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2. The research-extension system in food and human nutrition : a survey of state extension specialists
- 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
3. 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.
4. Public extension agents' need for new competencies: evidence from a climate variability study in Limpopo Province, South Africa
- 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.
5. What Ohio Extension Agents Say About Sustainable Agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Agunga, R.A. (author)
- Format:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26381
6. Organic Farmers' Need for and Attitude Towards Extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Agunga, Robert (author) and Igodan, Chris (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26901
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 45, No. 6
7. Context Specificity and Time Dependency in Classifying Sub-Saharan Africa Dairy Cattle Farmers for Targeted Extension Farm Advice: The Case of Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ahikiriza, Elizabeth (author), Wesana, Joshua (author), Gellynk, Xavier (author), Van Huylenbroeck, Guido (author), and Lawyers, Ludwig (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-07-29
- Published:
- Switzerland: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12516
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 11 (9)
- Notes:
- 6 pages, Despite the huge potential for milk production, interventions to improve productivity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are barely based on specified farm classifications. This study aimed to develop robust and context-specific farm typologies to guide content of extension farm advice/services in Uganda. From a sample of 482 dairy farmers, we collected data on farmer socio-demographics, farm management practices, ownership of farm tools and facilities, willingness to pay for extension services, milk production, and marketing. Farm typologies were obtained based on principal component and cluster analyses. Thereby, of the three dairy production systems that emerged, small-scale, largely subsistence yet extensive and low productive farms were more prominent (82.6%). Farms that were classified as large-scale, less commercialized yet extensive with modest productive systems were more than the medium-scale commercial farms with intensive and highly productive systems. However, the later were considered to potentially transform dairy farming in Uganda. It was also predicted that the validity of our farm classification may persist until half of the farms have moved between clusters. The study gives new insights on dairy production systems in Uganda, which can be used to organize more targeted research on farmers’ extension needs for facilitating delivery of relevant and effective extension services and designing appropriate extension policies
8. The functions, focus, and productivity of the State Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Araji, A.A. (author / Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990-11
- Published:
- USA: New York : John Wiley & Sons
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06223
- Journal Title:
- Agribusiness
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 (6) : 633-642
9. Refereed proceedings
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Australasia Pacific Extension Network (author) and Australasia Pacific Extension Nwtwork (APEN) Secretariat
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2001-10-03
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13344
- Notes:
- 5 p., Presented at APEN 2001 International Conference, at University of South Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
10. COVID-19 Pandemic: Implication on Nigeria Agriculture and Role of Extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ayi, N.A. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Nigeria: AJOL
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12442
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 26 No. 1
- Notes:
- Conference paper / journal article, The paper focused on COVID-19 pandemic, its implication on the Nigeria agriculture and the role of extension. The review uncovered a subtle but undeniable negative impact on all the value chain of the Nigeria agriculture. One of the most important factors that may avert this negative impact is agricultural extension service. With lockdown, travel ban and social distancing, the way out becomes technology. Government and institutions at all levels should intentionally deploy technology tools to aid effective agricultural extension service to farmers.
11. Extension's Role in Conflict Resolution and Consumer Education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ayres, J.S. (author) and Schutz, M.M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-06
- Published:
- USA: Poultry Science Association
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26364
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Poulty Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(2): 406-413
- Notes:
- Highwire Press Free, 8 p.
12. A new lens: using the policy, systems, and environmental framework to guide community development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Backman, Caroline (author), Rome, Clea (author), Ryser, Laura (author), Sero, Rebecca (author), and Hansen, Debra (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-16
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12613
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 60, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 7 pgs, Extension is uniquely positioned to deliver data-driven solutions to complex community issues with University applied research, particularly through crises like COVID-19. Applying the Policy, Systems and Environmental (PSE) framework to community development is an effective, innovative approach in guiding Extension leaders to create, document, and share long-term transformative change on challenging issues with stakeholders. Beyond the public health sector, applying a PSE approach to community development provides leverage points for population-level benefits across sectors. This article describes current public health approaches, methodologies, and how the PSE framework translates to other programs with four examples of high-impact, systems level Extension projects.
