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    32. Public extension agents' need for new competencies: evidence from a climate variability study in Limpopo Province, South Africa

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Afful, D.B. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016-01-01
    Published:
    South Africa: SciELO
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12472
    Journal Title:
    South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol 44 (2)
    Notes:
    11 pages, Changes occurring in the Extension environment include that of climate. Reduced and sporadic rainfall is among the effects of climate change and variability with consequent negative effects on food production. Smallholder agriculture in most developing countries world-wide, including South Africa, is largely rain-fed. Extension agents, therefore, need to constantly improve their capabilities to remain useful to farming communities. The purpose of the paper is to determine Extension agents' climate variability coping competencies required to effectively support smallholder crop farmers' production. The study adopted a multi-stage random sampling approach to site and respondents' selection. Semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data in 2014 from smallholder crop farmers in four municipalities of Limpopo province. Information was also collected from Extension managers and field-level extension agents of the Limpopo Department of Agriculture by means of questionnaires. The most popular climate variability coping strategy promoted by most extension agents was conservation agriculture. Small yield differences between Extension service-recipients and non-recipients indicate that Extension support has minimal effect on farmers' production. Agents need new competencies regarding correct application conservation agriculture. The study recommends the involvement of extension agents, scientists and farmers in adaptive trials for effective implementation of conservation agricultural practices to improve crop yields.

    33. Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural advice

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Schilbach, Frani (author), Kremer, Michael (author), and Fabregas, Raissa (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-12-13
    Published:
    United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12491
    Journal Title:
    Science
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol 366, Issue 6471
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    12 pages, Mobile phones are almost universally available, and the costs of information transmission are low. They are used by smallholder farmers in low-income countries, largely successfully, to optimize markets for their produce. Fabregas et al. review the potential for boosting mobile phone use with smartphones to deliver not only market information but also more sophisticated agricultural extension advice. GPS-linked smartphones could provide locally relevant weather and pest information and video-based farming advice. But how to support the financial requirements of such extension services is less obvious, given the unwieldiness of government agencies and the vested interests of commercial suppliers.

    34. Research or extension? Scientists participating in collaborative catchment management

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Paine, Mark (author), Love, Sonya (author), Melland, Alice (author), and Gourley, Cameron (author)
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    2006-03-06
    Published:
    Australia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24288
    Notes:
    9 p. Paper presented at the Australasia Pacific Extension Network in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, March 6-8, 2006

    35. Rural Farmers' Problems Accessing Agricultural Information: A Case Study of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Obidike, Nnenna (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2011-11-01
    Published:
    United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12353
    Journal Title:
    Library Philosophy and Practice
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 660
    Notes:
    12 pages, Rural farmers account for the greater part of the population of any developing country such as Nigeria. Governments of developing countries have a major responsibility of ensuring that there is adequate rural development in their various communities and local governments which would lead to effective and efficient agricultural systems that will not only supply food and animal protein but also foster the utilization of natural resources in a sustainable manner (CGIAR, 1995). When the rural farmers lack access to knowledge and information that would help them achieve maximum agricultural yield, they are not only grope in the dark but are driven to the urban centres in search of formal employment, as the only option for survival (Munyua, 2000). Blait (1996) pointed out that the least expensive input for improved rural agricultural development is adequate access to knowledge and information in areas of new agricultural technologies, early warning systems (drought, pests, diseases etc), improved seedlings, fertilizer, credit, market prices etc. There have been short-comings of traditional print and library based methods (Van and Fortier, 2000) of providing such agricultural information to rural farmers who are generally illiterate and relatively remote from formal sources of information (e.g. extension stations, libraries). Aina (2007) also, was of the opinion that farmers would benefit from global information, if information centres, are cited in rural areas complete with all information and communication gadgets. Rural farmers in Nsukka local government area of Enugu state are not noted to produce enough food, probably due to some constraints that lead to lack of access to timely and up-to-date information which would have enabled them to achieve optimal yield from their farmlands. Such information is highly desired by these farmers and can only be made available to them via extension workers, community libraries, state and local government agricultural agencies (ADP, ENADEP etc), e-mail or the World Wide Web (WWW) in a telecentre (Telecommons Development Group, 2000). In this modern day of information technology, telecentres provide the rural farmers with prompt and reliable information about what is happening in areas of improved seedlings, better methods of cultivation and fertilizer application, pest and weed control/eradication, new advances in livestock production and disease control etc. Where rural farmers are not faced with constraints in accessing agricultural information, traditional media such as rural radio, has been used in delivering agricultural messages to rural farmers (Munyua, 2000). Other ways of delivering these messages or information to the rural farmers include print, video, television, films, slides, pictures, drama, dance, folklore, group discussions, meetings, exhibitions and demonstrations (Munyua, 2000). The lack of access to basic agricultural knowledge and information by rural farmers in Nsukka local government area of Enugu State which may be as a result of certain constraints has made these farmers to stick to their old traditional methods of farming system and animal husbandry practice, hence resulting in poor crop and livestock productivity. Information and knowledge are very vital in agricultural development of any community and where they are poorly disseminated as a result of certain constraints, the community’s agricultural development becomes highly impeded. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the constraints of the rural farmers in Nsukka local government area of Enugu State in accessing agricultural information.

