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1. Making ICT works for poor

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: BIID (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: Bangladesh
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08221
Notes:: BIID (Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development), leading through innovation

2. Farmer;s motivation to adopt sustainable agricultural practices

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Menozzi, Davide (author), Fioravanzi, Martina (author), and Donati, Michele (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: Italy
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08768
Journal Title:: Bio-based and Applied Economics
Journal Title Details:: 4(2) : 125-147

3. Knowledge, attitude and practices relating to zoonotic diseases among livestock farmers in Punjab, India

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Singh, B.B. (author), Kaur, R. (author), Gill, G.S. (author), Gill, J.P.S. (author), Soni, R.K. (author), and Aulakh, R.S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: India: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10184
Journal Title:: Acta Tropica
Journal Title Details:: 189: 15-21
Notes:: Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/actatropica, Via online journal, Zoonotic diseases cause significant health and economic impact in developing countries such as India. Many zoonotic diseases are prevalent in the livestock and as an occupational zoonosis in the livestock farmers in India. Lack of knowledge on the disease transmission, prevention and control measures is a potential high risk for the occurrence of zoonotic diseases in the livestock and its keepers in India. We conducted this study to understand knowledge, attitude and practices of livestock farmers regarding zoonoses. Five villages from each of the 22 districts of the state were conveniently selected (n = 110). Farmers available at village community sites were enrolled in the study and requested to complete a custom designed questionnaire (n = 558). In addition, livestock farmers attending basic livestock husbandry training were also surveyed (n = 301). Data from questionnaires was used to create three index variables: (a) knowledge score; (b) attitude score and (c) practice score. Association between demographic and other explanatory variables with knowledge score was evaluated using linear regression analyses. Similarly, the association between knowledge and attitude score with practice score was evaluated. Of the 859 participants, 685 (80%) livestock farmers had heard the term ‘zoonoses’ but only 345 (40%), 264 (31%) and 214 (25%) farmers were aware of the zoonotic nature of tuberculosis, Japanese encephalitis and taeniosis, respectively. For practices, 23% farmers reported consumption of raw milk and only 10% and 8% livestock farmers ever got their animals tested for brucellosis and tuberculosis, respectively. The low level of education and being a cattle farmer were negatively associated with the farmer’s knowledge on zoonotic diseases. The attitude score was positively associated with the practice score of the participants. The results indicate need for educating the livestock farmers particularly those with a low level of education to reduce the health and economic impact of zoonotic diseases in India.

4. Connecting the unconnected: Tombigbee Communications believes building a better future for its rural residents starts with fiber

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bedord, Laurie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01
Published:: USA: Meredith Agrimedia, Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10198
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Journal Title Details:: 117(01) : 52-55
Notes:: Magazine article

5. Engaging dairy farmers in safety messages: Values, moral norms, barriers, and implications for communication

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wilmes, Emily (author), Swenson, Rebecca (author), and University of Minnesota
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10244
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 103(1)
Notes:: 19 pages, via online journal, Dairy farms pose many hazards to farmers and their employees, including the risk of injury caused by handling animals. On many farms, there is a lack of consistent information and training related to farm safety topics, including stockmanship, or safe animal handling. The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore effective communication strategies that support the application of stockmanship practices and more broadly support health and safety measures and the adoption of new behaviors by farmers and their employees. Research was conducted in three stages via in-depth farm tours and in-person interviews, a qualitative survey, and follow-up phone interviews with dairy farmers. Findings identified four values and moral norms important to dairy farmers and four barriers to implementation of farm safety practices. The research also revealed publications and in-person meetings as key channels of communication and on-farm consultants as important influencers. From the research findings, three major recommendations emerged. These include using a train the trainer educational model, engaging with professionals and encouraging farmer-to-farmer communication, and leveraging digital resources.

