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1. Promoting digital agriculture adoption in community-based agricultural organizations

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hardy, Jean (author) and Palmer, Abbey (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2025-02-15
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13538
Journal Title:: The Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 63(1)
Notes:: 11 pages, Existing research and practice related to digital agriculture technology adoption is largely focused on large-scale producers. In this paper, we describe a case of adopting an advanced soil monitoring system in a community-based agricultural organization. We provide guidance for Extension professionals seeking to implement or promote digital agriculture technology adoption on: selecting appropriate technology, incorporating new technology into existing practices, harnessing local technology champions, and avoiding data-driven mission creep.

2. Promoting equity: embracing food justice in the transformation of the food systems for BIPOC communities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Adusei, Frank Yeboah (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2025-02-15
Published:: USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13537
Journal Title:: The Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: 63(1)
Notes:: 12 pages, The food justice movement addresses systemic food inequities impacting BIPOC communities, rooted in civil rights and environmental justice movements. It advocates for fair access to culturally relevant food, combating food deserts, and promoting food sovereignty. Recognizing intersectionality, it emphasizes collaboration to dismantle systemic barriers. This study aims to understand BIPOC communities' challenges and effective strategies, stressing the importance of collaborative efforts for lasting systemic change. Extension professionals face challenges but can contribute through equity-focused strategies, community engagement, and partnerships, advancing food justice and fostering inclusive food systems.

3. Time, money, or knowledge: what factors are associated with implementing youth cooking programs?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Berg, Alison C. (author), Taylor, Nancy O. (author), Brown, Courtney S. (author), and Giraudo, Silvia Q. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2023-09-20
Published:: USA: Clemson University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12965
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: V.61, Iss.2
Notes:: 11 pages, Research suggests participating in youth hands-on cooking programs, like those offered by Extension and 4-H, can improve nutrition behaviors and reduce the risk for obesity. We surveyed [STATE] Extension professionals (n = 127) to explore factors (e.g., employee characteristics, resources, county demographics) related to offering youth hands-on cooking programs and curricula used. Over 2/3 of participants offer programs and reported creating their own curriculum. More years of experience, having received Extension Specialist training, and increased confidence were positively related to offering these programs. Results suggest training could increase confidence and program implementation and standard curricula may be needed.

4. Analyzing the delivery of public agricultural extension services to rural households during Covid-19: A case study of Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mzuyanda, C. (author), Luvhengo, U. (author), Jiba, P. (author), Khobai, H. (author), and Letsoalo, S.S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-11-02
Published:: South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12724
Journal Title:: South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol, 50, N.1
Notes:: 16 pages, This study analysed the delivery of public agricultural extension services to the rural households of Idutywa, Eastern Cape. Primary data were collected from 75 participants. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Results revealed that there is generally a lack of access to extension services by households in the study area. Above all, the findings showed that access to agricultural extension services is influenced by limited movements, cellphone data, household size, and a limited number of farmers for training. Based on the control and treated variables, the Average Treatment Effect Treated from Kernel, Nearest Neighbours, and Radius matching methods were found to be negative which means that if farmers did not receive the program during the pandemic, the performance and yields were going to be very poor and low. The study recommends that extension officers should be empowered with modern tools to deliver need-based agricultural extension services in the future.

5. Vertical coordination to smallholder small grain growers in Zimbabwe: Benefits of contract farming and policy implications

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Dube-Takaza, Tryphina (author), Maumbe, Blessing M. (author), and Parwada, Cosmas (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-08
Published:: Germany: CENTMA Research
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12712
Journal Title:: International Journal on Food System Dynamics
Journal Title Details:: Vol 13, N.4
Notes:: 16 pages, Zimbabwe’s agro-ecological regions IV and V lie in low rainfall areas and food security is a perennial concern. Vertical coordination strategies and market institutions provide hope for building farmer resilience in regions affected by climate change in Zimbabwe. This study focused on four districts (Binga, Chiredzi, Hwange, Matobo) which are in regions IV and V. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 281 respondents. Probit and Multiple linear regression models were used to evaluate the determinants. Results show that contract farmers allocated more than 3 hectares to small grains agricultural enterprise. The research established that long distances to markets, access to credit, extension services and affiliation to farming groups are some critical determinants which influence market participation and yields sold.

6. How have smallholder farmers used digital extension tools? Developer and user voices from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Coggins, Sam (author), McCampbell, Mariette (author), Sharma, Akriti (author), Sharma, Rama (author), Haefele, Stephen (author), Karki, Emma (author), Hetherington, Jack (author), Smith, Jeremy (author), and Brown, Brendan (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-03-01
Published:: United States: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12486
Journal Title:: Global Food Security
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 32
Notes:: 10 pages, Digital extension tools (DETs) include phone calls, WhatsApp groups and specialised smartphone applications used for agricultural knowledge brokering. We researched processes through which DETs have (and have not) been used by farmers and other extension actors in low- and middle-income countries. We interviewed 40 DET developers across 21 countries and 101 DET users in Bihar, India. We found DET use is commonly constrained by fifteen pitfalls (unawareness of DET, inaccessible device, inaccessible electricity, inaccessible mobile network, insensitive to digital illiteracy, insensitive to illiteracy, unfamiliar language, slow to access, hard to interpret, unengaging, insensitive to user's knowledge, insensitive to priorities, insensitive to socio-economic constraints, irrelevant to farm, distrust). These pitfalls partially explain why women, less educated and less wealthy farmers often use DETs less, as well as why user-driven DETs (e.g. phone calls and chat apps) are often used more than externally-driven DETs (e.g. specialised smartphone apps). Our second key finding was that users often made - not just found - DETs useful for themselves and others. This suggests the word ‘appropriation’ conceptualises DET use more accurately and helpfully than the word ‘adoption’. Our final key finding was that developers and users advocated almost ubiquitously for involving desired users in DET provision. We synthesise these findings in a one-page framework to help funders and developers facilitate more useable, useful and positively impactful DETs. Overall, we conclude developers increase DET use by recognizing users as fellow developers – either through collaborative design or by designing adaptable DETs that create room for user innovation.

