AGRICOLA FNI 92002246, The author of this Editorial supports the development of a register of studies in the area of nutrition to make the work of the researcher easier and to expose data that may not be available from current information sources. (original)
Kenya: The World Bank Regional Mission in Eastern Africa Preferential Trade Area for Eastern & Southern African States
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19741
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 7-15 From "Proceedings of regional workshop on agricultural research and extension and their interaction" In Cooperation with the Republic of Kenya Minitries of:
Agriculture Livestock Development & Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Kenya December 2-9, 1990
Houston, Brant (author), Bruzzese, Len (author), and Weinberg, Steve (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
USA: Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, Massachusetts
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18380
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Fourth Edition. Copyrighted by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. 589 pages., Includes resources for investigating various topics, including some that involve food, agriculture and natural resources.
20 pages., Via online from the University of Illinois website., Authors' review provided an overview of the data sources, computational methods, and applications of text data in the food industry. Applications of text data analysis were illustrated with respect to food safety and food fraud surveillance, dietary pattern characterization, consumer-opinion mining, new-product development, food knowledge discovery, food supply-chain management, and online food systems.
16 pages, via online journal article, This study examined the online content of interdisciplinary agricultural center webpages. Content modification dates, mission statements, and content were determined through a content analysis. Many of the websites did not mention a modification date for the content, while many websites had outdated content mostly older than six months. More than two-thirds of the websites provided PDFs that visitor could download to learn more about topics, by many of the websites lacked any media element that was being coded. Additionally, many websites did not use multiple forms of media. More than half of the websites were coded as lacking any social media content or plugins, but out of the websites that did include social media content, Facebook was the most prevalent. The commonalities between the center’s mission displayed on the website and the content theme were analyzed and chi-square tests provided the degree of association. A significant association existed and an alignment between communication strategies and missions of the centers was concluded, which is important when organizations communicate about agricultural science as indicated by previous literature. It is recommended that centers communicate via their websites in a timely manner and allow modification times to be seen to viewers to show their information is up-to-date. Website media content should also be diversified and communicators of these centers should explore the unique communication opportunities provided by social media. Future research should explore the target audience of interdisciplinary agricultural centers and should analyze the messages centers are using to communicate with those audiences.
