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1. Can we say what diet is best for health?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Katz, D.L. (author) and Meller, S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02889
Journal Title:: Annual Review of Public Health
Journal Title Details:: 35 : 83-103

2. Environmental matters relating to agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Aldrich, Samuel R. (author)
Format:: Speech
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03091
Notes:: Presentation at the North Central Regional Directors of Agricultural Experiment Stations, Fargo, North Dakota, March 24, 1076. 12 pages.

3. Indiana newspapers and their service to agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sample, G.W. (author) and Swaim, J.S. (author)
Format:: Research summary
Publication Date:: N.D.
Published:: USA: Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08958
Notes:: Page 17 in Lucinda Crile, Findings from studies of bulletins, news stories, and circular letters. Extension Service Circular 488. Revision of Extension Service Circular 461, which it supersedes. May 1953. 24 pages. Summary of bachelor's thesis, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. 3 pages. No date.

4. NPAC PUBS #4

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: Byrnes9 Document Number: D09071
Notes:: Includes Documents B00239, B01341, B02044, B02311, C08798, C12642, C12643, C12644, C12645, C12646. In four folders in the box., Francis C. Byrnes Collection

5. Newsletter survey results

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Survey report result
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09830
Notes:: NCR-90 Collection, 2 pages

6. 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

7. Journalists say more capacity building needed to improve agricultural reporting

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Darboe, Seedy (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01-09
Published:: Banjul, The Gambia: The Point newspaper
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10070
Journal Title:: The Point
Notes:: 1 page., Online article.

8. 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.

9. Novel use of conceptual change framework improves video on challenging science topic

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Helmers, Matthew J. (author), Youngquist, Timothy D. (author), and Grudens-Schuck, Nancy (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10185
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(1) : 1-4
Notes:: 4 pages., Article # 1IAW2, Via online journal., Educational campaigns are more complicated when members of our audiences hold scientific misconceptions related to new technologies. Our prairie strips research and education team produced a brief, focused video aimed to dispel a misconception related to the effect of prairie strip plants' roots on agricultural drain tiles in the Midwest. Our "Field Tile Investigation" video was based on the conceptual change framework from science education and featured a discrepant event. The goal was to move farmers, landowners, and their advisors to an understanding of prairie strips that was more compatible with the scientific standard.

10. Project happy apples: assisting backyard growers in codling moth management

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Detweiler, Amy Jo (author) and Stephan, Toni (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10188
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(1) : 1-5
Notes:: 5 pages., Article # 1IAW6, vial online journal, Project Happy Apples began as an effort to assist backyard growers in managing codling moth in their fruit trees. We developed a process using emails and a web page to provide timely information related to the life cycle of codling moth and relevant integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. The content of our updates included pertinent photos, costs of tools, and suggested dates of action. Results from a survey of participants suggest that they were more confident, knowledgeable, and successful in using IPM strategies in their own backyards as a result of our project.

11. Building success of food hubs through understanding of the cooperative experience

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Schmit, Todd M. (author) and Severson, Roberta M. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10189
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(1) : 1-9
Notes:: 9 pages., Article # 1RIB4, Via online journal., Food hubs represent a business model through which farmers can collectively market product to access new supply chains and buyers can efficiently access locally sourced foods. Many farmer marketing cooperatives fit within the food hub definition and have existed for decades. Accordingly, much can be learned from them to support food hub business planning efforts. We developed and synthesized case studies of three successful cooperatives in order to match key food hub operational challenges with recommended best management practices. Such information is useful for Extension education efforts supporting the development of economically viable food hub businesses.

12. Extension investing resources for the millennial generation: an exploratory study

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kristen Sumpter (author) and Joan Koonce (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10190
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(1) : 1-9
Notes:: 9 pages., Article # 1RIB10, Via online journal., Millennials have different investing knowledge and behaviors than generations in the past. Moreover, as compared to baby boomers, millennials have more debt and less wealth to invest. We used current literature and information collected from Extension educators to explore the values, investing behaviors, learning styles, and loyalty attitudes of millennials. We also examined and evaluated investment resources that had been created or adapted by four Extension faculty members across the nation. A proposed framework with suggestions for future research is provided.

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

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

14. AAEA Association Communications SIG (Special Interest Group)survey

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Crosby, Joy (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-07
Published:: USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10220
Journal Title:: AAEA ByLine
Notes:: 2 pages.

15. 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.

