Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26292
Notes:
8 pages., Case study of Indiagriline.com, an agricultural information portal created by a sugar processing company. The portals/kiosks are franchised to local entrepreneurs in rural communities.
Abbott, Eric A. (author), Roberts, Owen (author), Maynard, Hugh (author), Schmidt, Allen (author), Martyniuk, Neonila (author), and Barroga, Roger (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-06
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22332
Notes:
Summaries of presentations at a special session of the International Special Interest Group of ACE (Association for Excellence in Communication in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences), San Antonio, Texas, May 31-June 4, 2005. 17 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22388
Notes:
Presented in a session, "Linking science to paddocks," at the National Landcare Facilitator Community Conference, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. 3 pages.
Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23519
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 6 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23521
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 19 pages.
Lebowitz, Abraham (author), Gelb, Ehud (author), and Taragola, Nicole (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005-07-18
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23524
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 9 pages.
Costs of transition to digital broadcasting will have a disproportionate impact on rural consumers and systems. Author offers ideas on how to deal with this.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23737
Notes:
From Indo-Asian News Service via The Hoot, Media South Asia. 2 pages., "News stories in the media of developing nations often lack critical analysis of the issues at stake and rarely represent the farmer's view."
