Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02960
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Website of International Public Relations Association. Article 134. 5 pages., Report of an award-winning public relations project in the Environmental category involving redevelopment of a small farming community in southeastern Turkey. Part of it involved encouraging production of saffron rather than cotton (which requires more water).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06736
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Pages 321=-348 in Nico Stehr (ed.), Biotechnology: between commerce and civil society." Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey., Tempers benefits of the Green Revolution with concerns of adverse impacts of industrial agriculture, the power of corporate firms and other less visible infrastructure agents in the political networks of Asia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D08001
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John L.Woods Collection, Ring binder containing series overview with lesson plans and resources for a series of seven seminars. Author identified with Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C. Pages numbered by section.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: D08725
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John L. Woods Collection, Resource developed by Chemonics International, Washington,D.C. CD contains 350+ documents which include guidelines for including the education/communication component in proposals, templates, examples of work done, explanations of various communications tools that should be included in projects, etc. Useful for project personnel and proposal writers.
Abstract and citation online via search of Ebscohost.com. 1 page., This article deals with the deliberation of development journalism as a subfield of development communication. It further examines the connection between public journalism and development journalism. The development journalist "should be an active community participant in social change. He or she cannot be a neutral observer who adheres to objectivity. The journalist must relate development to people and focus on relations and the totality of concrete life situations. He or she must go well beyond economics and bring out the inherent drama in development, democracy, and participation."
Abstract and citation available via Ebscohost.com., Author cites the rapid growth of agricultural websites in China, with almost 714 set up via each local government and 31 provinces with their own. They are "not well distributed geographically."
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com., Focuses on the use of information and communication technology in the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture's five-year plan. put forward in September 2001. The "action plan" stated that within 3-5 years the network system for rural market information would be established across the country.
Abstract and citation available online via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Describes how the nation is striving to harness new information technologies for development while stressing stability in the political realm. Includes the resources and role of university libraries in supporting outreach to meet the information needs in towns and rural areas of China.
Abstract and citation via Ebscohost.com. 1 page., Article focuses on the impact of mass media in rural development, including experiences of development communication in India.