16. Exploring communication tendencies of program facilitators

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kurtzo, Fawn (author), Edgar, Leslie D. (author), Edgar, Don W. (author), Graham, Donna L. (author), and Russell, Mark (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03
Published:: USA: Association for Communication Excellence
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10237
Journal Title:: Journal of Applied Communications
Journal Title Details:: 103(1) : 1-17
Notes:: pgs. 1-17; Article 3, Via online journal., Audience analysis is a critical skill to forge relationships and develop effective communications. Programs provided by the Cooperative Extension Service must be aware of external and internal audiences to provide relevant information and evoke impacts. Berlo’s (1960) Source-Message-Channel-Receiver Model of Communications guided this formative evaluation of Extension staff, and horse 4-H club volunteer leaders (program facilitators) to expose internal communication tendencies in Arkansas. Findings identified that program facilitators seek horse-related information from a variety of sources, most frequently relying on personal connections and least frequently seeking Extension sources. Program facilitators share a variety of messages and most frequently relay information about deadlines to club members. Messages about recruitment and fundraising were shared least often. Program facilitators described utilizing a variety of personal and electronic channels to share messages with the greatest frequency for in-person communications. Incoming channels were less diverse than outgoing channels and primarily featured email, which program facilitators preferred. Program facilitators are primarily female, aged in their thirties, described lifetime involvement with 4-H and the horse industry, and most frequently reported having less than five years’ experience in their current position. The ground-level perspective of facilitators’ demographics and communication tendencies was evident in results of this study. In application, practitioners must continue to actively seek relationships with audiences, remain cognizant of communication factors, and provide accurate messaging through preferred channels.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Which communication channels shape normative perceptions about buying local food? An application of social exposure

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Witzling, Laura (author), Shaw, Bret (author), and Trechter, David (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-22
Published:: USA: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10273
Journal Title:: Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:: 36(3): 443–454
Notes:: 12 pages., via online journal, We examined how information from multiple communication channels can inform social norms about local food purchasing. The concept of social exposure was used as a guide. Social exposure articulates how information in social, symbolic, and physical environments contributes to normative perceptions. Data was collected from a sample in Wisconsin. Results indicated that information from communication channels representing symbolic, social, and physical environments all contributed to normative perceptions. We also found that for individuals who frequent farmers’ markets, information from some communication channels was relatively less strongly associated with injunctive norms. It may be that when first-hand, experiential information is available to inform norms, individuals rely less on information available through other communication channels. Future work might further explore how farmers’ markets foster information sharing in communities, as such information may contribute to normative perceptions.

20. GeoFarmer: a monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Eitzinger, Anton (author), Cock, James (author), Atzmanstorfer, Karl (author), Binder, Claudia R. (author), Läderach, Peter (author), Bonilla-Findji, Osana (author), Bartlin, Mona (author), Mwongera, Caroline (author), Zurita, Leo (author), and Jarvis, Andy (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03
Published:: Germany: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10292
Journal Title:: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 158 : 109-121
Notes:: 13 pages., Via online journal., Farmers can manage their crops and farms better if they can communicate their experiences, both positive and negative, with each other and with experts. Digital agriculture using internet communication technology (ICT) may facilitate the sharing of experiences between farmers themselves and with experts and others interested in agriculture. ICT approaches in agriculture are, however, still out of the reach of many farmers. The reasons are lack of connectivity, missing capacity building and poor usability of ICT applications. We decided to tackle this problem through cost-effective, easy to use ICT approaches, based on infrastructure and services currently available to small-scale producers in developing areas. Working through a participatory design approach, we developed and tested a novel technology. GeoFarmer provides near real-time, two-way data flows that support processes of co-innovation in agricultural development projects. It can be used as a cost-effective ICT-based platform to monitor agricultural production systems with interactive feedback between the users, within pre-defined geographical domains. We tested GeoFarmer in four geographic domains associated with ongoing agricultural development projects in East and West Africa and Latin America. We demonstrate that GeoFarmer is a cost-effective means of providing and sharing opportune indicators of on-farm performance. It is a potentially useful tool that farmers and agricultural practitioners can use to manage their crops and farms better, reduce risk, increase productivity and improve their livelihoods.

21. Farmers’ perceptions regarding the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern Pakistan

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Aldosari, Fahad (author), Al Shunaifi, Mohamed Saleh (author), Ullah, Muhammad Amjad (author), Muddassir, Muhammad (author), and Noor, Mehmood Ali (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04
Published:: Saudi Arabia: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10318
Journal Title:: Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
Journal Title Details:: 18(2) : 211-217
Notes:: 7 pages., Via online journal., Like many developing countries, agriculture is seen as the vehicle for development also in Pakistan. Our study was aimed to identify the perceptions of farmer community towards the electronic media and relationship between different demographic characteristics of respondents with the use of electronic communication of TV and radio, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), a province of Pakistan. Random sampling technique was used for selecting 183 respondents. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Chi-square. Results revealed that maximum respondents were agreed that mobile and internet can be a useful source of agricultural information and only 1.6 and 5.5% of the respondents were strongly disagreed about information means, respectively. A maximum number of the respondents were undecided about “agricultural helpline can be a useful source of agricultural information”, only 14.2% of the respondents were strongly agreed with this statement. A highly significant relationship was found between age of respondents and application of information received through radio and TV. On the other side, education of the respondents had a highly significant relationship with the application of information received through radio only. Farming experience of the respondents had no significant relationship with the application of information received through TV and radio. Results suggested that extension personnel should motivate and educate the farming community about the use of electronic media (TV, radio, helpline, internet, mobile) for advanced information about agriculture production techniques.

