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42. Methods of farm guidance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vir, Dharm (author / International Cooperative Alliance Regional Office and Education Centre, New Delhi) and International Cooperative Alliance Regional Office and Education Centre, New Delhi
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1971
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05176
- Journal Title:
- Indian Journal of Adult Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 32 (9) : 5-8
- Notes:
- search through journal
43. Modes of communication and effectiveness of agroforestry extension in eastern India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Glendinning, A. (author), Mahapatra, A. (author), and Mitchell, C.P. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2001-09
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26387
- Journal Title:
- Human Ecology
- Journal Title Details:
- 29(3): 283-305
- Notes:
- 23 p.
44. Participative approach to elicit water quality monitoring needs from stakeholder groups – an application of integrated watershed management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Behmel, S. (author), Damour, M. (author), Ludwig, R. (author), and Rodriguez, M.J. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07-15
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10637
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 218: 540-554
- Notes:
- 15 pages., via online journal., Water quality monitoring programs (WQMPs) must be based on monitoring objectives originating from the real knowledge needs of all stakeholders in a watershed and users of the resource. This paper proposes a participative approach to elicit knowledge needs and preferred modes of communication from citizens and representatives of organized stakeholders (ROS) on water quality and quantity issues. The participative approach includes six steps and is adaptable and transferable to different types of watersheds. These steps are: (1) perform a stakeholder analysis; (2) conduct an adaptable survey accompanied by a user-friendly public participation geographical information system (PPGIS); (3) hold workshops to meet with ROS to inform them of the results of the survey and PPGIS; discuss attainment of past monitoring objectives; exchange views on new knowledge needs and concerns on water quality and quantity; (4) meet with citizens to obtain the same type of input (as from ROS); (5) analyze the data and information collected to identify new knowledge needs and modes of communication and (6) identify, in collaboration with the individuals in charge of the WQMPs, the short-, medium- and long-term monitoring objectives and communication strategies to be pursued. The participative approach was tested on two distinct watersheds in the province of Quebec, Canada. It resulted in a series of optimization objectives of the existing WQMPs, new monitoring objectives and recommendations regarding communication strategies of the WQMPs' results. The results of this study show that the proposed methodology is appreciated by all parties and that the outcomes and monitoring objectives are acceptable. We also conclude that successful integrated watershed management is a question of scale, and that every aspect of integrated watershed management needs to be adapted to the surface watershed, the groundwater watershed (aquifers) and the human catchment area.
45. Public communication about risk
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bolluyt, Karen (author), Judson, David (author), and Bolluyt: Agricultural Information Service, Iowa State University; Judson: Gannet News Service
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 96 Document Number: C07632
- Notes:
- biotechnology, James F. Evans Collection, In: Macdonald, June F., ed. Agricultural biotechnology: a public conversation about risk. Ithaca, NY: National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1993. p. 39-43
46. Reaching out? Governing weather and climate services (WCS) for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vedeld, Trond (author), Hofstad, Hege (author), Mathur, Mihir (author), Büker, Patrick (author), and Stordal, Frode (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11503
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 104: 208-216
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., High-quality weather and climate services (WCS) can be critical for communicating knowledge about current and future weather and climate risks for adaptation and disaster risk management in the agricultural sector. This paper investigates the structure and performance of weather and climate services for farmers from a governance perspective. Empirically the paper compares the institutional design and operations of agro-meteorological services in Maharashtra/India and Norway through a ‘most different case study’ approach. The two cases were selected to represent great diversity in location, scale and institutional design. A governance approach based on semi-direct interviews and policy and institutional analysis was combined with local survey data of farmers’ perceptions and use of the services. Despite the fact that the context for the two agromet advisory services was very different from a climate-weather, eco-agriculture and socio-institutional angle, the analysis reveals great similarities in the services structures and critical governance challenges. In both countries the agromet services communicated knowledge that was largely perceived not to be well tailored to farmers’ needs for decisions in specific crops- and farm operations, spatially too coarse to address local issues, and, often unreliable or inaccurate in terms of the quality of data. Farmers did, however, respond positively to specific and locally relevant information on e.g., warnings about high rainfall and spread of pests. Observing such similarities across very diverse contexts enhances the generalization potential, precisely because they evolved under very different circumstances. Similar observations find support in the wider WCS literature. Based on the empirical findings, we propose a more deliberate approach to institutional design of WCS in order to enhance governance performance and co-creation of the services at local, district and national scales. It is suggested that greater participation of farmers and agricultural extension agents in the co-creation of these services is a necessary means of improving the services, supported by the WCS literature. However, we insist that greater participation is only likely to materialize if the deficiencies in institutional design and knowledge quality and relevance are addressed to greater extent than done today. The comparison between the two services shows that Norway can learn from India that a more ambitious scope and multiple forms of communication, including the use of social media/WhatsApp groups, can facilitate greater awareness and interest among farmers in multi-purpose agromet services for multi-way communication. India can learn from Norway that a more integrated and decentralized institutional design can strengthen the network attributes of the services, foster co-creation, and improve participation of both poor and large-scale farmers and extension agents.
47. Some issues in the design of agricultural decision support systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cox, P.G. (author) and Socioeconomics and Policy Division, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- India: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07809
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 52 (2-3): 355-381
48. Strategic approaches to informing the public about biotechnology in Latin America
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Traynor, Patricia L. (author), Adonis, Marta (author), and Gil, Lionel (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-04-15
- Published:
- Latin America: Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26370
- Journal Title:
- Biotechnology Issues for Developing Countries
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(2): 169-177
- Notes:
- 9 p.
49. Telling public stories about risk
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dunwoody, Sharon (author / Journalism and Mass Communications and Center for Environmental Communications and Education Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 96 Document Number: C07636
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, In: Macdonald, June F., ed. Agricultural biotechnology: a public conversation about risk. Ithaca, NY: National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1993. p. 97-106
50. The 'poor man's mobile telephone': Access versus possession to control the information gap in India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- O'Neill, Peter D. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2003-03
- Published:
- USA: Carfax Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29203
- Journal Title:
- Contemporary South Asia
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(1), 85-102