6. Perceptions of precision agriculture technologies in the U.S. fresh apple industry

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gallardo, Karina R. (author), Grant, Kara (author), Brown, David J. (author), McFerson, James R. (author), Lewis, Karen M. (author), Einhorn, Todd (author), Sazo, Mario Miranda (author), and Washington State University Michigan State University Cornell Cooperative Extension
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-28
Published:: United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10435
Journal Title:: HortTechnology
Journal Title Details:: 29(2) : 151-162
Notes:: 12 pages., Via online journal., Advances in precision agriculture technologies provide opportunities to improve the efficiency of agricultural production systems, especially for high-value specialty crops such as fresh apples (Malus domestica). We distributed an online survey to apple growers in Washington, New York, and Michigan to elicit stakeholder perceptions of precision agriculture technologies. Findings from this study demonstrated that growers are willing to adopt precision agriculture technologies when they receive results from applied research projects and are engaged with active extension programs. The availability of customized services and purchasing and rental options may minimize the effects of the economies of size that create barriers to adopting increasing access to technologies. Finally, respondents deemed collaborative efforts between industry and academic institutions crucial for adapting the innovation to better address the needs of growers.

7. Farm Journal magazine's new look

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-05
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10588
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 57(4) : 56
Notes:: via library catalog., Description of the 140-year-0ld magazine's new design

8. Study shows consistent listenership

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-09
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11030
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 57(7) : 24
Notes:: Summarizes findings of a 2019 survey among U.S. farmers regarding their daily information sources for farming, agricultural news, weather and markets. "Even as new information sources appear and some farmers partake in them, traditional farm-news sources like radio continue to show broad-based strength."

9. To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bellon, Mauricio R. (author), Kotu, Bekele Hundie (author), Azzarri, Carlo (author), and Caracciolo, Francesco (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-09-18
Published:: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11076
Journal Title:: World Development
Journal Title Details:: 125
Notes:: 10 pages., Via online resource., Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms, maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider this crop diversity as an entry point for fostering agricultural innovation. This paper presents a case study, from an agricultural research-for-development project in northern Ghana, which examines the relationship between crop diversity and self-consumption of food crops, and cash income from crops sold by smallholder farmers in the target areas. By testing the presence and direction of these relationships, it is possible to assess whether smallholder farmers may benefit more from a diversification or a specialization agricultural development strategy for improving their livelihoods. Based on a household survey of 637 randomly selected households, we calculated crop diversity as well as its contribution to self-consumption (measured as imputed monetary value) and to cash income for each household. With these data we estimated a system of three simultaneous equations. Results show that households maintained high levels of crop diversity: up to eight crops grown, with an-average of 3.2 per household, and with less than 5% having a null or very low level of crop diversity. The value of crop species used for self-consumption was on average 55% higher than that of crop sales. Regression results show that crop diversity is positively associated with self-consumption of food crops, and cash income from crops sold. This finding suggests that increasing crop diversity opens market opportunities for households, while still contributing to self-consumption. Given these findings, crop diversification seems to be more beneficial to these farmers than specialization. For these diversified farmers, or others in similar contexts, interventions that assess and build on their de facto crop diversity are probably more likely to be successful.

10. Beef cutout prices: widely reported, yet wildly misunderstood

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Henderson, Greg (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-11-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11078
Journal Title:: Drovers
Notes:: Via online issue. 2 pages., Describes recent experience in which a packing house fire resulted in lower fed cattle prices and higher values of choice boxed beef cutout values - resulting in frustration and anger in cattle country.

11. Benefits of regional food quality labels for Czech producers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sadilek, Tomas (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Czech Republic
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11084
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 10(2) : 195-205
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results showed that the producers had seen a positive improvement in sales following acquisition of the regional food quality label, although they had not noticed greater interest in their products during campaigns to support awareness of the label.

12. The impact of producers' cognitive styles on their purchasing behavior

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Feeney, Roberto (author), Accursi, Federico (author), and Mac Clay, Pablo (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Argentina
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11087
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: 10(5) : 498-515
Notes:: Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results showed that different segments of producers had distinctive purchasing behaviors. Specifically, analytic-oriented producers tended to focus on product performance and less on the relationship with suppliers when buying their inputs. They also tended to be loyal to input brands, rely less on dealers/retailers and salespeople, and they are willing to change suppliers more often than other producers. Intuitive-oriented producers valued more the relationship with the supplier and are interested in contacting the salesperson if they need a product. Balanced-oriented producers declared to be less loyal to brands, but were more stable in terms of not changing input suppliers frequently.