22. Evaluating farmers’ access to agricultural information: evidence from semi-arid region of Rajasthan State, India

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Parmar, Ishwar S. (author), Soni, Peeyush (author), Kuwornu, John K. M. (author), and Salin, Krishna R. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03-21
Published:: MDPI
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10331
Journal Title:: Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 9(3)
Notes:: 17 pages., Via open source journal., The rural farmers in western Rajasthan State are uneducated and most of the applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are demonstrated and run in the English Language. The majority of these rural farmers who are illiterates with a very low level of understanding of the English Language find it difficult to take advantage of the availability of ICT to facilitate their access to information for their farm businesses. This study examined the role of ICT in enhancing the farmers’ access to production and marketing information in western Rajasthan State in India. Primary data was collected from 133 farmers consisting of 71 ICT users and 62 Non-ICT users through questionnaire administration. The results of the Analysis of Variance test regarding the farmers’ access to different types of production and marketing information revealed that the user type (i.e., ICT versus Non-ICT user) significantly explains the differences in farmers’ access to the different types of marketing and production information. These results are consistent with the empirical results of the student’s t-test that farmers’ access to different types of production and marketing information from ICT sources is significantly higher than from Non-ICT sources. Consistently, the empirical results of the multiple regressions revealed that the percentage of production and marketing information obtained from ICT sources had positive significant influence on the farmers’ access to marketing and production information; and that the percentage of marketing and production information obtained from Non-ICT sources had negative significant influence on the farmers’ access to marketing and production information. These results suggest that ICT sources of marketing and production information play a crucial role in the farmers’ access to this information for their business operations. The implication is that proper education and training of farmers (especially the female farmers) about the utilization of ICT sources to accelerate access to information is crucial

23. Seeing is not always believing: crop loss and climate change perceptions among farm advisors

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Niles, Meredith T. (author), Wiener, Sarah (author), Schattman, Rachel E. (author), Roesch-McNally, Gabrielle (author), and Reyes, Julian (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03-26
Published:: USA: IOP Publishing Ltd.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10345
Journal Title:: Environmental Research Letters
Journal Title Details:: 14(4)
Notes:: 11 pages., Via online journal article., As climate change is expected to significantly affect agricultural systems globally, agricultural farm advisors have been increasingly recognized as an important resource in helping farmers address these challenges. While there have been many studies exploring the climate change belief and risk perceptions as well as behaviors of both farmers and agricultural farm advisors, there are very few studies that have explored how these perceptions relate to actual climate impacts in agriculture. Here we couple survey data from United States Department of Agriculture farm service employees (n = 6, 514) with historical crop loss data across the United States to explore the relationship of actual climate-related crop losses on farm to farm advisor perceptions of climate change and future farmer needs. Using structural equation modelling we find that among farm advisors that work directly with farms on disaster and crop loss issues, there is a significant positive relationship between crop loss and perceived weather variability changes, while across all farm advisors crop loss is associated with reduced likelihood to believe in anthropogenic climate change. Further, we find that weather variability perceptions are the most consistently and highly correlated with farm advisors' perceptions about the need for farm adaptation and future farmer needs. These results suggest that seeing crop loss may not lead to climate change belief, but may drive weather variability perceptions, which in turn affect farm adaptation perceptions. This lends further evidence to the debate over terminology in climate change communication and outreach, suggesting that weather variability may be the most salient among agricultural advisors.

24. Mobile technology and food access

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wantchekon, Leonard (author) and Riaz, Zara (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-16
Published:: USA: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10352
Journal Title:: World Development
Journal Title Details:: 117 : 344-356
Notes:: 13 pages., Via online journal., Access to food is a basic pillar of human development. It is therefore unsurprising that it features so centrally on global development agendas and that a robust, interdisciplinary literature seeks to examine its determinants. This study focuses on the relationship between mobile technology and food access. Specifically, we ask whether mobile technology can strengthen the relationship between food access and certain social and political factors such as remittance flows and political participation. We use Afrobarometer surveys and highly disaggregated data on 2G network coverage to estimate a multilevel model testing how increased connectivity measured by mobile technology influences food access. We show that mobile phone use and higher frequency of use are significantly and positively correlated with food access, but we do not find evidence that remittances and political participation levels can explain the mechanisms linking mobile technology and food access. The study highlights that connectivity can play a powerful role in shaping food outcomes even when controlling for commonly identified impediments such as income constraints or physical isolation. These findings suggest that policies aimed at improving food access should devote attention to strengthening both communication and physical infrastructure.

