Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: D10781
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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 3-4 in Research Library Newsletter, Farm Journal, September 15, 1965., Findings from a national research project of the National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers and reported in Farm and Power Equipment magazine. Questions involved where farmers first see and hear such information and what sources they consider most useful.
Located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., An invited reassessment by the author of a book, Hard Tomatoes and Hard Times, in which he faulted U.S. land grant universities for abandoning the original intended focus on serving small, low-resource farmers. Emphasized farmers' need for neutral, unbiased assessment of new, often very specialized, technologies. "...and at the same time they will need generalists who can assist in developing comprehensive, integrated farming systems that can depend on lessons learned decades ago as well as new knowledge."
15 pages., Article #: 4TOT3, via online journal., Crowdfunding is a resource that allows individuals or groups to raise funds while simultaneously engaging relevant communities and, thus, is an important tool for Extension specialists. We provide recommended steps for successful crowdfunding, including tips for identifying a website, developing or refining a proposal, and crafting a marketing and campaign strategy. We use the successful crowdfunding of a relationship education program as an example.
International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Format:
Folder
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28300
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Estimated publishing date., 2 pages., Describes a multi-disciplinary resource at the University of Illinois to "help improve the socio-economic well-being of rural peoples in developing countries by facilitating the discovery, transfer, and utilization of new agricultural technology and related management skills."
