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152. Harnessing local underused crops to improve household nutrition and income opportunities in Vietnam: case of Hoa vang sticky rice in Red river delta
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anh, Dao The (author), Jaenicke, Hannah (author), and Nghiep, Pham Cong (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2010-10
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00790
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the 116th European Association of Agricultural Economists seminar, "Spacial dynamics in agri-food systems: implications for sustainability and consumer welfare," Parma, Italy, October 27-30, 2010. Via AgEcon Search. 11 pages.
153. History of Women's Magazines
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- University of Wisconsin
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27817
- Notes:
- Historical sketches from the Agricultural Journalism Library, University of Wisconsin. Data collected in about 1925., Included: American Cookery, American Food Journal, American Motherhood, American Needlewoman, Arkansas Homestead, Baby, Babyhood, Better Homes and Gardens, Boyce's Home Folks, Delineator, Farmer's Wife, Forecase, Good Health, Good Housekeeping, Good Stories, Holland's Magazine, Home Circle, Home Friend Magazine, Hostess, Household Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Modern Pricilla, Mother's Home Life, Nation's Health, People's Home Journal, People's Popular Monthly, Pictorial Review, Social Progress, Today's Housewife, Vogue, Woman's Digest, Woman's Home Companion, and Woman's World
154. Home demonstration work in North Carolina: leading the way for rural women
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Radford, Daniel (author), Morgan, Joy (author), Kirby, Barbara (author), and Warner, Wendy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-06-30
- Published:
- USA: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12932
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- V.64, N.2
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Canning and home demonstration clubs played an important role in improving agriculture and home life shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Organized in local communities, these clubs for young girls and their mothers provided the opportunity for females to engage in experiential learning through the growth and canning of vegetables. Club work and activities allowed the involved individuals to learn important home life concepts including incorporating more nutritious meals, record keeping, maintaining the family garden, and other duties surrounding the home. In addition, clubs promoted cooperation among various groups, fostered friendships, and provided entrepreneurial opportunities for farm women. Movements such as these increased the demand for agricultural and extension education and many of the strategies developed through these clubs can be implemented in both formal and non-formal education today.
155. How to amplify agroecology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bruil, Janneke (author) and Milgroom, Jessica (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09-22
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07923
- Notes:
- Online from ILEA (Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture), Wageningen, Netherlands. 5 pages.
156. ICT (information and communication technologies) and empowerment of rural and deprived women in Asia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Patil, D.A. (author), Dhere, A.M. (author), and Pawar, C.B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-07
- Published:
- International: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00464
- Journal Title:
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(1) : 1-22
- Notes:
- Via UI electronic subscription
157. ICT and gender equity policy: lessons of the Mali telecentres
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dumas, Josephine Helen Ann (author)
- Format:
- Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21058
- Journal Title:
- Digital Dissertation
- Notes:
- Posted at: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3065880, 211 pages 1.02 MB, There is an urgent need for a better understanding of the interplay of information and communication technology (ICT) and the role of women in facilitating social, political and economic development. This research examines engagement of women with ICT in traditional poor, rural, communities of Mali, a least developed country (LDC). Mali was selected as the focus based on its broadly representative LDC challenges and the availability of locally and internationally collected data. This research applies the theoretical framework of international regime theory and development as freedom theory to help explain how ICT diffusion can be an empowerment tool for women in development. Women of Mali face low literacy rates, high birth rates, high infant and maternal mortality rates, and low incomes. This research found ICT applications facilitated positive change in health, education, politics and the economy in Mali. The relationship between international and national regimes in the process of negotiating problem solutions is particularly important to policy analysis of telecommunications and of gender equity. Policy in each of these areas permeates every sector of society. Challenges, obstacles, solutions and benefits of ICT development with gender equity in Mali can inform policymakers' understanding of ICT diffusion and its benefits to people in LDCs. This analysis was based on a literature review, a survey of existing relevant research studies, a country study and a case study of the Multipurpose Community Telecentre (MCT) model for rural ICT development. The country study includes data and reports from the UNDP, ITU, IDRC, USAID and the World Bank. It incorporates history, policy, existing research, statistical human development data over time, ethnographic data, and reports of other ICT projects in Mali. Analyzed together, these data strongly suggest positive and directional change in Mali during 1990 to 2000, a period of dynamic telecommunications and gender equity policy liberalization. The case study of the MCT in Timbuktu includes baseline communications research, on-site ethnographic research, interviews and the MCT Director's report. The Mali MCT was one of five African pilot projects initially supported by ITU, UNESCO and IDRC funds and developed with national and local community support. The MCT is a social communication center that provides ICT education and services. This research focuses on the MCT as an ICT knowledge gathering and distribution center. Influenced by international regime policies for gender equity, Mali's national machineries have implemented gender equity policy in communication access. Women participated in the design, implementation and operation of this MCT. The community open access design was found to be particularly conducive to ICT development through women's social networking. Research indicates women are keepers of indigenous knowledge systems in cultural communities. Content developed from this local knowledge base can contribute to global knowledge systems, cultural integrity and sustainability as well as to economic development. Conclusions of this study are based on findings that Malian ICT development with gender equity in the context of national and international policy engagement contributed to the positive growth in the political, educational and social sectors.
