Survey data are presented on opinions about agricultural biotechnology and its application held by agricultural science faculty at highly ranked programs in the United States with and without personal involvement in biotechnology-oriented research. Findings prompt authors to argue that where even experts are divided, public opposition cannot reasonably be attributed to poor public understanding or sensationalistic media accounts.
The author is Editor in chief of Water Policy and Senior Advisor at the Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineering, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07998
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John L.Woods Collection, Ring binder containing resources for planning, producing materials, and relating to media and key stakeholders. International WaterCOM Program, Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C. 118 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08038
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John L. Woods Collection, Description of the project communication strategy approach and how such strategies are prepared. Cites examples of successes. Presented at a senior manager conference of Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D. C. 8 pages.
Grunig, James E. (author) and Verčič, Dejan (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
United States
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09051
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James E. Grunig Collection, Pages 7-58 in Moss, D., Verčič, D., and Warnaby, G.(eds.), Perspectives on public relations research. Routledge: London and New York. 288 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09662
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Results of a survey question in the Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (producer). Results obtained from Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, iPOLL,accessed June 27, 2018. 2 pages., Poll results - respondent rating of farmers in terms of honesty and ethical standards:
Very high: 22%
High: 48%
Average: 24%
Low: 3%
Don't know: 3%
16 pages., via online journal., This study examines community economic development (CED) initiatives and focuses on
community shared agriculture (CSA) as an alternative form of farming to industrialized agriculture.
CSA connects the farmers directly with consumers, such that both farmers and consumers share the
benefits and risks involved in agriculture. The purpose of this study was to understand what
motivates individuals to become involved in a CSA and what involvement in CSA means for them.
As a point of departure, the ecological and social psychological problems associated with
industrialized agriculture are elucidated. Empowerment theory, social vitality, and sense of
community were used as conceptual frameworks. Data were collected on a community farm in
midwest Ontario using a participant-observer mode of inquiry and open-ended interviews. The
themes that emerged were categorized under empowerment, social vitality, and sense of
community.
Online via University of Illinois Online Catalog - article search by subject (demonstration), Author draws upon fieldwork with farm advisors and growers, using the case of agricultural field trials to illustrate the role of "place" in applied science, highlight issues of "control" between scientists and their "public," and point to the challenges of producing consent through field trials.
12 pages., via online journal., Similar to other parts of the world, European society is becoming increasingly urban, both in a physical as in an economic and socio-cultural sense. As a result, the relationships between society and nature, including forests, are changing, and forestry as structural intervention in forest ecosystems has had to adapt itself to changing societal pressures and demands. The planning and managing of woodlands in and near urban areas has been the most directly affected by the urbanisation process. Many European countries have a long tradition of ‘town forestry’, serving as basis for current developments in urban forestry, i.e. the planning and management of all forest and tree resources in and near urban areas for the benefit of local society. Through the adaptation to the specific demands of local urban societies, a type of forestry has emerged which is structurally different from classic forestry. It focuses, for example, on the social and environmental values of urban woodlands rather than on wood production and emphasising the importance of communication — ranging from information to participation/power sharing — between stakeholders. This paper investigates ways to communicate urban forests and forestry to urban inhabitants and other stakeholders, based on results of a comparative study of main European cities. It explores the role which urban forestry has been playing in the development of forestry at large, especially with regards to better incorporating changing social values and interests.
Online via keyword search of UI Library eCatalog., Report of Symposium III, an eight-nation, sea-borne (Danube River) conference hosted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It encouraged an increased level of responsibility and social conscience in parishes of the Black Sea region regarding ecological challenges. The symposium developed a 10-point action plan for the future, separate from the activities of the religious communities and based on conclusions of working groups.
Online via UI Library electronic suscription., Using Farmers Weekly as a data source, authors identified four main discourses of farmer acceptance of, and resistance to, quality assurnce schemes; and discourses which construct a particular representation of consumers.
Results of a survey among participants in a conference of the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25314
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Pages 79-96 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25315
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Pages 97-109 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25316
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Pages 135-150 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25317
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Pages 179-196 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25318
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Pages 219-238 in Angelique Haugerud, M. Priscilla Stone and Peter D. Little (eds.), Commodities and globalization: anthropological perspectives. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Maryland. 249 pages.
Retrieved January 28, 2007, Urges improvements in conflict resolution and negotiation processes. Emphasizes the need for changing the roles of women, development organizations and extension services n these processes.
