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2. Agricultural extension in South-Eastern Europe: Issues of transition and sustainability
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Daku, Lefter (author), Norton, George W. (author), Taylor, Daniel B. (author), Petrela, Eivis Qenani (author), and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University California Polytechnic State University
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-07-30
- Published:
- United States: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10967
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- (11:1-4) : 49-61
- Notes:
- 12 pages, via online journal, Following the economic reforms in the early 90's, most of the south-eastern European countries (SEE) made efforts to establish agricultural extension services. However, a number of factors including tight governmental budgets, lack of experience, and the existence of vested interests have constrained the development of extension services. This paper examines the rationale for public funding of extension programs and evaluates the incentive structure for private and public provision of agricultural extension service in the SEE countries. It suggests a medium and long-term approach with a primary focus on institutional design. Two groups of factors that affect the private sector supply of extension are analyzed: (i) demand and supply-side factors that affect the profitability of the service and (ii) factors arising from the public-good nature of extension output, externalities, and moral hazards that affect the appropriation of returns of the service. The main conclusion is that the SEE countries should try to achieve a public-private extension balance by following a gradual approach toward privatization of the agricultural extension service. However, the paper advocates a continued important role for the public sector to correct for potential undesirable effects of private advisory services.
3. Consumer value conflicts surrounding ethical food purchase decisions: a focus on animal welfare
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Monika J.A. Schröder (author) and Morven G. McEachern (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-02-17
- Published:
- Untied Kingdom: Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10181
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Consumer Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(2) : 168-177
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Via online journal, Ethical attitudes in relation to meat purchases were studied among urban and rural consumers in Scotland. All subjects perceived at least some ethical issues in relation to animal production systems, in particular, systems keeping animals in close confinement. Welfare‐friendly production systems were viewed as adding value to a food, but this value was not necessarily realizable to producers if purchases occurred only when foods were on special offer. Statements made by individuals were often contradictory, revealing ambivalence, unresolved value conflicts and a general lack of involvement in the nature of meat production. A number of barriers to the establishment of stable attitudes and behaviours in relation to the ethical treatment of food animals were also identified. A key finding of the study is that individuals can hold two views on animal welfare. On the one hand, they may think as citizens influencing societal standards, and on the other, as consumers at the point of purchase. As citizens, they support the notion of animals being entitled to a good life; as meat consumers, they avoid the cognitive connection with the live animal. This paper explores both the citizen–consumer relationship and purchase strategies used by consumers to resolve value conflicts. Lessons for public and commercial policy are highlighted in the context of the Curry Report (2002) which advocates more effective market segmentation where markets are finely attuned to their customers, with the development of a number of assurance schemes discussed in the article.
4. Local farmers' participatory natural resources management on Ranunculus kazusensis Makino habitat of the National Trust of Korea in Gangwha Island, South Korea
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Park, JungHo (author) and International Association for Media and Communication Research, London, UK.
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2010-07-18
- Published:
- Vietnam
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C36282
- Notes:
- Retrieved 03/22/2011, Via online. Pages 32-33 in Book of Abstracts: Participatory Communication Research Section of the IAMCR Conference, Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010.
5. Trolls, climate change fog, and CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Krichel, Sarah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11-16
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11430
- Journal Title:
- Ryerson Review of Journalism
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Online via publication website., A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) meteorologist comments on reactions she gets from viewers, listeners, and readers in her coverage of natural disasters, climate, and related weather topics.
6. Ukrainian farmers dodge landmines and rockets as world's farmers offer help
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- GRIFFITHS, CLINTON (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-05-12
- Published:
- United States
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12592
- Journal Title:
- The Packer
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 5pgs, Destruction and devastation litter the Ukrainian countryside. Farms have turned into battlegrounds as Russia's invasion of Ukraine stretches into another month.