25. Forest ownership changes in Europe: State of knowledge and conceptual foundations

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Weiss, Gerhard (author), Lawrence, Anna (author), Hujala, Teppo (author), Lidestav, Gun (author), Nichiforel, Liviu (author), Nybakk, Erlend (author), Quiroga, Sonia (author), Sarvašová, Zuzana (author), Suarez, Cristina (author), and Živojinović, Ivana (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04-09
Published:: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10353
Journal Title:: Forest Policy and Economics
Journal Title Details:: 99 : 9-20
Notes:: 10 pages., Via online journal., Forest ownership is changing in Europe. Reasons include recent institutional changes in Eastern Europe, changing lifestyles of non-agricultural owners and afforestation. At present, there is little comparative analysis across Europe, and the implications that these changes have for forest management and for the fulfilment and redefinition of policy objectives have not been addressed systematically. This paper has been developed in the framework of a European research network on forest ownership change, based on conceptual work, literature reviews and empirical evidence from 28 European countries. It aims to provide an overview of the state of knowledge, to discuss relevant issues and provide conceptual and practical foundations for future research, forest management approaches, and policy making. In particular, it discusses possible approaches for classifying forest ownership types and understandings of “new” forest ownership. One important insight is that the division into public and private forests is not as clear as often assumed and that an additional category of semi-public (or semi-private) forms of forest ownership would be desirable. Another recommendation is that the concepts of “new forest owners” vs. “new forest owner types” should be differentiated more consciously. We observe that, in research and policy practice, the mutual relations between forest ownership structure and policies are often neglected, for instance, how policies may directly and indirectly influence ownership development, and what different ownership categories mean for the fulfilment of policy goals. Finally, we propose that better support should be provided for the development of new, adapted forest management approaches for emerging forest owner types. Forest ownership deserves greater attention in studies dealing with forest policy or forest management.

26. Creation of an information system – a necessary condition of rational organization of agricultural production

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Altukhov, Anatoly I. (author), Bogoviz, Aleksei V. (author), and Kuznetsov, Igor M. (author)
Format:: ebook chapter
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10359
Journal Title:: Perspectives on the Use of New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Modern Economy
Journal Title Details:: 726
Notes:: 7 pages., ebook ISBN 978-3-319-90835-9, Via ebook chapter., The article studies the main reasons for low level of information provision of agricultural production, including the absence of legal documents on systemic development of informatization; imperfection of applied forms and methods of operative planning and regulation of technological processes in most agricultural organizations; unpreparedness of most managers and specialists in agriculture in the sphere of effective usage of scientific methods for managing production processes. The offers for creation of a single three-level automated information and management system are given; it is an initial and necessary condition for improvement of management of agricultural production, improvement of organizational and economic mechanism of management of production processes in the sphere, and implementation of digital economy. Besides, two variants of development of informatization in agricultural production are provided. The first one is the classic variant, based on studying the management object, design of its tasks and functions, and the second is based on creation of a three-level information system of managing the system in the country’s regions.

27. Effectiveness of mKRISHI® personalised advisory on water and soil (PAWS) in dissemination of agricultural information in north-western Himalayan region

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Singh, Lakhan (author), Bishnoi, Rajesh (author), Bihari, Bankey (author), Madan, S. (author), Malik, Anil Kumar (author), Shrimali, S. S . (author), Kadam, M. D. (author), and Singh, Raman Jeet (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: India
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10368
Journal Title:: Indian Journal of Agricultural Science
Journal Title Details:: 89 (2) : 246–52
Notes:: 7 pages., Via online journal., The effectiveness of an extension system referred to its ability to meet the fanner needs in providing the new technology which suits to their conditions and results in better production. Recently the demand for information on agricultural practices and technology among the farmers is increasing day by day but fulfilment of these demands exclusively by public agricultural extension system is limited. To address this challenge, information communication technology (ICT) has the immense role in supplementing the extension system. Among the ICT tools, mobile phone, because of its affordability, accessibility, minimum skill requirement, widespread network etc., has emerged as important tool for information and knowledge dissemination to the smallholder and marginal farmers. But it is necessary to study how effective they are in achieving the respective objectives.The present investigation was conducted to study the effectiveness of mKRISHI (R) PAWS (Personalised Advisory on Water and Soil) in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state. An ex-post facto research design was used for this study. Total 136 messages were sent to the respondents. The data was collected from 240 beneficiary farmers of the north-western Himalayan region. The effectiveness of the mKRISHI (R) PAWS in technology advisory and delivery services were measured by developing an effectiveness index for the purpose. Results showed that 93.8% of farmers perceive that quality of information regarding the latest NRM technologies in soil and water conservation was excellent and 83.75% of the farmers felt that the information regarding the latest NRM technologies in soil and water conservation was appropriate to their condition. The study revealed that the extension services delivered by mKRISHI (R) PAWS were found to be highly effective by majority of the farmers. 34.58% fanners perceived that the mKRISHI (R) PAWS was very highly effective as a mean of getting their information needs.

