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52. The Bt maize experience in the Philippines: a multi-stakeholder convergence
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Navarro, M.J. (author), Escaler, M. (author), Ponce de Leon, M.I. (author), and Tababa, S.P. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29778
- Notes:
- Pages 327-337 in Dominique Brossard, James Shanahan and T. Clint Nesbitt (eds.), The media, the public and agricultural biotechnology. CAB International, Oxon, U.K. 405 pages.
53. The State of Rural Information and Communication Services in Tanzania: A Meta-Analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mtega, Wulystan Pius (author) and Ronald, Benard (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-02
- Published:
- Sokoine University of Agriculture
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: D10887
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(2):64-73
- Notes:
- 10 pages., ISSN 2223-4985, via online journal., The study investigated the factors influencing accessibility of rural information services in Tanzania. Specifically the study identified the types of information services provided in rural areas; identified the sources of information used by rural people and determined the barriers to accessibility of information services in rural areas in Tanzania. The study employed a meta-analysis methodology where studies on information services in rural areas in Tanzania were analysed. Findings of the analysis were then compared and contrasted to see the similarities and differences. It was found that there were several information sources used in rural areas ranging from simple face to face communication to modern interactive ICTs including the mobile phones. Despite the availability of a number of information sources, several factors limited the accessibility of information services in rural areas. Findings show that high illiteracy levels, poor/unreliable information infrastructure, low income, lack of electricity and high cost of ICTs have limited the accessibility of information services in rural areas. Others factors including the use of difficulty languages when repackaging information, lack of time to access information and geographical isolation to have also limited some from accessing information services in rural areas. The study recommends that in-order to improve the access to information services in rural areas, it is important to deal with both individual and institutional factors which limit access to information. It is also important to conduct audience research oftenly that appropriate information can be delivered to the right people.
54. The art of listening
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1979-01
- Published:
- International: Royal Bank of Canada, Ottawa.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07312
- Journal Title:
- Monthly Letter - Royal Bank of Canada
- Journal Title Details:
- 60(1) : 1-4
- Notes:
- Paul Hixson Collection., Used as a teaching resource in an audio conference featuring home furnishing, Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Brief and nsightful analysis with practical suggestions.
55. The lessons of Lorestan: achievements and shortcomings of a project in endogenous development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Farvar, M.T. (author) and Razavi-farvar, C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1976
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05542
- Journal Title:
- Ceres
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(2) :44-47
56. The role of communication in agricultural development in Pakistan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mughees-Uddin (author / Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Department, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 88 Document Number: C05988
- Journal Title:
- Media Asia
- Journal Title Details:
- 17 (2) : 59-69
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection
57. The wellsprings of public opinion - 2
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rockey, Jay (author)
- Format:
- Presentation
- Publication Date:
- 1973
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20155
- Notes:
- Pages 11-15 in Stuart U. Rich (ed.,) Public relations in an era of public involvement: challenge for the timber industry. University of Oregon Press, Eugene, Oregon. 104 pages., Describes difficulties involved in getting one's message across to the public. Suggests that communicating with thought leaders and the disseminators of opinion may be more effective than with the general public regarding complex subjects such as forest
58. Transforming communication and knowledge production processes to address high-end climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tàbara, J. David (author), St. Clair, Asun Lera (author), and Hermansen, Erlend A.T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-01
- Published:
- Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10272
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 70 : 31-37
- Notes:
- 7 pages., Via online journal., Recent GHG emissions trends are in stark contrast with the Paris Agreement’s target to hold the increase in average global warming to “well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to stay below 1,5 °C” by the end of the century compared with preindustrial times. This disconnect has further unveiled the limitations of current knowledge production and communication processes in Southern European countries, where fast institutional changes are needed to address the potential impacts as well as the opportunities for transformation derived from High-End Climate Change (HECC). The prevailing knowledge deficit-model – aimed at producing ‘more knowledge’ about climate impacts, vulnerabilities and long-term scenarios to decision makers – has long proven inadequate in tackling the many complexities of the present socio-climate quandary. The growing emphasis on assessing and implementing concrete solutions, demand new and more complex forms of agent interactions in the production, framing, communication and use of climate knowledge; and in particular, explicit procedures able to tackle difficult normative questions regarding assessment of solutions and the allocation of individual and collective responsibilities. To explore these challenges, we analyse the views of 30 Spanish knowledge contributors and users of the latest UN IPCC AR5 report and share the insights gained from the implementation of a participatory Integrated Assessment procedure aimed at developing innovative solutions to high-end climate scenarios in Iberia. Our analysis supports the view of the need to institutionalise transformation, and in particular underlines the potential role that transformative climate boundary organisations could play to address such difficult ethical choices in different contexts of action.
59. Understanding women's grassroots experiences in producing and manipulating media
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Protz, Maria (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19731
- Notes:
- Pages 102-120 in Pilar Riano (ed.), Women in grassroots communication: furthering social change. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California USA. 315 pages.
60. Use of information and communication technology (ICT) to achieve information literacy in agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nallusamy, Anandaraja (author), Balasubramaniam, Swaminathan (author), and Chellappan, Sivabalan K. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- ESci Journals Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11156
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(2): 111-122
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., Present world belongs to the era of information explosion. With the information edge on hand, the world is getting much competitive. Students are required to develop rigorous digital skills to suit themselves to the multi-faceted world. It is no coincidence that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools form the bulwark of this new age digital literacy. ICTs have been establishing themselves for so long as the futuristic tools of teaching and learning. In addition, ICT has become a polynary and systematic concept in the field of education. Thankfully, agricultural education is not left behind and it is getting more and more realized that agricultural information professionals must support agriculture by managing and improving access to a proliferating and increasingly complex array of information. This paper is limited to the usage and effects of ICT tools in the classroom teaching-cum-learning setup of agricultural education. Research studies show that for massive deployment of ICTs, the student community needs to be exposed to various courses of computer usage and application software. Besides, bottlenecks that hinder widespread ICT deployment have also been identified amongst agricultural community. Apart from the poor or inadequate availability of interactive multimedia, self-learning modules and online class courses in agricultural domain, it has been ascertained that poor signal strength of wifi also pose as barrier in inhibiting the adaptability of ICT tools in countries like India. The study suggests that the students should foster information awareness, build their knowledge about ICT, develop competence in ICT, and the teaching faculty should determine methods for how to use ICT to achieve information literacy in agriculture.