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    2. Can computer use on the farm build skills for off-farm jobs?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wojan, Tim (author / United States Department of Agriculture)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2000-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23537
    Journal Title:
    Rural Conditions and Trends
    Journal Title Details:
    10(2) : 43-49
    Notes:
    7 p., The increasing use of computers on the farm raises the question of whether these new skills will be valued in off-farm employment. Data suggests that computers are used predominantly for a single group of tasks that may not develop the "systems skills" that are becoming increasingly important in off-farm employment.

    5. E-tending the farm

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fox, Robert (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2000-07
    Published:
    USA: Association for Computer Machinery.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26784
    Journal Title:
    Communications of the ACM
    Journal Title Details:
    43(7) : 9
    Notes:
    Notes loyalty of farmers to local merchants and banks, along with wariness of e-commerce.

    6. Farmers, computers and the internet: how structures and roles shape the information society

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Abbott, Eric A. (author), Schmidt, Allan G. (author), and Yarbrough, J. Paul (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2000
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29076
    Notes:
    Pages 201-226 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.

    9. How the Internet and new technology are changing the business of designing, building and selling farm equipment

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Green, J.R. Russ (author)
    Format:
    Conference presentation
    Publication Date:
    2000-10-27
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: C11524
    Journal Title Details:
    computer file (PowerPoint)
    Notes:
    Presentation at "AgCom.com" Conference sponsored by the Ag and Environmental Communication Alumni Group, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, October 27, 2000

    10. Information and communication technolgies for sustainable livelihoods

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    O'Farrell, Clare (author), Norrish, Patricia (author), Scott, Andrew (author), and Sustainable Development Department (SD)
    Format:
    Online article
    Publication Date:
    2000-11
    Published:
    International: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome, Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 126 Document Number: C18512
    Journal Title:
    SD dimensions
    Notes:
    7 pages; Special: The role of information and communication technologies in rural development and food security