28. Providing support

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gill, Lee (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-04
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10384
Journal Title:: Agri Marketing
Journal Title Details:: 57(3) : 60
Notes:: In a special section: "Salute to NAFB: 75th anniversary!"

29. Cooperative extension can better frame its value by emphasizing policy relationships

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gupta, Clare (author), Campbell, David (author), and Cole-Weiss, Alexandra (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-01
Published:: USA: University of California
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10387
Journal Title:: California Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 73(1) : 11-18
Notes:: 13 pages., Via online journal., Based on research-to-policy narratives provided by UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) academics, we argue that current, effective Cooperative Extension (Extension) practices support a broader, more convincing account of Extension's public value than its leaders often articulate. This proposed account incorporates the familiar Extension narrative in which technical expertise and objectivity are emphasized. It also incorporates the insight, derived from our data, that Extension can achieve its greatest relevance in policy circles when it weaves together its ability to provide trustworthy technical knowledge with its capacity to influence policy dialogue, debate and practice across multiple settings and over the long term. In a policy world often marked by short-term thinking and polarization, Extension's ability to foster deliberative, context-sensitive and future-oriented policymaking is a critical contribution to society. Interview data reveals three approaches to effective policy-oriented relationship building: community-government partnership building; stakeholder-oriented experimental research; and community empowerment. Understanding these approaches can help reframe the story that we in the Extension system tell ourselves and the public about the public value we create.

30. Are consumers willing to pay to reduce food waste?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Grant, Kara (author), Gallardo, R. Katrina (author), and McCluskey, Jill J. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10391
Journal Title:: Choices
Journal Title Details:: 34(1) : 1-7
Notes:: Via UI subscription

31. 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.

32. Interactive online tool for educating the public about landscape conservation

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hanks, R. Daniel (author), Baldwin, Robert F. (author), Leonard, Paul B. (author), Bee, Gillian B. (author), and Claflin, Patrick (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: 15 Document Number: D10425
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(2)
Notes:: 6 pages., Via online journal., Landscape-scale conservation planning performed in a systematic and transparent manner is becoming more common as it is increasingly evident that ecological processes are being affected at large spatial scales. The Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative undertook a 15-state landscape conservation planning project, resulting in a landscape conservation design called NatureScape. To facilitate NatureScape's implementation by groups and individuals participating in on-the-ground landscape conservation, we developed an online decision support tool. This tool has the potential to assist Extension services in delivering research-based information to varied stakeholders as they make land use decisions.

33. The California tree mortality data collection network — enhanced communication and collaboration among scientists and stakeholders

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Axelson J. (author), Battles J. (author), Bulaon B. (author), Cluck D. (author), Cousins S. (author), Cox L. (author), Estes B. (author), Fettig C. (author), Hefty A. (author), Hushinuma S. (author), Hood S. (author), Kocher S. (author), Mortenson L. (author), Koltunov A. (author), Kuskulis E. (author), Poloni A. (author), Ramirez C. (author), Restaino C. (author), Slaton M. (author), Smith S. (author), and Tubbesing C. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-03-11
Published:: USA: University of California
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10456
Journal Title:: California Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 73(1)
Notes:: 10 pages., via online journal, The collaboration helps to coordinate research on the extent and nature of tree mortality and gets the results to forest managers quickly.

34. Communication, engagement and science-based policy

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Megaro, Anne (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-01
Published:: USA: University of California
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10457
Journal Title:: California Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: 73(1):4-4
Notes:: 3 pages., via online journal., UC ANR works to bridge the gap between scientists and policymakers.

