Subject Term: rural development / Language: English / Within Last x Years: within 5 Years

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1. An interview with Kerry J. Byrnes - agriculture development officer, USAID

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05922
Notes:: Online from "The greatest international development job handbook ever." 11 pages.

2. History of Wallaces Farmer

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Murphy, Donald R. (author)
Format:: Unpublished report
Publication Date:: n.d.
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D06395
Notes:: Wallaces Farmer/Penton contribution to ACDC, November 2015., Typed manuscript. 16 chapters., Former editor and research director of Wallaces Farmer tracks the history of Wallaces Farmer, beginning with the first ancestor periodical started in 1853. Features editors, periodicals and topics addressed in coverage into 1918.

3. Project communication support checklist for Armenia Micro Enterprise Development Initiative (MEDI)

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Woods, John L. (author)
Format:: PowerPoint
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: Armenia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07928
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection., Ring binder contains presentation visuals for a proposal and a progress report from Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C., for a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Pages not numbered.

4. Orientation briefing for Training and Communication Support

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Teaching material
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: oversized box 2 Document Number: D08011
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection In two folders, Overhead visuals for a presentation about making rural development projects more effective. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and the Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 21 overheads.

5. The strategic communication toolkit

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Chemonics International, Inc. (author)
Format:: Presentation
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International: Chemonics Knowledge Management Program, Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08012
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, Overhead visuals describing StratComm resources of Chemonics International, Inc., for development assistance projects. 15 overhead visuals.

6. Technology transfer system

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Presentation
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08054
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, Presentation visuals involving views, problems, and sample elements of agricultural technology systems. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and the Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 13 pages.

7. Training analysis checklist (consulting aid)

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Check sheet
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08071
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, 001-1022. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and the Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 15 pages.

8. Village health worker's guide

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Guide
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: Bhutan
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08074
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, Health School, Thimphu, Bhutan. 66 pages of line sketches of health situations and treatment measures.

9. Training vs. human resources development

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Presentation
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08089
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, Outline of responsibilities. Source not identified. 9 pages.

10. Categories of subsystems for rural development projects

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Chart
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08091
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, Fourteen charts produced by Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and the Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand.

11. Photos, displays, tables - Development Training and Communication Planning (DTCP)

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Photos
Publication Date:: No date
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08098
Notes:: John L. Woods Collection, File containing assorted photographs of training activities and presentation settings from Development Training and Communication planning (DTCP,UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand.

12. Winrock #8

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
Format:: File
Publication Date:: unknown
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes8 Document Number: D09069
Notes:: Includes Documents C12667 "Setting minds in motion in the developing world" and C12668 "Training for agricultural research in Pakistan". In 4 folders in the box., Francis C. Byrnes Collection

13. Other consulting #9

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
Format:: File
Publication Date:: unknown
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes8 Document Number: D09070
Notes:: Includes Document C12670 "Is there a communication media bias in development programs?". In three folders in the box., Francis C. Byrnes Collection

14. CIAT #6

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
Format:: File
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: United States
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9 Document Number: D09073
Notes:: Includes Document C12653 "Readings in development communication." In four folders in the box., Francis C. Byrnes Collection

15. Where there's a will....better health's on the way!

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
Format:: Paper
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9; Folder: OSU files Document Number: D09128
Notes:: Francis C. Byrnes Collection, OSU files, Ohio State University. 12 pages.

18. Community development: organizational and inter-organizational dimensions

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Benson, J. K. (author) and Hobbs, Daryl (author)
Format:: Research report
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09722
Notes:: NCR-90 Collection, Agricultural Exper. Station, University of Missouri. 2 pages.

19. Planning guide for communicating conflict about agriculture and the environment

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Guide
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09848
Notes:: 2 pages

20. Rural public libraries in America: continuing and impending challenges

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Real, B. (author) and Rose, R.N. (author)
Format:: Journal / Abstract
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09932
Journal Title:: Advances in Librarianship
Journal Title Details:: 43 : 37-59

21. A survey of communication media preferred by smallholder farmers in theGweru District of Zimbabwe

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Moyo, Rachel (author), Salawu, Abiodun (author), and Department of Communication, North West University, Private Bag X2046, Mafikeng, 2735, South Africa
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: South Africa: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10129
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 66 : 112-118
Notes:: 7 pages., Via online journal., This study is a quantitative survey of communication media preferred by smallholder farmers resettled under the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. Data were gathered using a questionnaire and simple random sampling. Communication is integral to agricultural development, particularly so in the context of the FTLRP characterized by a dearth of information, education and training, ensued by the discriminatory command agriculture (Murisa and Chikweche, 2015). Farmers' preferences of communicationmedia in receiving agricultural innovations should be prioritised to improve agricultural communication andsubsequently, productivity, which is dire in Zimbabwe in the light of the continuing food insecurity. Thefindingsindicated that farmers prefer media that are stimulating and engaging such as television and demonstrations;convenient such as mobile phones and detailed such as books probably because the majority of them do not have training in agriculture. Demographic variables of age-group and education were found to be associated with communication preferences of some media. The study has implications for agricultural communication media policy. Beyond prioritization of farmers’preferences, a model of a multi-media approach to agricultural communication has been developed, that could widen communication reach if implemented.

22. Build a people-oriented urbanization: China’s new-type urbanization dream and Anhui model

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mingxing Chen (author), Yinghua Gong (author), Dadao Lu (author), and Chao Ye (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01-01
Published:: USA: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10149
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 80:1-9
Notes:: 9 pages., via online journal, Since 2014, the Chinese government has initiated new-type urbanization under the guidance of ‘the National New-type Urbanization Plan (2014–2020)’, which embarks on a significant transformation of the model of urbanization in post-reform China. To understand the origin and outputs of this policy, this article demonstrates the context of China’s new-type urbanization. The paper proposes a conceptual framework of new-type urbanization, which mainly includes four aspects: humanism, people-oriented urbanization; inclusivism, benefits sharing for urban and rural; sustainability, development without sacrifice of resources and environment; and harmonism, coordination. This is followed by an examination of the case of Anhui province, as a pilot province of China’s new-type urbanization. Anhui has performed a lot of related work to promote citizenization of peasant workers and has made great progress on the reform of the household registration system. The study found that despite a special emphasis on people-oriented urbanization, the pressures and costs of citizenization of peasant workers are growing fast, accompanied by rising housing prices in cities. This insight suggests there are benefits and costs of promoting China’s new-type urbanization. Despite the advantages of institutional innovation, the unexpected side effects such as rapid rising housing prices actually undermine the success of plan implementation.

23. On the acceptance of animal production in rural communities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Stefan Mann (author) and Hans Kogl (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10182
Journal Title:: Land Use Policy
Journal Title Details:: 20(3): 243-252
Notes:: 10 pages., Via online journal., In 18 East German municipalities, nine of them with a planned pig production site and the other nine with an existing pig production site, a survey was carried out on the factors influencing the acceptance of pig production. The influencing factors examined were the personal attitude on particular aspects of pig production, socio-demographic characteristics, the personal involvement in local decision-making, the size of livestock and the production technology. As a result, existing production sites are perceived more positively than planned sites, without any influence of size and production technology. The difference may be explained by the fact that planned sites are evaluated in respect to economic arguments as jobs and income (market goods), while existing sites are rather evaluated in respect to environmental factors (public goods). For new investments the results lead to the recommendation to emphasize its economic aspects, to integrate the investor socially in the rural community and to apply technology that prevents pollution for the neighborhood. More importantly, the results show the shortcomings of a “top down” approach and the indispensability of endogenous resources in regional development.

24. Development communication

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Online document
Publication Date:: 2019-01
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10199
Notes:: ACDC houses page 1 of the 74-page posting. The full posting was retrieved from: revolvy.com/page/developmentcommunication, Definition posted in Wikipedia

25. Factors influencing the information needs and information access channels of farmers: an empirical study in Guangdong, China

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Yongshan Chen (author) and Yonghe Lu (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01-08
Published:: China: SAGE Journals
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10228
Journal Title:: Journal of Information Science
Notes:: 20 pages., Via online journal., Information plays an important role in meeting the quantitative and qualitative goals of agriculture in the 21st century. As an emerging economy in a developing continent, China has already made many interventions to use information technology to support agricultural development. However, information service in some rural areas is still severely limited. The overall impact of the changing information environment on the farmers’ information needs and access channels has not been fully studied. Thus, this study systematically investigates the characteristics of the information needs and channels of farmers in Guangdong, China. We have collected 4006 questionnaire samples and used correlation analysis to explore the relationships between farmers’ information needs and access channel preferences. The results indicate that individual characteristic factors, social factors and family factors have different degrees of influence on farmers’ information needs and access channel preferences. These findings can provide a reference for information construction in the rural areas of Guangdong Province and thus promote its economic development. This study can also provide useful insights for policymakers and researchers from other developing countries to formulate implementation plans to promote agricultural development.

