Purpose: The impact of agricultural knowledge transfer (KT) is related to the access to and the quality of services available. Within this context, the allocation of resources in terms of KT offices and the number of advisers are important considerations for understanding KT impact. This quantitative study evaluates the impact of KT resources on farm profitability for clients in Ireland during the recessionary period 2008–2014.
Design/Methodology: Teagasc, the public KT service provider in Ireland, experienced significant office closures (43%) and a reduction in advisers (38%) during the economic crisis, yet client numbers declined only slightly (4.5%). Administrative data are merged with a panel data set on farm-level performance to evaluate the impact through Random Effects estimation.
Findings: The results show that clients gained a 12.3% benefit to their margin per hectare over the period. However, there was a negative effect of 0.2% for each additional client assigned to the adviser which averaged at 9.6%.
Practical Implications: The quantitative findings provide a measure of impact that represents the value for money for the KT service. The key implication is that the client ratio for advisers should be considered when allocating resources and lower ratios would positively impact client margins.
Theoretical Implications: This article outlines the value of quantitative studies to estimate impact in a clear translatable manner which can aid the policy discussion around resource deployment.
Originality/Value: This study evaluates the impact of KT during a recessionary period when resources were constrained, and uses client ratios to examine the spatial effects.
Bergstrom, John C. (author), Randall, Alan (author), Stoll, John R. (author), and Bergstrom: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia; Stoll: Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Randall: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-08
Published:
USA: Ames, IA : American Agricultural Economics Association.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06814
AGRICOLA IND 90050733, A conceptual model is developed which provides insight into how information affects willingness to pay for environmental commodities. A refutable hypothesis of the effects of a specific information type on the magnitude of willingness to pay for an environmental commodity is developed. This hypothesis is tested using a contingent valuation method experiment. Results indicate that information affects willingness to pay in a theoretically plausible manner. The results support the contention that information is important for accurate environmental commodity consumer valuations.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 107 Document Number: C10135
Notes:
search from AgEcon., ERI Study Paper 95-13. September 1995 10 pages; Adobe Acrobat PDF 57K bytes, In a two-period model, economists such as K.J. Arrow, A.C. Fisher, and C. Henry, have shown that when development is both indivisible and irreversible, a developer who ignores the possibility of obtaining new information about the outcome of such development will invariably underestimate the benefits of preservation and hence favor development. In this note, I extend the AFH analysis in two directions. I model the land development problem in a dynamic framework, explicitly specifying an information production function. In such a setting, I then ask and answer the question concerning when development should take place. JEL Classification: D82, Q20 Key words: development, dynamic, information, uncertainty
Forthcoming in Journal of Environmental Management
Labonne, Julien (author) and Chase, Robert S. (author)
Format:
Research paper
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Philippines: Sustainable Development Network, Social Development Department, The World Bank
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D11237
Notes:
Via online. Policy Research Working Paper No. 4996. 24 pages., Authors explored the impact of access to information on poor farmers' consumption. Results indicated that farmers purchasing a mobile phone experienced larger growth rate per capita consumption over the 2002-2006 period. Estimates ranged from 11 percent to 17 percent.
Online from AgEconSearch., Authors estimated losses in consumption and sales revenue resulting when expenditures for generic advertising and promotion for orange juice were cut nearly to zero, as well as estimated time required for the market to recover from the check-off strategy of nearly going dark. "The research presented here demonstrates that reductions in generic advertising are followed by losses that extend far beyond the period of little or no advertising."
Alston, Julian M. (author) and Parks, Joanna C. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2012-02
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01159
Notes:
Paper presented at the 56th annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Fremental, Western Australia, February 7-10, 2012. 32 pages.
Bhavnani, Asheeta (author), Chiu, Rowena Won-Wai (author), Janakiram, Subramaniam (author), Silarszky, Peter (author), and ICT Policy Division, Global Information and Communications Department, World Bank.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-06-15
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00452
Xiaoming, Hao (author), Banerjee, Indrajit (author), and Jinqui, Zhao (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-12-15
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36116
Notes:
Presented to the Conference on Empowering Rural Communities through ICT Policy and Research, Chennai, India, December 15-17, 2007. 17 pages., Case study of a rural community internet access center that lacked sustainability.