35. Factors affecting the selection of information sources of sustainable agricultural practices by Malaysian vegetable farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Tey, Yeong Sheng (author), Brindal, Mark (author), Li, Elton (author), Gill, Gurjeet (author), Bruwer, Johan (author), Abdullah, Amin Mahir (author), Radam, Alias (author), Ismail, Mohd Mansor (author), and Darham, Suryani (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: unknown
Published:: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10491
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
Journal Title Details:: 19(2) 162-175
Notes:: 15 pages., via online journal., Information is key in reducing the uncertainties of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs). The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of the relationship between utilized informational sources and other key identified factors affecting Malaysian vegetable producers' choices. The findings of a multivariate probit model suggest that information sources are complementary. The choices for these sources are influenced by heterogeneity in access to credit, social network (member of farmers association), and farm settings (distance from farm to market, resource depletion issues, and geographical regions). Future promotion of SAPs should be delivered through the provision of quality content disseminated through the preferred information sources, which target potential users.

36. COWShED: communication within white spots for breeders

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Seye, Madoune R. (author), Diallo, Moussa (author), Gueye, Bamba (author), and Cambier, Christophe (author)
Format:: Conference paper
Publication Date:: 2019-02
Published:: France: IEEE
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10498
Notes:: 3 pages., 22nd Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks and Workshops (ICIN), via online database., Livestock transhumance in Senegal is done in several areas and more specifically in Sylvo-pastoral areas located in the Ferlo's region where it is difficult or impossible to communicate with terrestrial communication systems. The main reason is due to the existence of white spots. The lack of communication between breeders does not allow the dissemination of vital information such as water points location, bush fires geographic location, epidemic area, and available pastureland. However, in undeserved areas, satellite communications are very expensive for rural population. Therefore, we propose a low-cost communication based on LoRa transmission that enables different services like short message text, voice messages, status of a water points, geographic location. The deployed architecture is a delay tolerant ad-hoc network that can cover a large area with a mesh system.

37. Understanding consumer resistance to the consumption of organic food. a study of ethical consumption, purchasing, and choice behaviour

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kushwah, Shiksha (author), Dhir, Amandeep (author), and Sagar, Mahim (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10533
Journal Title:: Food Quality and Preference
Journal Title Details:: 77:1-14
Notes:: 14 pages., via online journal., Although the demand for organic food is growing globally, the mainstream consumption of organic food is far less. The present study attempts to understand the underlying reasons for consumer resistance toward consuming organic food using the theoretical framework of innovation resistance theory (IRT). The study further examines the association between different consumer barriers and purchase decisions (purchase intentions, ethical consumption intentions, and choice behaviour) at different levels of buying involvement and environmental concerns. The collected data, consisting of 452 consumers, were analyzed by structural equation modeling approach. The results showed that value barrier shared a negative association with purchase intentions and ethical consumption intentions. Ethical consumption and purchase intention were found to have a direct influence on choice behaviour. Additionally, the relationship between ethical consumption intention and choice behaviour is mediated by purchase intention. However, no significant differences have emerged based on the level of buying involvement and environment concerns. The findings of the study provide insight into public policymakers, marketers, suppliers, and consumer associations by enhancing their current understanding of buying behaviour of the growing organic food community.

38. Learning from experts and peer farmers about rice production: experimental evidence from Cote d’Ivoire

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Takahashi, Kazushi (author), Mano, Yukichi (author), and Otsuka, Keijiro (author)
Format:: Journal article abstract
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10534
Journal Title:: World Development
Journal Title Details:: 122: 157-169
Notes:: Abstract via online journal. 2 pages., Technological innovation is vital to economic growth and food security in sub-Saharan Africa where agricultural productivity has been stagnant for a long time. Extension services and learning from peer farmers are two common approaches to facilitate the diffusion of new technologies, but little is known about their relative effectiveness. Selection bias, whereby well-motivated training participants would perform better even without extension services, as well as knowledge spillovers, where non-participants can indirectly benefit from extension services, are among the major threats to causal inference. Using a unique sequential randomized experiment on agricultural training, this study attempts to meet the dual objectives of executing rigorous impact evaluation of extension services and subsequent spillovers on rice production in Cote d’Ivoire. Specifically, to reduce selection bias, we randomly assigned eligibility for training participation; and to satisfy the stable unit treatment value assumption, control-group farmers were initially restricted from exchanging information with treated-group farmers who had received rice management training. Once some positive impacts were confirmed, information exchange between the treated and control farmers was encouraged. We found that the initial performance gaps created by the randomized assignment disappeared over time, due presumably to social learning from peer farmers. A detailed analysis concerning the information network and peer effects provided suggestive evidence that there were information and technology spillovers from treated to control farmers after removing the information exchange restriction. Overall, our study demonstrates that information dissemination by farmers can be as effective in improving practices as the initial training provided by extension services.

