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2. Farmer;s motivation to adopt sustainable agricultural practices
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Menozzi, Davide (author), Fioravanzi, Martina (author), and Donati, Michele (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Italy
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08768
- Journal Title:
- Bio-based and Applied Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(2) : 125-147
3. Farmers as conservation custodians: links between perception and practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Macdonald, D.W. (author) and Johnson, P.J. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- UK
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25333
- Notes:
- Pages 2-16 in Fran Tattersall and Will Manley (eds.), Conservation and conflict: mammals and farming in Britain. Linnean Society Occasional Publications 4. Westbury Publishing, West Yorkshire, England. 261 pages., Authors synthesize the results of surveys conducted among UK farmers during 1981 and 1998.
4. Knowledge, attitude and practices relating to zoonotic diseases among livestock farmers in Punjab, India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Singh, B.B. (author), Kaur, R. (author), Gill, G.S. (author), Gill, J.P.S. (author), Soni, R.K. (author), and Aulakh, R.S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- India: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10184
- Journal Title:
- Acta Tropica
- Journal Title Details:
- 189: 15-21
- Notes:
- Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/actatropica, Via online journal, Zoonotic diseases cause significant health and economic impact in developing countries such as India. Many zoonotic diseases are prevalent in the livestock and as an occupational zoonosis in the livestock farmers in India. Lack of knowledge on the disease transmission, prevention and control measures is a potential high risk for the occurrence of zoonotic diseases in the livestock and its keepers in India. We conducted this study to understand knowledge, attitude and practices of livestock farmers regarding zoonoses. Five villages from each of the 22 districts of the state were conveniently selected (n = 110). Farmers available at village community sites were enrolled in the study and requested to complete a custom designed questionnaire (n = 558). In addition, livestock farmers attending basic livestock husbandry training were also surveyed (n = 301). Data from questionnaires was used to create three index variables: (a) knowledge score; (b) attitude score and (c) practice score. Association between demographic and other explanatory variables with knowledge score was evaluated using linear regression analyses. Similarly, the association between knowledge and attitude score with practice score was evaluated. Of the 859 participants, 685 (80%) livestock farmers had heard the term ‘zoonoses’ but only 345 (40%), 264 (31%) and 214 (25%) farmers were aware of the zoonotic nature of tuberculosis, Japanese encephalitis and taeniosis, respectively. For practices, 23% farmers reported consumption of raw milk and only 10% and 8% livestock farmers ever got their animals tested for brucellosis and tuberculosis, respectively. The low level of education and being a cattle farmer were negatively associated with the farmer’s knowledge on zoonotic diseases. The attitude score was positively associated with the practice score of the participants. The results indicate need for educating the livestock farmers particularly those with a low level of education to reduce the health and economic impact of zoonotic diseases in India.
5. Mammals and game management: a farmer's view
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oliver-Bellasis, H.R. (author) and Sotherton, N.W. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- UK
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25334
- Notes:
- Pages 30-36 in Fran Tattersall and Will Manley (eds.), Conservation and conflict: mammals and farming in Britain. Linnean Society Occasional Publications 4. Westbury Publishing, West Yorkshire, England. 261 pages.
6. New research shows farmers' perspectives on data collection and sharing
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11675
- Notes:
- 2 pages., Online via AgriMarketing Weekly., Summary of research by The Sustainability Consortium of Farm Journal among more than 400 U.S. farmers in more than 40 states. The survey invited their perspectives on sharing data about their production practices with downstream supply chain organizations, such as food companies and retailers. Findings suggested that growers value data collection, the environment, and conservation agriculture practices on their farmers, but hold concerns about sharing farm data.
7. Precision farming adoption by Florida citrus producers: probit model analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sevier, Brian J. (author) and Lee, Won Suk (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D01587
- Notes:
- CIR 1461, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville. 7 pages.