Bu Zhong (author), Fan Yang (author), Yen-Lin Chen (author), and College of Communication, Pennsylvania State University
Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10462
10 pages., Via online journal., Agricultural extension systems often fail due to inadequate knowledge of farmers’ information needs and sharing strategies. This study aims to meet an urgent need of studying information needs and sharing strategies among vegetable farmers and vendors in Chengdu, China, whose results might be used in building a center of agricultural information disseminating vegetable production and marketing information. The findings disclose interesting differences between the farmers and vendors regarding their willingness to join such a center, information needs, sharing strategies and preferred information sources. Ample evidences justify the construction of the proposed center of agricultural information, which should not only empower the vegetable farmers and vendors but also enhance the efficiency of the existing vegetable supply chain and food security. Cross-discipline research involving both agriculture and communication scholars, like this, should shed more insights on working out strategies to cope with agricultural challenges.
Carrascal, Maria J. (author), Pau, Louis F. (author), Reiner, Ludwig (author), and Institute for Arable Crops and Informatics, Technical University of Munich, 85350 Freising, Germany; Digital Equipment Europe, PO Box 06901 Sophia Antipolis, France; Institute for Arable Crops and Informatics, Technical University of Munich, 85350 Freising, Germany
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1995-03
Published:
UK: Elsevier Science
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: C08337
search through journal, The use of hypermedia techniques in agriculture is analyzed in view of its possibilities to make access to knowledge and information more comprehensible, and to accelerate and disseminate their transfer. A survey of hypermedia applications in agriculture is provided and the characteristics of such systems are reviewed in terms of information structure, contents, system architecture, user information browsing and support. Requirements, future possibilities, and limitations are finally discussed. (original)
"The case study farmers appear to derive more value from information gathering technologies (e.g., yield monitors and mapping) than from variable rate application technologies."
AGRICOLA IND 87022206, This work briefly describes the AGRICOLA, AGRIS, CAB ABSTRACTS, and CRIS databases, indicates some new developments in agricultural databases and database use, and discusses some characteristics of agricultural databases and computerized systems developed by Extension Services, Land-Grant Institutions and Experiment Stations in the United States.
Ford, Paula B. (author), Hoogenboom, Gerrit (author), Roberts, John J. (author), and USDA Agricultural Research Service; Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia; Laboratory for Sustainable Agroecosystem Studies, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
UK: Elsevier Science
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: C08338
