USA: Science Research Associates, Chicago, Illinois.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01364
Notes:
Occupational Monographs - 4. Compiled from materials secured through Northwestern University in cooperation with the Illinois Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). 48 pages.
USA: Agricultural Editor's Office, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28305
Notes:
Estimated date of publication., 15 pages., Includes brief statements by alumni working in varied parts of this career field: Cordell Tindall, Ovid Bay, Cletus D. Stephens, Verlon C. Meyer, Robert E. Rees and George Logan.
AGE 84924952, Starting farm operators are using family help to aid them getting started. Family assistance in the form of labor, machinery, and housing was frequently received by operators. Most farmers interviewed had entered farming through arrangements with parents by utilizing a father/son operation, then renting from a nonrelative, and purchasing land as the third step. Off-farm employment also was frequently used by starting farmers and wives to aid in generating income.
Daberkow, Stan (author), Hines, Fred (author), and Petrulis, Mindy (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21488
Notes:
Pages 15-40 in Peter F. Korsching and Judith Gildner (eds.), Interdependencies of agriculture and rural communities in the twenty-first century. Conference proceedings published by the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 237 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06553
Notes:
Online via Ovid.com. Abstract of dissertation for PhD from the University of Idaho. 1 page., Responding department heads reported no difficulty in recruiting and retaining agricultural communicators. No geographic pattern was apparent in difficulty of recruiting. Tenure was perceived not necessary for agricultural communicators to interact successfully with faculty in academic units. There was no strong support for tenure within agricultural communication departments by department heads.
Bowen, Blannie E. (author), Cooper, Barbara E. (author), and Rumberger Professor of Agriculture, Pennsylvania State University; Rumberger Professor of Agriculture, Pennsylvania State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: C03229
Ekstrom, Brenda L. (author), Leistritz, F. Larry (author), Rathge, Richard W. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA: Athens, GA : The University of Georgia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05583
AGRICOLA IND 90037924, This study explores the characteristics of North Dakota families who quit farming between 1980 and 1986 for economic reasons. It describes (1) the demographic characteristics of former operators as well as the structural and financial characteristics of their former farms, (2) the financial circumstances of their departure from farming and the support systems they used in their transition, and (3) their current employment situation and perceived family financial well-being. These data are compared with those of a cross section of households that were operating farms in the state in 1986. The findings clearly indicate that significant numbers of farm families are making the transition to other occupations and that, in many cases, this transition involves migrating to urban areas. Displaced farmers who chose to leave their community were typically younger, more educated, and had less equity than those who chose to stay. Such selective migration poses numerous negative consequences for communities, such as declining school enrollments, membership losses in churches, a reduction in volunteers, and stagnation in community organizations. Additionally, the findings indicate that one in three displaced farmers did not take advantage of important community-based support systems to aid in their transition. This suggests that an important role for community development practitioners is to develop community-based programs that reduce the stigma of failure associated with those who quit farming while offering aid and assistance to marginal farmers. The major challenge for practitioners, however, is to devise a strategy that will broaden their area's economic base. Programs focusing on educational and technical assistance for local business operators, alternative delivery systems for community services, and the recruitment of young leaders and volunteers must receive high priority.
Bhowmik, Sharit (author) and Patel, Meena (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00563
Notes:
Pages 143-164 in Marilyn Carr, Martha Chen and Renana Jhabvala (eds.) Speaking out: women's economic empowerment in South Asia. Intermediate Technology Publications, London, UK. On behalf of Aga Khan Foundation Canada and United Nations Development Fund for Women. 238 pages.
Hagspiel, Doris (author), Bell, Carola (author), and Bruce, Alicia (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1997-04
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00785
Notes:
Case study report at the leader seminar, "Challenges and methodology of transnational cooperation," Dieulefit (Drome), France, April 2-6, 1997. Via Rural Europe online. 3 pages.
7 p., The increasing use of computers on the farm raises the question of whether these new skills will be valued in off-farm employment. Data suggests that computers are used predominantly for a single group of tasks that may not develop the "systems skills" that are becoming increasingly important in off-farm employment.
Authors identify challenges and potentials for using new information technologies, such as the Internet, to help jobseekers in rural labour markets find employment. Social networks and telephone helplines were found to be used most at present.
Doerfert, David L. (author), Irani, Tracy (author / University of Florida), Akers, Cindy (author), Rutherford, Tracy (author / Texas A & M University), Davis Chad S. (author), compton, Kirsten (author / Texas Tech University), and Pioneer
Format:
Conference proceedings
Publication Date:
2004-06-24
Published:
USA: National agricultural communication summit Lake Tahoe, June 2004
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22133
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00551
Notes:
Pages 27-46 in Bettina M. Bock and Sally Shortall (eds.) Rural gender relations: issues and case studies. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 374 pages.
20 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researcher examined the attitude reactions to trust among coworkers and between employees and management. Results provided support for the relationship between a climate of trust and group cohesion.