26. Between words: a generational discussion about farming knowledge sources

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wójcik, Marcin (author), Jeziorska-Biel, Pamela (author), and Czapiewski, Konrad (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03-09
Published:: Poland: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10245
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 67: 130-141
Notes:: 12 pages., Via online journal., This article is concerned with the shaping of agricultural knowledge among farmers, in the context of the rapid changes Polish agriculture has been subject to since the time of the country's EU accession. The theoretical underpinnings of this work have been described in terms of the significant notional categories, i.e. knowledge, knowledge-cultures and sources of knowledge. The research made use of the joint interviews method. Interviews were run with representatives of different generations in 10 farming families in central Poland. The main research objective was to determine sources of farming knowledge among farmers. The use of joint interviews allowed for the identification of sources of knowledge of different kinds. These reflect a division into farmers' closer and more distant surroundings, i.e. to the family and neighbours on the one hand, and to institutions and media on the other. Knowledge acquisition among farmers is in fact found to be a complex process, reflecting socialisation in a multi-generation environment of family and neighbours, on the one hand, and the impact of the institutional and legal system, on the other. In a general sense, this corresponds to the well-known division of sources of knowledge into the tacit and the explicit, with the acquisition of tacit (i.e. informal) knowledge not meeting with any more major obstacles thanks to proximity in a sense that may be cultural (i.e. the agriculture itself), family-related (and in fact multi-generation) and spatial (physical proximity in a given locality). Microsocial conditioning thus plays a major role in the shaping of this source of knowledge. However, the most important factor distinguishing contemporary cultures as regards knowledge on farming is the capacity to adapt to conditions set by the institutions supporting the latter's development. Formal knowledge flowing into farming families from their institutional surroundings requires growing adaptability and preparation if a succession of innovations are to be taken on board. The multi-source nature of knowledge and the achievement of some kind of balance in this respect actually poses a major challenge for the future functioning of family farms as cultural microsystems.

27. Automated pastures and the digital divide: How agricultural technologies are shaping labour and rural communities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rotz, Sarah (author), Gravely, Evan (author), Mosby, Ian (author), Duncan, Emily (author), Finnis, Elizabeth (author), Horgan, Mervyn (author), LeBlanc, Joseph (author), Martin, Ralph (author), Tait Neufeld, Hannah (author), Nixon, Andrew (author), Pant, Laxmi (author), Shalla, Vivian (author), and Fraser, Evan (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-13
Published:: Canada: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10251
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Notes:: 11 pages., Via online article, A “digital revolution” in agriculture is underway. Advanced technologies like sensors, artificial intelligence, and robotics are increasingly being promoted as a means to increase food production efficiency while minimizing resource use. In the process, agricultural digitalization raises critical social questions about the implications for diverse agricultural labourers and rural spaces as digitalization evolves. In this paper, we use literature and field data to outline some key trends being observed at the nexus of agricultural production, technology, and labour in North America, with a particular focus on the Canadian context. Using the data, we highlight three key tensions observed: rising land costs and automation; the development of a high-skill/low-skilled bifurcated labour market; and issues around the control of digital data. With these tensions in mind, we use a social justice lens to consider the potential implications of digital agricultural technologies for farm labour and rural communities, which directs our attention to racial exploitation in agricultural labour specifically. In exploring these tensions, we argue that policy and research must further examine how to shift the trajectory of digitalization in ways that support food production as well as marginalized agricultural labourers, while pointing to key areas for future research—which is lacking to date. We emphasize that the current enthusiasm for digital agriculture should not blind us to the specific ways that new technologies intensify exploitation and deepen both labour and spatial marginalization.

28. ‘Communication sovereignty’ as resistance: strategies adopted by women farmers amid the agrarian crisis in India

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Dutta, Mohan J. (author) and Thaker, Jagadish (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-04
Published:: India: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10354
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communication Research
Journal Title Details:: 47(1) : 24-46
Notes:: 23 pages., Via online journal., This study draws on a culturally centered collaboration with a community of dalit women farmers in South India who were organized in a cooperative in their collective resistance against the corporatization of agriculture. Situated in the backdrop of the epidemic of farmer suicides in the region, this manuscript examines how those at the margins of global neoliberal transformations symbolically and materially make sense of and resist these transformations. The voices of the women farmers disrupt the underlying neoliberal assumptions that undergird the importation of cash crop agriculture into a subsistence and community-centered farming culture. They depict the ways in which Western cash crop agriculture disrupts community, food security, local health care systems, and the unique gender relations. Moreover, the communication advocacy work carried out by the women seeks to transform agricultural policy through material interventions as alternative practices of agriculture that challenge the hegemony of cash-based individualized agriculture.

29. Assessing intercultural communication: testing technology tools for information sharing in multinational research teams

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ward, Wesley S. (author) and Given, Lisa M. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10363
Journal Title:: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Journal Title Details:: 70 : 338-350
Notes:: 13 pages., Via online journal., Agricultural research in developing countries often involves collaboration between dispersed multicultural teams of scientists from developed and developing countries. The teams use information and computing technologies (ICTs) to communicate between team members, who originate from different cultures using different languages. This paper investigates the usability and utility of a range of ICTs used for communication between team members from different cultures. The research used an intercultural heuristic evaluation tool, or I‐CHET, to evaluate nine ICTs used by Australian and Lao scientists for team communication. The evaluation showed that asynchronous ICTs (e.g., e‐mail) were preferred by non‐native English speakers, while synchronous media (e.g., audio conferencing, instant messaging, Skype) presented considerable problems between team members from different cultures. Most ICTs evaluated in the study demonstrated little consideration for non‐native English speakers and for inexperienced ICTs users. However, all evaluated ICTs demonstrated the ability to transmit information and encourage communication between information users in scientific collaborations. The I‐CHET assessment tool highlights the ongoing need for a “toolbox” of communication ICTs for research collaborations that can be adapted to suit the cultural and professional needs of multinational teams, worldwide.

30. Assessing the social media use and needs of small rural retailers: implications for extension program support

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Son, Jihyeong (author), Niehm, Linda S. (author), Russell, Daniel W. (author), and Lee, Juyoung (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10424
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(2)
Notes:: 7 pages., Article # 2RIB2, Via online journal., To assess small rural retailers' use of social media and the role of social media in their business sustainability, we conducted focus group interviews with small business owners/managers from rural communities in a midwestern state. Participants revealed strong interest in social media, especially for use in sales and marketing. However, their engagement in social media was limited due to lack of knowledge and resources (i.e., time, human resources, financial resources, effectiveness measurement) related to developing and updating content. On the basis of these findings, we examine implications for Extension professionals and outreach educators regarding social media needs and programming for small rural businesses.

31. The reluctant regulator: the rural utilities service and American broadband policy

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ali, Christopher (author) and Duemmel, Mark (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-05
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10500
Journal Title:: Telecommunications Policy
Journal Title Details:: 43(4): 380-392
Notes:: 13 pages., via online journal., Drawing on the increasing body of literature on policy stakeholders and the ever-growing acknowledgement that communication policy is crafted by more than just parliamentarians and formal communication regulators this paper examines the role that another set of regulators plays in communication policy: agriculture regulators. Based on a study of the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS), this paper explores alternative agents of communication policy. More specifically, through document analysis we examine the way in which the Rural Utilities Service has shaped rural broadband policy in the United States over the last three decades. The implications for this research are wide, as it brings another policy actor into the policy making melee, and pushes communication policy scholars to consider the role that non-traditional communication regulators play in the communication policy making process.

32. The new rural reconstruction movement: a Chinese degrowth style

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Alcock, Rowan (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: China
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10538
Journal Title:: Ecological Economics
Journal Title Details:: 161 : 261-269
Notes:: Case study examines abolishment of economic growth as a dimension of sustainable development.

33. The state of the USDA: a quiet dismantling

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lilliston, Ben (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2019-02-04
Published:: USA: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10568
Notes:: via website, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy., 4 pages.

34. Identifying gender-responsive approaches in rural advisory services that contribute to the institutionalisation of gender in Pakistan

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lamontagne-Godwin, J. (author), Cardey, S. (author), Williams, F. E. (author), Dorward, P. T. (author), Aslam, N. (author), and Almas, M. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04
Published:: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10639
Journal Title:: The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Journal Title Details:: 25(3): 267-288
Notes:: 23 pages., via online journal., Unequal reach and access to information is an issue that affects women involved in agricultural activities around the world. Recent initiatives to address gender unequal access to agricultural information have been clumsy, overlooking participatory approaches that focus on transformative change. This study uses Pakistani rural advisory services to compare farmers' and extension workers’ perceptions of access to agricultural information, to identify culturally acceptable gender-responsive schemes.

35. Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Okello, Julius J. (author), Kwikiriza, Norman (author), Muoki, Penina (author), Wambaya, Jacob (author), and Heck, Simon (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 75 Document Number: D10806
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
Journal Title Details:: 20(3):254-276
Notes:: 24 pages., via online journal., Biofortification of staple crops to combat micronutrient deficiencies is gaining global recognition. Projects promoting biofortified food crops use intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension activities to increase adoption of such crops. This study examines the effect of such programs on the adoption and diffusion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP). It finds that intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension programs adopted by some of the biofortification projects increases the adoption and diffusion of OFSP. Specifically, participation in mother-to-mother nutrition support clubs and nutrition-focused health talks affect its adoption and diffusion, but with varying degrees of importance. The paper discusses the implications of these findings.

36. The formation of agricultural e‐commerce clusters: a case from China

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zeng, Yiwu (author), Hongdong, Guo (author), Yao, Yanfei (author), and Huang, Lu (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-08
Published:: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: D10821
Journal Title:: Growth and Change
Notes:: 19 pages., via online journal., Agricultural e‐commerce clusters are new phenomena that have emerged in rural China. In examining the case of Shuyang County in Jiangsu Province, this paper puts forward an integrated model revealing the formation mechanism of agricultural e‐commerce clusters. The paper shows that the formation of agricultural e‐commerce clusters involves four processes of technology introduction, technology diffusion, quality crisis, and industrial agglomeration based on elements such as industry bases, e‐commerce platforms, network facilities, logistics services, entrepreneurial talent, local government, and market demand. Rural social networks and imitation behaviors promote technology diffusion by reducing the cost of technology introduction, and industrial agglomeration is found in the economies showing a deepening of labor divisions and geographic agglomeration. Throughout the formation process, a quality crisis may occur due to a race to the bottom and the opportunistic behaviors of local farmers. This work suggests that regional e‐commerce development is a systematic project. Governments of developing countries should not only realize the positive impacts of e‐commerce for the development of the agricultural industry but also recognize the premise and logic of how e‐commerce can play a prominent role.

37. Agriculture–nutrition linkages in farmers’ communication networks

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jäckering, Lisa (author), Gödecke, Theda (author), and Wollni, Meike (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-08
Published:: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: D10824
Journal Title:: Agricultural Economics
Notes:: 16 pages., via online journal., To date, little is known about how information flows within farmer groups and how extension interventions could be designed to deliver combined information on agriculture and nutrition. This study uses unique network data from 815 farm households in Kenya to investigate the structure and characteristics of agricultural and nutrition information networks within farmer groups. Dyadic regressions are used to analyze the factors influencing link formation for the exchange of agricultural and nutrition information. In addition, we apply fixed‐effects models to identify the characteristics of central persons driving information exchange in the two networks, as well as potentially isolated persons, who are excluded from information networks within their farmer groups. Our results show that nutrition information is exchanged within farmer groups, although to a limited extent, and mostly flows through the existing agricultural information links. Thus, diffusing nutrition information through agricultural extension systems may be a viable approach. Our findings further suggest that group leaders and persons living in central locations are important drivers in the diffusion of information in both networks and may thus serve as suitable entry points for nutrition‐sensitive extension programs. However, we also identify important heterogeneities in network characteristics. In particular, nutrition information is less often exchanged between men and women, and some group members are completely isolated from nutrition information exchange within their farmer groups. We derive recommendations on taking these differences in network structure and characteristics into account when designing nutrition‐sensitive extension programs.

38. Construction and validation of a psychometric scale to assess extension agents’ beliefs about extension and innovation

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Landini, Fernando (author), Beramendi, Maite (author), and University of La Cuenca del Plata Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-07-24
Published:: Argentina: Taylor and Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: D10880
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Journal Title Details:: 25(5) : 318-399
Notes:: 18 pages, online journal article, Purpose This article aims at designing and validating a psychometric scale to assess extensionists’ and advisors’ beliefs about extension and innovation. Design/Methodology/approach The scale was developed by drawing upon results from a previous empirical research as well as insights from a literature review on extension and innovation approaches. The theoretical framework used to write the items was validated by 12 international experts from 11 countries. 608 Argentine extension workers completed the questionnaire. Replies were analysed using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Findings The scale has a good fit and satisfactory level of internal consistency. Five factors were identified: Dialogue and horizontal coordination; Transfer of technology; Blame on farmers; Participatory, farmer-led extension; and Self-critical attitude. Practical implications The scale has multiple and different uses, including research, theory development, institutional practice, diagnosis, and teaching. Theoretical implications Results show that a horizontal, facilitative extension approach shares a common epistemology, as well as underlying values and assumptions, with territorial development and with an innovation systems perspective, and that both contrast with a traditional transfer of technology approach. Nonetheless, practitioners would not tend to see these two contrasting perspectives as contradictory but as complementary. Originality/Value The scale is the first validated psychometric instrument, based on an ample theoretical framework, that allows for a quantitative assessment of beliefs about extension and innovation.

39. Plight of New York dairy farmers detailed in articles that won awards in National Newspaper Association contests

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Reader, Bill (author / Ohio University)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2019-06-21
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10892
Notes:: Online from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, Lexington, Kentucky, Rural Blog. 3 pages., Describes the editorial approach of two award-winning local newspapers in focusing on the human toll of changing market forces in the dairy industry.

40. The potential for developing educational farms: a SWOT analysis from a case study

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Forleo, Maria Bonaventura (author), Palmieri, Nadia (author), and University of Molise
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-07-22
Published:: Italy: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10975
Journal Title:: The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Journal Title Details:: 25(5) : 431-442
Notes:: 11 pages, via online journal, Purpose: Educational farms (EFs) serve a number of social and economic functions and are part of the debate about new learning environments, multifunctional agriculture and firm diversification. Through the analysis of a case study, this paper aims to identify strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of EFs and key factors for setting a development strategy. Design/Methodology/Approach: A direct survey to EFs in Molise region (IT) was implemented during April-May 2017 and results were assessed following a SWOT approach. Findings: Strong motivation and connection with agritourism activities are strengths of EFs in the region; small size, unskilled staff, lack of structured educational pathways, and limited profitability are the main weaknesses. Farms opportunities come from a territory rich in rural landscapes, environmental resources, and typical food products, and from a growing demand for educational tourism. Obstacles are in the institutional sphere and due to the absence of regional networks. Based on SWOT findings, key factors for EFs development are discussed. Practical implications: EFs development requires innovative educational and managerial tools, a more concerted and proactive role for multiple stakeholders, and the implementation of a network approach. Study findings solicit actions from public institutions and advisory services to improve farmers’ skills. Theoretical implications: The paper contributes to the theoretical debate about the need for a multidisciplinary approach in dealing with the analysis of EFs. Originality/Value: The analysis underlines the importance of internal and external drivers in stimulating farms and institutions to support diversification strategies, rural development and transformation processes in inner areas.

41. How social media can foster social innovation in disadvantaged rural communities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Onitsuka, Kenichiro (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-05
Published:: MDPI
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11040
Journal Title:: Sustainability
Journal Title Details:: 11(9)
Notes:: 24 pages., via online journal., Social innovation has received widespread attention in the rural development field, especially its contribution to future rural sustainability. Social innovation revolves around social networks. Rural areas, however, can be relatively disadvantaged by their geographical peripherality. Social media, therefore, has strong potential to foster social innovation by enabling remote communication, but in rural areas, social media use may be low because of an aging and decreasing population. This study examined community-level adoption and use of social media in rural areas in Japan, with a focus on Facebook, for the purpose of sharing community information and facilitating networking with a variety of actors to promote rural social innovation. The study involved a comprehensive search and case studies targeting 139,063 rural communities and 10,922 rural joint-communities, all of which are legally designated agricultural communities throughout Japan. The search found that disadvantaged rural communities’ adoption of Facebook was scarce, and most of the communities that had adopted Facebook did not expand their social networks. Furthermore, investigation into the communities that had adopted social networking to a larger extent revealed that external supporters or migrants had essential roles in successful networking. Based on the obtained findings, this study has provided insights for future policy design.

42. Agricultural information on air: analyzing farm radio through contemporary models of science communication. A comparison of three cases in rural Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Oswald, Fabian (author) and Kalsruhe Institute of Technology
Format:: Dissertation
Publication Date:: 2019-04-02
Published:: Germany: Kalsruhe Institute of Technology
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11122
Notes:: 196 pages., via institutional depository., Fabin's work is based on Kilimo Media’s work. He sought to investigate how information flow through agricultural radio programs in local languages is structured and whether contemporary theories of science communication are observable in the practice of farm radio through a cross-case study approach. Fabian held qualitative interviews with local actors and group discussions with farmers in Kajiado, Marsabit and Kitui counties and three radio stations Bus radio, Radio Jangwani and Syokimau FM.