13. Understanding barriers and opportunities for adoption of conservation practices on rented farmland in the U.S

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ranjan, Pranay (author), Wardropper, Chloe B. (author), Eanes, Francis R. (author), Reddy, Sheila M.W. (author), Harden, Seth C. (author), Masuda, Yuta J. (author), and Prokopy, Linda S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11296
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 80 : 214-223
Notes:: "To overcome barriers to conservation, interviewees recommended improving communication between NOLs [non-operating landowners] and operators and modifying cash rent lease terms in order to build in flexibility for equitable sharing of risks and rewards."

14. Maize farmer perception and participation in crop and rainfall index-based insurance program in Benin

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hountondji, Lionel Richardo (author), Tovignan, Silvere D. (author), Kokoye, Senakpon E. (author), and Chabi, Euloge (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Benin
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11319
Journal Title:: International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: 7(4) : 313-327
Notes:: Online from AgEconSearch., Authors examined farmers' reluctance to participate and adopt insurance involving climate, crops, and rainfall. They also recommended needed information for farmers about the purpose of such insurance, as well as financial support.

15. Determinants of soil conservation technologies among small-scale farmers in Tanzania: evidence from national panel survey

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lasway, Jovin Aveline (author), Temba, George Raphael (author), and Ruhinduka, Remidius Denis (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11323
Journal Title:: African Journal of Economic Review
Journal Title Details:: 8(1) : 89-105
Notes:: An analysis of secondary data from the National Panel Survey in Tanzania revealed physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation technologies among small-scale maize farmers. Findings revealed, for example, only 13.9 percent of those had adopted soil conservation technology. This was cited as small, compared with other countries.

16. Even robots need a house: the robotic milking system facility investment decision case study

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Fuez, Ryan (author) and Larsen, Ryan (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11324
Journal Title:: Applied Economics Teaching Resources
Journal Title Details:: 2(1) : 32-40
Notes:: Online via AgEconSearch., In this teaching case study the authors analyze the economics of installing automatic milking systems under three investment scenarios. The study also "provides an opportunity to apply capital budgeting to a modern agriculture investment and addresses broader questions related to technology investment and adoption on farm."

17. Variety awareness, nutrition knowledge and adoption of nutritionally enhanced crop varieties: evidence from Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Muthini, Davis Nguthi (author), Nzuma, Jonathan Makau (author), and Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Kenya
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11328
Journal Title:: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Journal Title Details:: 14(4) : 225-237
Notes:: Online via AgEconSearch., Authors evaluated the impact of varietal awareness and nutrition knowledge on their adoption of biofortified crop varieties. Findings suggested that farmers who had knowledge of the nutritional attributes of a specific variety of beans were more likely to adopt them.

18. The role of information and interaction processes in the adoption of agriculture inputs in Uganda

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Freeman, Kathlee (author) and Qin, Hua (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: Uganda
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11373
Journal Title:: Agronomy
Journal Title Details:: 10, 202
Notes:: 16 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ.org)., Interviews with 203 smallholder farmers in Uganda indicated that households with higher level of information access through cell phone use and weak-tie information sources were more likely to use inputs.

19. The effectiveness of audio media in enhancing farmers' knowledge: the case of smallholder banana farmers in western Uganda

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kaahwa, Mark (author), Zhu, Chang (author), Muhumuza, Moses (author), Mutyebere, Rodgers (author), and Karemera, Charles (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Uganda
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11374
Journal Title:: International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science and IT
Journal Title Details:: 7(2) : 68-90
Notes:: 23 pages., Authors used a baseline survey, an intervention, and an end line survey to assess farmers' knowledge of farming practices, knowledge level, and relationship between information source and knowledge gain. Interventions were provided by radio broadcasts and audio CDs. Findings suggested that '...audio media remains a vital source of information for resource-poor farmers and can greatly enhance their agricultural knowledge when audio media is used as an intervention."

20. A farming community's perspective on nutrient loss reduction

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Marks, Benjamin (author) and Boerngen, Maria A. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11379
Journal Title:: Agricultural and Environmental Letters
Journal Title Details:: 4 : 190004
Notes:: 4 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Documents (DOAJ)., In interviews, "...a group of 'conservation-minded' Illinois farmers revealed that while they are not necessarily familiar with the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS), they are concerned with nutrient loss and are taking steps to address those concerns." However, authors observed that added efforts may be required to encourage adoption of the best management practices recommended by the strategy. The study also identified information sources farmers trust in making such decisions.

