Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07348
Notes:
Evans, see C07346-C07352, In: Cernea, M.M., J.K. Coulter, and J.F.A. Russell (eds.) Research, extension, farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985. p. 28-33
Snowdon, Gail (author / Decision Data Specialist, Communication Services, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, University of Illinois) and Decision Data Specialist, Communication Services, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, University of Illinois
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1991-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04059
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Urbana, IL : University of Illinois, Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, Information Services, 1991. 1 p. (Decision Data Summary, Information Guide to Communications Planning No. 5S)
Andre, Pamela Q. J. (author / Associate Director for Automation, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Associate Director for Automation, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04829
Pages 74-75 in Extension Circular 532, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1959, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of research report, Extension Service, Michigan State University, E. Lansing. 1959. 17 pages.
Brodt, Sonja B. (author), Klonsky, Karen (author), Tourte, Laura (author), Duncan, Roger (author), Hendricks, Lonnie (author), Ohmart, Cliff (author), and Verdegaal, Paul (author)
Format:
Research paper
Publication Date:
2004-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23445
The authors consider the adoption of biologically integrated agricultural practices from the perspective of farm management style. Adoption decisions for farming practices must fit into a broader farm decision-making context that incorporates economic, environmental, social, family and personal considerations, as well as use of agricultural information sources. Drawing from a study of California almond and winegrape growers, the authors demonstrate that management styles differ substantially among farmers and that these differences affect use of information sources and adoption of biologically based practices on the farm. A two-season mail survey of farming practices and information sources demonstrated that differences in management styles affect the adoption of practices.
11 pages., This paper was initiated in order to find the usage and relevance of theInformation and Communication Technologies(ICT) by the smallholder farmers of the Umzimvubu Local Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. A survey questionnaire was then developed to collect the relevant data from randomly selected six villages of Umzimvubu Local Municipality targeting 138 respondents. The questionnaires structure employed both closed and open-ended questions that were administered using a face to face interview, conducted on the sample population in each village. There seems to be a correlation between ICT usage and the economies of scale in agricultural development, where smallholder farmers tend to use less of highly modernized ICT, while commercial large scale farmers use more of the modernized ICT. This disparity amongst farmers is exacerbated in many areas by the differing support systems employed by the public extension services.
Russell, Hamish (author / President, Agricultural Information Association of Australiasia) and President, Agricultural Information Association of Australiasia
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-03
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 79 Document Number: C04557