43. Farmers’ assessment of the effectiveness of extension communication methods used in Ogbomoso agricultural zone of Oyo-State, Nigeria

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Yekinni, Oyedeji. T. (author) and Afolabi, Christiana. O. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: African Journals Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11144
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Extension
Journal Title Details:: 23(3):126-134
Notes:: 9 pages., via online journal., This study assessed the effectiveness of extension communication methods used in disseminating information to farmers in Ogbomoso Agricultural zone of Oyo State. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents. Data were analysed using frequency, percentage, standard deviation, mean, median and mode statistics. The findings show that the extension communication methods used for farmers were farm visit (89.2%) and home visit (78.5%), contact farmers (73.3%) and method demonstration (51.7%). Contact farmers, farm visits and home visit were the most frequently used communication strategies by extension agencies while farm visit (x=1.57) was the most preferred extension method to receive information and technologies and respondents perceived the extension communication methods used to be moderately effective. The study recommends that extension officers should consider the use of communication methods preferred by the farmers to communicate information to them.

44. Kentucky's $1.5 billion information highway to nowhere

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Miller, Alfred (author / Louisville Courier-Journal)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11197
Notes:: Online from the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. 16 pages., Report of a troubled and costly effort to provide "high-speed internet to Kentucky''s remote corners."

45. Rural tourism to promote territories along the ancient roads of communication: Case study of the rediscovery of the St. Francis's Ways between Florence and La Verna

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bambi, Gianluca (author), Iacobelli, Simona (author), Rossi, Giuseppe (author), Pellegrini, Paolo (author), and Barberi, Matteo (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Italy
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11335
Journal Title:: Sciendo
Journal Title Details:: 11(3) : 462-474
Notes:: Via online., "This research project aimed at identifying a new network of routes and historical itineraries for the development and promotion of rural tourism in the Tuscany Region, by promoting forms of sustainable mobility in rural areas, particularly marginal ones." Examples: shrines, churches, abbeys, hermitages and sacred places.

46. Information and communication infrastructures and new business models in rural areas: the case of Molise Region in Italy

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Levoli, Corrado (author), Belliggiano, Angelo (author), Marandola, Danilo (author), Milone, Pierluigi (author), and Ventura, Flaminia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Italy
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11336
Journal Title:: European Countryside
Journal Title Details:: 11(4) : 475-496
Notes:: Online via https://doaj.org, Article deals with the role of information and communication technologies and the related infrastructure to induce innovations for sustainable rural development." Authors examined the role of social innovation to create a new demand for products, services, and organizational models for farm and rural enterprises.

47. Gendered constraints for adopting climate-smart agriculture amongst smallholder Ethiopian women farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Tsige, Meseret (author), Synnevag, Gry (author), and Aune, Jens B. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: Ethiopia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11375
Journal Title:: Scientific African
Journal Title Details:: 7, e00250
Notes:: 12 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)., Findings showed that women smallholders' uptake was affected by limited access to credit, extension, restricted membership in cooperatives and water user associations, lack of access or user rights to land, skill training, information, and restricted mobility. Authors suggested that expanding off-farm diversification and rural employment opportunities through changing the land tenure system, which is currently state-owned, are essential to enhance women smallholders' access to land and other agricultural inputs.

48. Social activities, information seeking on subjects like health and education top the list of mobile activities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Silver, Laura (author) and Huang, Christine (author)
Format:: Research report
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: International: Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 134 Document Number: D11402
Notes:: 5 pages., Online via website., "In emerging economies, smartphone and social media users have broader social networks."

49. The digital divide: Implications for agribusiness and entrepreneurship. Lessons from Wales

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bowen, Robert (author) and Morris, Wyn (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-12
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11591
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 72:75-84
Notes:: 10 pages., via online journal., This paper investigates the impact of broadband access on agribusiness in rural Wales and the resulting implications on entrepreneurial activity. Despite attempts by Government and telecommunications providers to develop widespread broadband coverage in Wales, concerns remain in relation to an increasing digital divide between urban and rural locations. Broadband is a key enabling technology therefore connectivity is significant, not only in communication, but also in the ability for businesses to innovate and grow. Wales is a predominantly rural country with 84% of the total land area in Wales being used for agriculture (Welsh Government, 2013). The food and farming sector represents a significant part of the Welsh economy, and is dominated by small businesses. Connectivity and increased use of technology are vital for these businesses to overcome location constraints and various industrial challenges, notably Brexit. The research uses survey data from 738 farmers and 107 food SMEs in Wales, with 19 follow-up semi-structured interviews. The survey results highlight issues of technology adoption, with 19% of farmers in the survey having no access to broadband internet, with others reporting the speed of connection being a limiting factor. The consequences of poor connectivity point to limited computer skills and low levels of soft technology adoption, a lack of engagement with social media, limited scope for innovation and restricted business growth, with 55.1% of food respondents identifying poor broadband access as a barrier to internationalisation. This has led to agrifood businesses adopting a passive approach to growth opportunities. The findings suggest that rural areas remain at a disadvantage due to poor connectivity, an issue that must be tackled by the Welsh Government to readdress the balance in the economy and limit a brain drain of skilled people moving to urban areas, often outside Wales. Support for such businesses is vital, particularly given the pressures and uncertainty in the industry, as broadband access represents an important enabler for future innovation and entrepreneurial activity

50. 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.

51. 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

52. Ensuring digitalisation is a force for good for African farming

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hailu, Michael (author)
Format:: Editorial
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: D11613
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 3
Notes:: 1 page., Online from publisher., Editorial discusses the launching in early 2019 of a report about digitalisation of African agriculture and introduces related articles in this special issue of the Spore periodical.

53. Blending digital and physical tools to deliver CSA information

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ndirangu, Stella (author)
Format:: Opinion
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: D11614
Notes:: 3 pages., Online from publisher., Author addresses "large gap between African extension services ... and the number of farmers being reached." ... "Africa's existing mobile network (currently the second biggest mobile market in the world) could be better utilised to bridge this gap and provide mobile-based agricultural information, advice and support to smallholder farmers."

54. 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."

55. Bad news: seeing communication for and about development through an expose of Swedish aid to Zambia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Enghel, Florencia (author) and Danielsson, Magnus (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11618
Journal Title:: Journal of International Communication
Journal Title Details:: 25(2) : 254-274
Notes:: 23 pages., Online via open access., How is bilateral development cooperation communicated about in the news? How does a donor agency communicate for and about development? And what are the links between one and the other? This article focuses on a 2016 expose reported on Swedish public television about alleged corruption in aid to Zambia, reflecting failure of both donor and recipient. Authors focus on the news media as mediator of the donor's communication with its tax-paying audiences and demonstrated potentials of an integrated conceptual approach to communication for and about development. Findings reveal greater media coverage of financial accountability than on doing good for Zambian citizens.

56. 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.

57. Broad coalition formed to push for rural broadband

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: News article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-10
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11768
Notes:: Report from Agri-Pulse received online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 6 pages., Report of a letter to Capitol Hill and the White House from a new American Connection Project Broadband Coalition calling for a "robust federal investment in broadband internet connectivity." Letter (attached) signed by 40 ag, tech, and healthcare groups.

58. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports broadband unavailable to 21.3 million Americans, BroadbandNow study indicates 42 million do not have access

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Busby, John (author) and Tanberk, Julia (author)
Format:: Research summary
Publication Date:: 2020-02-03
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11769
Notes:: Online from BroadbandNow, a registered trademark of Centerfield BBN LLC. 3 pages., Whereas the FCC reports that broadband is unavailable to 21.3 million Americans, BroadbandNow Research analyzed FCC Form 477 data and estimated that 42 million Americans do not have the ability to purchase broadband internet. This is an additional 6.5 percent of Americans beyond FCC estimates.

59. Definitions of “rural” and “urban” and understandings of economic transformation: Evidence from Tanzania

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wineman, Ayala (author), Yélognissè Alia, Didier (author), and Anderson, C. Leigh (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-10-01
Published:: International: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11859
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 79
Notes:: 14 pages, via online journal, Designing effective policies for economic development often entails categorizing populations by their rural or urban status. Yet there exists no universal definition of what constitutes an “urban” area, and countries alternately apply criteria related to settlement size, population density, or economic advancement. In this study, we explore the implications of applying different urban definitions, focusing on Tanzania for illustrative purposes. Toward this end, we refer to nationally representative household survey data from Tanzania, collected in 2008 and 2014, and categorize households as urban or rural using seven distinct definitions. These are based on official administrative categorizations, population densities, daytime and nighttime satellite imagery, local economic characteristics, and subjective assessments of Google Earth images. These definitions are then applied in some common analyses of demographic and economic change. We find that these urban definitions produce different levels of urbanization. Thus, Tanzania's urban population share based on administrative designations was 28% in 2014, though this varies from 12% to 39% with alternative urban definitions. Some indicators of economic development, such as the level of rural poverty or the rate of rural electrification, also shift markedly when measured with different urban definitions. The periodic (official) recategorization of places as rural or urban, as occurs with the decennial census, results in a slower rate of rural poverty decline than would be measured with time-constant boundaries delimiting rural Tanzania. Because the outcomes of analysis are sensitive to the urban definitions used, policy makers should give attention to the definitions that underpin any statistics used in their decision making.

