Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05763
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Extension Methods 2. From AgroInsight, Ghent, Belgium. 1 page., Summary of a method for producing farmer-to-farmer training videos that are regionally relevant and locally appropriate. 1 page.
Del Castello, Riccardo (author) and Braun, Paul Mathias (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006
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International: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Eschborn, Germany.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08289
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25445
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Pages 277-283 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25446
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Pages 283-287 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25909
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Posted at www.thehoot.org > "Grassroots media" section, Indo-Asian News Service via Media South Asia. 2 pages., Features a radio station supported by an engineering college. It broadcasts for four hours each morning, with a similar rebroadcast each evening.
"The participatory crop research in Oaxaca was successful in terms of its functional and empowering purposes. -- [It] "also demonstrated that while participatory research benefited scientists, only a relatively small number of farmers actually benefited directly."
USA: University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28672
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70 pages, "This book is intended as a critique of the field of development communication and in this, anthropology has a key role to play." Author examines the uses of radio for development, the impact on oral culture and the use of radio by indigenous people in Ecuator and miners in Bolivia.
Davis, Kristin (author), Ochieng, Cosmos (author), and International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36929
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Pages 42-54 in First Annual IFC/FT Essay Competition., Bronze Award winner in this essay competition sponsored by the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group and the Financial Times. Authors argue that the predominant economic model in many African countries is inappropriate. They propose efforts to create an "appropriate African economy, based on the dynamic needs, conditions and capabilities of the majority of the African population."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24486
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Retrieved July 5, 2006, Conference sponsored by the International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 21-26, 2006. Via Livelihoods Connect. 9 pages., Conference theme: "Managing agricultural information for sustainable food security and improved livelihoods in Africa."
Foti, Richard (author), Nyakudya, Innocent (author), Moyo, Mack (author), Chikuvire, John (author), and Foti, Richard (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-05-21
Published:
Zimbabwe
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24489
Notes:
Retrieved July 5, 2006, Conference sponsored by the International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 21-26, 2006. Via Livelihoods Connect. 10 pages., Conference theme: "Managing agricultural information for sustainable food security and improved livelihoods in Africa."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24492
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Retrieved July 5, 2006, Conference sponsored by the International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 21-26, 2006. Via Livelihoods Connect. 13 pages., Conference theme: "Managing agricultural information for sustainable food security and improved livelihoods in Africa."
Bangladesh: Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24688
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14 pages., Describes activities of a recipient of the 2005 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award. Shidhulai is a village in one of the country's flood-prone areas. Using specialized, indigenous boats, the villagers employed cellular technology and solar power to provide Internet access and online training to thousands of rural residents.