Glantz, Michael (author / National Center for Atmospheric Research, Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), Boulder, CO) and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), Boulder, CO
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03505
Antonovitz, Frances (author), Roe, Terry (author), and Antonovitz: University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural Economics; Roe: University of Minnesota, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: C02788
Holt, Matthew T. (author), Johnson, S.R. (author), and Iowa State University; Iowa State University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: C02862
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Ames, IA : Iowa State University, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, 1986. 39 p. (paper presented at the Seminar on the Policy Aspects of Climate Forecasting; 1986 March 4; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.)
Baquet, A.E. (author), Conklin, Frank S. (author), Halter, A.N. (author), and Research Assistant, Michigan State University; Research Staff Economist, The Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA; Associate Professor, Oregon State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03502
Bradford, David F. (author), Kelejian, Harry H. (author), and Professor of Economics, Princeton University; Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03527
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12350
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 775-795 in Borton, Raymond E. (ed.), Selected readings to accompany getting agriculture moving. Volume 2. Agricultural Development Council, New York, NY. 526 p.
Murphy, Allan H. (author), Wilks, Daniel S. (author), and Oregon State University, Department of Atmospheric Science; Oregon State University, Department of Atmospheric Science
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: C02794
Zanello, Giacomo (author), Shankar, Bhavani (author), and Srinivasan, C.S. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2012-04
Published:
Ghana
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00950
Notes:
Paper presented at the 86th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, April 16-18, 2012. 23 pages.
Garfrerick, Beth H. (author / University of North Alabama)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2018
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10069
Notes:
112 pages., Manuscript from author involving dissertation research., This monograph addresses the history of the community weekly newspaper in the United States throughout the twentieth century.
Yoder, Edgar P. (author / Pennsylvania State Univeristy) and Donaldson, Joseph L. (author / University of Tennesse. P.O.Box 1071. Knoxville, TN 37901-1071 USA)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
1999-03-23
Published:
Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: C20977
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, 8 pages, Session F, from "1999 conference proceedings -- Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 15th Annual Conference, 21-24 March 1999, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 25-26, Tobago
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10581
Notes:
306 pages., PhD dissertation in agricultural economics, Texas A&M University, College Station. Only the abstract stored in ACDC., Via database., Results indicate the soybean checkoff program has been highly effective over the study period returning $6.9 in revenue to soybean producers for every checkoff dollar spent.
Doster, D. Howard (author / Purdue University), Ortmann, G.F. (author / University of Natal, South Africa), Patrick, G.F. (author / Purdue University), and Musser, W.N. (author / Pennsylvania State Univeristy, University Park, Pa.)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1993-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 105 Document Number: C09123
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09911
Notes:
Presentation at the Association of Communication Excellence (ACE) conference during the Agricultural Media Summit, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 4-8, 2018. 21 pages. PowerPoint
Decker, W. (author), Hashemi, F. (author), and University of Missouri, Department of Atmospheric Science; University of Missouri, Department of Atmospheric Science
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03530
Katz, Richard W. (author), Murphy, Allan H. (author), Stewart, Thomas R. (author), and Stewart, Katz: The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; Murphy: Oregon State University, Department of Atmospheric Science
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: C02793
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09658
Notes:
Outline of a presentation at a symposium, "Optimal allocation of animal industry checkoff funds: lessons from meat demand analysis," during an American Agricultural Economics Association meeting, East Lansing, Michigan, August 3, 1987. 6 pages.
8 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Researchers measured farmer demand for a new agricultural technology , a triple-layered hermetic storage bag which reduces storage loss from insect pests and neutralizes aflatoxin contamination in grain. Findings revealed a highly elastic demand that that the wholesaler could increase profit by lowering the price. Farmers who had prior awareness of the bag were willing to pay 20% more on average than those previously unaware of it. Farmers' valuation of the bags was not significantly different based on the medium (text, audio, or video) through which they received the information.
Via UI electronic subscription. Report published by IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Fairchild, Dean G. (author) and Dahlgran, Roger A. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D11669
Notes:
11 pages., Pages 204-216 in Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois > 1981-1999 Conference Archive., Researchers estimated net reach and average frequency of exposure to publicity about a case of chicken contamination in the U.S. "It was found that for each unit of increase in weekly publicity frequency, prices were depressed by 1.2 percent, leading to a $760 million retail loss to the chicken industry. This amounts to less than one-quarter of one percent of revenue over the 10 years studied."