21. Deere takes ag to consumers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: USA: Henderson Communications L.L.C., Adel, Iowa.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11424
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 58(1) : 36
Notes:: Describes an expanded farmers, farming and agriculture presence in the John Deere exhibit at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, "world's largest technology event."

22. What drives smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for a new farm technology? Evidence from an experimental auction in Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Channa, Hira (author), Chen, Amy Z. (author), Pina, Patricia (author), Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob (author), and Stein, Daniel (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Kenya
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11464
Journal Title:: Food Policy
Journal Title Details:: 85 : 64-71
Notes:: 8 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Researchers measured farmer demand for a new agricultural technology , a triple-layered hermetic storage bag which reduces storage loss from insect pests and neutralizes aflatoxin contamination in grain. Findings revealed a highly elastic demand that that the wholesaler could increase profit by lowering the price. Farmers who had prior awareness of the bag were willing to pay 20% more on average than those previously unaware of it. Farmers' valuation of the bags was not significantly different based on the medium (text, audio, or video) through which they received the information.

23. Using emotions to frame issues and identities in conflict: farmer movements on social media

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Aarts, Noelle (author), Stevens, Tim M. (author), and Dewulf, Art (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D11513
Journal Title:: Negotiation and Conflict Management Research
Notes:: 19 pages., Via online., In a comparative case study, researchers analyzed two social media conflicts between farmers and animal right advocates to understand how conflicts establish, escalate, and return dormant through issue and identity framing and the discursive use of emotions. "The binary opposition is initially established through issue framing but escalates into an identity conflict that involves group labeling and blaming."

24. Emotion and the customer journey

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Castro, Luciano (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11528
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 58(2) : 17
Notes:: Author emphasized the opportunity for agricultural industry players to expose potential buyers to emotions "in a space where, oftentimes, products are perceived similarly." Author presented ways to build emotion into the customer experience.

25. Nasir Yammama: A technological approach to enhancing the impact of agricultural extension

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Oluwagbemi, Inioluwa (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Nigeria: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11610
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 23
Notes:: 1 page., September-November issue via online., Digitalisation is improving the agricultural extension system by providing services at the right time, and facilitating adoption of new agronomic practices, resulting in yield improvements and higher incomes for farming households.

26. Accessing agricultural extension by video

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mkoka, Charles (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11611
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 24-25
Notes:: Online from publisher website., By embracing modern technology and engaging enthusiastic young people, the work of an NGO in Malawi is extending the reach of agricultural extension across the country.

27. A community approach: digital innovations for extension

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bascombe, Keron (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11612
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 26-28
Notes:: 3 pages., Online from publisher website., Following a training course in technology stewardship, actors in the Caribbean's agri-food sector are implementing ICT approaches to provide agricultural advice and support to their local communities

28. Decoding agricultural digitalisation in Africa

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Boloh, Yanne (author) and Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11615
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 4-7
Notes:: 4 pages., Online from publisher., "For the first time, a landmark report on digitalisation for agriculture (D4Ag) in Africa compiles and highlights data on digital solutions that are enabling the transformation of African agriculture."

29. Uncertain time challenges farm broadcasters

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wick, Don (author / Red River Farm Network, Grand Forks, North Dakota)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: USA: National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D11637
Journal Title:: Airing on the Side of Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: May
Notes:: 2 pages., Online from publisher., Describes how he and his associates are adjusting their farm reporting activities during restrictions and impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

30. Are farmers empowered? The role of empowerment in farmer decision making about weed and invertebrate management

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Major, Jason (author), Grant, Will (author), and Stocklmayer, Sue (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11649
Journal Title:: Rural Extension and Information Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:: 14(1) : 1-10
Notes:: 10 pages., Researchers investigated empowerment in the context of two strategies, Integrated Weed Management and Integrated Pest Management. Findings suggested: "With the rise of chemical resistance, the agricultural industry has placed considerable emphasis on the need to accelerate and achieve farmer adoption if IWM and IPM, but our evidence suggests that greater emphasis should be given to understanding the socio-cultural factors that affect farmer decision making. Farmer empowerment emerged as a core concept from the data."

