Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11718
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Online via AgriMarketing Weekly from the Certified Agriculture Dealer (CAD) Program and partner RFD-TV. 2 pages., Release announces "the first live national farm show that includes both the local and virtual aspect for farmers and ranchers to participate in the best way that suits their operations."
USA: Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09870
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Via FSA website. 3 pages., Describes the USDA Certified State Agricultural Mediation Program administered by the Farm Service Agency. Cites examples, performance goals, results, resources and links to related sites.
9 pages., via online journal., Social media platforms and other new technologies support the communication of many topics, both beneficial and controversial to t he development of the agriculture industry. Agricultural communicators’ use of these platforms is critical for engaging with stakeholders and communicating information beneficial to agriculture . The purpose of this study was to explore agricultural communicators’ use of devices and soci al media platforms in the United States. Researchers administered an online, descriptive que stionnaire to collect data from members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. A ma jority of respondents used social media for work, with smartphones being the most common device used. Facebook and Twitter were used more than blogs and YouTube to interact with farmer s/ranchers. Respondents agreed that social media allowed them to quickly and conveniently comm unicate with others. Significant relationships existed between perceived usefulness and Pinterest, blogs, and Instagram, while one significant correlation existed between perceiv ed ease of use and Instagram. Respondents should continue to use Facebook and Twitter to enga ge their stakeholder groups in conversations about agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27630
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Posted at http://www.fsa.usda.gov, 3 pages., Describes a certified state agricultural mediation program administered by the Farm Service Agency, Outreach Staff of the USDA. Cites examples of use.
See this abstract in file folder for Document No. D06143, Abstract of poster presentation at North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture conference, Athens, Georgia, June 16-20.
15 Pages, Online Journal via U of I subscription, As a bottom-up, grassroots paradigm for sustainable rural development, agroecology is particularly promising for smallholders in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. However, by adopting agroecology, smallholders will be challenged to take on new perspectives and compile and integrate different sourced information to innovate. Today’s fast evolving information and communications technology in sub-Saharan Africa represents great opportunities for rural populations to enhance the adoption and success of agroecology and to address their daunting challenges simultaneously while conserving, protecting and enhancing natural resources. Agroecology combined with information and communications technology will probably be smallholders’ “precision agriculture” in many developing countries to enhance their food security and livelihood.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 98 Document Number: C08175
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Theodore Hutchcroft Collection, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri, 1979. Communications Guide CM1025. p. (In: North Central Regional Extension Publication no. 212)