13. A Study of the Relative Effectiveness of Sources from which Farmers Get Information Regarding Agricultural Experiment Station Results
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Baker, Jasper N. (author)
- Format:
- Ph.D. Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- 1954
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D04632
- Notes:
- Table of Contents and Summary, James F. Evans Collection; Cited Reference. Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota
14. Information Needs of Cassava Farmer-Processors on Cassava Value Addition Technologies in Oyo State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bamidele Olajide, Rasak (author), Sanni, Lateef O. (author), Atser, Goodwin (author), Dixon, Alfred (author), and Oladokun, Ibukunoluwa O. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Nigeria: Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12216
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 25 No 3 (2021)
- Notes:
- 12 pages., The rapidly expanding end-use markets for cassava implies a surge in the production and processing of cassava roots into various value-added forms. This study investigated the information needs of cassava farmers on cassava value addition technologies in Oyo State, Nigeria, to ascertain areas of information gap for farmers to maximally exploit the opportunities inherent in the product value addition. Using a multistage sampling procedure, 130 registered cassava farmers were sampled and interviewed. Data were collected on respondents’ personal and enterprise characteristics, access to information, perceived benefits and constraints to accessing information and information needs on cassava value addition. Data were analysed using percentages, means and correlational analysis at p=0.05. Results indicate that respondents were married (91.5%), with mean farm size and farming experience of 2.3 ha and 20.1±13.8 years, respectively, while fellow farmers ranked first as major source of information. Though respondents were constrained with low income (70.0%), they reckoned that if they had access to information on value addition, their postharvest loss will be reduced (89.2%). Respondents had information gap on information needs on cassava adhesives (1st), glucose syrups (2nd) and confectionaries (3rd). Farming experience (r = -.236), constraints (r = -.288) and access to sources of information were significantly related to respondents’ information needs. It is recommended that information on improved cassava value addition technologies be made available to cassava farmers through relevant sources, especially during emergencies coupled with hands –on training for effective application of information acquired. Keywords: Information needs, Information sources, Access to information, Cassava value addition technologies.
15. Using focus groups to determine market potential for wildflower sod
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Barton, S. S. (author), Mercer, J. (author), and Molnar, C. J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1996-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11132
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- <6 (3): 271-276>
16. Adoption Determinants of Agricultural Extension Communication Channels in Emergency and Non-emergency Situations in Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bawa, Kambersua (author), Abukari, Abdul-Basit Tampuli (author), Awuni, Joseph Agebase (author), and Yildiz, Fatih (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-21
- Published:
- International: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12426
- Journal Title:
- Cogent Food & Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 7 Issue 1
- Notes:
- 15 pages., The determinants of agricultural extension communication channel usage depend on several factors but have not been explored in the context of emergency (Fall Armyworm outbreak) and non-emergency situations. A multistage purposive sampling technique was used to select 318 farmers, focusing on the districts and the communities with the highest reported cases of fall armyworm infestation. Descriptive statistics and a multivariate probit analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The results showed an increase in the intensity of channels’ usage in the emergency situation. It was also found that fertilizer and improved seeds were the most common extension need. Channels are found to be more complementary in the emergency case. In both situations, some factors explaining the choices of these channels varied, while others agreed. The study recommends multiple channels are made available and that time-consuming channels irrespective of their effectiveness should be avoided by extensionists in emergency situations.
17. Agricultural extension: the training and visit system (1984 edition)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Baxter, Michael (author), Benor, Daniel (author), and Harrison, James Q. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1984
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 74 Document Number: C03773
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Revised version. Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. 85 p.
