venezuela: implications for agricultural educators
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lopez Ramos, Josue (author) and The Pennsylvania State University
- Format:
- Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2001
- Published:
- Ann Arbor: ProQuest
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 17 Document Number: D10471
- Notes:
- 162 pages., Via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
10. Visual-based minimal-text food safety training tools for Chinese-speaking food service workers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rajagopal, Lakshman (author), Reynolds, Joel (author), and Li, Dawei (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10989
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(5)
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Article # 5TOT4, via online journal., This article describes visual-based minimal-text food safety tools developed in Mandarin Chinese to educate Chinese-speaking food service workers about safe food handling practices. Ten posters and one PowerPoint presentation were developed, and their efficacy in conveying critical food safety messages was tested with Chinese-speaking food service workers in Iowa. Extension educators can use these tools for formal and informal food safety education, thereby contributing to protecting public health.