In letter to the editor, Lancet is criticized by a representative of the Biotechnology Industry Organization for placing politics and tabloid sensationalism above its responsibility to report and assess new science.
Letter to the editor regarding publication of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai regarding effects of genetically modified potatoes on rat small intestines.
Online via Ovid.com. Abstract of dissertation from Mississippi State University. 1 p., Found no significant differences between method of instruction or learning styles on students' achievement or attitudes.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06955
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Pages 12-25 in Francine L. Dolins (ed.), Attitudes to animals: views in animal welfare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 262 pages., "Totem" from Ojibwa language - ototeman - meaning "he is my relative."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06956
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Pages 26-33 in Francine L. Dolins (ed.), Attitudes to animals: views in animal welfare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 262 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06957
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Pages 129-142 in Francine L. Dolins (ed.), Attitudes to animals: views in animal welfare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 262 pages., Overview of problem areas in animal welfare, from the perspective of animals.
Petto, Andrew J. (author) and Russell, Karla D. (author)
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Book chapter
Publication Date:
1999
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06958
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pages 167-185 in Francine L. Dolins (ed.), Attitudes to animals: views in animal welfare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 262 pages., Framework for "humane education" regarding use of animals in learning (e.g., biology).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06959
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Pages 200-217 in Francine L. Dolins (ed.), Attitudes to animals: views in animal welfare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 262 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06960
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Pages 218-228 in Francine L. Dolins (ed.), Attitudes to animals: views in animal welfare. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 262 pages.
22 pages, via online journal, Past explanations of why rural people respond as they do to external development interventions have emphasized the role of key limiting factors or critical characteristics (wealth, education, land tenure, etc.) which are thought to influence peoples' behavior in predictable ways. Efforts to promote tree planting and soil conservation in eight neighboring villages in the Philippines revealed that variation in participation did not reflect clear patterns based on existing household or village characteristics. Instead, specific responses to interventions reflected a complex, but interpretable interaction between existing socio-economic factors and historic trends or events. Characteristics like the degree of local knowledge, security of land tenure and community cohesion affected peoples' participation, in general, but their specific influence was neither predictable nor consistent between, and even within, individual villages. An appreciation of the specific historic context was often sufficient to explain these variations. The following historic trends and events were found to have important consequences for peoples' participation: migration and settlement history; family and group lineages; history of socio-political organization and conflict; history of physical isolation; labor history; economic–ecological history; environmental history; and past exposure to development agents. The paper concludes with a preliminary checklist of questions intended to assist researchers and development agents to discover relevant and interesting historical information about rural villages.
10 pages., via online journal, Research into farmers’ attitudes and motivations in the past has tended to be subjective and theoretically rather imprecise. This paper presents findings from research based on the structured social-psychology model, the Theory of Planned Behaviour, into farmers’ conservation-related behaviour. Responses from a survey of 100 Bedfordshire farmers were analysed to identify the underlying determinants of behaviour and to comprehend farmers’ attitudes. Farmers with greater environmental awareness, members of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, are more influenced by conservation-related concerns and less by farm management concerns than other farmers. They appear also to be more influenced by farming and conservation referent groups, grants and conservation advice.
8 pages., via online journal., The paper introduces the pest belief model and Fishbein and Ajzen's theory of reasoned action to analyze farmers’ decisions in stem borer management. Farmers spent an average of $39/ha (median $18) on insecticides believing that if they had not controlled an average loss of 1004 kg/ha or $402 (median 592, $237) would occur. Farmers’ estimates of the worst attack averaged 19 white heads/m2 (median10) with the associated average loss of 1038 kg/ha or $415 (median 592, $270), implying that farmers’ decisions were guided by the worst attacks. Perceived benefits from insecticides were directly related with farmers’ insecticide use and perceived severity. Perceived susceptibility was also high, with 59% of farmers believing that a loss of 450 kg/ha would be “extremely or very likely”. Farmers believed insecticides could destroy natural enemies but placed only moderate importance to conserving them. Health was believed to be very important but farmers had mixed beliefs that spraying could bring about poor health. This study also provides evidence suggesting high peer pressure on farmers’ spray decisions directly influencing perceived benefits from sprays, insecticide spending and spray frequency.
Online via keyword search of UI Library eCatalog, Analysis of 100 articles identified from the Lexis-Nexis computerized database as containing reference to "global warming" in four U.S. newspapers during five months compared with articles about the topic in scientific literature. This comparison showed that "the media coverage of environmental issues suffers from both shallowness and pro-corporate bias. The biospheric implications of these two flaws are touched upon."
Retrieved January 6, 2007, Via projo.com. 7 pages., Two-page report describes the journalist's experience in covering a story about rural communities lost years ago to the development of the Scituate Reservoir in Rhode Island. Attached article (5 pages) describes the history of the Reservoir.
Leith, Terri (author) and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
1999
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C26026
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Via Perspectives On Line. 6 pages., Reports on dedication of the Butler Communication Services Building at the North Carolina State University. The building is named for the Butlers, editors/publishers of Progressive Farmer magazine.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26342
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Posted at http://www.eeci.net/archive/biobase/B10609.html, Via BioBase, European Energy Crops InterNetwork. 2 pages., "Attitudes of financiers, researchers, end-users, policy-makers and producers affect a lot in the future of energy crops."
Examines the dominant Global Information Society framework (competition, private investment, flexible regulation policies, open access to networks), in terms of appropriateness for the developing world.