18. Development of the digital field experience model to engage adult extension audiences synchronously online
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beattie, Peyton N. (author), Loizzo, Jamie (author), Benge, Matt (author), Israel, Glenn D. (author), Irani, Tracy (author), and Place, Nick T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2024-11-04
- Published:
- USA: Association for Communication Excellence
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13498
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 108(3)
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Mobile technologies and the internet have greatly influenced how people create and consume information and the design and implementation of learning environments. Prior research indicated land grant universities should continue to adapt to the evolving Information Age, train Extension professionals to use ICTs, and leverage ICTs for innovative communication and education with diverse audiences to remain credible and relevant. The following professional development article introduces the digital field experience (DFE) model to engage adult Extension audiences through digital programs. The DFE parameters included: (a) digital delivery of the experience; (b) a component which must include a synchronous, live field experience; and (c) designed for adults as the target audience. In a pilot program, the lead author taught three UF/IFAS Extension agents about DFEs, adult learning, instructional design, and instructional and communication technologies. Throughout the training program the Extension agents developed and delivered their own DFE. The observational outcomes of the DFEs are shared below. The Extension agents adapted the content and the format of the DFE to fit their respective Extension programs, which included a cooking demonstration, the importance of beetles in the landscape, and a virtual beehive tour. Overall, the Extension agents seemed to be pleased with and excited about the experience. A digital experience with a live, hands-on (as they referred to it) component was something that they had been wanting to venture out and try, but they had not committed to doing yet.
19. Rethinking action research: theory and extension practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beilin, Ruth (author), Boxelaar, Lucia (author), and Australasia Pacific Extension Nwtwork (APEN) Secretariat
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2001-10-03
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13340
- Notes:
- 6 p., Presented at APEN 2001 International Conference, at University of South Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
20. Challenges Facing Agricultural Extension Agents: A Case Study from South-western Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Belay, Kassa (author) and Abebaw, Degnet (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-04
- Published:
- Ethiopia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26593
- Journal Title:
- African Development Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 16(1): 139-168
21. 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.
22. What Did That Program Do? Measuring the Outcomes of a Statewide Agricultural Leadership Development Program
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Black, Alice M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26204
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 45(4)
- Notes:
- www.joe.org/joe/2007august/iw2p.shtml, Online access; 3 p.
23. An Assessment of Agricultural Producers' Attitudes and Practices Concerning Pesticide Spray Drift: Implications for Extension Education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blaine, Thomas W. (author), Hall, Franklin R. (author), Downer, Roger A. (author), and Ebert, Timothy (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28397
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 46, No. 4
24. Estimating the value of research and extension information: a laboratory experiment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bohl, L.P. (author), Debertin, David L. (author), Harrison, G.A. (author), and Rades, R.J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1975
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 50 Document Number: C00370
- Journal Title:
- Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
- Journal Title Details:
- 39(2): 80-84
- Notes:
- Phase 1
25. Perceptions and Preferences of Extension Programming and Sources Among Extension Users and Non-Users: 10 Kansas Counties
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boone, Kristina M. (author), Sleichter, Linda (author), Miller, Rick (author), and Breiner, Sharon (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26900
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 45, No. 6
26. Comparison of extension personnel and supervisor perceptions of communications activities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bowman, Brittany (author), Settle, Quisto (author), North, Elizabeth Gregory (author), Lewis, Kerri Collins (author), and Oklahoma State University Mississippi State University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10159
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- 18 pages, via online journal, Extension is often called the “best-kept secret” having low awareness with the public but high satisfaction with clientele. Extension services nationwide have faced budget cuts, creating a need for the organization to re-evaluate its activities, including how it communicates with its stakeholders. While Extension personnel are the ones who will do most of the communicating, their supervisors impact the personnel’s actions, which means it is important to assess both groups. A survey was conducted with Extension personnel and their supervisors in Mississippi assessing engagement in communications activities and perceptions of those activities, as well as personnel’s preference of professional development activities. Personnel reported higher use, comfort, and importance of more traditional (e.g. making a speech) and written activities (e.g. writing a promotional handout) than media-relations activities (e.g. being interviewed for TV), social media-related activities (e.g. managing a Twitter account), and visual communication activities (e.g. graphic design). Supervisors perceived individual communications activities as less important overall than personnel did, and although supervisor and communication scores for use and comfort/capability were similar for most communication activities, there were noticeable exceptions. Additionally, personnel preferred professional development activities that were hands-on or showing the activities first-hand (e.g. demonstrations and field days). Future research should be expanded to other states, conducted in a case study format to study specific relationships, and involve qualitative components. Extension should ensure clear supervisor-communication dialogue on prioritizing communication activities, provide training on communication activities with low use and comfort, and utilize early innovators who are comfortable using newer communication activities.