31. An evaluation of small groups serving as an engine room for innovation in the Northern Territory mango industry

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hunt, Warren (author), McConchie, Cameron (author), Healy, Matthew (author), and Corriveau, Amelie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11652
Journal Title:: Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:: 15(1) : 73-80
Notes:: 8 pages., Case study of an extension project based around small groups associated with the mango industry from 2012-2015.

32. Key social processes sustaining the farmer/advisor relationship

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kuehne, Geoff (author), Nettle, Ruth (author), and Llewellyn, Rick (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11654
Journal Title:: Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:: 15(1) : 20-29
Notes:: 9 pages., Through in-depth interviews with farmers having an existing relationship with extension advisors, researchers explored the processes of of advisory relationship building, maintenance, and the nature of commitment to an advisor. Findings identified six guidelines associated with increasing commitment to an advisory relationship.

33. Factors affecting Trinidad farmers predisposition to pay for agricultural extension services

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Patterson, Asisha (author) and Ganpat, Wayne G. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Trinidad
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11656
Journal Title:: Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:: 15(1) : 1-9
Notes:: 9 pages., Financial challenges facing the public extension system in Trinidad prompted researchers to assess the attitude of vegetable farmers about paying for extension services. Findings of a survey among farmers indicated there is an opportunity to introduce payment.

34. Media sources of information and their use by the inhabitants of rural areas

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Krzyzanowska, Krystyna (author) and Wawrzyniak, Slawomir (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Poland
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11676
Journal Title:: Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
Journal Title Details:: 21(3) : 220-227
Notes:: 8 pages., Online via UI Catalog., Authors investigated sources of information used by inhabitants of agricultural villages and rural areas, spanning the period 2012-2018. Findings showed that "interest in new mass media-the Internet grew significantly, whereas their interests in television or radio broadcasts decreased. It has also pointed out that the trend to read daily press and specialized papers increased. Village inhabitants (not a farmer) preferred daily press and journals, whereas farmers chose specialised press."

35. Picking a data partner

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bedord, Laurie (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: USA: Meredith Agrimedia, Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11686
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Journal Title Details:: 118(5) : 34, 38
Notes:: Subhead: "Are the many alliances and acquisitions among platforms really designed to benefit farmers?" ... "While a data-sharing platform may put growers in the driver's seat when it comes to how their information is distributed, ag tech providers have not always done a good job of communicating that message. 'Problems arise when owners of the data feel as though they no longer understand who is accessing their data and why,' Tatge says."

36. Farm broadcasting in COVID-19 era

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Truitt, Gary (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11689
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 58(3) : 20
Notes:: Update on the role and activities of farm broadcasters as trusted information sources during the COVID-19 outbreak.

37. The mode of promotion industrial targeted poverty alleviation through land circulation in western mountainous region of China -- a case study of Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County in Yunnan Province

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Liu, Jing (author), Yang, Zisheng (author), Xiong, Ying (author), He, Yanbo (author), Lu, Chonghui (author), He, Yimei (author), and Yang, Renyi (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: China
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11704
Journal Title:: Asian Agricultural Research
Journal Title Details:: 11(02) : 68-79
Notes:: Online via AgEconSearch., Through a case analysis, authors examined factors involved in successful land circulation (i.e., transfer of land use rights whereby farmers transfer land management rights through subcontracting, leasing or other means. Communications aspects such as expanding leadership talents and use of the Internet platform were among the recommendations offered in such efforts to alleviate poverty and improve lives.

38. Climate change brings challenges and opportunities, panel says

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Karst, Tom (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-08-20
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11714
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Via online issue. 3 pages., Summary of panel discussion at a Virtual Town Hall meeting of the Produce Marketing Association. Panelists noted how greenhouse technologies can soften the blow of climate change.

39. How to improve the "barren" foodservice industry as it rebuilds

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sowder, Amy (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-23
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11742
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Article online from publication issue. 3 pages., Report of a panel discussion during the Produce Marketing Association virtual conference, "Foodservice: delivered virtual." One panelist noted that the coronavirus pandemic has "brought the restaurant to you, in your home. And it's here to stay." And it includes not only restaurants, but also the purveyors - "farmers and everybody." One panelist advised the foodservice industry to give back to a community, even while suffering financially. "When we think of what it means to be in hospitality, it means to serve. This is a call to action. Think of ways to serve."

