Naeem, Arshia (author), Anjum, Maria (author), Rehman, Mariam (author), Mahmood, Zahid (author), Kamran, Muhammad Asif (author), and Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan
National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
Pakistan: Asianet-Pakistan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08248
Thorpe, P. (author / Agricultural Information and Documentation Section, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.) and Agricultural Information and Documentation Section, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01003
Cummings, Ralph W., Jr. (author / International Agricultural Development Service) and International Agricultural Development Service
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: B02554
Notes:
#139, Harold Swanson Collection, New York : The Agricultural Development Council, Inc. 1977. 15 p. (A/D/C Seminar Report No. 14), The report of a meeting on Minimum Information Systems for Agricultural Development in Low Income Countries in Oxford to discuss problems and approaches in the development of more adequate information systems. Summarizes the major points in the papers presented. Identifies the principal users of agricultural information and the types of information they read. Identifies the principal suppliers of agricultural information and the types of information they can provide. Reviews some of the more critical methodological issues in supplying information. Discusses information and identifies some critical areas for future action. The discussion focuses on the supply of information about agricultural commodities which can be generated within the agricultural sector. The strategic part of information systems is the careful design of the systems as part of the overall social system. The function of the minimum information system is to produce information to respond to uncertainty and to promote positive change.
search through journal, The responsibility and tasks of a national agricultural information system (NAIS) is discussed with emphasis on the Ministry of Agriculture Library in Jamaica. The nature of the institutional and interinstitutional infrastructure for agricultural activities; lack of professional staff; lack of awareness of the need for information by potential users; lack of provision for collecting locally generated material; and lack of skills in documentation on the part of agriculturalists are identified as factors hindering the coordination and progress of a NAIS in Jamaica. The development of the National Information Plan; availability of training at the professional and paraprofessional level within the island; cooperation and commitment among librarians at formal and informal levels; and the possibility of approaching funding agencies are described as advantages to a NAIS. Recommendations are made concluding that the problems cannot be fully addressed by librarians without the support of user organizations and there is a definite need for librarians to be active in the problem solving process. (author).