39. Rural household preferences for cleaner energy sources in Pakistan

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Imran, Muhammad (author), Ozcatalbas, Orhan (author), and Bakhsh, Khuda (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Pakistan: Springer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10536
Journal Title:: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Notes:: 11 pages., via online journal., Dependence of rural population on traditional fuel sources namely biomass has increased because of easy accessibility and affordability. The use of biomass fuels results in many environmental and health-related hazards. Rural households have little awareness about the ill effects of using biomass energy sources. This study investigated the patterns of rural household energy use and identified the role of information on the effects of biomasses on human health, in addition to other factors influencing households’ choices of energy sources. For this purpose, primary data from 196 households were collected from four districts of the Punjab province in Pakistan. Results showed that use of clean energy sources was limited to basic appliances and 90% of the respondents depended on biomass fuels. Estimates of the multivariate probit model showed that awareness about adverse impacts of biomass fuels as energy sources were significantly related with the choice of energy sources. Further, household head’s education level, household income, landholding, children under the age of 5 years and higher number of adult females were significantly related with the cleaner energy source choices. Distance to market increased the probability of the use of biomass energy sources. The study concluded that awareness campaigns regarding the benefits of using clean energy sources should be launched through print and electronic media while targeting rural women.

40. Green shoots: how small signs of hope are sprouting up across the impoverished local news landscape

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bednar, Olivia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-05-15
Published:: Canada: Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10545
Journal Title:: Ryerson Review of Journalism
Journal Title Details:: Spring 2019
Notes:: 7 pages., via online journal., Article examines challenges facing local news media and introduces some options they are exploring.

41. Left behind

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Goldman, Jordana (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-01-01
Published:: Canada: Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: D10547
Journal Title:: Ryerson Review of Journalism
Notes:: 6 pages., via website,Ryerson Review of Journalism., Between the hours of about 4 p.m. to midnight, Ashleigh Weeden goes dark. Not for the usual reasons, though. In Weeden’s southwestern Ontario town, the internet connection becomes—for all practical purposes—nonexistent during those hours. The PhD student at the University of Guelph lives in Ariss, Ontario, a “dispersed rural community” sandwiched between urban centres like Guelph and Kitchener. Despite paying about $250 monthly for internet access, she finds herself shut out of the internet. “…[S]ometimes [internet speed] goes one, maybe half a megabyte down,” she says. “I can’t grade, I can’t do anything, there’s no point, I might as well give up until about midnight.”

42. Strap in: environmental pressure is accelerating

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Blog posting
Publication Date:: 2019-06-18
Published:: USA: The Center for Good Integrity. Gladstone, Missouri.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10561
Notes:: 3 pages., Online from the Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri., Features research results indicating that public conversation about the environment is growing and so is the scrutiny applied to consumption of natural resources. Information source urges producers to engage more actively.

43. Fighting to keep public notices in newspapers: the public loses out when government makes it harder to find out what it's doing

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Reed, Maryanne (author)
Format:: Commentary
Publication Date:: 2019-01-03
Published:: USA: Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10573
Journal Title:: Nieman Reports
Notes:: 3 pages., via website, Nieman Reports.

44. Distinguishing scientific knowledge: the impact of different measures of knowledge on genetically modified food attitudes

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rose, Kathleen M. (author), Howell, Emily L. (author), Su, Leona Yi-Fan (author), Xenos, Michael A. (author), Brossard, Dominique (author), and Scheufele, Dietram A. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: SAGE Journals
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10600
Journal Title:: Public Understanding of Science
Journal Title Details:: 28(4), 449–467
Notes:: 19 pages., via online journal., The impact of knowledge on public attitudes toward scientific issues remains unclear, due in part to ill-defined differences in how research designs conceptualize knowledge. Using genetically modified foods as a framework, we explore the impacts of perceived familiarity and factual knowledge, and the moderating roles of media attention and a food-specific attitudinal variable (food consciousness), in shaping these relationships. Based on the differential effects on “negative attitudes” toward genetically modified foods, we provide further evidence that the measures of knowledge are separate concepts and argue against a one-dimensional view of scientific knowledge. We discuss implications for understanding the relationship between knowledge and science attitudes.

45. A multiple indicators, multiple causes analysis of farmers' information use

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: McLeod, Elizabeth (author), Jensen, Kimberly L. (author), DeLong, Karen L. (author), and Griffith, Andrew (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-06
Published:: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10602
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57 (3)
Notes:: 13 pages., Article #: 3FEA2, via online journal., A multiple indicators, multiple causes, or MIMIC, modeling framework can be used for analyzing a variety of farmer decision-making situations where multiple outcomes are possible. Example applications include analyses of farmer use of multiple information sources, management practices, or technologies. We applied the framework to analyze use of multiple information sources by beef cattle farmers. We provide measures of how farmer demographics, farm characteristics, and risk attitudes influenced farmer use of information from Extension, producer groups, popular press, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Internet, and other farmers. Education and greater willingness to take risk positively influenced information use among the farmers we studied. Our process has implications for broader use within Extension.