40. Farmers finding benefits to cover crop adoption: soil health partnership

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Spiegel, Bill (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-10
Published:: USA: Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11763
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Notes:: Online from publisher. 3 pages., In 2019 cover crop report, SHP dives into cover crop adoption practices. Summary of findings from a survey among 80 farmers in 11 states in the Soil Health Partnership network.

41. Testing the Impact of Animating Infographics on Consumer Trust and Attitude When Communicating about Genetic Modification

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lamm, J. Alexa (author), Gibson, Kristin (author), and Holt, Jessica (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-05-13
Published:: USA: New Prairie Pres
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11766
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: Iss.2, Vol. 104
Notes:: 15 pages, via online journal, Scientific innovation provides benefits to society but also fosters suspicion and distrust. The unknown of scientific innovations in agriculture has yielded a strained relationship between consumers and farmers, creating little to no public support for solutions to agricultural issues. The relationship between public trust and agricultural innovation is further strained when discussing genetic modification (GM) science and food. Informational graphics are an increasingly popular communication technique that may effectively communicate GM science to consumers. This study examined, through a experimental design using two treatments and a control, if static or animated infographics sharing current societal perceptions of GM science in the U.S. influenced consumers’ trust in science, personal attitudes toward GM, and perceived attitudes of others toward GM science. The animated group had the highest mean trust in science and the control group had the most positive attitude toward GM and the most positive perceived attitudes of others toward GM. The only significant difference was the control group had a more positive perceived attitude than the animated group. The infographics’ lack of impact on respondents’ trust or attitude toward GM science contradicted previous research about respondents’ increased attitude and elaboration of agricultural issues. Food concerns are of continual importance for consumers, and researchers need to help food and fiber scientists and communicators share relevant and research-based information with the public through diverse channels.

42. Agriculture-related injuries: discussion in Canadian media

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Randall, Jason R. (author), De Oliveira, Leo Pennetta (author), Belton, Kathy (author), and Voaklander, Don (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: Canada
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11829
Journal Title:: Journal of Agromedicine
Notes:: Online via keyword search of UI Library eCatalog. 7 pages., Analysis based on media database maintained by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, which stores publicly available news media reports of agricultural injuries and fatalities in Canada. Fjindings suggested that prevention messages were rare (6.3% of 856 relevant articles) in media reporting of farm injuries and were decreasing during 2010-2017.

43. Role of agricultural journalism in diffusion of farming technologies

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Yaseen, Muhammad (author), Karim, Mujahid (author), and Luqman, Muhammad (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Pakistan
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11830
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Research
Journal Title Details:: 57(4) : 289-294
Notes:: Online via keyword search of UI Library e-Catalog., Farmer interviews revealed that various forms of agricultural journalism were significant: radio, television, cable network, print media, social media, mobile phone service, and internet websites. Use of some of these was strongly dependent on education level.

44. Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ayerst, Stephen (author), Brandt, Loren (author), and Restuccia, Diego (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-01
Published:: International: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11868
Journal Title:: Food Policy
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 94
Notes:: 16 pages, via online journal, We examine important changes in agriculture in Vietnam in the context of ongoing structural changes in the economy. We use a household-level panel dataset and a quantitative framework to document the extent and consequences of factor misallocation in agriculture during the period between 2006 and 2016. Despite rapid growth in agricultural productivity and a reallocation of factor inputs to more productive farmers, we find that misallocation across farmers remains high and increased during the period. Reallocation of factor inputs has not been strong enough to accommodate substantial changes in farm productivity over time. Our analysis also reveals important differences between the north and south regions.