27. Education and Persuasion in Extension Forestry: Effects of Different Numerical Information Formats
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brase, Gary L. (author) and Stelzer, H.E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26215
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 45(4)
- Notes:
- Online access; 12 p.
28. The impact of strengthening agricultural extension services on women farmers: Evidence from Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Buehren, Niklas (author), Goldstein, Markus (author), Molina, Ezequiel (author), and Vaillant, Julia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-07-10
- Published:
- International: International Association of Agricultural Economists
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12391
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume50, Issue4
- Notes:
- 14 pages., his paper evaluates the effect of the Rural Capacity Building Project (RCBP), which aimed at promoting growth by strengthening the agricultural service systems in Ethiopia, and by making them more responsive to smallholders’ needs, in particular women farmers. We examine the gender-differentiated impact of the RCBP using panel data on 1,485 geographically dispersed households in project and control kebeles. We find that women farmers’ access and satisfaction with extension services increased significantly immediately after the start of the project, but that effect did not last into the medium term. The project led to an increase in the adoption of high- value crop farming, area of land cultivated, and economic participation of household members, benefiting male- and female-headed households equally. Results point to the positive impact of incorporating women’s needs and constraints in the design of the agricultural extension system. However, the project was not able to reduce the preexisting gender gap in agricultural outcomes.
29. "From coffeepot to cafeteria:" toward an alternative model for anacafe's extension program for small farmer coffee producers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes , Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Language:
- English/Spanish
- Publication Date:
- 1991-04-30
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes3 Document Number: D09146
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Agriculture and rural development technical services project AID/LAC/DR/RD, Chemonics international, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
30. Training needs assessment for agricultural research and extension in the Chapare and associated high valley regions of the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes , Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1960-05-16
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes3 Document Number: D09076
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes collection
31. Agricultural alternatives to coca production: some lessons from Bolivia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Special Report
- Publication Date:
- 1991-10-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes3 Document Number: D09169
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Collection
32. Latin American and Caribbean agriculture and rural development technical services project: an assessment of human resource development training needs in the eastern Caribbean agricultural sector
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Special Report
- Publication Date:
- 1991-06-27
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes3 Document Number: D09172
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, LAC TECH
33. Proexag non-traditional agricultural export support project workshop on extension methods for caap assignment number st/87-56
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Special Report
- Publication Date:
- 1987-09-18
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes2 Document Number: D01227
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Regional Office for Central America and Panama (ROCAP) U.S. Agency for International Development. Guatemala City, Guatemala 133 pages, This report raise level of awareness of alternative policies, programs, and methodologies for extension, to strengthen the capability of CAAP personnel (program supervisors and research and extension personnel) to transfer, and improve the participants capacity to achieve technology transfer.
34. Agricultural extension by training and visit : the Asian experience (Asian Regional Workshop in the T & V System of Extension, sponsored by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, at Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 1982)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cernea, Michael M. (author), Coulter, John K. (author), and Russell, John F.A. (author)
- Format:
- Conference proceedings
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 65 Document Number: C02433
- Notes:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1983. 188 p.
35. Agricultural extension and China's rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chamala, Shankariah (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1979
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 50 Document Number: C00381
- Journal Title:
- Rural Development Digest
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(2): 39-52
- Notes:
- Phase 1
36. Findings from a national assessment to support implementation of cooperative extension’s 2021 national framework for health equity and well-being
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charbonneau, Diana (author), Gabbert, Kerry (author), O'Neal, LaToya (author), Burton, Dawn E. (author), Jones, Maggie (author), Katzman, Kate (author), and Rennekamp, Roger (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: D13536
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 63(1)
- Notes:
- 11 pages, Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity and Well-Being provides a roadmap for improving the health of communities. Core concepts include installing health equity a systemwide value and catalyzing community-level changes that ensure all people have an opportunity to be as healthy as they can. This article presents findings from a national readiness assessment for implementing the Framework across Extension. Results from a literature scan, national survey, and regional listening sessions identified internal facilitators and barriers to adoption. The article provides ideas for how Extension practitioners can engage in this work and shares an action plan developed from assessment results.
