International: Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michigan State University, East Lansing; and U. S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05682
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: C25472
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Retrieved March 7, 2007, Issue report prepared by a multi-disciplinary team from six universities, the Wallace Center and the Farm Foundation. 4 pages.
Hooker, Neal H. (author), Ernst, Stan (author), Heilig, Julia (author), and Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25711
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25909
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Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Indo-Asian News Service via Media South Asia. 2 pages., Features a radio station supported by an engineering college. It broadcasts for four hours each morning, with a similar rebroadcast each evening.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25911
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Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Via Media South Asia. 3 pages., "A low-profile, but innovative and imaginative farm journal is very popular among cash-crop growers in southern Karnataka and northern Kerala." Variously spelled "Adike Patrike" and "Adike Pathrike"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26957
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Background paper for the World Development Report 2008 by the World Bank and affiliated organizations. 44 pages., A background paper for "Innovating through science and technology," Chapter 7 of the World Development Report 2008.
Congress organized by the World Bank, The Communication Initiative and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
International: World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26963
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Posted at ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai143e/ai143e01.pdf, Report of a World Congress that took place October 25-27, 2006, in Rome, Italy. 126 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26989
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20 pages., IFAJ delegate from Australia reports on activities at the IFAJ Congress in Japan during September 2007, including IFAJ actions and a panel discussion about the role of agricultural journalists.
Aslin, Heather (author), Giesecke, Terry (author), Mazur, Nicole (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-10
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27014
Notes:
Executive summary posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/06-106sum.html; full report posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/06-106.pdf, RIRDC Publication No. 06/106. 80 pages.
Coutts, Jeff (author), Roberts, Kate (author), Frost, Fionnuala (author), Coutts, Amy (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27017
Coutts, Jeff (author), Roberts, Kate (author), Samson, Amy (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27019
Notes:
Executive summary posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/07-103sum.html; full report posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/07-103.pdf, RIRDC Publication No. 07-103. 21 pages.
Beilin, Ruth (author), Paine, Mark (author), Pryor, Rebekah (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27021
Notes:
Executive summary posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/07-100sum.html; full report posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/07-100.pdf, RIRDC Publication No. 07-100. 39 pages.
Coutts, Jeff (author), Roberts, Kate (author), Samson, Amy (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-06
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27028
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), Washington, D.C.; Rome, Italy; Nairobi, Kenya; and Paris, France.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-04
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27798
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1 page., Suggests the answer, "Yes." Executive summary of a set of reports agreed to at an Intergovernmental Plenary Session in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April, 2008. This was a small part of a study during the past three years by UN organizations, the World Bank and many governments involving 400 experts.
Darbas, Toni (author / CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems), Smith, Tim (author / University of the Sunshine Coast), and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organzation (CSIRO) and University of the Sunshine Coast
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27814
Colle, Royal D. (author) and Anh, Nguyen Tuan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006-09-25
Published:
Vietnam
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27918
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Via online. 10 pages., Case report of university involvement in national development through the ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) movement.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27919
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3 pages., Q/A discussion with Dr. Royal Colle, 40-year member of the faculty of the Department of Communication, Cornell University, about the development, role and prospects of information technologies in support of development, internationally.
National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-11-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28500
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4 pages., Summary of an educational session at the 2008 NAFB convention, Kansas City, Missouri. "Top agency advertising and PR communications professionals share their insights about communications plans and strategies and what can enhance the agency-media relationship, grow business, and best serve clients."
Stites, Tom (author) and Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28541
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Via Media Re:public Case Studies 2008: news and information as digital media come of age. 10 pages., Analyzes the role of editors in a dynamic media era. Uses local "correspondents" in rural community newspapers to illustrate potential frameworks for the operation of news organizations in a digital environment.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28829
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, UI Archives., Bulletin 11., Proceedings of the Farm-Electrical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 12-13, 1926. Theme: "What about rural electrification?" Includes an article by Mrs. Harry M. Reifsteck, rural Urbana, Illinois. Her farm home is on the Illinois experimental line and she explains how she uses electrical appliances (range, refrigerator, washing machine, others). "It seems to me that God meant for all of us to live in the country and with modern conveniences it is certainly ideal."
Garrucio, Maria (author / Bioversity International) and International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-02-19
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28920
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3 pages., Summary of discussion during a session about this subject at ShareFair held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, January 20-22, 2009.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28979
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Knowledge Share Fair for Agricultural Development and Food Security at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, January 20-22, 2009. 6 pages., Notes from a session at the Knowledge Share Fair about the role and unique value of radio in rural development.