    36. Social factors that influence use of ICT in agricultural extension in Southern Africa

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tata, Joyous S. (author) and McNamara, Paul E. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016-04-08
    Published:
    MDPI
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10335
    Journal Title:
    Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    6(2) : 15
    Notes:
    10 pages., Via open source journal., Farmbook is a novel information communication technology (ICT) tool for agricultural extension that is currently being field tested by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Southern and East Africa. Farmbook enables extension agents to assess productivity and profitability of farming enterprises in a faster and more reliable manner, so as to increase farmer incomes and achieve food security. This study looked at the relationship between challenges faced by extension agents testing the Farmbook application and select socio-economic indicators influencing their work. Specific objectives were to identify and categorize the challenges facing extension agents in the field as they used Farmbook, assess gender differences in the use of Farmbook by extension agents, understand the relationship between socio-economic status of extension agents and the challenges faced in using Farmbook. Data were collected through document reviews, administration of a structured questionnaire and focus group meetings with field agents. Descriptive statistics and multivariate techniques were used to analyze data. The results show that personal and wider socio-economic conditions do have an impact on the proficiency of extension agents using Farmbook. The study goes on to recommend measures to improve the training and ICT proficiency of extension agents adopting Farmbook

    39. The comparison between cyber extension and traditional interaction in the farmers environment during pandemic

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Rizkiansyah, M. (author), Ariestyani, A. (author), and Yunus, U. (author)
    Format:
    Conference paper with abstract
    Publication Date:
    2022-03-01
    Published:
    Netherlands: IOP Publishing
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12513
    Journal Title Details:
    2022 Iop Sci. Conference
    Notes:
    9 pages, Data from the Indonesian Seed and Farmers Technology Association data shows that 22 percent of Indonesian farmers have used smartphones to obtain agricultural information. But many farmers still struggle to get information especially in the pandemic era. This research is to find out how the comparison of information delivery patterns between traditional media and cyber media on farmers in Bangil. Indonesia. This research theory uses the theory of cyber extensions. This research method by, observe online media, interviewing several farmers in Bangil and supported by survey data to 85 farmers in Bangil. The results showed that although cyber media began to enter as one of the sources of information for farmers, only a few were dependent on online, while the rest still relied on information from extension methods. Counselling still needed as a connection between farmers and Internet.

    40. The research-extension system in food and human nutrition : a survey of state extension specialists

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Adams, Patricia A. (author), Brown, J. Lynne (author), Kaltreider, D. Lynne (author), Sims, Laura S. (author), and Institute of Policy Research and Evaluation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Department of Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Institute of Policy Research and Evaluation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Institute of Policy Research and Evaluation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1989-02
    Published:
    USA: Baltimore, MD : Williams and Wilkins
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06442
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Nutrition Education
    Journal Title Details:
    21 (1) : 26-31

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