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2. COMMONSense Net: A wireless sensor network for resource-poor agriculture in the semiarid areas of developing countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Panchard, Jacques (author), Rao, Seshagiri (author), Prabhakar, T.V. (author), Hubaux, Jean-Pierre (author), and Jamadagni, H. S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- USA: University of Southern California Annenberg Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07548
- Journal Title:
- Information Technologies & International Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 4 (1): 51-67
3. California milk control legislation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tinley, J. M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1938-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07459
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 (2): 175-177
4. Challenges of smallholder farmers in accessing agricultural information in Southern Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Meggerssa, G.R. (author), Gemede, B.G. (author), and Jarsa, A.W. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-05-01
- Published:
- Bulgaria: Trakia University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12414
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Science and Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 12, Number 1
- Notes:
- 10 pages, The study was focused on identifying sources of agricultural information and analyzing challenges faced by smallholder farmers in accessing agricultural information in Southern Ethiopia. To achieve the stated objectives the study district was selected purposively from Wolaita zone by selecting five kebeles randomly. At the end, a total of 150 sample households were randomly selected from these five kebeles. To collect the data both primary and secondary sources were used for the purpose of this study. Primary data were collected directly from sample respondents through structured and semi-structured interview schedules, observation and focus group discussions. Secondary data were collected from Woreda agriculture and rural development office report, and other relevant books, journal articles and the Internet. After the relevant data were collected, the descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency, and percentage, and the inferential statistics such as chi-square tests were also used. The findings indicate that female farmers, illiteracy, location of market center, information seeking behavior of farmers, low rate of extension-farmers linkages, inadequate operational skill of aids, language barriers, lack of training, lack of rural electrification, lack of development agents, absence of rural networks, inadequate reading materials, and inappropriate time of broadcasting are the main challenges smallholder farmers were faced with. Therefore, to overcome the challenges strong commitment and reformation should be done in the study area by the concerned stakeholders.
5. Channels used to deliver agricultural information and knowledge to smallholder farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ndimbwa, Tumpe (author), Mwantimwa, Kelefa (author), and Ndumbaro, Faraja (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-10
- Published:
- International: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12504
- Journal Title:
- IFLA Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 47 (2)
- Notes:
- 17 pages., This study examined the effectiveness of the channels used to deliver agricultural information and knowledge to smallholder farmers in Tanzania. A descriptive cross-sectional design alongside quantitative and qualitative approaches was employed to collect data from 341 respondents. While the data collected through the questionnaire was analysed by using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 21, the data collected through the interview was analysed by using thematic analysis. The findings suggest that delivery of and access to timely and relevant agricultural information and knowledge, appropriately packaged, is one of the critical problems undermining smallholder farmers’ efforts to increase their production. As a result, most smallholder farmers mainly depend on informal channels. Besides informal channels, farmer groups and demonstration plots are becoming popular channels to deliver and access agricultural information and knowledge. To make a difference in agricultural production, deliberate efforts should be made to enhance the delivery of agricultural information and knowledge.
6. Drivers of transaction costs affecting participation in the rental market for cropland in Vietnam
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoang, Trieu Huy (author), Lyne, Michael (author), Ratna, Nazmun (author), and Nuthall, Peter (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Australia: Wiley-Blackwell
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07559
- Journal Title:
- Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 60 (3): 476-492
7. How research assisted the rollout of a mobile agriculture information service
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mistry, Purvi (author) and Samant, Ameya (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- USA: Warc LTD
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07565
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Market Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 54 (5): 589-602
8. The farmers’ dilemma: Meat, means, and morality
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bryant, Christopher (author) and Van der Weele, Cor (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-01
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12511
- Journal Title:
- Appetite
- Journal Title Details:
- 167
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Evidence overwhelmingly supports the view that we need to drastically reduce our consumption of animal products for reasons related to the environment and public health, while moral concerns about the treatment of animals in agriculture are becoming ever more common. As governments increasingly recognize the need to change our food production and alternative protein products become more appealing to consumers, agriculture finds itself in a unique period of transition. How do farmers respond to the changing atmosphere? We present secondary analyses of qualitative and quantitative data to highlight some of the uncertainty and ambivalence about meat production felt throughout the farming community. Survey data from France and Germany reveals that in both countries, those who work in the meat industry have significantly higher rates of meat avoidance than those who do not work in the industry. While non-meat-industry workers are more likely to cite concerns for animals or the environment, meat industry workers more often cite concerns about the healthiness or safety of the products. Concurrently, interviews with people who raise animals for a living suggest that moral concerns among farmers are growing but largely remain hidden; talking about them openly was felt as a form of betrayal. We discuss these findings in the context of the ongoing agricultural transition, observe how tension has manifested as polarization among Dutch farmers, and offer some thoughts about the role of farmers in a new world of alternative proteins.