7. Training, Trust, and Technology: A Mixed-Methods Study of Latin American Extension Workers’ Experiences During COVID-19

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lamiño Jaramillo, Pablo (author), Boren-Alpizar, Amy (author), Morales Vanegas, Sarachi (author), and Millares-Forno, Carla (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-01-31
Published:: United States: New Prairie Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12497
Journal Title:: Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
Journal Title Details:: 29 (1)
Notes:: 19 pages, The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected people's lives around the world, including agricultural extension workers. To date, few studies have been conducted to understand the adaptation of extension services in Latin American countries during the pandemic. This mixed-methods study explored Latin-American extension professionals’ preparation to implement knowledge-sharing activities and sought to understand extension professionals' responsiveness to COVID-19. The results revealed significant differences in extension responsiveness, between field extension workers and in-office extension workers. Delving into this difference revealed that field extension professionals perceived lower responsiveness because they were not able to continue their pre-pandemic, face-to-face activities in the field with farmers; on the other hand, office extension workers were able to complete and respond to their annual program objectives by increasing institutional partnerships by virtual means. Resilience was found in the two phases of this study. Extension professionals were viewed by farmers as a reliable resource for addressing COVID-19 challenges. Extension professionals began using new communications technologies to train farmers, even though they were not trained in these technologies themselves. It will be important to begin formally incorporating the use of new technology, and alternative communication strategies with communities during crises, as part of preparation for field technicians.

8. On the value of innovation and extension information: SCN-resistant soybean varieties

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Moschini, Giancarlo (author) and Lee, Seungki (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-01-02
Published:: United States of America: Wiley Online
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12538
Journal Title:: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Notes:: 22 pages, This paper presents direct evidence on the impact of a specific extension program that is aimed at promoting the adoption of varieties resistant to the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), specifically the Iowa State University SCN-Resistant Soybean Variety Trials. We use two data sources: experimental data from these variety trials and a rich proprietary dataset on farmers’ seed purchases. Combining these data, we estimate the value of soybean cyst nematode-resistant variety availability, and the associated variety trials that provide information on their performance to farmers and seed companies. Given the scope and diffusion of this extension program, the focus of the analysis is on Iowa and northern Illinois over the period 2011–2016. Farmers’ seed choices are modeled in a discrete choice framework, specifically a one-level nested logit model. Using the estimated demand model, we find farmers’ marginal willingness to pay for soybean cyst nematode-resistant varieties, and for related extension information provided by the Iowa State University SCN-Resistant Soybean Variety Trials program, to be large. These results are confirmed by counterfactual analyses showing that, over the six-year period and region of the study, the total ex post welfare change associated with the existence of, and information about, SCN-resistant seeds is about $478 million. About one-third of this surplus is captured by seed suppliers, and two-thirds accrues to farmers.

9. A Resource Guide for Beginning Farmers in Oklahoma

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Bir, Courtney (author), Hagerman, Amy (author), Sahs, Roger (author), and Ladd, Brent (author)
Format:: Abstract
Publication Date:: 2021-09-01
Published:: United States: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12530
Notes:: 98 pages, If you are considering becoming a farmer or rancher in Oklahoma, then you are about to embark on a journey. As with any long trip, your first step is to plan where you will go and how you will get there. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) at Oklahoma State University has developed this resource guide to help beginning farmers understand the steps needed to achieve the dream of having their own farm. The first and most important step you should take in beginning a farm is to carefully research the property and planned enterprises before investing. Attend educational meetings (such as OSU Extension programs) before properties are purchased. Become acquainted with professionals such as the local Extension Educator–Agriculture, who can help. The OSU Extension website, provides links to county offices, publications and many other resources.

10. Farmers Preferred Information Sources for Agricultural Productivity in Hebei Province, China

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Haseen, Muhammad (author), Xu, Shiwei (author), Wen, Yu (author), Luqman, Muhammad (author), Saqib, Raheel (author), Ameen, Muhammad (author), Hassan, Sadia (author), and Butt, Tahir Munir (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-06-01
Published:: Pakistan: University of Agriculture: Peshawar, Pakistan
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12429
Journal Title:: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 37 (2)
Notes:: 7 pages., Agricultural information sources play a pragmatic role in knowledge building among the farming community. Farmers use various traditional and modern information sources such as extension field staff, fellow farmers, private sector, electronic media, print media, and information communication technologies (ICTs) gadgets to get the latest information necessary for agricultural productivity. This study aimed to explore the patterns of farmers to access and receive information from different sources. A well-structured and expert reviewed interview schedule was used to collect data from farmers from Huailai county. A total of 122 interviews were conducted for the collection of data. Data were recorded using EpiData software program and a logistic regression model was applied using the computer-based statistical program “STATA”. The findings indicate that media (electronic media and print media) was the key information source for the farmers and 40.16% of farmers accessed media particularly for agricultural information whereas 34.43% used agricultural extension field staff (government) to acquire agricultural information. The government of China should start some educational interventions for farmers to improve their educational level so that the farming community could utilize multiple information sources for crop productivity.

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