37. Factors influencing adoption of improved maize seed varieties among smallholder farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chete, Oluwatoyin Bukola (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-30
- Published:
- International: Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12204
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.13(2)
- Notes:
- 8 pages., This study ascertained factors influencing adoption of improved maize seed varieties in three local government areas of Kaduna State, North-central Nigeria. It collected cross-sectional data for a sample of 180 randomly selected farming households across three local government areas of the State in 2015/16. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were performed on the data. The descriptive statistics differentiated adopters from non-adopters, while the inferential analysis involved estimation of a logit model to determine factors driving adoption of improved maize seed varieties in the study areas. The results of the descriptive analysis show significant mean differences between adopters and non-adopters regarding several farm households’ characteristics. The model results reveal that adoption of improved maize seed varieties among the households was positively influenced by age, household size, level of education, farming experience, labour availability, contacts with extension agents, farm size, off-farm income and membership of associations. Thus, the study concluded that improving farmers’ education, expanding coverage and depth of extension services and strengthening farmer associations are useful policy actions for promoting adoption of improved maize varieties. It is also important to address availability, accessibility and affordability issues constraining adoption, enhance credit access and mitigate risk perceptions. The link between researchers and innovators and the farmers who are the off-takers of their outputs should be reinforced to increase maize productivity in order to satisfy national demand and promote food security.
38. Using electronic means to collect data for qualitative study with a short time line in a sensitive environment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Clark, Charles D. (author), Snowdon, G. (author), and Information Technology and Communication Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1997
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08705
- Notes:
- Agricultural Communicators in Education 1997 Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July 15, 1997
39. Pest Management in Indiana Soybean Production Systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Conley, Shawn P. (author), Krupke, Christian (author), Santini, Judy (author), and Shaner, Gregory (author)
- Format:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26409
40. Liberation extension: building capacities for civilizational transition
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Copeland, Nicholas (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-27
- Published:
- International: Springer Link
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12541
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 2022
- Notes:
- 12pgs, COVID 19 has exacerbated and underscored structural inequalities and endemic vulnerabilities in food, economic, and social systems, compounding concerns about environmental sustainability and racial and economic justice. Convergent crises have amplified a growing chorus of voices and movements calling for new thinking and new practices to adapt to these shifts, mitigate their impact, and address their root causes through far reaching changes in social and economic life and values, including breaking with the free market paradigm. In the face of a historic choice between transition or multiple systems collapse that deepen injustice and threaten planetary survival, I make the case for expanding on liberatory tendencies in Extension programs to build capacities for response-ability to transition toward more just and sustainable futures.
41. Findings from studies of bulletins, news stories and circular letters
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Crile, L. (author)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 1949
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08601
- Notes:
- Located in Review of Extension Studies, volumes for 1946-1956, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Summary of U.S. Extension Service Circular 461, a revision of Circular 424 which it supersedes. 17 pages.
42. Is Agricultural Extension Helping the Poor? Evidence from Rural Mozambique
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cunguara, Benedito (author) and Moder, Karl (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-05-11
- Published:
- International: Oxford Academic
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12490
- Journal Title:
- Journal of African Economies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 20 (4)
- Notes:
- 35 pages, Mozambique remains predominantly poor. The official statistics show that poverty incidence barely changed from 54% in 2002–03 to 55% in 2008–09, which stands way above the government's target of 45% by the year 2009. This places the country off-target to cut hunger and poverty by half by 2015, despite an annual economic growth of about 7% in the period 1994–2010. In rural areas, poverty levels have slightly increased, due to the underperformance of the agricultural sector. Extension services can have a significant impact on poverty reduction through stimulating growth in agricultural productivity. Based on a nationally representative household survey from Mozambique, this paper uses three econometric models, namely an OLS regression, the doubly robust estimator and matching and regression to estimate the economic impact of receipt of extension. The results suggest that the receipt of extension increases farm incomes by 12%. However, rather than crafting resource-poor technologies, extension services tend to target wealthier households who are relatively more likely to adopt the existing technologies. This might increase income inequality. The impact of extension, and therefore its contribution to poverty reduction, can be enhanced through several mechanisms (e.g., programme design and the number of staff).