60. The intertemporal evolution of agriculture and labor over a rapid structural transformation: Lessons from Vietnam

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Liu, Yanyan (author), Barrett, Christopher B. (author), Pham, Trinh (author), and Violette, William (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-01
Published:: USA: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11867
Journal Title:: Food Policy
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 94
Notes:: 14 pages, via online journal, We combine nationally representative household and labor force survey data from 1992 to 2016 to provide a detailed description of rural labor market evolution and how it relates to the structural transformation of rural Vietnam, especially within the agricultural sector. Our study adds to the emerging literature on structural transformation in low-income countries using micro-level data and helps to answer several policy-related questions. We find limited employment creation potential of agriculture, especially for youth. Rural-urban real wage convergence has gone hand-in-hand with increased diversification of the rural economy into the non-farm sector nationwide and rapid advances in educational attainment in all sectors’ and regions’ workforce. Minimum wage laws seem to have played no significant role in increasing agricultural wages. This enhanced integration also manifests in steady attenuation of the longstanding inverse farm size-yield relationship. Farming has remained securely household-based and the family farmland distribution has remained largely unchanged. Small farm sizes have not obstructed mechanization nor the uptake of labor-saving pesticides, consistent with factor substitution induced by rising real wage rates. As rural households rely more heavily on the labor market, human capital accumulation (rather than land endowments) have become the key correlate of improvements in rural household well-being.

61. Property, access, exclusion: Agribusiness venture agreements in the Philippines

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rosete, Alfredo R.M. (author)
Format:: journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-08-21
Published:: USA: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11879
Journal Title:: Journal of rural studies
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 79
Notes:: 9 pages, via online journal, Economists have touted partnerships between smallholders and agribusiness firms that cultivate high-valued export crops as a means of raising smallholder incomes and achieving rural development. However, some case studies show that such partnerships can deny smallholders the ability to benefit from their lands. This essay examines how this dynamic occurs by comparing the experiences of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Davao Region of the Philippines. The paper finds that contracts which deny ARBs the benefit of their holdings are those that deprive them of key abilities such as determining who can use land and withdraw it from a partnership. Such contracts arise when ARB groups lack attributes that enhance their capacity for collective action, information gathering, and legal advocacy.

62. Sustainable development through participatory communication: an assessment of selected community projects in Cross River State, Nigeria

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: John, Godswill (author) and Etika, David Nandi (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Nigeria: Asian Institute for Development Communication (AIDCOM)
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11914
Journal Title:: Journal of Development Communication
Journal Title Details:: 30(2) : 60-71
Notes:: Online from UI Library subscription., Report of research about use of participatory communication in development projects involving agriculture, natural resources, and other topics at community levels. Findings emphasized need to give priority to it when carrying out community projects.

63. Lessons of participatory communication in writings of Mahatma Gandhi

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mutyala, Pratima (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: India
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11935
Journal Title:: Journal of Development Communication
Journal Title Details:: 30(1) : 45-52
Notes:: Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Highlights the similarities between contemporary literature on participatory communication and publications by M. K. Gandhi on Indian rural development. Also recommends a simple model of applying the concept of participatory communication in present day rural development projects in India as an extension of the "Gram Swarajya" idea propounded by Gandhi.

64. Review on gendered perspective of household's participation in agricultural activities in Ethiopia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Belay, Fenet (author) and Oljira, Alemayehu (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01
Published:: Ethiopia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11999
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
Journal Title Details:: 11(1) : 1-10
Notes:: 10 pages, Online via UI Library electronic subscription. Open access., "This paper re-affirms that women make essential contributions to agriculture and rural enterprises across the developing world. But there is much diversity in women's roles and over-generalization undermines policy relevance and planning."

65. Karl Robert Kern

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Obituary
Publication Date:: 2020-09-05
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12020
Notes:: Obituary online from the Ames Tribune via legacy.com. 4 pages., Described the career and life of this 31-year communications faculty member at Iowa State University.

66. The use and abuse of the ‘model farmer’ approach in agricultural extension in Ethiopia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hailemichael, Salem (author) and Haug, Ruth (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-05-06
Published:: United States: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12054
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol 26, 2020 Issue 5
Notes:: 21 Pages, Purpose: The article examines the implementation and effects of the model farmer-based approach of farmer-to-farmer extension delivery that is in use in Ethiopia. Methodology: The study used mixed methods, combining focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and a household survey. Findings: The model farmer approach has increased extension coverage, improved the possibility for information and technology dissemination, and enabled the inclusion of virtually all farming households in extension and advisory networks. Simultaneously, the approach has become a mechanism for the top-down control of farmers, for the identification and favouritism of better-off farmers, and those with political commitments. Practical implications: The findings show that there is a need to critically reflect on who model farmers are, how they are selected, what their historical and current roles and impact have been, as well as follower farmers’ feedback on the approach in order to avoid perpetuating the misuse of the approach. Theoretical implications: The article argues that the Ethiopian context that rewards rapid increase in production and productivity, modernisation of agriculture, competitive commercialisation, and a context that allows the continued entanglement of extension delivery with politics have enabled such misuse of the approach to proliferate. The article questions the extent of applicability of the core farmer-to-farmer extension principles that relate to social ties, reciprocity, collaboration, and minimal social hierarchies in such a context. Originality/value: The study generates important insights about the effects of model farmer-based extension approach, its political dimensions, and the importance of context for successful farmer-to-farmer extension.

67. Utilisation of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by smallholder farmers in Dzindi Irrigation Scheme in South Africa

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Holmner, Marlene (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021
Published:: International: African Journals Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12100
Journal Title:: African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 29 No. 1
Notes:: 21 pgs., CTs (Communications technologies) have revolutionized agricultural information services at every level in the agricultural sector, thus impacting rural development and catalysing poverty alleviation strategies. This has largely been the case with small-scale farmers in rural areas in developing countries where mobile technologies have penetrated more than most other ICT tools. However, in some of the farming environments, mobile phone use is largely driven by agricultural extension workers. This paper seeks to examine the way mobile phones are used for information access in situations where agricultural extension workers are a critical intermediary in the agricultural information services. Interviews were conducted with 10 randomly selected farmers who were part of the Dzindi irrigation scheme. The findings were that from the variety of information available to the farmers the most important source was the extension officer. The extension officer and the radio were indicated to be the most reliable independent sources of information. The other sources, such as the radio, family members, and friends, suppliers of chemicals, books and magazines, were only considered reliable if the information could be verified or vouched for by the extension officer. Increasing the information handling skills of extension officers, training of farmers to use smart features of their phones and promoting the usual face-to-face communication use of conventional methods, which is what usually gives rise to the mediation of mobile phones, were recommended.

68. Information Needs of Women Subsistence Farmers in a Village in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zimu-Biyela, Acquinatta (author), Dube, Luyanda (author), and Van der Walt, Thomas (author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: South Africa: University of South Africa Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12171
Journal Title:: South African Journal of Information Studies
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 38 Issue 1, p1-17
Notes:: 18 pages., This article reports on findings of a study that was conducted to establish the information needs of women subsistence or smallholder farmers and the various information sources they consulted to resolve their information needs. The study was qualitative,and a grounded theory design was used. Focus group interviews and observation were used to collect data from 14 women crop farmers and three women livestock keepers.The farmer-to-farmer extension (FFE) model was adopted to understand theinformation-seeking behaviours of women farmers and how they can be improved, if need be. The findings revealed that while the women crop farmers needed help with seeds, soil treatment and the protection of crops from pests and stray animals,they needed more information on drought preparedness and management, and,on how to transform from subsistence to commercial farming. Women livestock keepers needed information on livestock feeds, the treatment of various ailments, and disaster preparedness and management. In addition, they needed the reintegration of the extension officer.It also transpired that local libraries were not responding to the information needs of farmers.The main source of information was oral communication. The use of radio, television, cell phones and extension officers was limited.This study echoes other studies which propose it is important that libraries, non-government organisations (NGOs) and extension officers respond to the information needs of smallholder farmers, especially women.

