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2. Agricultural extension and communication - why, what and for whom
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1983 revision
- Published:
- Interational
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08070
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, RB #372. Development training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 10 pages.
3. County extension staff members' perceptions of rural development in Pennsylvania
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jurchak, T.B. (author)
- Format:
- Thesis summary
- Publication Date:
- 1962-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08427
- Journal Title:
- Review of Extension Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 1961
- Notes:
- 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.
4. Decoding agricultural digitalisation in Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boloh, Yanne (author) and Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11615
- Journal Title:
- Spore
- Journal Title Details:
- 194 : 4-7
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Online from publisher., "For the first time, a landmark report on digitalisation for agriculture (D4Ag) in Africa compiles and highlights data on digital solutions that are enabling the transformation of African agriculture."
5. Pilot roll-out: adaptive research in farmers' worlds
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Murray-Prior, Roy (author), van de Fliert, Elske (author), Christiana, Budi (author), and Hendayana, Rachmat (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Indonesia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30659
- Journal Title:
- Extension Farming Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 6(1) : 63-71
6. Social media for enhancing innovation in agri-food and rural development: current dynamics in Ontario, Canada
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chowdhury, Ataharul (author) and Odame, Helen Hambly (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Journal of Rural and Community Development
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10913
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 8(2), 97-119
- Notes:
- 24 pages., ISSN: 1712-8277, via online journal., Communication for innovation in agriculture and rural development involves interactive and multi-stakeholder approaches that mobilize ideas and resources from the public and private sectors as well as civil society. Digital tools broadly referred to as Web 2.0 technologies, and in particular, social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs and webinars are allegedly channels of communication for innovation. These tools potentially offer support for collective learning processes and co-creation of knowledge. There is little evidence, however, to substantiate that new media are enabling innovation by and among stakeholders of agri-food and rural systems. Are diverse agri-food producers, rural entrepreneurs, scientists or researchers, community-level volunteers and public servants interacting more effectively in Web 2.0 environments? Are social media reinventing agri-food and rural information flows? Employing methods of multiple database searches, review of literature, and content analysis of 50 relevant online communities this paper identifies emerging issues in the development and use of social media in the agri-food and rural sectors with an emphasis on data from Ontario and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in Canada. Findings suggest that the uptake of social media is still in an early, exploratory phase associated with modest opportunities and relevant limitations of Web 2.0 mediated multi-stakeholder collaboration. Notably, there are gaps in giving and receiving feedback which are intrinsic to dyadic communication as well as innovation processes. Limitations identified include (a) conflicting perceptions among stakeholders about the use, risk, credibility and institutional incentives associated with social media, and (b) lack of capacity that enables use and development of appropriate social media applications. The paper concludes by summarizing the importance of autonomous, user-oriented applications of Web 2.0 tools in agri-food and rural systems.