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2. Assessing learning regimes leading to sustainable intensification at the farm level: a new perspective for management assistance for family farms
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aurelie, Toillier (author), Baudoin, Alice (author), and Chia, Eduardo (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Burkina Faso
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11346
- Notes:
- Paper presented during the 11th European International Farming System Association (IFSA) Symposium, "Farming systems facing global challenges: capacities and strategies," April 1-4, 2014, in Berlin, Germany. 11 pages in proceedings, The study involved "learning regime" as the set of mechanisms that are triggers for and lead to the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, allowing the head of the farm to improve production and management methods. Authors identified four types of regimes, calling into question the assumption of homogeneity of farmers' capabilities to change their routines to acquire new skills. Findings prompted suggestion that creating spaces for exchanges between producers who are at common stages of development or have similar problems, leveraging specific know-how of different ethnic groups and inter-cultural exchanges, and facilitating access to existing information in a given territory seem to be some of the many possible ways of strengthening existing dynamics of learning.
3. Automatic equipment to increase sustainability in agricultural fertilization
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- García, Mario Martínez (author), Cabral, Silvia Ramos (author), Zúñiga, Ricardo Pérez (author), and Rodríguez, Luis Carlos G. Martínez (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-19
- Published:
- Switzerland: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12830
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13, N. 2
- Notes:
- 17 pages, The purpose of the study was to design a device for the dissolution of fertilizers for agricultural use in an automatic and environmentally sustainable way to facilitate the work of farmers. To achieve this goal, an outdated blade design was used, which generates turbulent and laminar flows thanks to the angle of inclination of its blades. In tests, the combination of these two flows gave a better result compared to laminar and turbulent flows separately. The best results were achieved by varying the spin and speed, the time between spins, and the rest time. The time it would take to dissolve the mixture was drastically reduced if it were conducted in the traditional way (manually) or compared with commercial mixers. In conclusion, the technique used for the dissolution of agricultural minerals is more effective and reduces time, energy, and effort. This was able to reduce the time necessary to dissolve the fertilizer by 93 percent compared to doing it manually and by 66 percent compared to using commercial mixers, in a solution of 100 L of water per 100 kg of ammonium sulfate.
4. Factors influencing farmers' adoption of best management practices: a review and synthesis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Liu, Tingting (author), Bruins, Randall J.F. (author), and Heberling, Matthew T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09653
- Journal Title:
- Sustainability
- Journal Title Details:
- 10, 432
5. Knowledge and development: dialogue at the heart of innovation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Clavel, Daniele (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- International: Editions Quae, Versailles Cedex, France, and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08517
- Notes:
- ACDC holds citation information, table of contents, and conclusion., 107 pages.
6. Review of building a resilient and sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mkuna, Eliaza (author)
- Format:
- Book review
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-01
- Published:
- UK: Taylor and Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12874
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 0, N.0
- Notes:
- 2 pages
7. The Land: stabilizing the soil with words and pictures
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lewison, Sarah (author)
- Format:
- Paper abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06597
- Notes:
- Abstract of paper presented in the History Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference, Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010., Features an independent quarterly periodical that testified to the importance of sustainable agricultural practice from 1939 to 1954.
8. The role of conservation agriculture in bridging gender gaps in Tanzania: the case of sustainable agriculture Tanzania
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Msuya, E. (author), Mhanga, M. (author), and Massawe, F.A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10-20
- Published:
- Nigeria: Faclty Of Agriculture, Sokoine University of Agriculture
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12762
- Journal Title:
- Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 21, N.1
- Notes:
- 9 pages, Despite agriculture’s great potential to Tanzania agricultural development, the sector faces diverse challenges. For example, existence of gender gaps in accessing agricultural production resources and benefits obtained from the same impede the sector’s growth. Therefore, adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) has been seen as one of the measures to address the sector limited productivity. Nonetheless, there is limited knowledge on how CA has managed to reduce gender inequalities in accessing both reproductive resources and benefits accrued from agriculture. This paper examines gender gaps in conservation agriculture programme implemented by Sustainable Agriculture in Tanzania (SAT), by specifically analyzing gender participation and relations in CA in Morogoro municipality and Morogoro district. This study adopted a mixed method approach whereby both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from four sites where SAT implements its activities. Findings show that CA has significantly reduced gander gaps in accessing production resources and services as well as raising women’s participation in decision making with regards to production and use of income obtained from sales of produce. Farmers regardless of the gender can access extension services, and credit, and are involved in various initiatives collectively. Despite the economic benefits, findings show that CA is laborious and takes much of farmers’ time, women being more affected. Therefore, it is recommended that the central and local governments and various stakeholders should promote the spread of conservation agriculture technologies since it reduces the biasness in agriculture and empowering women. Ensuring access to advanced cheap technologies to farmers. Nonetheless, there is need to ensure that female farmers are not overburdened in the process.