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2. Agricultural production potentials part II: development support policies and strategies -- from yield gaps to opportunity gaps
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Haverkort, Bertus (author) and ETC Foundation
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07773
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 30 (3): 187-201
3. Agriculture and alimentation facing consumers' choice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- MATEI, Daniela (author), BRUMĂ, Ioan Sebastian (author), TANASĂ, Lucian (author), and Senior Researcher, Ph.D., Romanian Academy -Iaşi Branch, Gh. Zane"Institute of Economic and Social Research Researcher, Ph.D., Romanian Academy -Iaşi Branch, Gh. Zane"Institute of Economic and Social Research
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Romania: Apollonia University of Iasi, Communication Sciences Faculty
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08309
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Communication Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 (1): 9-15
4. Artificial intelligence applications in the agrifood sectors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kutyauripo, Innocent (author), Rushambwa, Munyaradzi (author), and Chiwazi, Lyndah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01-06
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12818
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 11
- Notes:
- 8 pages, Food security is one of the priorities of every country in the World. However, different factors are making it difficult to meet global targets on food security. Some unprecedented shocks are encumbering food security at the global level. Various interventions have been applied toward food security and artificial intelligence is one of the modern methods that is being used in various stages of the food system. In this paper, the application of artificial intelligence in the whole food production ecosystem ranging from crop production, livestock production, harvesting/slaughtering, postharvest management, food processing, food distribution, food consumption and food waste management is assessed. The objective of this research is to assess the application of artificial intelligence systems in all the stages of food systems. A systematic review was conducted by analyzing 110 articles after the screening of 450 articles based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results indicated that various artificial intelligence algorithms are being applied to all the stages of the food system from crop/livestock production up to food or agro-waste management.
5. Increasing student awareness and understanding of food security by integrating a service-learning project into an undergraduate hydroponic food production course
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Currey, Christopher J. (author), vanderZanden, Ann Marie (author), Mitchell, Joshua J. (author), and Iowa State University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10329
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(4) : 543-547
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Via online journal., Food security is a growing global concern. To meet the needs of an ever-growing population, food production practices will need to evolve to maximize food quantity and quality. Controlled-environment food production has increased significantly in the United States over the past 5 years, and a component of that production includes hydroponic food crops. In an effort to better prepare a workforce with knowledge of hydroponic crop production, a new course was added to an existing greenhouse curriculum. A service-learning project was integrated in the course that allowed students to experience both growing crops hydroponically and volunteering at a local food bank with a free meal program. Self-assessment showed a significant increase in student confidence in understanding food security by the end of the course. There was also a significant knowledge gained in defining terminology, factors, and the impact of food security in a community. The three guided reflections students completed during the course identified four common themes relative to the course content and service-learning project including the following: community benefits, value of volunteering, local and global effects of food insecurity, and personal growth.
6. Reform, justice, and sovereignty: A food systems agenda for environmental communication
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gordon, Constance (author) and Hunt, Kathleen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-03-01
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10051
- Journal Title:
- Environment Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 13 (1) : 9-22
- Notes:
- 14 pages., Food ecologies and economies are vital to the survival of communities, non-human species, and our planet. While environmental communication scholars have legitimated food as a topic of inquiry, the entangled ecological, cultural, economic, racial, colonial, and alimentary relations that sustain food systems demand greater attention. In this essay, we review literature within and beyond environmental communication, charting the landscape of critical food work in our field. We then illustrate how environmental justice commitments can invigorate interdisciplinary food systems-focused communication scholarship articulating issues of, and critical responses to, injustice and inequity across the food chain. We stake an agenda for food systems communication by mapping three orientations—food system reform, justice, and sovereignty—that can assist in our critical engagements with and interventions into the food system. Ultimately, we entreat environmental communication scholars to attend to the bends, textures, and confluences of these orientations so that we may deepen our future food-related inquiries.
7. Role of information and communication technologies towards sustainability transitions in agriculture and food systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nwafor, S.C. (author), Agba, S.A. (author), Ugbem-Onah, C. (author), and Uwandu, Q.C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-08-31
- Published:
- Nigeria: Agricultural Society of Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12760
- Journal Title:
- Nigerian Agricultural Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 53, N.2
- Notes:
- 6 pages, Food sustainability transitions refer to transformation processes necessary to move towards sustainable food systems. Digitization is one of the most important ongoing transformation processes in global agriculture and food chains. The review paper explores the contribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to transition towards sustainability along the food chain (production, processing, distribution, consumption). It also reviewed the Challenges to ICT Use in the Food Chain. From the review, it was found that ICT has enormous roles to play in boasting food production and promoting equitable distribution and marketing of food produce. ICTs can contribute to agro-food sustainability transition by increasing resource productivity, reducing inefficiencies, decreasing management costs, and improving food chain coordination. Key challenges to effective utilization of ICT in promoting food security were identified to include lack of access to ICT tools, low literacy level, and inadequate capital among others.
8. Training for agricultural and rural development in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Osuntogun, Adeniyi (author), Fabiyi, Yakub L. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ife
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1980-12
- Published:
- Nigeria: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07784
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration
- Journal Title Details:
- 8 (1): 3-13