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    1. "We need to look at food as a global system"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jackson, Janine (author) and Bell, Beverly (author)
    Format:
    Interview
    Publication Date:
    2015-10-22
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08693
    Notes:
    Transcript posted on the website of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), New York City, New York. Interview of Beverly Bell, coordinator of Other Worlds, a "women-led and movement-building collaborative." 6 pages.

    2. How to be a good rural extensionist. Reflections and contributions of Argentine practitioners

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Landini, Fernando (author) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnicas (National Council of Scientific and Technological Research), Argentina University of La Cuenca del Plata, Argentina University of Moron, Argentina
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015-04-15
    Published:
    Argentina: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10882
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    43 : 193-202
    Notes:
    9 pages, online journal article, Quality rural extension is of utmost importance for generating food security and sustainable rural development. In this paper, Argentine rural extensionists' point of view on how to be a good practitioner is described, as well as compared to good practices proposed by scholars and international development organizations. Forty rural extensionists from the Northeastern Argentine provinces were interviewed (29men, 11 women). Interviews were recorded and transcribed, texts were categorized and contents analyzed. Scholars and extensionists, despite agreeing to most of the same principles, frame their recommendations for good extension practices in different ways. The former's recommendations tend to be supported by multiple case studies and focused on best practices on the level of extension projects or policies, while the latter's tend to draw upon their own experience and develop proposals more concerned with interpersonal interactions and with overcoming practical problems in real (and not ideal)settings. Best extension practices depend on environmental, institutional, political and cultural contexts, this implying there is no best extension practice in general. Training extensionists in interpersonal skills and in social sciences is key for reaching good extension results. Horizontal communication between farmers and extensionists, negotiation over best technologies, and helping farmers reflect on their production practices are extension strategies with great potential.

    3. Poverty alleviation, food security and environmental sustainability: the contribution of participatory development communication

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Padhy, Mehendra Kumar (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015-12
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07198
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Development Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    26(2) : 1-14