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2. Assessing rural women food producers capacity to adopt modern ICTs - a case study of the Mfantsiman District of Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sampong, D.D. (author), Egyir, I.S. (author), and Yaw, Osei-Asare (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- Ghana
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10923
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the African Association of Agricultural Economists second international conference, Accra, Guana, August 20-22, 2007. 4 pages., The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs). For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity. Issues of level of resource capacity of women, information needed, and current sources of such information become important. This study sought to investigate the issues above with respect to rural women food producers in the Mfantsiman District of Ghana. Simple descriptive statistics and econometric models were employed in the data analysis of 91 randomly selected respondents. The results of the study showed that: In general, the women food producers were aged, subsistence food crop farmers. They depended on the natural rainfall cycle and had inadequate funds, so they use traditional inputs for production and sell surpluses in the community. The most important agricultural information needed was on inputs, specifically, low cost in-kind or cash credit. Currently, the major information sources are relatives and other farmers in the locality, agricultural extension agents, the radio and television. This suggests that the women food producers have low resource capacity and this could limit the adoption of modern ICTs as a source of and media for information dissemination. Yet, the regression results show that the few (6) mobile phone users have a higher income generating capacity. In order to improve on capacity to use modern ICTs for increased access to other resources, women farmers’ should organize themselves into formidable groups so local institutions can assist easily.
3. Extension under a political insurgency: gaining approval of Maoist rebels in Nepal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Uprety, Rajendra (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2006-03-06
- Published:
- Nepal
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24258
- Notes:
- 5 p. Paper presented at the Australasia Pacific Extension Network in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, March 6-8, 2006
4. Factors related to the effective administration of extension in agriculture and rural development in Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Findlay, E. W. (author) and Iwueke, C. C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1980
- Published:
- UK
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00212
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration
- Journal Title Details:
- no.7:59-69
- Notes:
- Phase 1
5. How extension stacks up
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Awa, Njoku E. (author), Van Crowder, L., Jr. (author), and Department of Communication Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Department of Communication Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1978-03
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04922
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 16 (1978 March/April) : 19-25
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection
6. Influence of farm management style on adoption of biologically integrated farming practices in California
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brodt, Sonja B. (author), Klonsky, Karen (author), Tourte, Laura (author), Duncan, Roger (author), Hendricks, Lonnie (author), Ohmart, Cliff (author), and Verdegaal, Paul (author)
- Format:
- Research paper
- Publication Date:
- 2004-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23445
- Journal Title:
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(4) : 237-247
- Notes:
- The authors consider the adoption of biologically integrated agricultural practices from the perspective of farm management style. Adoption decisions for farming practices must fit into a broader farm decision-making context that incorporates economic, environmental, social, family and personal considerations, as well as use of agricultural information sources. Drawing from a study of California almond and winegrape growers, the authors demonstrate that management styles differ substantially among farmers and that these differences affect use of information sources and adoption of biologically based practices on the farm. A two-season mail survey of farming practices and information sources demonstrated that differences in management styles affect the adoption of practices.
7. Making soils sexy: soils extension on the NSW north coast
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lines-Kelly, Rebecca (author) and Jenkins, Abigail (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2006-03-06
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C24017
- Notes:
- 9 p. Paper presented at the Australasia Pacific Extension Network in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, March 6-8, 2006
8. Sierra Leone - revisited
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Claar, John B. (author / Director, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS))
- Format:
- Speech
- Publication Date:
- 1984-01
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10094
- Notes:
- 16 pages., This speech is from a project file maintained by the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign > "International" section > "Sierra Leone" file., Speech at the Second Conference regarding ACRE in Sierra Leone, January 11-14, 1984., Comprehensive thoughts from an emeritus state Extension director regarding "what the world has learned about knowledge transfer," with special emphasis on Extension services