International: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22046
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4 pages., Reviews "new studies reaffirming that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. This brief brings together IFPRI's most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23413
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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 6 pages., Identifies efforts by some newspapers to cover the issue of methamphetamine abuse in rural America. Describes the issue and provides links to samples of media coverage.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23419
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 5 pages., Describes the role of Extension in helping tobacco growers and their communities adapt after more than 65 years of participation in the federal government's efforts to control and support tobacco prices in the United States.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23514
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The New Agriculturist On-Line. 5 pages., Highlighted remarks from a seminar on this subject sponsored by the CTA (Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation in EU-ACP Countries), Government of Mozambique and the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23519
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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
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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.
Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2005-11-23
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24434
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Retrieved July 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., "Today, some people have bountiful tables while others have very little. On the rhetorical surface, Thanksgiving marks a time of appreciation. But meanwhile, most of all, media outlets encourage us to buy - and forget."
Salahuddin, Ahmad (author), Magor, Noel P. (author), Paris, Thelma (author), and Nabi, Shaila Arifa (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24691
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Pages 14-28 in Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor (eds.), Innovations in rural extension: case studies from Bangladesh. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, England. 307 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24724
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Retrieved October 14, 2005, Via Science and Development Network. 4 pages., "A democratic dialogue over science-related issues is critical for modern societies. But providing reliable information in an accessible way is an essential prerequisite for this to occur." Author notes a worrying trend within much of the world's media whereby a traditional commitment to reporting facts is giving way to coverage on interpretations of fact (or "spin").