69. Use of information and communication technologies by Vietnamese smallholders: Implications for extension strategies

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hoang, Hung Gia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-02-18
Published:: International: SAGE Journals
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12212
Journal Title:: Information Development
Journal Title Details:: Vol.37(2)
Notes:: 9 pages., In order to facilitate the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for accessing agricultural information by smallholders, it is critical to understand their perspectives on the use of ICT. However, few empirical studies have considered how smallholders utilise ICT in Central Vietnam. This research investigates the Central Vietnamese smallholders’ views on the extent of use of ICT for accessing agricultural information. A sample size of 250 smallholders was randomly selected from a total of 687 smallholders in Trieu Phong district, Central Vietnam. A two-section questionnaire was used to gather data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The smallholders used mobile phones, TV and radio networks/broadcasts as the common ICT tools, and these were also effective ICT tools for accessing agricultural information. Lack of knowledge and skills for using applications on mobile phones were the main challenge to the smallholders’ use of ICT. A statistically significant relationship, existing between the extent of mobile phone use and the smallholders’ age (χ = 10.04, p = 0.040), gender (χ = 5.99, p = 0.014) and the type of households (χ = 6.84, p = 0.033), was found. Similarly, there was a statistically significant relationship existing between the extent of radio network/broadcast use and the smallholders’ age (χ = 9.58, p = 0.048) and gender (χ = 4.83, p = 0.028).

70. Stakeholders’ views on sustaining honey bee health and beekeeping: the roles of ecological and social system drivers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Fedoriak, Mariia (author), Kulmanov, Oleksandr (author), Zhuk, Alina (author), Shkrobanets, Oleksandr (author), Tymchuk, Kateryna (author), Moskalyk, Galyna (author), Olendr, Tetiana (author), Yamelynets, Taras (author), and Angelstam, Per (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-03
Published:: United States: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12236
Journal Title:: Landscape Journal
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 36 Issue 3
Notes:: 21 pages, Context: Honey bees provide multiple ecosystem services. Comparisons of coupled social-ecological systems (SES) can improve the understanding of the factors affecting honey bees and beekeeping. Objectives: Stressing the need for SES analyses, we explore beekeepers' perceived factors affecting bees and beekeeping, test the hypothesis that honey bee colony losses are associated to agricultural land use intensity, and discuss the role of beekeeping for rural development. Methods: We used as a case study the steep gradient in SES in Ukraine's Chernivtsi region with three strata: (i) traditional villages, (ii) intermediate and (iii) intensive agriculture. In each stratum, we analysed the social system using five open-ended focus groups. Regarding the ecological system, we analysed data about winter loss rate of honey bee colonies, number of colonies per beekeeper, the average amount of supplemental feeding, and proportion of beekeepers treating against Varroa mite. Results: Thirty-three themes were extracted, of which 73% concerned the social system at multiple levels of governance. The number of themes increased from the traditional stratum with higher winter colony losses to the intensive agriculture stratum with lower losses. This does not support the hypothesis that the intensive agriculture per se affect honey bees negatively. Conclusions: Social system factors dominate over ecological factors, and interact across scales. This requires systems analyses of honey bees and beekeeping. We see beekeeping as a social innovation enhancing stakeholders' navigation in social systems, thus supporting rural development in countries in transition like Ukraine.

71. Government extension, agroecology, and sustainable food systems in Belize milpa farming communities: A socio-ecological systems approach

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Drexler, Kristin A. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: 2020-04-16: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12257
Journal Title:: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development
Journal Title Details:: Volume 9, Issue 3 Spring 2020
Notes:: 13 pages, The sustainability of milpa agriculture, a traditional Mayan farming system in southern Belize, is uncertain. For centuries, the milpa has been a sustainable agriculture system. The slash-and-burn aspect of milpa farming, however, has become less reliable and less sustainable over the last 50 years due to several factors, including forest loss, climate change, population growth, and other factors. The traditional milpa practices of slash-and-mulch and soil nutrient enrichment (nutrient cycling) are agroecological practices that produce food in a more sustainable way. Agriculture extension, a government service in Belize, can promote additional agroecological practices to address food and livelihood insecurities in milpa communities. This study examines perceptions of these practices from milpa farmers and agricultural extension officers in Belize using a socio-ecological systems (SES) framework. SES considers multidisciplinary linkages, including social, economic, environmental, cultural, and other factors in the agroecological system. The study finds several of these SES linkages between agroecological practices--specifically slash-andmulch and soil nutrient enrichment--and the sustainability of the milpa farming system in southern Belize. Milpa communities are part of the broader SES and therefore are affected by changes to it. Milpa communities can also be enabled and participate in solution-finding. The findings imply that increasing the use of agroecology practices in milpa communities is needed and that government involvement and action, particularly from agriculture extension services, can facilitate a more sustainable milpa farming system and therefore more food and livelihood security in milpa communities in Belize.

72. Household socio-economic factors influencing choice of agro-advisory dissemination pathways for climate change in semi-arid areas of Kenya

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Akeyo Onyango, Debrah (author), Rasugu Mogaka, Hezron (author), Njiri Ndirangu, Samuel (author), and Kwena, Kizito (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-07-21
Published:: International: SAGE Journals
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12309
Journal Title:: Information Development
Journal Title Details:: Online First
Notes:: 12 pages, Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is adversely affected by climate variability and change due to the dependence of its economies and livelihoods primarily on rain-fed agriculture. Agro-advisories boost informed decision-making as well as planning of farm activities. The purpose of this study was to characterize the pathways through which farmers receive usable location-specific agro-advisories as well as to evaluate the effect of the socio-economic environment in the access to such information. Data was collected from 400 randomly selected households in lower eastern Kenya in a cross-sectional survey. Multivariate probit regression was used to determine the factors influencing the choice of pathways used in accessing climate change adaptation information. Household socio-economic characteristics that were found to be significant in explaining access to disseminated agro-advisories include phone and radio ownership, level of education, marital status, and farm size among others. Based on these findings a conclusion is made that the socio-economic environment within which information is disseminated is vital in determining those who access information and probably act on it. Additionally, pathways found to be complementary or substitutable give information providers new insights on the channels to use in information dissemination. The study recommends that these factors be considered in efforts geared towards promoting agro-advisory preparation and dissemination to improve adaptation to climate variability and change in dryland areas.

73. Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Agricultural Community of Attabira area of Bargarh District, Odisha: A Survey

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Panda, Abinash (author), Rani Dash, Lipsa (author), and Panda, Debasmita (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-03
Published:: United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12355
Journal Title:: Library Philosophy and Practice
Notes:: 27 pages., The study on the information-seeking behavior of the agricultural community was undertaken in the attabira area of bargarh district of Odisha with objectives to study the different areas in which they require information frequently and determine the sources through which they rely on. It was found that most of the people are dependent upon agriculture in the attabira area. They started working at the age of 18. Most of the farmers (85.6%) of farmers opted for pooja seeds for cultivation. The study shows 7.36% of the respondents are facing difficulties in irrigation facilities. About 78.9% of the people are talking about MSP (Minimum support price). About 7.3% of farmers gathered information from social media, TV, Call centers, etc. It is observed that the highest numbers of people are talking from a nationalized bank. The farmers were getting information from various sources like TV media, print media, etc. The library plays a crucial role in the dissemination of knowledge. The farmer knowledge center was established where they could get their query solved. The knowledge centers need to provide the right information at the right time in a personal way. The result reveals that a large number of people of the attabira district are influenced by socio-economic variables.

74. Pro-poor Rural Growth of Agricultural Food through Rural Public Library Services for the Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bakare, Abdullahi A. (author), Olaniyi, Esther (author), and Oloruntola, Mosunmade Opeoluwa (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01-01
Published:: United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12373
Journal Title:: Library Philosophy and Practice
Journal Title Details:: Winter 2020
Notes:: 18 pages., The economic challenges in Nigeria make it to suffer from food insecurity which is due to low agricultural production and productivity. Specific initiatives by the Federal Government on pro-poor rural agricultural food growth to achieve SDGs to end hunger have been established. Similar structures have also been established in all the 36 States of the Federation and, in some cases, at Local Government Area level. The government is also with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and a wide array of stakeholders. Use of pro-poor rural agricultural food growth through rural public library services to achieve the goal 1 and goal 2 targets of SDGs (end poverty and hunger) is particularly the focus of this study. This paper submits that public libraries have a great role to play in the implementation of SDGs by using emerging technology, collaborating on capacity building and going into partnership with critical stakeholders to make information available to poor rural farmers. Hence, materials from the key partners of the government on information about production forecasts, increased agricultural productivity, soil composition, markets for different crops, dairy and poultry farming, farm mechanics, land use, preservation of soil, rainfall and cultivation of different types of crops, effective extension service delivery and feedback on situation for improved research and policy implementation on agriculture should be acquired by public libraries, organized, preserved and made available to rural poor to facilitate pro-poor rural agricultural food growth for the attainment of SDGs in Nigeria.

