Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge (author), Alexander, Corinne (author), and Goodhue, Rachael E. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21698
Notes:
Pages 127-139 in Vittorio Santaniello, Robert E. Evenson and David Zilberman (eds.), Market development for genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 318 pages.
An analysis of secondary data from the National Panel Survey in Tanzania revealed physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation technologies among small-scale maize farmers. Findings revealed, for example, only 13.9 percent of those had adopted soil conservation technology. This was cited as small, compared with other countries.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03082
Notes:
Remarks of the vice-president of Professional Farmers of America, Cedar Falls, Iowa, at a press conference announcing the introduction of Instant Update, an electronic marketing information service. 5 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17030
Notes:
Pages 102-124 in Robert A. Solo and Everett M. Rogers (eds.), Inducing technological change for economic growth and development. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing. 238 pages.
Results showed a significant welfare effect of using Bt corn variety among corn farmers. Educational level and farm income were among the significant factors that influenced the adoption of Bt corn.
In farming professions, the question of training for care of the environment has to address the complex nature of the relationship between farming and the environment together with the objectives of professional training. Using the example of a farming task, maize weeding, the author points out the particularities of decision-making on a farm. The consequences for professional training are teaching in complexity and training for professional action. In this context, training for care of the environment can only be effectively incorporated into farming practices if training methods propose a pragmatic approach.
Chern, Wen S. (author) and Darr, David A. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21699
Notes:
Pages 141-151 in Vittorio Santaniello, Robert E. Evenson and David Zilberman (eds.), Market development for genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 318 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08618
Notes:
Located in Review of Extension Studies, volumes for 1946-1956, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Summary of a research report. College of Agriculture, Extension Service, Iowa State College, Ames. 27 pages., Examined farmer viewing and views of a television series, "One hundred bushels of corn a reality."
Wangalachi, A. (author), Poland, D. (author), Mugo, S. (author), Gichuki, S.T. (author), Ouya, D. (author), Kimani, G. (author), Rabar, J. (author), and International Maize & Wheat Improvement Ctr CIMMYT, Nairobi 00621, Kenya
PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
Kenya Agr Res Inst KARI, Nairobi 00200, Kenya
Int AIDS Vaccine Initiat IAVI, Nairobi 00202, Kenya
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011-06-01
Published:
Nigeria: Academic Journals
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08223
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30522
Notes:
Via EurekAlert. 2 pages., Summary from a workshop of the International Life Sciences Institute of North America and the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Benavidez, Justin R. (author), Ribera, Luis A. (author), and Thayer, Anastasia (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2020
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11717
Notes:
Paper presented at the 2020 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, July 26-28, 2020. 20 pages., Authors assessed the impact of tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump on agricultural commodity prices during the trade war with China. Results indicated tht days with high counts of tweets with keywords associated with the 2018-2019 trade war led to statistically significant structural breaks in the price series for hogs, corn, cotton, and soybeans.
Ascroft, Joseph R. (author), Chege, Fred Wa (author), Kariuki, Joseph (author), Roling, Niels (author), and University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies; University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies; University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies; University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1973
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03531
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, Wageningen, Netherlands : Afdelingen Voor Sociale Wetenschappen Ann de Landbouwhogeschool, 1973. 104 p. (Bulletin no. 37)
8 pages., This study ascertained factors influencing adoption of improved maize seed varieties in three local government areas of Kaduna State, North-central Nigeria. It collected cross-sectional data for a sample of 180 randomly selected farming households across three local government areas of the State in 2015/16. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were performed on the data. The descriptive statistics differentiated adopters from non-adopters, while the inferential analysis involved estimation of a logit model to determine factors driving adoption of improved maize seed varieties in the study areas. The results of the descriptive analysis show significant mean differences between adopters and non-adopters regarding several farm households’ characteristics. The model results reveal that adoption of improved maize seed varieties among the households was positively influenced by age, household size, level of education, farming experience, labour availability, contacts with extension agents, farm size, off-farm income and membership of associations. Thus, the study concluded that improving farmers’ education, expanding coverage and depth of extension services and strengthening farmer associations are useful policy actions for promoting adoption of improved maize varieties. It is also important to address availability, accessibility and affordability issues constraining adoption, enhance credit access and mitigate risk perceptions. The link between researchers and innovators and the farmers who are the off-takers of their outputs should be reinforced to increase maize productivity in order to satisfy national demand and promote food security.
February 5 issue via online. 3 pages., Describes the addition as a way for editors and advertisers to connect with corn and soybean growers, in particular, during the growing season.
Ewbank, Richard (author), Kasindei, Aloyce (author), Kimaro, Faithrest (author), and Slaa, Salutary (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Tanzania
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29871
Notes:
Pages 218-219 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
USA: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1 Document Number: D01307
Notes:
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, pages 109-123 in Proceedings of Farming Systems Research/Extension Symposium hosted by the university of Arkansas and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas. farming Systems Research Paper Series, Paper No. 17. 395 pages.
Mexico: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00340
Notes:
Kerry Byrnes Collection, Pages 109-123 in Proceedings of the Farming Systems Research/Extension Symposium hosted by the University of Arkansas and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 9-12, 1988. Farming Systems Research Paper Series. Paper No. 17. 395 pages.
Ubbenga, Krista Joy (author) and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30289
Notes:
Submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois. 145 pages., Results suggest that farmers' yield estimates are fairly accurate.
