Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05738
Notes:
"Blog Stories on Extension." Online from AgroInsight, Ghent, Belgium. 2 pages., Author tracks the historic importance of documenting and translating, across time and cultures. Cites a network used by Access Agriculture to record farmer-to-farmer training videos in local languages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05754
Notes:
Online from Rural Reporters. 3 pages., Addresses the role of community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in strengthening the rural sector of developing countries, with emphasis on Africa.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05915
Notes:
ACDC file contains cover, contents page and complete reference list., Online from UNICEF. 153 pages., Report on a literature review and consultations with an expert reference group and UN focal points on Communication for Development (C4D).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05918
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Via website of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland. UNCTAD Current Studies on Science, Technology and Innovation, No. 9. 84 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06528
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Panel presentation at "Food and Agricultural Communications: The next frontier." Symposium sponsored by the Agricultural Communications Program,offered jointly by the College of Media and College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, in Champaign, Illinois, February 17, 2012. 4 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06703
Notes:
Unpublished monograph manuscript prepared for the United Nations Development Programme, New York City, New York, and the Institute of Culture and Communication, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. 188 pages, plus suggested readings (3 pages), selected UNDP/DCTP publications (11 pages) and author information (2 pages).
Knierim, Andrea (author) and Prager, Katrin (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2015-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06722
Notes:
Online via Proakis.com.eu. 4 pages., "Overall, the analysis revealed that European AKIS are characterised by a mix of public and private actors, and there are no countries where only public actors dominate the knowledge system."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06736
Notes:
Pages 321=-348 in Nico Stehr (ed.), Biotechnology: between commerce and civil society." Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey., Tempers benefits of the Green Revolution with concerns of adverse impacts of industrial agriculture, the power of corporate firms and other less visible infrastructure agents in the political networks of Asia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D06770
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39 pages., Narrative by a Senior Agriculture Advisor, Broad-Based Economic Growth Team, Office of Regional Sustainable Development, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development. 39 pages. Tracks the long-time USAID development assistance in the Latin and the Caribbean region, identifies challenges and offers suggestions for future efforts.
International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07285
Paul Hixson Collection. Locate this article in D07313 file, which contains full issues., Excerpted and adapted from a conference paper presented at the First International Tyndall School Symposium, Carlow, Ireland, September 7, 1994.
Saito, Katrine A. (author) and Spurling, Daphne (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07291
International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07293
Paul Hixson Collection., Reports on a speech by representatives of the American Soybean Association expressing concern about resources being directed by the U.S. Agency for International Development toward aiding foreign competitors. They suggested changing emphasis of government programs from helping other countries grow more soybeans to helping them use more soybeans.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07895
Notes:
In the e-book: Kerry J. Byrnes, Giants in their realms: close encounters of the celebrity kind. Posted on the website of Okemos High School Alumni, Okemos, Michigan. 8 pages.
Woods, John L. (author), Siddiqi, Hafiz G.A. (author), Rahman, M. Saifur (author), Ali, A.M.M. Shawkat (author), Ahmad, Munshi Siddique (author), and Siddiqi, Feisal (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1988-05
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07963
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Report by the International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, in association with Rahman Rahman Huq and Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Funds provided by the World Bank, the executing agency for United Nations Development Programme Project BGD/85/029. 220 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07980
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Report RB #327. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 6 pages. Also, article of same title by author, pages 128-130 in Support Communication for Rural Development Programs, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taiwan, Republic of China, November 1981.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07981
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, MRS #103. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 10 pages. Also, article of same title and author in Support Communication for Rural Development Programs, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taiwan, Republic of China, November 1981.
Childers, Erskine (author) and Vajrathon, Mallica (author)
Format:
Presentation
Publication Date:
1970-06
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08003
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection. See ACDC Document D07999. Salcedo and Woods, Agriculture 199: Communication in agricultural development course. This document is in the reference section., Presentation at Second World Food Congress, The Hague, Netherlands. June 1970. 14 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08013
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Prepared by Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand, in connection with the Agricultural Extension and Research Project, Nepal. Conducted in Parwanipur, Nepal, February 6-17, 1984. 20 pages., Schedule and report of a two-week workshop for extension workers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08054
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John L. Woods Collection, Presentation visuals involving views, problems, and sample elements of agricultural technology systems. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and the Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 13 pages.
