Meaders, O. Donald (author), Beach, Ross D. (author), denBiggelarr, Christoffel J. (author), Masangano, Charles M. (author), Simpson, Brent M. (author), Stockil, Jonathan (author), and Agricultural and Extension Education and Institute of International Agriculture
Format:
unknown
Publication Date:
1988-09
Published:
International: Michigan State University
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: C19789
Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19528
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 191-207; from "Workshop on improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension services in reaching rural women in Africa" Harare, Zimbabwe, 5-9 October 1987
International: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1 Document Number: D00346
Notes:
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Pages 197-216 in Proceedings of the Farming Systems Research/Extension Symposium hosted by the University of Arkansas and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 9-12, 1988. Farming Systems Research Paper Series. Paper No. 17. 395 pages.
Mattocks, D.M. (author), Steel, R.E. (author), and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, AK; Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, AK
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06974
James F. Evans Collection; Adapted from a presentation entitled "Bridging the research-farmer gap : examining the role of nongovernmental organizations in agricultural extension" contained in Conference Proceedings, 1992 Symposium for Research in Agricultural and Extension Education; 1992 May; Columbus, OH
This study "finds that, historically, telecommunications rollout has had a positive and significant impact on increasing inequality and little impact on quality of life variables." Authors also find evidence that the Internet will also be a force for income divergence.
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 Document Number: C14096
Notes:
Pages 16-20 in Kwame Boafo and Nancy George (eds.), Communication processes: alternative channels and strategies for development support, IDRC-MR274e, International Development Research Centre, Canada. 1991. 97 pp. Selected papers prepared for a seminar held in Nairobi, Kenya, November 14-16, 1990.
Shava, Soul (author), Mapaura, Anthony (author), and World Conservation Union (IUCN), International Union for Conservation and Natural Resources.
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2003-09-07
Published:
Zimbabwe
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C24932
Notes:
Chapter 14 in Denise Hamu, Elisabeth Auchincloss and Wendy Goldstein (eds.), Communicating protected areas. Presented to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003.
Zinyama, L.M. (author / Department of Geography, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe) and Department of Geography, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03028
The International Fund for Agricultural Development
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1987-10-05
Published:
Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19524
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 93-119; from "Workshop on improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension services in reaching rural women in Africa" Harare, Zimbabwe, 5-9 October 1987
This paper describes the rationale for a change from conventional extension towards participatory innovation development and extension. The "Conservation Tillage Project" and the "Food Security Project" developed such an approach and have embarked on institutionalisation of this approach into the agricultural extension service in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe. Dialogue with farmers, farmer experimentation and the strengthening ofself-organisational capacities of rural communities are the major elements to improve development and spreading of innovations, thus the efficiency of extension. The new approach requires a role change of agricultural extension workers from teacher to facilitator as well as appropriate methods and tools. Elements of "Training for Transformation" and Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA) were tested and developed and were found to be effective tools. The strategy to institutionalise participatory extension is based on joining efforts and networking with other organisations, a campaign to familiarise institutional staff and a training and follow-up programme for staff in the framework of organisational development. The experiences show that the attitudinal change required to implement participatory approaches is highly depended on personalities. To have an impact on the change of attitudes a continuous medium-term training process with a close follow-up is required. The paper concludes that institutionalisation of participatory approaches into hierarchically structured organisations is a highly complex intervention. In order to besuccessful, major changes in planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation procedures are required. Changes of that nature require a process of at least 5 to 10 years and high commitment on the side of institutional staff on all levels and donors as well.
Murwira, Kudakwashe (author), Hagmann, Jurgen (author), and Chuma, Edward (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Zimbabwe
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01211
Notes:
Pages 300-309 in Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17251
Notes:
Pages 109-116 in Carine Alders, Bertus Haverkort and Laurens van Veldhuizen (eds.), Linking with farmers: networking for low-external-input and sustainable agriculture. Intermediate Technology Publications, London, UK. 298 pages.
232 p., Calls attention to the renewed popularity of the epistolary novel among Africana contemporary women writers. This work investigates why, since the late nineteen-seventies, there has been a resurgence of this classic form among women writers across the Black Atlantic. The adoption of this genre among women writers in post-colonial contexts is especially significant because the classic epistolary novel was a medium that often endorsed notions of female submission and imperialist ambition. At the same time, the epistolary tradition connotes a revolutionary history. With this idea in mind, the author argues that an examination of how contemporary women revise the epistolary novel offers a crucial perspective regarding the struggles of women throughout various geographic locations and social strata in relation to nation, citizenship, and selfhood. This project focuses on how Sindiwe Magona, Nozipo Maraire, and Paulette Ramsay "reinvent epistolarity," using the epistolary genre to make interventions in the public sphere by depicting Africana women's experiences of education, marriage, inheritance, and health.
Murwira, K. (author), Vela, M. (author), Bungu, C. (author), and Mapepa, N. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1995-07
Published:
Zimbabwe: Agricultural Research and Extension Network, Overseas Development Institute
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20773
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pages 18-23, Network Paper no. 59b from "Farmer-led approaches to extension : papers presented at a workshop in the Philippines, July 1995"
239 p., Undertakes a critical task of "writing to" and "writing back to" Frantz Fanon on the issues of violence, masculinity, and nation-formation. The author deploys Brian Keith Axel's formulations of "national interruption" to position African diasporic women's novels--specifically Gayl Jones's Corregidora, Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions, and Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory --as critical interruptions to Fanon's formulations.