75. Knowledge management best practices among rice farmers in selected areas of Tanzania

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mtega, Wulystan Pius (author) and Ngoepe, Mpho (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-07-19
Published:: South Africa: SAGE Journals
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12389
Journal Title:: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 52 (2)
Notes:: 14 pages., For improved rice production, farmers need access to timely and relevant knowledge at each stage of the rice-cropping calendar. To understand how farmers involve themselves in acquiring and sharing agricultural knowledge, this study investigates how knowledge management best practices can be enhanced among rice farmers in selected rural areas of Tanzania. Data were collected from 226 rice farmers in three districts (Kilombero, Kilosa and Mvomero) of the Morogoro region in Tanzania. Findings from structured questionnaires and focused group discussion indicate that rice farmers accessed, shared and used agricultural knowledge. It was found that individual, institutional and knowledge factors influence the performance of agricultural knowledge management activities. For enhancing effective agricultural knowledge management, it is important to take into consideration the knowledge management best practices, which include developing effective knowledge infrastructure, involving different stakeholders and using appropriate information and communications technology tools in enhancing access to knowledge. It is concluded that effective knowledge management activities increase the level of adoption of agricultural innovations. It is recommended that the proposed agricultural knowledge management best practices be adapted for improving rice production.

76. Adoption as adaptation: Household decision making and changing rural livelihoods in Lombok, Indonesia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Williams, Liana J. (author), van Wensveen, Monica (author), Grunbuhel, Clemens (author), and Pupsadi, Ketut (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-01
Published:: United States: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12575
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 89
Notes:: 9 pages, In agricultural research for development adoption of new technology tends to be cast in categories: adoption, partial adoption, dis-adoption or non-adoption. While these may serve for pragmatic classification and measures for project success or impact they fail to properly acknowledge the ongoing and independent efforts of farmers (and others) in experimentation and integration of knowledge across a range of sources. This paper explores responses to practices for cattle management introduced during a research project, at project close, and five years after the project has finished. We consider the perceptions and application of new knowledge by farmers, extension staff, and policy makers. By taking a longer-term view, we demonstrate how farming households adapt and integrate knowledge from different sources into their daily practice, influenced by local institutions and changing cultural expectations, as well as external researchers. We also consider the influence of changing government priorities and incentives in steering farm-management decisions. Results suggest that a focus on measures to build capacity and empower farmers with information to adapt and respond to change, regardless of project activities, is a much more important goal and indicator of impact than measuring adoption.

77. Facilitators and barriers to farmers’ market use in a rural area

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jarvandi, Soghra (author), Johnson, Kristen (author), and Franck, Karen (author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2022-06-16
Published:: United States: Clemson University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12614
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: V. 60 Iss. 2
Notes:: 7 pgs, Farmers’ markets may improve access to healthful foods in rural areas. Our objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to farmers’ market use in a rural county. We collected data via surveys, focus group sessions, and key informant interviews. Study participants identified the two existing farmers’ markets as community assets. Barriers to use farmers’ markets included inconvenient market hours, not accepting nutrition assistance program benefits, limited transportation, and limited variety. Interventions to improve food access should include ways to meet the needs of specific populations such as low-income residents and residents living in outlying areas without farmers’ markets.

78. Where are families taking advantage of the home broadband discount?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Eaton, Kristi (author)
Format:: Online Article
Publication Date:: 2022-03-30
Published:: United States: Daily Yonder
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12621
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 3 pgs, A new mapping tool shows where households have taken advantage of a federal stimulus program that defrays some of the cost of broadband for lower-income Americans.The tool, which was created through a partnership between Rural LISC and the nonpartisan nonprofit Heartland Forward, was designed to help target families that may qualify for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) but who aren’t participating.

79. Review of agricultural extension and advisory services in sub-saharan African countries. progress with private sector involvement

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nwafor, Christopher Ugochukwu (author), Ogundeji, Abiodun Akintunde (author), and Nwafor, Ifeoma Chinyelu (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-10-02
Published:: Poland: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12675
Journal Title:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 61, N. 3
Notes:: 12 pages, Agricultural extension and advisory services in Africa have significant impact on food security as well as economic and social development. Recent moves towards a pluralistic delivery system, facilitated by the emergence of private-sector led initiatives in many countries are the subject of policy and academic discourse. This study used an adapted, fit-for-purpose market systems development framework to review available research in extension and advisory services in selected sub-Sahara Africa countries. Using a literature survey methodology, we report evidence of multiple actors in extension delivery, findings that point towards evolution towards mixed delivery as well as objectives. While there are significant uptake of cost-recovery approaches among commercially-oriented farmers, many smallholder farmers still depended on donor-funded services. Our review adds to existing knowledge through incorporating a market systems development framework, which extends the often-used willingness to pay approach, and highlights the need for merger of both public and private-sector objectives to achieve developmental outcomes.

80. Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lamm, Kevan W. (author), Lamm, Alexa (author), Davis, Kristin E. (author), Dobbins, Catherine (author), and Powell, Alyssa (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-12-29
Published:: USA: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12684
Journal Title:: Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 28, Iss. 5
Notes:: 24 pages, Extension is sometimes viewed globally as less important than academic research and innovation, even though these networks are crucial to agricultural development. Using Lewin’s (1947) organizational change theory as a conceptual background, an instrument to measure advocacy capacity within international extension networks was developed. The resulting scale was analyzed for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed on the proposed scale. The underlying structure of the scale was found to load onto five factors. The five extracted factors were labelled: 1) network support of advocacy, 2) network integration of advocacy, 3) network influence in advocacy, 4) network visibility in advocacy, and 5) network advocacy performance. The overall International Extension Network Advocacy Capacity (IENAC) scale, and associated subscales were all found to have acceptable levels of validity.

81. Organic farming as a rural development factor in Poland- the role of good governance and local policies

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Śpiewak, Ruta (author) and Jasiński, Jakub (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-02
Published:: Germany: CENTMA Research
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12696
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 11, N. 1
Notes:: 20 pages, The main goal of this article is to assess the conditions under which market-oriented and formally organised organic farming might become a factor for local development. The main question is: to what degree is the impact of this factor (organic farming) due to local policies and the quality of local governance? Based on research carried out in 2013 and in 2016 in various parts of Poland, the authors demonstrate when and under what conditions and circumstances organic farming may improve farmers’ social and economic conditions as well as the overall development of areas with a significant organic agricultural sector (proportionally to the local scale). The preliminary findings underline that local authorities in rural areas are an institution that can significantly contribute to the maintenance and development of organic farming in Poland.

82. Participation in agricultural extension and labor productivity: a case study of smallholder farmers in Ghana

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Anang, Benjamin Tetteh (author) and Ayambila, Sylvester Nsobire (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07
Published:: Germany: CENTMA Research
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12697
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 11, N. 3
Notes:: 10 pages, Low agricultural productivity remains one of the main factors influencing poverty and food insecurity among smallholder farmers in many developing countries. Among the key interventions assumed to influence agricultural productivity of smallholders is the provision of agricultural extension services to farmers. Access to agricultural extension however remains low in most developing countries thus slowing down agricultural productivity growth. This study therefore sought to determine the labor productivity effects of agricultural extension in northern Ghana using data from a cross-section of 300 smallholder farm households. The results of a binary probit model indicated that participation in agricultural extension increased with farming experience, farm size, access to irrigation and group membership but decreased with years of formal education and household size. Regression estimates of a labor productivity model revealed a positive and statistically significant relationship between agricultural extension and labor productivity. Also, labor productivity increased with farming experience, household income, access to irrigation, degree of specialization in production and the level of conventional inputs used per man-day of labor but decreased with participation in off-farm work. The authors recommend an increase in agricultural extension coverage to ensure that more farmers are reached with information on modern technologies to enhance their labor productivity. Furthermore, farmers need access to inputs such as seed and fertilizer to improve the productivity of labor.

83. Nexus between the invisibility of agricultural extension services and rural livelihoods development: Assertions from rural farming communities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Qwabe, Q.N. (author), Swanepoel, J.W. (author), Zwane, E.M (author), and Van Niekerk, J.A (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-11-02
Published:: South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12717
Journal Title:: South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol.50, N.2
Notes:: 16 pages, Agricultural extension is one of the essential services that are offered by the South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development (DALRRD), to facilitate agricultural development in rural communities. The significance of agricultural extension is that it offers new knowledge to farmers and allows space for growth through various interventions such as agrarian transformation and improving livelihoods through the promotion of agriculture as a vehicle for ‘pro-poor’ economic growth. However, there is a concern that extension services are invisible in resource-restricted and previously marginalised rural communities. The study presented in this paper examined farmer’s experiences with extension practitioners and the impact of a lack of extension services on the development of impoverished rural communities. The researchers adopted a qualitative design wherein six focus group discussions were held to gather data from the farmers. Data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti22, a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). Four themes of extension services that have a direct linkage to livelihood development, namely, the impact on rural livelihoods, production challenges, marketability, and economic impact, and the invisibility of extension services, were the central point of discussion.