46. Inclusion of youths with disabilities in 4-H: a scoping literature review

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Taylor-Winney, Jennifer (author), Xue, Caryn (author), McNab, Erin (author), and Krahn, Gloria (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-06
Published:: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10603
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 57(3)
Notes:: 12 pages., Article #:3FEA1, via online journal., The Journal of Extension serves as a conduit for the dissemination of current research and practices within Extension and 4-H. We conducted a review of Journal of Extension articles published since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Our purpose was to determine what practices, programs, and studies have occurred regarding inclusion in 4-H of youths with disabilities or special health care needs. The review resulted in detailed examination of 16 articles and revealed information about Extension professionals' attitudes toward inclusion, strategies and program approaches related to inclusion, and specific areas that need to be addressed further to increase inclusion.

47. The extent, nature, and nutritional quality of foods advertised to children in Lebanon: the first study to use the WHO nutrient profile model for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nasreddine, Lara (author), Taktouk, Mandy (author), Dabbous, Massar (author), and Melki, Jad (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-02-19
Published:: Swedish Nutrition Foundation
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10651
Journal Title:: Food and Nutrition Research
Journal Title Details:: 63
Notes:: 13 pages., via online journal., Exposure to food marketing may influence children’s food preferences and consumption patterns and may increase the risk of childhood obesity. The WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has recently released a regional nutrient profile model (WHO EMR) for the purpose of regulating the marketing of food and beverages to children. This study aimed at 1) analyzing the frequency and types of food and drink advertisements during children’s viewing time in Lebanon; 2) examining the nutritional content of the advertised food products in reference to the nutrient thresholds specified by the WHO EMR model; and 3) assessing the proportion of food advertisements that included health messages.

48. Examining the impact of expert voices: communicating the scientific consensus on genetically-modified organisms

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Landrum, Asheley R. (author), Hallman, William K. (author), and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Taylor & Francis
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10695
Journal Title:: Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:: 13(1): 51-70
Notes:: 21 pages., via online journal., Scholars are divided over whether communicating to the public the existence of scientific consensus on an issue influences public acceptance of the conclusions represented by that consensus. Here, we examine the influence of four messages on perception and acceptance of the scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs): two messages supporting the idea that there is a consensus that GMOs are safe for human consumption and two questioning that such a consensus exists. We found that although participants concluded that the pro-consensus messages made stronger arguments and were likely to be more representative of the scientific community’s attitudes, those messages did not abate participants’ concern about GMOs. In fact, people’s premanipulation attitudes toward GMOs were the strongest predictor of of our outcome variables (i.e. perceived argument strength, post-message GMO concern, perception of what percent of scientists agree). Thus, the results of this study do not support the hypothesis that consensus messaging changes the public’s hearts and minds, and provide more support, instead, for the strong role of motivated reasoning.

49. Factors influencing Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Rice, Ashley E. (author)
Format:: Thesis
Publication Date:: 2019-05
Published:: USA: Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10800
Notes:: 138 pages., Thesis also is available online from Purdue University by open access, using the URL below., Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science degree at Purdue University. Contributed by author to the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center and University Library, University of Illinois., Purpose was to explain and predict Indiana residents' level of interest in engaging with Purdue University based on level of concern for social and community issues, level of anomie, past interactions with Purdue, and perceptions of Purdue. Findings confirmed that Extension's programmatic areas are addressing perceived needs in the state and that individuals are interested in these programmatic issues. "Land-grant universities can continue to rise to the challenge and deliver state-of-the-art education, research, and resources for all people, as long as they listen to the public and address critical social, community and stakeholder issues."

50. Nepalese farmers’ climate change perceptions, reality and farming strategies

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Budhathoki, Nanda Kaji (author) and Zander, Kerstin K. (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: D10803
Journal Title:: Climate and Development
Notes:: 13 pages., via online journal., The study explores the impacts of Nepali farmers’ climate change perceptions on their farming practices over the last three decades (1980–2014). Results from a survey with 496 farmers show that nearly all farmers attributed changes in crop varieties and cropping patterns mainly to technological and market-related factors and not to climate change. A comparison between perceptions and meteorological data shows that while perceptions of changes in maximum temperatures did match observed trends, perceptions of changes in minimum temperature and rainfall did not. The results indicate that the climate change message in the past 30 years has not been definite enough to have a consistent impact on either farmers’ perceptions or their farming practices. This may impede farmers’ adaptive capacity in dealing with increasingly severe future climate change impacts. Because of large variations in the micro-climate of the study locations and the locations of the weather stations from which we obtained the meteorological data, the results need to be treated with caution. However, we suggest that for farmers to effectively adapt to climate change, it may be necessary for responsible state and non-state actors to improve their communication on expected climate change impacts.

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