Del Castello, Riccardo (author) and Braun, Paul Mathias (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
International: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Eschborn, Germany.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08289
Wesseler, Gesa (author) and Brinkman, Willemine (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08294
Notes:
ACDC segment includes only bibliographic information, contents page and introduction. Full text was no longer available at the url 04/16/17., Paper presented at the regional conference on "Agroforestry impacts on livelihoods in Southern Africa: putting research into practice," Aventura Warmbaths, South Africa, May 20-24, 2002. 41 pages.
Page 65-66 in Extension Circular 541, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1961, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of thesis for the master of agriculture in rural sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. 1961. 71 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08680
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Pages 33-50 in Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar (eds.), Agriculture and food in crisis: conflict, resistance and renewal. Monthly Review Press, New York City, New York. 348 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08686
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Pages 43-66 in William Ascher and John M. Heffron (eds.), Cultural change and persistence: new perspectives on development. Palgrave McMillan, New YorkCity, New York. 263 pages.
Chataway, Joanna (author), Robbins, Peter (author), and Smith, James (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08703
Notes:
Pages 194-202 in Gordon Wilson, Pamela Furniss and Richard Kimbowa (eds.), Environment, development and sustainability: perspectives and cases from around the world. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 290 pages.
AgComm Teaching, Perspectives about the Programme for Integrated Rural Development in the Humid Tropics (PRODERITH)during 1979-1984. Among the points made: "Traditional knowledge is essential for agricultural research."
AgComm Teaching, Among the introductory observations about development development: "The experience in Africa has been rather pathetic. It is being discovered that mobilization of the masses for popular participation in decision making is easier said than done."
This newsletter article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- "International" file section - "OCIAC" file folder.
Perez, Cledualdo B., Jr. (author / Dean, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos), Quebral, Nora C. (author / Chair, Department of Development Communication, UPLB), and Evans, James F. (author / Head, Teaching and Research, Office of Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1982-01
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10037
Notes:
This report is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois, Urbana > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file., 31 pages., Report of a joint study team charged with assessing the need for advancing education in development communication in Southeast Asia, proposing a multi-nation approach to addressing it, and suggesting a framework for cooperation.
Perez, Cledualdo B., Jr. (author / Dean, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos), Quebral, Nora C. (author / Chair, Department of Development Communication, UPLB), and Evans, James F. (author / Head, Teaching and Research, Office of Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1982-01
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10038
Notes:
This report is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois, Urbana > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file. Companion report is ACDC Document D10037., 4 pages., Companion report of a joint study team charged with assessing the need for advancing education in development communication in Southeast Asia, proposing a multi-nation approach to addressing it, and suggesting a framework for cooperation.
Perez, Cledualdo B., Jr. (author / Dean, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos), Quebral, Nora C. (author / Chair, Department of Development Communication, UPLB), and Evans, James F. (author / Head, Teaching and Research, Office of Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1982-01
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10039
Notes:
This report is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois, Urbana > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file. Companion report are ACDC Documents D10037 and D10038, 3 pages., Companion report of a joint study team charged with assessing the need for advancing education in development communication in Southeast Asia, proposing a multi-nation approach to addressing it, and suggesting a framework and procedure for cooperation.
This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder., Recommendations from a conference of communication and rural development experts representing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder., "...for all their seeming importance, these continuous outpourings of government and foreign aid and the steady diffusion of developmental projects and innovations are only pallatives. Thus, the wheel of agricultural development must reel off with a farmer-oriented concept of development which gives prominent role to farmers' participation in programs which are supposedly designed for their upliftment. ... "How can farmers be mobilized to participate in their own development? Simply by the abolition of 'transmission mentality' in communication and its replacement with a more liberating type of communication that would contain more dialogue..."
This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder.
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (author)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International: International Rice Research Institute Los Banos, Laguna, Phillippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10092
Notes:
This document is maintained in files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "SEARCA/UPLB Conference" file., 15 pages.
