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    3. Analysis of the digital divide of information literacy for rural-urban in Taiwan

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Chang, H.S. (author) and Tsou, K.W. (author)
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27458
    Journal Title:
    WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 36, pp. 191-200
    Notes:
    Published in 2006.

    5. Investigating gaps in perception of wildlife between urban and rural inhabitants: empirical evidence from Japan

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kato, Eri (author), Yano, Yuki (author), and Ohe, Yasuo (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Japan
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11371
    Journal Title:
    Sustainability
    Journal Title Details:
    11 : 4516
    Notes:
    13 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). 13 pages., Results of an online survey indicated that urban respondents did not have a comprehensive understanding of wildlife and any positive views were primarily abstract. Conversely, rural individuals had diverse perceptions, both positive and negative.

    6. Rural and Urban Adult Knowledge and Perceptions of Agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Birkenholz, Robert J. (author), Frick, Martin J. (author), and Machtmes, Krissna (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27826
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural Education
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 44-53
    Notes:
    Published in 1995.

    7. Soy dairy performance metrics

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    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.

    8. Sustainability and social justice dimension indicators for applied renewable energy research: a responsible approach proposal

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Carbajo, Ruth (author) and Cabeza, Luisa F. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10529
    Journal Title:
    Applied Energy
    Journal Title Details:
    252:1-26
    Notes:
    26 pages., Article #: 113429., via online journal., Aspects of sustainability and social justice deserve special attention in the research and innovation landscape in Europe. In this vein, the inclusion of innovative research and innovation policies, such as Responsible Research and Innovation, devoted to mainstream social outcomes, to deploy democratic governance of science, and to drive innovation into a direction that is ethically acceptable, societally desirable and sustainable are noteworthy. However, substantial efforts are required when it comes to integrate the interactions between renewable energy research and energy and climate policies within responsible approaches. In order to adapt responsible research and innovation approach for the purpose of building an alternative context and assessment approach for sustainable transitions, this paper presents a review of approaches around sustainability and social justice dimensions. The thresholds of this endeavour are detailed in terms of the challenges for the integration, the identification of the inhibitors and facilitators of policy integration and the proposal of the levels for a methodology for this integration. The results show that the different readings and understanding of the contexts and dimensions and the existence of knowledge gaps between policy targets and the outcomes of research and innovation can be considered inhibitors for the integration. In contrast the interlinks between dimensional concepts, backgrounds and rationales appear as facilitators. The innovative contribution of this paper is focused on the contextualization of the dimensions through the use of socio-technical and multi/inter/trans and cross-disciplinary approaches. The authors conclude that the process of introducing a more holistic and alternative approach opens the re-envision of policy elements. Moreover, RRI offers an innovative perspective to the transition approach as well as tools for decision-making and policy processes assessment, in an arena where constant innovation is taking place and new structures, processes and metrics are necessary to guide this process.