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2. Appalachian region: a data overview from the 2015-2019 american community survey
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pollard, Kelvin (author), Jacobsen, Linda A. (author), and Population Reference Bureau (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06
- Published:
- United States: Appalachian Regional Commission
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12620
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- Includes a series of charts and tables detailing personal computer and cellular ownership statistics for each county in Appalachia., 26 pgs, The data contained in this Chartbook describe how residents in the Appalachian Region were faring before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. As such, these numbers do not measure the social and economic impact of the outbreak. The Chartbook data do, however, provide a benchmark: As data from the pandemic and post pandemic period are released in the coming years, these figures can serve as a point of comparison that ultimately can enable data users to better measure the pandemic’s effect on Appalachia’s social and economic dynamics.
3. Communication technologies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Johnson, D. Brian (author)
- Format:
- Magazine article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-07-01
- Published:
- USA: Meredith Corporation
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10326
- Journal Title:
- Successful Farming
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Via online magazine.
4. Mobile phone technology for increasing banana productivity among smallholder farmers in uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tinzaara, William (author), Oyesigye, Elias (author), Bocquet, Christophe (author), Arkin, Jamie (author), and Johnson, Vincent (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-31
- Published:
- Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12364
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 13, N. 1
- Notes:
- 13 pages, This study aimed at assessing the level of mobile phone use in Ugandan agricultural extension, and to establish the extent to which mobile phone Viamo’s 3-2-1 service, hosted by Airtel Uganda, was being accessed and how the facility can be improved to boost banana productivity. The results of the study indicate that use of mobile phones for increased banana productivity were dependent on age, gender, household size, income and farming experience. Data collected show that the major information source by farmers was extension agents followed by phones and televisions. Focus group discussions revealed that most farmer participants owned phones (94.3%), had Airtel SIM cards and accessed Viamo service (65%). All respondents were aware of the Viamo service and majority got to know about the service through Airtel SMS notifications (83.3%). Farmers indicated that the four most sought after information elements for increasing banana productivity included material on weather forecasts, pest and disease control, fertilizers and their usage, and markets and their location. The study reveals information gaps with respect to pests and disease diagnosis and management, market prices, weather information, mulching and weeding in different terrains, and sources of clean banana planting material. It was concluded that the service is relevant and contributes to improving farmer knowledge on good banana farming practices. A further step will be to scale up use of the 3-2-1 service for agricultural purposes at country and regional levels.
5. Mobile phones, off-farm employment and household income in rural india
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rajkhowa, Pallavi (author) and Qaim, Matin (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-03-01
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12484
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Notes:
- 17 pages, Rural households in developing countries often depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. However, many also pursue off-farm economic activities either to complement their farm income or because they lack access to agricultural land. Rural off-farm employment is often informal and temporary. Searching for jobs can be associated with high transaction costs, which may be a constraint on some households’ participation in off-farm employment. The increasing spread of mobile phones may help to reduce these transaction costs. Here, we test the hypothesis that mobile phone ownership increases rural households’ participation in off-farm employment and—through this mechanism—also improves household income. We use nationally representative panel data from rural India and regression models with household fixed effects to control for confounding factors and unobserved heterogeneity. We find that mobile phone ownership is positively associated with the likelihood of participating in various types of off-farm employment, including casual wage labour, salaried employment and non-agricultural self-employment. This association is larger in female-headed than in male-headed households. The estimates also show that mobile phone ownership is positively associated with household income, partly channeled through the off-farm employment mechanism.