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2. Analysis of the Roles of Information and Communications Technologies in Rural Women Farmers’ Empowerment in Rivers State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Abu Rimi, Tijjani (author) and Chudi, Anaeto Francis (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01
- Published:
- United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12097
- Journal Title:
- Library Philosophy and Practice
- Notes:
- 23 Pgs., Information and Communication Technology is a potent force in the developing world for social, economic and educational transformation of individuals, agencies and institutions. This study examined the veritable roles of ICT in empowering rural women farmers in Rivers State. The specific objectives were to examine the demographic characteristics of the respondents, identify ICT devices in use by the respondents; information needs of the respondents, the roles of ICTs in rural women empowerment and constraints to the use of ICT devices by the respondents. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents and oral interview where necessary. The respondents were 120 rural women farmers purposively selected from the farmers list obtained from the ADP (Agricultural Development Project) Office in the Area. The results indicate that 54.2% of the respondents are married, 57.5% with secondary education, 52.5% hold a farm size of 0.25 – 1 hectare of land. ICT devices in use include mobile phones, television, radio and other devices. They need information on inputs, prices, markets, produce demand, new practices and technologies. ICT play various roles in empowering the women such as offering entrepreneurial opportunity, breaking isolation, providing linkages to inputs and markets, assisting small and medium size business, reducing poverty, and illiteracy and improving income and savings of rural women. The problems affecting use of ICT devices include absence and erratic supply of electricity, lack of ICT skills, low level of awareness etc. Government should provide basic amenities to the rural dwellers to improve their socio-economic well-being.
3. Collaboration Relations in Climate Information Production and Dissemination to Subsistence Farmers in Namibia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- New, Mark (author) and Ofoegbu, Chidiebere (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-28
- Published:
- International: Springer Link
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12098
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- (2021) 67
- Notes:
- 14 Pgs., Although climate information can aid farmers’ capacity to adapt to climate change, its accessibility and adoption by subsistence farmers hinge on the collaboration between farmers and climate information providers. This paper examines collaborations among actors in the process of climate information production and dissemination in the Namibian agricultural sector. The aim is to investigate the extent to which subsistence farmers are integrated into the collaboration process and the impact of the collaboration on the nature and accessibility of disseminated information. Key informant interviews and a questionnaire survey were used for data collection. Using network analysis, we estimated the networks’ density, clustering coefficient, and degree centrality. The study found that both the climate information production and dissemination networks have a high overall clustering coefficient (78% and 77%, respectively) suggesting a high rate of collaboration among the actors in the networks. However, the frequency of interactions between the actors in both the information production and dissemination networks and subsistence farmers remains very low. Nearly all surveyed farmers reported that they meet with information providers only once in a year. The effect of this poor interaction is reflected in the poor occurrence of feedback learning, which is needed to optimize channels of information dissemination to subsistence farmers and enhance the robustness of disseminated information. We recommend innovative communication means via mobile phone, promotion of peer-to-peer learning, flexible collaboration relations with more space for feedback from the users of climate information, and more attention to long-term forecasts and their implications for adaptive actions.
4. Consumer purchase habits and views on food safety: a Brazilian study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Frewer, Lynn J. (author), Behrens, Jorge H. (author), Barcellos, Maria N. (author), Nunes, T.P. (author), Franco, Bernadette D.G.M. (author), Destro, Maria T. (author), and Landgraf, Mariza (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Brazil
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30223
- Journal Title:
- Food Control
- Journal Title Details:
- 21 : 963-969
5. Designing effective messages for microbial food safety hazards
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Powell, Douglas (author), Mathiasen, Lisa (author), and Jacob, Casey (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30224
- Journal Title:
- Food Control
- Journal Title Details:
- 21(1) : 1-6
6. How can mass media best serve different cultures?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carney-Rowan, Sandra (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 1973-12
- Published:
- International: East-West Communication Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30357
- Journal Title:
- Pacific Islands Communication Newsletter
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(1) : 4
7. Human Development and Food Sovereignty: A Step Closer to Achieving Food Security in South Africa's Rural Households
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mbajiorgu, Grace (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- South Africa: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11873
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Asian and African Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 55 pgs. 330-350
- Notes:
- 20 pages, Food security strategies are determined by the prevailing realities within households and communities. Therefore, it is not surprising that in South Africa agricultural transformation is an important food security strategy. This article examines the role of human development and food sovereignty in fostering conditions that enable rural households to enhance their food security capabilities. Using an in-depth analysis of literature, national, regional and international instruments, this article takes its departure from the fact that subsistence agriculture is an effective strategy for improving household food needs when implemented within the broader human rights framework of human development. The results reveal that agriculture has the potential to increase household food security if appropriate agricultural technologies and productive resources such as land are made accessible to households. Further, for agriculture to attain optimal efficiency as a food security strategy, policies on agrarian transformation should be implemented within broader social development programmes.
8. 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.
9. Monsanto cultivates online partnership with Weather.com
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morrison, Mary E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-11-16
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30285
- Journal Title:
- B to B
- Journal Title Details:
- 94(15) : 12
10. New media takes root with ag pros
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morrison, Mary E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-11-16
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30287
- Journal Title:
- B to B
- Journal Title Details:
- 94(15) : 12