45. Understanding the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from land reform beneficiaries in South Africa

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Thinda, K.T. (author), Ogundeji, A.A. (author), Belle, J.A. (author), and Ojo, T.O. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: International: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11872
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 99
Notes:: 11 pages, Climatic change has a negative impact on people’s livelihoods, agriculture, freshwater supply and other natural resources that are important for human survival. Therefore, understanding how rural smallholder farmers perceive climate change, climate variability, and factors that influence their choices would facilitate a better understanding of how these farmers adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. A Zero-inflated double hurdle model was employed to estimate the factors influencing farmers’ adoption of adaptation strategies and intensity of adoption at the household level in South Africa. Different socioeconomic factors such as gender, age, and experience in crop farming, institutional factors like access to extension services, and access to climate change information significantly influenced the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among beneficiaries of land reform in South Africa. Concerning intensity of adoption, age, educational level, farming experience, on-farm training, off-farm income, access to information through ICT and locational variables are the significant determinants of intensity of adaptation strategies. Thus, education attainment, non-farm employment, farming experience are significant incentives to enhance smallholder farmers' adaptive capacity through the adoption of many adaptation approaches. This study therefore concluded that farm-level policy efforts that aim to improve rural development should focus on farmers’ education, on-farm demonstration and non-farm employment opportunities that seek to engage the farmers, particularly during the off-cropping season. The income from non-farm employment can be plough-back into farm operations such as the adoption of soil and water conservation, use of improved planting varieties, insurance, among others to mitigate climate variability and subsequently increase productivity. Policies and investment strategies of the government should be geared towards supporting education, providing on-farm demonstration trainings, and disseminating information about climate change adaptation strategies, particularly for smallholder farmers in the country. Thus, the government, stakeholders, and donor agencies must provide capacity-building innovations around the agricultural extension system and education on climate change using information and communication technologies.

46. Sustainability valued but definition elusive: The Packer's sustainability insights

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Karst, Tom (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-11-10
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11902
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from publication. 3 pages., "Retailers care about sustainability because consumers care, but for many the pursuit of sustainability tends to be more of an afterthought than top priority. Sustainability is valued highly by growers, retailers and consumers, but there is not always common understanding of what it means."

47. Interpersonal communication and diffusion of innovation in agriculture sector of Pakistan

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Khan, Masrur Alam (author) and Akhtar, Pervaiz (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Pakistan
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11913
Journal Title:: Journal of Development Communication
Journal Title Details:: 30(1) : 1-9
Notes:: Online from UI Library subscription., Study examined interpersonal influence during the diffusion of agricultural innovation in a rural district of Pakistan. Findings revealed that interpersonal communication had a major role in agricultural activities, particularly that farmers were motivated through face-to-face discussion.

48. What does agricultural marketing in 2020 sound like to you?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Clements, Michael (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-09
Published:: USA: Henderson Communications L.L.C., Adel, Iowa.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11950
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 58(7) : 18
Notes:: UI Library subscription., Update on agricultural/rural broadcasting in the U.S., including recent survey results about listenership and about the News Service of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting.

49. PMA chooses Food Fight GA for impact award

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Koger, Chris (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-09-23
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11973
Journal Title:: Packer
Notes:: Online from publication. 2 pages., Report of a Food Impact Award presented to Food Fight GA, an organization established during the COVID-19 pandemic to help Atlanta-area restaurant workers and farmers who supply the restaurants. The organization distributed nearly 4,000 produce boxes to restaurant workers and farmers.

50. What to do with the farmland? Coping with ageing in rural Thailand

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Januswan, Para (author) and Zander, Kerstin K. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: United States: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11985
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: Volume 80
Notes:: 10 Pages, As Thai farmers get older they need to plan what to do with their farm business and land given younger people tend to out-migrate to urban areas and shift their interests away from farming. Such demographic trends may reduce agricultural productivity and increase food insecurity, both among farmers and in the region. Using data collected through interviews with 368 farmers in the Prachin Buri province of Thailand, this research aims to examine how ageing is affecting farm activities of older farmers (60 years and older) and how they are adapting. We found that, while a small percentage of older farmers intended to continue farming without making any changes over the next five years (~9%), most were concerned about their health and farm work capacity, and were looking to leave farming and implement strategies to reduce both work intensity and time. Most farmers intended to stop farming and transfer farmland to their children (~40%), or continue farming while making some changes (~30%), such as employing additional workers or switching to less labour intense crops. Some intended to stop farming altogether and dispose of farmland outside their family (~21%; e.g. leasing out or selling or returning farmland to owner if leased). As expected, the chosen strategy depended on personal (old-age income security and gender) and farm characteristics (e.g. successor, farm activities, and subsidy). Having a dedicated successor had a substantial impact on transferring land to the children, reflecting the importance of commitment for farming by the next generation, which will be challenging. A pension higher than the widely available old-age allowance could support farmers in maintaining a better living standard after retiring. However, only a fraction of farmers currently had access to a pension. Both short- and long-term policies are, therefore, needed to support elderly farmers, improve their living standards after retirement, and attract young people back to farming.

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