Via online. 1 page., Reports on efforts by an animal rights organization to change the Wisconsin license plate slogan, "Wisconsin's Dairyland," to "America's Cow Hell." Focus is on "factory farming," "animal abuse" and production of veal.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08053
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John L. Woods Collection, Water-related communications plan as part of the Institutional Development Services for Secondary Cities Project in Egypt. Provided by Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D. C. and submitted to the U. S. Agency for International Development in Cairo, Egypt. 10 pages,
18 pages., Via online journal, This paper provides an analysis of the growth in environmental and labelling schemes (ELIS), using a dataset of 544 schemes introduced between 1970 and 2012 covering 197 countries. General trends drawn from this dataset and an examination of relevant trademarks support a rapid but slowing increase in the number of ELIS. The analysis also shows both the diversity and unequal growth of ELIS according to different characteristics, such as communication means, channels, scope, and the standards on which they are based. The analysis further outlines the dual nature of the evolution of ELIS over time, driven by the combination of an increase in the number of “traditional” ELIS, such as single-issue environmental seals, and the emergence of more recently introduced types of ELIS, including environmental footprints. This combination highlights the tension between increased competition among similar ELIS and the emergence of new schemes potentially less exposed to direct competition but facing larger entry challenges.
Conference paper, International European Forum, Innsbruck, Austria, February 5-9, 2018. Pages 271-283 in proceedings published in this journal., The increasing impact due to urban population’s food supply causes a series of negative externalities related to food production, transformation and transportation. FAO and other institutions are trying to integrate traditional models of food supply with alternative ones like Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture (UPA). Defining the drivers that motivate the participation in different types of UPA could be useful to plan more participated and effective UPA development policies. Barcelona (Spain) hosts a number of cases representing different declinations that UPA can assume. This work aims at describing the differences in terms of motivations to enter the various typologies of Urban Agriculture (UA) in Barcelona. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews to 4 groups of users representing 3 of the most widespread models of UA initiatives in Barcelona (Allotment Gardens, Community Gardens, Pla Buits.) The results showed that participation in UA is mainly motivated by relational aspects and knowledge exchange and differences exist among the various UA models. Political reasons are mostly influencing the Community Gardeners while Pla Buits users’ mains motivations are related to socialising and Allotment gardeners are mainly motivated by environmental aspects. Differences in the participants’ demographic characteristics also emerged. Better targeted public policies contents and communication strategies for UPA development can thus be derived by the results obtained; to this end, recommendations have been provided. Further research should broaden the range of case studies and the sample size, in order to provide a more effective and comprehensive tool for tailoring UPA developing strategies to different contexts.
Burusphat, L. (author / United Nations Development Programme, Development Support Communication Service, Bangkok) and United Nations Development Programme, Development Support Communication Service, Bangkok
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Conference paper
Publication Date:
1975
Published:
International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 24 Document Number: B02476
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#200, Harold Swanson Collection, Bangkok, Thailand : United Nations Development Programme, Development Support Communication Service, 1975. 45 p. Paper presented at a conference on "Information, Education, Communication Strategies"; 1975 December; East-West Communication Institute, Honolulu, HI
