Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30734
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Presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
Garcia, Philip (author), Egelkraut, Thorsten M. (author), and Pennings, J.M.E. (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2006-04-17
Published:
USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C35856
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Presented at the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting and Market Risk Management, St. Louis, Missouri, April 17-18, 2006. 14 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25320
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Pages 185-248 in Frederique Apffel-Marglin and Stephen A. Marglin (eds.), Decolonizing knowledge: from development to dialogue. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England. 398 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1; Folder: CDIE File Document Number: D01339
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Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, CDIE Working Paper No. 112. Case Studies of A.I.D. Farming Systems Research & Extension (FSR/E) Case Study N0.2, 22 pages
26 pages., via online journal., This paper employs the patent data of four major genetically modified (GM) crops, soybeans, cotton, maize and rapeseed, to illustratee how the innovation of GM crop technology diffused and distributed globally over time. Data collected from the Derwent Innovation Index, were employed to construct country patent citation networks, from 1984 to 2015, and the results revealed that developed countries were early adopters, and the primary actors in the innovation of GM crop technology. Only seven developing countries appeared in the country citation network. Most developed countries were reluctant to apply GM crop technology for commercial cultivation. Private businesses stood out in the patent citation network. The early adoption and better performance of developed countries can be explained by the activities of large established private companies.
Griliches, Zvi (author / National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., New York; University of Chicago) and National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., New York; University of Chicago
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1960-07-29
Published:
UK
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04300
Das, Emmanuel (author) and International Association for Media and Communication Research, London, UK.
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-07-18
Published:
India
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C36280
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Retrieved 03/22/2011, Via online. Page 28 in Book of Abstracts: Participatory Communication Research Section of the IAMCR Conference, Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010.
Chianu, J. (author), Murage, A.W. (author), Amudavi, D. (author), Obare, G. (author), and Khan, Z. (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-09-14
Published:
Kenya
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30716
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Paper presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
21 Pages, Agricultural advisory services generally rely on interpersonal knowledge transfers by agricultural extension agents who visit farmers to provide information. This approach is not always effective and has proved hard to scale sustainably, particularly in highly dispersed smallholder farming systems. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been advanced as a promising way to overcome many of the problems associated with conventional agricultural extension. We evaluate the effectiveness of an ICT‐mediated approach to deliver agricultural information in a field experiment conducted among small‐scale maize farmers in eastern Uganda. Three complementary technologies designed to address both informational and behavioral constraints to technical change are considered. First, we investigate the effectiveness of audiovisual messages (video) as a means of delivering information on input use and improved maize management practices to farmers. Second, we quantify the additional impact of complementing video with an interactive voice response (IVR) service. Third, we estimate the incremental effect of time‐sensitive short message services (SMS) messages designed to remind farmers about applying key practices at specific points during the season. We find that households that were shown a short video on how to become better maize farmers were performing significantly better on a knowledge test, more likely to apply recommended practices, and more likely to use fertilizer than households that did not view the video. These same households also reported maize yields about 10.5% higher than those that did not view the video. We find little evidence of an incremental effect of the IVR service or SMS reminders.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 107 Document Number: C10136
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search from AgEcon. http://agecon.lib.umn.edu, American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, August 2-5, 1998, Salt Lake City. 14 p., This paper considers an agricultural production model of sequential nitrogen application under risk. Because of
random shocks between successive production stages, optimal fertilization decisions depend on the magnitude of farmers' risk aversion (risk premium), and the possibility for farmers to process information (value of information). We propose a joint estimation procedure of technology and risk aversion parameters, using a structural, simulation-based econometric technique. Parameter estimates for the representative farmer's utility function allow to compute both the value of information and the risk premium for farmers. Those account together for about 30 percent of fertilizer cost for Midwest corn producers.
Focuses on the adoption of mechanical corn pickers by farmers in Iowa between 1900-1952. Implications of the develoopment on technological advances and economic motivations. Effects of mechanical corn pickers on corn harvest. Impact of the machinery on modern agricultural development.