Claar, John B. (author / Director, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS))
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
1984-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10094
Notes:
16 pages., This speech is from a project file maintained by the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign > "International" section > "Sierra Leone" file., Speech at the Second Conference regarding ACRE in Sierra Leone, January 11-14, 1984., Comprehensive thoughts from an emeritus state Extension director regarding "what the world has learned about knowledge transfer," with special emphasis on Extension services
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10199
Notes:
ACDC houses page 1 of the 74-page posting. The full posting was retrieved from: revolvy.com/page/developmentcommunication, Definition posted in Wikipedia
2 pages., Via UI online subscription., Purpose: This paper examines extension practises of agricultural workers within the Egyptian government and the perceived barriers they face in implementing participatory approaches, identifying improvements required in research and extension processes to meet the real needs of Egyptian farming communities.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Key barriers for engaging in participatory extension were identified using content analysis of semi-structured interviews, surveys and focus group discussion of 37 government agricultural workers along with participant observation and review of existing literature.
Findings: The majority of workers surveyed understood basic participatory extension principles and desired to use these approaches. Changing from traditional ‘top down’ extension to systems that engage with farmers' needs at the community level is made difficult due to the aging and poorly functioning Village Extension Worker (VEW) network. Thus, it is far easier for the research driven extension programmes to use technology transfer models.
Practical Implications: Participatory extension relies on strong relationship building and open communication between farmers, extension workers, researchers, interest groups and policy-makers. The Egyptian government must properly establish and resource the pivotal role of VEWs within the extension system to meet its strategic aims of modernising agriculture, developing food security and improving the livelihoods of rural inhabitants.
Originality/Value: This paper captures the unique perspectives of government research, extension and education workers involved in agricultural development at a time directly after the 2010 revolution, when they were able to more openly reflect on the past and present situations.
Anderson, H. Calvert (author / Inter-American Popular Information Program, American International Association), Vieira, Phil (author / Farm broadcaster, West Indies), Appiah, Ofosu (author / Radio Ghana), and Jain, G.P. (author / Sevagram, Delhi, India)
Format:
Panel report
Publication Date:
1967-06
Published:
International: First International Congress of Farm Writers.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10794
Notes:
Item located in Document 10786. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 78-86 in J.S. Cram (ed.), Proceedings of the first International Congress of Farm Writers at Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada, June 18-21, 1967. 112 pages.
Address reviews the theories and misconceptions which have provided the intellectual and idealogical underpinning of misguided agricultural and rural development policies. It then discusses major misguided policies which were supported by these intellectual traditions which have been shown to reduce agricultural growth and harm the welfare of the rural poor.
Gnaegy Suzanna (author / Winrock International) and Anderson, Jock R. (author / Winrock International)
Format:
Publication
Publication Date:
1991-06-30
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11012
Notes:
World Bank Discussion Paper 126. Washington, D.C. 158 pages., Studies from a workshop. Includes evidence that research and extension had contributed to a decline in agricultural production. "There is a broad consensus about the many factors that have contributed to failures to boost land and labor productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Both technological options and agroecological and socioeconomic circumstances in this vast region are diverse, thus creating a complex matrix of impacts and explanations. The central explanation is that research and development activities, whether public or private, national or international, have produced innovations that farmers find variously unprofitable, too risky, or impossible to implement in a timely and useful fashion. These problems lead, in turn, to often declining agricultural productivity and a deteriorating agricultural resource base, particularly of soil and forest resources. Stepping back further from the farmers themselves to the institutions that are supposed to have assisted, the difficulties are several including the poor (often irrelevant for resource-poor farmers) siting of much past experimental and testing endeavor, inadequate and temporally inconsistent staff and budget support for national research and extension organizations.
