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2. Factors underlying farmers’ decisions to participate in networks
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kühne, Bianka (author), Lambrecht, Evelien (author), Vanhonacker, Feliep (author), Pieniak, Zuzanna (author), and Gellynck, Xavier (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Belgium
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06525
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(3) : 198-213
- Notes:
- 16 pages.
3. Of mice and men: when face-to-face agricultural information is replaced by a mouse click
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charatsari, Chrysanthi (author) and Lioutas, Evagelos D. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-01-01
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10488
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(2): 103-131
- Notes:
- 30 pages., via online journal., In this article we present and discuss two experiments designed to test the effectiveness of the Internet as a tool of agricultural information. Subjects were cotton producers from Thessaly, Greece. Findings suggest that, in the early stages of an innovation diffusion process, the Internet is more effective than social sources (Experiment 1). However, when urgent situations that force quick decisions occur (Experiment 2), the Internet is significantly less effective than face-to-face communication channels. In both cases, farmers who used the Internet spent more time and devoted extra effort. The experiments proved that agronomists remain the most effective information source. Results also illustrate that Internet adoption is not necessarily synonymous with its use.
4. Understanding risk in forest ecosystem services: implications for effective risk management, communication and planning
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blennow, Kristina (author), Persson, Johannes (author), Wallin, Annika (author), Vareman, Niklas (author), and Persson, Erik (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-09
- Published:
- Oxford Academic
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11501
- Journal Title:
- Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 87(2): 219–228
- Notes:
- 10 pages., via online journal., Uncertainty, insufficient information or information of poor quality, limited cognitive capacity and time, along with value conflicts and ethical considerations, are all aspects that make risk management and risk communication difficult. This paper provides a review of different risk concepts and describes how these influence risk management, communication and planning in relation to forest ecosystem services. Based on the review and results of empirical studies, we suggest that personal assessment of risk is decisive in the management of forest ecosystem services. The results are used together with a review of different principles of the distribution of risk to propose an approach to risk communication that is effective as well as ethically sound. Knowledge of heuristics and mutual information on both beliefs and desires are important in the proposed risk communication approach. Such knowledge provides an opportunity for relevant information exchange, so that gaps in personal knowledge maps can be filled in and effective risk communication can be promoted.