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2. An innovative mobile learning framework for the field of agriculture extension Sri Lanka
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jayasinghe, J.A.S.S. (author), Hewagamage, K.P. (author), and Department of Information Technology, CINEC Campus, IT Park, Malabe, Sri Lanka University of Colombo School of Computing, 35, Reid Avenue, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Sri Lanka: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08141
- Notes:
- article number 7829901, pp. 72-79, 16th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions, ICTer 2016; Jetwing BlueNegombo; Sri Lanka; 1 September 2016 through 3 September 2016; Category numberCFP1686L-ART; Code 126111
3. Contemporary challenges in environmental governance: Technology, governance and the social licence
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cullen-Knox, Coco (author), Eccleston, Richard (author), Haward, Marcus (author), Lester, Elizabeth (author), Vince, Joanna (author), and Centre for Marine Socioecology, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Australia: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08105
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Policy and Governance
- Journal Title Details:
- 27 (1): 3-13
4. Converging free and open source software tools for knowledge sharing in smallholder agricultural communities in Sri Lanka
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jayathailake, Chandana (author), Jayasinghe-Mudalige, Udith (author), Perera, Rohana (author), Gow, Gordon (author), and Waidyanatha, Nuwan (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Italy: Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10351
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 111(2) : 351-359
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Via online journal., In a world where the notion of ‘sharing of knowledge’ has been gained much prominence in the recent past, the importance of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to promote sustainable agriculture, especially when combined with mobile and open source software technologies is discussed critically. On this rationale, this study was carried out to explore the applicability of the concept of converging ‘Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)’ to promote sustainable knowledge sharing amongst the agricultural communities in Sri Lanka. A multi-stage community consultative process with a set of designated officials (“Sponsors”) and a series of semi-structured questionnaire survey with a cross section of smallholder agriculture farmers (n=246), were carried out in the Batticaloa, Kurunegala and Puttalam districts to gather the baseline data. This was followed by a number of field experiments (“Campaigns”) with the farmers (n=340) from same geographical areas. The two FOSS, namely: (1) “FrontlineSMS” for ‘Text Messaging’ and (2) “FreedomFone” for ‘Interactive Voice Responses’, were applied to evaluate the effectiveness of knowledge sharing within the farming communities. It was found that FOSS intervention increases the ‘Text messaging’ and ‘Voice Call’ usage in day-to-day agricultural communication by 26 and 8 percent, respectively. The demographic factors like age and income level of the farmers has positively influence on the knowledge sharing process. And also the ‘Mobile Telephony’ was the most extensive mode of communication within the communities. The outcome of analysis, as a whole, implies that, with a fitting mechanism in place, this approach can be promoted as a “drive for positive changes” in agriculture-based rural communities in developing countries like Sri Lanka, and those in South and East Asia with similar socio-economic and cultural perspectives.
5. Genetic modification technology for nutrition and improving diets: An ethical perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Glass, Sara (author), Fanzo, Jessica (author), and Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States Berman Institute of Bioethics, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 1809 Ashland Avenue, Deering Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08099
- Journal Title:
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 44 (1): 46-51
6. Impact indicators for community garden programs: Using Delphi methods to inform program development and evaluation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Diaz, John (author), Webb, Susan (author), Warner, Laura (author), Monoghan, Paul (author), and University of Florida
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10348
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(6) : 852-859
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Via online journal., With growing interest in food system solutions to address poor health outcomes related to preventable chronic diseases, organizations and researchers are examining the value of community gardens as interventions to promote individual and community health. Research suggests that participation in community gardens improves access to fresh, healthy foods and increases fruit and vegetable consumption. In addition to these physical benefits, research also documents a variety of social and communal benefits, by expanding social capital, stabilizing neighborhoods, and cultivating relationships. Unfortunately, most of these studies focus on a specific case, cross case, or intervention studies within a geographically specific locale. Learning lessons from successful community garden programs can be difficult because community gardens often rely on the synergy of a complex network of support agencies that assist in various technical and educational capacities. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the use of a framework for program development and evaluation that stakeholders, including extension, can adopt to show program outcomes. The framework used a Delphi approach with a diverse panel of community garden stakeholders to reach consensus about program outcomes. The study demonstrated that the panel could reach consensus on a variety of short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes.
7. Improving Biosecurity through Instructional Crisis Communication: Lessons Learned from the PEDv Outbreak
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sellnow, Timothy L. (author), Parker, Jason S. (author), Sellnow, Deanna D. (author), Littlefield, Robert (author), Helsel, Emily M. (author), Getchell, Morgan C. (author), Smith, Julia M. (author), Merrill, Scott C. (author), and University of Central Florida The Ohio State University Morehead State University University of Vermont
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10178
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 101(4)
- Notes:
- 17 pages., Via online journal article., Crises, by their nature, demand effectively designed and quickly delivered instructional messages that compel stakeholders to take appropriate actions to protect themselves and their assets. The challenges of crisis communication are intensified in crises involving unanticipated and relatively unknown disease outbreaks with the potential to spread exponentially. This study assesses the communication challenges and opportunities in such volatile crises through an analysis of the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) outbreak that severely threatened the United States pork industry in 2013 and 2014. Interviews were conducted with 13 individuals directly involved in developing and distributing risk and crisis biosecurity messages during the PEDv outbreak. Participants were selected based on affiliation with the National Pork Board, American Association of Swine Veterinarians, university extension, or their swine industry expertise. Four generalizable implications emerged: 1) the advantage of maintaining flexibility in crisis communication planning; 2) the value of audience analysis and message adaptation; 3) the importance of understanding not only what to do, but also why the recommended actions are essential; and 4) the utility of risk/crisis communication and education both prior to and during a crisis event.
8. Policy, economic themes dominate ethanol headlines
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Takahashi, Bruno (author), Terracina-Hartman, Carol (author), Amann, Katheryn (author), and Meisner, Mark S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09681
- Journal Title:
- Newspaper Research Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 38(1) : 119-133
9. Restructuring a state nutrition education and obesity prevention program: Implications of a local health department model for SNAP-Ed
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wu, Helen W. (author), Backman, Desiree (author), Kizer, Kenneth W. (author), and Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, United States California Department of Health Care Services, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, United States UC Davis School of Medicine, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, Sacramento, CA, United States
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- USA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08139
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- 23 (1): e28-e36
10. Risks in urban rooftop agriculture: assessing stakeholders’ perceptions to ensure efficient policymaking
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Specht, Kathrin (author), Sanyé-Mengual, Esther (author), and Institute of Socio-Economics, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany Research Center in Urban Environment for Agriculture and Biodiversity (Rescue-AB), Department of Agricultural Sciences (DIPSA), Università di Bologna, Viale Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, Italy
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-03
- Published:
- International: Elsevier Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08151
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 69: 13-21