Gelb, E. (author), Maru, A. (author), Brodgen, J. (author), Dodsworth, E. (author), Samii, R. (author), Pesce, V. (author), and Global Forum on Agricultural Research.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-08
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29701
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Summary of a pre-conference ICT Adoption Workshop - AFITA, IAALD and WCCA Conference in Atsugi, Japan. 20 pages., Participant organizations: Asian Federation of Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA) , International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD ) and the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA).
Community Development Resource Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35698
Notes:
1 page., Diagram distinguishes between the different kinds of strategies found in most NGO work: relief and welfar, capacity building: socio-economic, capacity-building: organization/community and leadership, advocacy or rights based approaches, social movements and sustainable systems.
Hayden, Victor F. (author) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1937-10-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36859
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 13, Pages 5-6 of Executive Secretary's annual report for the period ending September 30, 1937., Offers examples of cases during the period when APA negotiated with advertisers about copy they wished to run.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36888
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 22, Page 6 of Minutes of the annual APA membership meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 16, 1973., Discussion emphasizes that the strength of farm publications comes from freedom of the press, "but this story has not been told very well."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36890
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 22, Page 11 in Minutes, APA Board of Directors Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, April 10-12, 1978., Brief discussion identifies questions that APA needs to ask itself, such as whether it sees itself as a spokesman for agriculture, whether it is satisified with what it is doing, whether it is structured properly and whether it needs to differentiate between self-serving interests and those of agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36892
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 23, Page 2 in Minutes, annual APA membership meeting, New York City, New York, November 15, 1989., Brief report highlighting opportunities that call for a broader base of membership and funding.
Sweet, Charles E. (author / President, APA) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1947-04-21
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36964
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, 11 pages., Includes emphasis on the value of agricultural information, including services that farm publications provide to the USDA.
Nash, E.C. (author) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1953-04-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36970
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 17, News Bulletin No. 10. 2 pages., Statement from APA invited by the School of Journalism, State University of Iowa. To be part of a time capsule buried under the lobby floor of the Communications Center and intended for an audience assembled in 2053 about American journalism in 1953. Accompanying correspondence. Statement includes a summary of the mission of APA.
Kanyogonya, Keith K. (author) and Hein, Charles T. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1979
Published:
International: Afrolit Society, Nairobi, Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00522
Notes:
Pages 18-22 in Charles T. Hein and Keith K. Kanyogonya (eds.), Rural press for village post-literacy literature. Afrolit Paper No. 5. Fifth Biennial Afrolit Society Pan-African Literacy Workshop Report, Afrolit Society, Nairobi, Kenya. 93 pages
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00528
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Pages 83-93 in Charles T. Hein and Keith K. Kanyogonya (eds.), Rural press for village post-literacy literature. Afrolit Paper No. 5. Fifth Biennial Afrolit Society Pan-African Literacy Workshop Report, Afrolit Society, Nairobi, Kenya. 93 pages
Furbee, Robert (author), Knecht, Thomas (author), Hilt, Marcella (author), and Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2012-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00540
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00685
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Pages 108-114 in Sunday Odedele (ed.), Public relations and communication management in Africa. Public Relations for Africa, Lagos, Nigeria. 184 pages. Via online.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00686
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Pages 171-174 in Sunday Odedele (ed.), Public relations and communication management in Africa. Public Relations for Africa, Lagos, Nigeria. 184 pages. Via online.
Siemes, Hans (author) and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2013-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D01916
Notes:
1 page., Author summarizes recent legislation in various nations about freedom of the press, identifies the role of IFAJ and member national guilds, and emphasizes freedom of the press as a constantly essential issue for IFAJ to address.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D01948
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Summary of a presentation at the annual conference of the Association of Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), Annapolis, Maryland, June 14, 2012. 1 page., Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, urges educational communicators to serve as strategic advisors to deans and other administrators in addressing issues and opportunities. Communicators uniquely span the range of interests of departments and colleges in which they work.
Parker, Richard (author) and Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 189 Document Number: D02067
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Nieman Report. 12 pages., Author emphasizes need and potential of watchdog economic journalism. Suggests shifting from what troubles Americans to inviting them to weigh solutions, their benefits and costs. Refers to the "lost narrative thread in the 1990s, including erosion of the direct experience of the rural, agrarian, pre-capitalist economy that undergirds conditions with America today.