Bentz, Robert P. (author), Evans, James F. (author), Fliegel, Frederick (author), Lancaster, F. Wilfrid (author), Malone, Violet M. (author), Santas, John W. (author), Swanson, Burton E., chair (author), and Woodis, Raymond A. (author)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11181
Notes:
Transferred from the "INTERPAKS Administration" file maintained in International Program records of the Agricultural Communications Program, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois., 28 pages., Proposal to Title XII Representative William N. Thompson from the International Extension Committee, College of Agriculture, of faculty members representing five fields of study: Library and Information Science, Agricultural Communications, Rural Sociology, Extension Administration and Education, and Agricultural Education. This document includes the proposal and a report from an external consultant with experience involving the Land Tenure Center at the University of Wisconsin.
Swanson, Burton E. (author) and Claar, John B. (author)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11187
Notes:
This project proposal is located in the "INTERPAKS - Technology Development Project" file, which is maintained in the International Projects section of the Agricultural Communications Program records, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Contact ACDC for assistance in access., 70 pages., Proposal submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., resulting in a five-year $1.7 million project. Work initiated March 1, 1984.
23 pages., Online via open access., How is bilateral development cooperation communicated about in the news? How does a donor agency communicate for and about development? And what are the links between one and the other? This article focuses on a 2016 expose reported on Swedish public television about alleged corruption in aid to Zambia, reflecting failure of both donor and recipient. Authors focus on the news media as mediator of the donor's communication with its tax-paying audiences and demonstrated potentials of an integrated conceptual approach to communication for and about development. Findings reveal greater media coverage of financial accountability than on doing good for Zambian citizens.
Case analysis of inadequacies in the culture of "advocacy journalism by foundation-based researchers and academics." Documents flaws in the approach of a "senior policy analysis" employed by a conservative foundation to assess he effectiveness of the United Nations (in this case, the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in advancing agricultural development.
Abstract and citation online via search of Ebscohost.com. 1 page., This article deals with the deliberation of development journalism as a subfield of development communication. It further examines the connection between public journalism and development journalism. The development journalist "should be an active community participant in social change. He or she cannot be a neutral observer who adheres to objectivity. The journalist must relate development to people and focus on relations and the totality of concrete life situations. He or she must go well beyond economics and bring out the inherent drama in development, democracy, and participation."
24 pages, Soybean (Glycine max (L. Merr.) has been a crop of interest to address both poverty
and malnutrition in the developing world because of its high levels of both protein and
oil, and its adaptability to grow in tropical environments. Development practitioners
and policymakers have long sought value added opportunities for local crops to move
communities out of poverty by introducing processing or manufacturing technologies.
Soy dairy production technologies sit within this development conceptual model. To
the researchers’ knowledge, no research to date measures soy dairy performance,
though donors and NGOs have launched hundreds of enterprises over the last 18 years.
The lack of firm-level data on operations limits the ability of donors and practitioners
to fund and site sustainable dairy businesses. Therefore, the research team developed
and implemented a recordkeeping system and training program first, as a 14-month
beta test with a network of five dairies in Ghana and Mozambique in 2016-2017.
Learning from the initial research then supported a formal research rollout over 18
months with a network of six different dairies in Malawi and key collaboration from
USAID’s Agricultural Diversification activity. None of the beta or rollout dairies kept
records prior to the intervention. The formal rollout resulted in a unique primary dataset
to address the soy dairy performance knowledge gap. The results of analysis show that
the dairies, on average, achieve positive operating margins of 61%, yet cannot cover
the fixed costs associated with depreciation, amortization of equipment and
infrastructure, working capital, marketing and promotion, and regulatory compliance.
The enterprises in our sample operate only at 9% of capacity, which limits their ability
to cover the normal fixed costs associated with the business. The challenge is not the
technology itself, as when operated, it produces a high-quality dairy product. The
challenges involve a business that requires too much capital for normal operations
relative to a nascent and small addressable market.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25320
Notes:
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 Document Number: C25321
Notes:
Pages 249-278 in Frederique Apffel-Marglin and Stephen A. Marglin (eds.), Decolonizing knowledge: from development to dialogue. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England. 398 pages.
Retrieved January 28, 2007, "The notion comprises knowledge about what to do, which is made up of a clear vision and technical knowledge about how to organize the work, hard work, love, and finally an ability and desire to search for and learn whatever may be needed. The aspects of love and learning capacity are usually unacknowledged in Western conceptions of development strategies informed by a so-called systems approach."
