Environment and Development Organization News and Networking, Asia Edition., Announces formation of the Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media (CAAM) to "focus on farmer friendly communication system." Explains that alternative agricultural media emphasize the need for farmer-friendly ideologies and practices in agricultural research and communication. Example cited: farm journals "published by the farmers and pens to farmers' hands." CAAM web site: http://www.farmedia.org
According to Arun Kumar, professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of the book 'Black Money in India', at least US$70-80 billion flows out of India every year into overseas investment hedges like gold or real estate. Kumar estimated that the cost to India of its "black economy" was 5 per cent of GDP growth every year since the mid-70s.
Describes eChoupal, a network of internet kiosks to "access up-to-date data about the weather, input costs, market prices and technical knowledge, all in the local language."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29759
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Recommendations from the 2nd Agriculture Leadership Summit, New Delhi, India, September 4-5, 2009. 13 pages., Summary and recommendations, including those involving extension and communications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14030
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Pages 115-131 in Subhash Bhatnagar and Robert Schware (eds.), Information and communication technology in development: cases from India. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India. 2000. 230 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26316
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Chennai Online via Businessline. 2 pages., Announcement of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2007 to Mr. P. Sainath, rural affairs editor of The Hindu newspaper.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23737
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From Indo-Asian News Service via The Hoot, Media South Asia. 2 pages., "News stories in the media of developing nations often lack critical analysis of the issues at stake and rarely represent the farmer's view."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29028
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Posted on http://www.youtube.com > Search on "p. sainath", Via You Tube, Features the thoughts of an award-winning journalist in India, P. Sainath Palagummi Sainath, about what he identifies as serious gaps in mass media coverage. He observes that due to the advertiser-driven environment for media organizations, national media are not interested in serving the information needs of rural residents and the poor, generally. National media do not have "rural" or "poverty" beats, he explains, although residents in those categories make up the majority of the population in India. He urges media to signal the weaknesses in society as well as the areas of progress.
India: Indian Society of Extension Education, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20505
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Burton Swanson Collection, various pages, 2 documents, from "International Conference on Extension Strategy for Miniminzing Risk in Rainfed Agriculture
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37165
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Via Thomson Reuters online. 1 page., Briefly describes Reuters Market Light, a personalized profession information service to the farming community in India.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05697
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Includes the following articles: "Organised Listening in Canada"- R.G. Knowles, "Listening to Rural Broadcasts in Ghana" - A.A. Opoku, "Adult Education through Radio" - T. Linga Nathan, "Television fare for Canadian Farmers (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)," "Broadcasts for Rural Audiences in India" - P.V. Krishnamoorthy, "A Day in the Life of a Punjab Peasant" - S.A. Hameed, "Presenting Research Findings to Farmers" - Fred Barnes., #1054.B, Harold Swanson Collection
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23927
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Via The Hoot, Media Foundation, New Delhi, India. 2 pages., Policemen in a rural village use the Discovery Channel's "Medical Detectives" while on duty to improve their knowledge of forensic methods and their skills in gathering evidence.
India: Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29938
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195 pages., From a seminar in Hyderabad, India, during February, 1979. Sponsored by the International Institute of Mass Communication and Indian Institute of Mass Communication.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24722
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Retrieved September 16, 2006, Via South Asian Media Net. 2 pages., National readership survey in India shows a significant increase in the reach of the press (dailies and magazines) over the past three years. The numbers of readers in rural India is now almost equal to those in urban India.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23928
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Via The Hoot, Media Foundation, New Delhi, India. 1 page., "Mediawatch Brief" says Doordarshans audience research wing studied the impact of its rural development programs on rural households. "It then announced happily that 59 per cent of the rural audience in the country was watching its agriculture programme, and 48 per cent was watching Grameen Bharat." However, "rural households" in the study were located in eight cities.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 10 Document Number: B01366
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AgComm Teaching, Ithaca New York: Department of Extension Teaching and Information, New York State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics at Cornell University. 43pp (ETT Seres No. 2)