158. ICT and gender equity policy: lessons of the Mali telecentres
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dumas, Josephine Helen Ann (author / Penn State University)
- Format:
- Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: C21061
- Notes:
- 211 pages, There is an urgent need for a better understanding of the interplay of information and communication technology (ICT) and the role of women in facilitating social, political and economic development. This research examines engagement of women with ICT in traditional poor, rural, communities of Mali, a least developed country (LDC). Mali was selected as the focus based on its broadly representative LDC challenges and the availability of locally and internationally collected data. This research applies the theoretical framework of international regime theory and development as freedom theory to help explain how ICT diffusion can be an empowerment tool for women in development. Women of Mali face low literacy rates, high birth rates, high infant and maternal mortality rates, and low incomes. This research found ICT applications facilitated positive change in health, education, politics, and the economy in Mali. The relationship between international and national regimes in the process of negotiating problem solutions is particularly important to policy analysis of telecommunications and of gender equity. Policy in each of these areas permeates every sector of society. Challenges, obstacles, solutions and benefits of ICT development with gender equity in Mali can inform policymakers' understanding of ICT diffusion and its benefits to people in LDCs. This analysis was based on a literature review, a survey of existing relevant research studies, a country study and a case study of the Multipurpose Community Telecentre (MCT) model for rural ICT development. The country study includes data and reports from the UNDP, ITU, IDRC, USAID and the World Bank. It incorporates history, policy, existing research, statistical human development data over time, ethnographic data, and reports of other ICT projects in Mali. Analyzed together, these data strongly suggest positive and directional change in Mali during 1990-2000, a period of dynamic telecommunications and gender equity policy liberalization. The case study of the MCT in Timbuktu includes baseline communications research, on-site ethnographics research, interviews and the MCT Directors' report. The Mali MCT was one of five African pilot projects intially supported by ITU, UNESCO and IDRC funds and developed with national and local community support. The MCT is a social communication center that provides ICT education and services. This research focuses on the MCT as an ICT knowledge gathering and distribution center. Influenced by international regime policies for gender equity policy in communication access. Women participated in the design, implementation and operation of this MCT. The community open access design was found to be particularly conducive to ICT development through women's social networking. Research indicates women are keepers of indigenous knowledge systems in cultural communities. Content developed from this local knowledge base can contribute to global knowledge systems, cultural integrity and substainability as well as to economic development. Conclusions of this study are based on findings that Malian ICT development with gender equity in the context of national and international policy engagement contributed to the positive growth in the political, educational and social sectors.
159. ICT support for rural agricultural literacy - Ghana: support to small-scale producers of yam, cassava and cowpea with technical information
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- International Institute for Communication and Development, The Hague, Netherlands
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2010-06-29
- Published:
- Ghana
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00755
- Notes:
- Via website. 2 pages.
160. ICTs and empowerment of Indian rural women: what can we learn from on-going initiatives?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sulaiman, Rasheed V. (author), Kalaivani, N.J. (author), Mittal, Nimisha (author), and Ramasundaram, P. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2011-03
- Published:
- India: Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy (CRISP), Hyderabad, India.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05913
- Notes:
- ACDC file includes only the contents page, abstract, reference list and selected sections., CRISP Working Paper 2011-001. 97 pages.