84. Securing the future of US agriculture: the case for investing in new entry sustainable farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Carlisle, Liza; (author), de Wit, Maywa Montenegro (author), DeLonge, Marcia S. (author), Calo, Adam (author), Getz, Christy (author), Ory, Joanna (author), Munden-Dixon, Katherine (author), Galt, Ryan (author), Melone, Brett (author), Knox, Reggie (author), Iles, Alastaire (author), and Press, Daniel (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: United States: University of California Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12775
Journal Title:: Elementa
Journal Title Details:: V. 7, I. 1
Notes:: Sustainable agriculture is among the most urgently needed work in the United States, for at least three reasons: we face an environmental crisis, a health crisis, and a rural economic crisis. Addressing these pressing crises through sustainability transition will require growing our agricultural workforce: both because the current farm population is aging, and because sustainable agriculture is knowledge-intensive work that substitutes experiential knowledge of farm ecosystems for harmful industrial inputs. Given its social value, sustainable agriculture ought to be a welcoming profession. But at present, US agriculture is decidedly unwelcoming for nearly all who work in it – and it puts new entry and sustainable farmers at a distinct disadvantage. In this paper, we first examine why it is so hard to enter and succeed in sustainable farming. We find that new entrants struggle to gain critical access, assets, and assistance, encountering substantial barriers that stand between them and the land, capital, markets, equipment, water, labor, and training and technical assistance they need to succeed. Secondly, we review promising policy and civil society interventions targeted at addressing these barriers, nearly all of which have already been piloted at the local and state levels or through modest public funding. These interventions are most effective, we find, when they are linked up through robustly governed networks to provide “wraparound” coverage for new entry sustainable farmers. Such networks can help patch together complementary sources of support (e.g. federal, state, local, NGO, cooperative) and synergistically address multiple barriers at once. Finally, we propose additional interventions that are more aspirational today, but that could offer important pathways to support new sustainable farmers in the longer term.

85. Exploring the feasibility of rural broadband cooperatives in the United States: the new new deal?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Schmit, Todd M. (author) and Severson, Roberta M. (author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2021-02-13
Published:: Netherlands: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12778
Journal Title:: Telecommunications Policy
Journal Title Details:: Volume 45, Issue 4
Notes:: 13pgs, Sufficient access to and utilization of broadband is an ongoing concern for rural economic development. Using a rural region in Northern New York (USA), we consider the investment and operational costs of a broadband cooperative and determine service prices for which it is financially viable. Service prices need to increase 75%–131%, depending on grant restrictions, relative to existing market prices for a new broadband cooperative to become financially feasible. Put differently, the cooperative would not cash flow at market prices unless there was at least 14 potential subscribers per mile at a 62% take rate. For a cooperative, the grant restriction that providers offer a minimum level of speed at a maximum price results in a high level of subsidization by high-speed to low-speed members to support the business. Given grant funding and member equity investments, financial infeasibility has little to do with construction costs, than with annual operational and maintenance costs required to sustain the system long term. More reasonable feasibility scenarios occur for existing utility cooperatives expanding services into broadband, particularly areas with a high proportion of high-speed, year-round users and strong take rates. Consideration of public benefits of broadband arguably needs to be added to the equation, particularly surrounding access to healthcare and educational purposes, and as a prerequisite to supporting taxpayer-funded public-private partnerships to expand broadband services. Policy levers to eliminate or subsidize property taxes and pole rental costs reduce cash flow prices considerably; however, feasibility is highly sensitive to assumed take rates.

86. How small kansas companies bring fast internet to rural places that telecom giants ignore

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Condos, David (author)
Format:: Article/Audio Story
Publication Date:: 2022-05-03
Published:: United States: National Public Radio
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12789
Journal Title:: High Plains Public Radio
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: Installing fiber-optic internet in sparsely populated places like western Kansas is extremely expensive, even with government subsidies. But some smaller, local broadband providers are finding ways to make it work where the big national companies have not.

87. Commentary: Do you really have the broadband the FCC thinks you have?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gonsalves, Sean (author) and Parker, Christine (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2022-12-22
Published:: United States: Daily Yonder, The
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12878
Journal Title:: Daily Yonder, The
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 4pgs, Billions of dollars in funding will be administered based on the FCC’s broadband availability map. Is it right? Check your own address and see.

88. Digitalizing agriculture in rural Senegal

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2023-07-20
Published:: Senegal: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12940
Notes:: 6 pages

89. Soy dairy performance metrics

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Krause, Julia (author), Cornelius M. (author), Goldsmith, P. (author), and Mzungu, M. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-11-01
Published:: Kenya: Africa Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT)
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D12993
Journal Title:: African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
Journal Title Details:: V.21, N.10
Notes:: 24 pages, Soybean (Glycine max (L. Merr.) has been a crop of interest to address both poverty and malnutrition in the developing world because of its high levels of both protein and oil, and its adaptability to grow in tropical environments. Development practitioners and policymakers have long sought value added opportunities for local crops to move communities out of poverty by introducing processing or manufacturing technologies. Soy dairy production technologies sit within this development conceptual model. To the researchers’ knowledge, no research to date measures soy dairy performance, though donors and NGOs have launched hundreds of enterprises over the last 18 years. The lack of firm-level data on operations limits the ability of donors and practitioners to fund and site sustainable dairy businesses. Therefore, the research team developed and implemented a recordkeeping system and training program first, as a 14-month beta test with a network of five dairies in Ghana and Mozambique in 2016-2017. Learning from the initial research then supported a formal research rollout over 18 months with a network of six different dairies in Malawi and key collaboration from USAID’s Agricultural Diversification activity. None of the beta or rollout dairies kept records prior to the intervention. The formal rollout resulted in a unique primary dataset to address the soy dairy performance knowledge gap. The results of analysis show that the dairies, on average, achieve positive operating margins of 61%, yet cannot cover the fixed costs associated with depreciation, amortization of equipment and infrastructure, working capital, marketing and promotion, and regulatory compliance. The enterprises in our sample operate only at 9% of capacity, which limits their ability to cover the normal fixed costs associated with the business. The challenge is not the technology itself, as when operated, it produces a high-quality dairy product. The challenges involve a business that requires too much capital for normal operations relative to a nascent and small addressable market.

90. Rural broadband will be a game-changer

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wareham, Jared (author)
Format:: Magazine article
Publication Date:: 2022-01-01
Published:: USA: Drovers CattleNetwork
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13011
Notes:: 1 page, article located on page 40 of digital edition.

91. ‘We’re cut off’: rural farmers are desperate for broadband internet

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Cadloff, Emily Baron (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2023-11-13
Published:: USA: Modern Farmer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13021
Notes:: 16 pages

92. Biden's infrastructure plan includes $100 billion for rural broadband

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2021-04-05
Published:: USA: Hoosier Ag Today Radio Network
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13044
Notes:: 1 page, Accessed online via AgriMarketing update.

93. Remembering Burt Swanson, a passionate and influential advocate for smallholder farmers around the world

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Myrick, Leslie (author)
Format:: Obituary
Publication Date:: 2020-05-05
Published:: USA: College of ACES, University of Illinois Urbana-Illinois
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13071
Notes:: 5 pages, includes Burt Swanson's obituary.

94. Affordability & availability: expanding broadband in the Black rural South

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Harrison, Dominique (author)
Format:: Report
Publication Date:: 2021-10-06
Published:: USA: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13114
Notes:: 38 pages

95. ICT [information and communication technologies] for pro-poor provision of public goods and services: a focus on health

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Micevska, Maja (author)
Format:: Book chapter
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25447
Notes:: Pages 312-336 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.

96. Competencies for rural development professionals in the era of HIV/AIDS

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mulder, Martin (author), Brinkman, Dine (author), Westendorp, Annemarie M.B. (author), and Wals, Arjen E.J. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26582
Journal Title:: Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education
Journal Title Details:: 37(4): 493-511
Notes:: September 2007

97. eSagu: A Data Warehouse Enabled Personalized Agricultural Advisory System

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Reddy, P. Krishna (author), Ramaraju, G.V. (author), Reddy, G.S. (author), and Association for Computing Machinery
Format:: Conference proceedings
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: Asia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26710
Journal Title:: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data
Journal Title Details:: pp. 910-914

98. Agricultural extension, rural development, and the food security challenge

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rivera, William McLeod (author)
Format:: Book
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26906
Notes:: Published in 2003.

99. Agricultural extension and rural development: breaking out of traditions

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ison, Raymond L (author) and Russell, David B. (author)
Format:: Book
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA: Cambridge University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26907
Notes:: Published in 2000.

100. The new mission of agricultural research and extension in African agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kohnert, D. (author) and Weber, P. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26919
Journal Title:: Sociologica Ruralis
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 31, Issue 2/3, pp. 162-168
Notes:: Published in 1991.

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