43. Facilitation Competence: A Catalyst for Effective Extension Work
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cyr, Louise Franck (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28399
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 46, No. 4
44. Integrating agricultural extension programs with farming systems research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Denning, Glenn L. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1985
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07351
- 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. 113-135
45. Toward diversity, equity, and inclusion outreach and engagement in extension education: expert consensus on barriers and strategies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Diaz, John (author), Gusto, Cody (author), Narine, Lendel K. (author), Jayaratne, K.S.U. (author), and Silvert, Colby (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-05-09
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12941
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V.61, N.1
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Barriers to the successful implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) education and outreach initiatives are being documented across higher education institutions as DEI policies and protocols are gaining attention. Despite growing attention to promote DEI in higher education institutions, there remains a need to examine barriers preventing DEI efforts in a systematic way, particularly in Extension education contexts to formulate strategies to promote DEI. We present an expert, consensus-based framework to identify the most salient barriers to successful DEI implementation in Extension. We also discuss opportunities for Extension practitioners to overcome salient barriers with tailored mitigation strategies.
46. extension education trends and research needs: views from professionals and faculty
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Donaldson, Joseph L. (author), Graham, Donna L. (author), Arnold, Shannon (author), Taylor, Lisa K. (author), and Jayaratne, K.S.U. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Published:
- USA: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12672
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 63, N. 3
- Notes:
- 10 pages, This study sought to understand Extension Education's trends and research needs as perceived by members of the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE) and Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) by comparing and contrasting findings from questionnaires using open-ended questions. Both groups identified changing technology and new audiences as key trends requiring Extension to adapt, and JCEP respondents noted makers and entrepreneurs as prominent new audiences. For Extension Education research needs, both groups prioritized research to heighten professional development among Extension professionals. JCEP respondents desire Agricultural and Extension Education (AEE) Departments to lead research in Extension administrative leadership. On the contrary, AAAE respondents prioritized Extension program evaluation research. Regarding Extension professional development, JCEP respondents identified program planning and evaluation, but AAAE respondents named research methods as prioritized needs. JCEP respondents prioritized practical experiences in Extension Education college courses, and AAAE members reported some internships, practicums, and experiential learning in their AEE curriculum. The results have implications for AEE Departments in planning professional development for Extension professionals and college instruction producing Extension-career-ready graduates. Recommendations emphasize the need to coordinate college curriculum and professional development and to prepare students for Extension careers.
47. Integrated Decision Rules as Farm-Management Tools in Smallholder Agriculture in Malawi
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dorward, A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1991-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26379
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 42(2): 146-160
- Notes:
- 15 p.
48. U of M Extension study finds consumers concerned about produce food safety
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Driessen, Susan (author / University of Minnesota Extension)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-04-27
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28989
49. Examining the reach of public and private agricultural advisory services and farmers’ perceptions of their quality: the case of county Laois in Ireland
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dunne, Andy (author), Markey, Anne (author), and Kinsella, Jim (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11-14
- Published:
- Ireland: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: D10878
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 29(5) : 404-419
- Notes:
- 13 pages, online journal, This article examines the reach, the amount, the content and the quality of agricultural extension in County Laois in Ireland as reported by farmers. It seeks to better understand extension interaction in an Irish county case.
50. Research themes in agricultural education: future gap analysis of the national research agenda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Edgar, Leslie D. (author), Briers, Gary E. (author), and Rutherford, Tracy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09450
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Southern Agricultural Education Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 58(4) : 61-80
51. Perspectives on communicating 21st-Century agricultural innovations to Nigerian rural farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ejem, Agwu Agwu (author), Aremu, Charity (author), Ajakaiye, Olanrewaju O.P (author), Ben-Enukora, Charity (author), Akerele-Popoola, Oluwakemi E. (author), Ibiwoye, Tope Israel (author), and Olaniran, Abiola Folakemi (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01-19
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12819
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 11
- Notes:
- 8 pages, This perspective paper reviews the existing research directions on agricultural extension programmes in Nigeria and highlights how they are incapable of diffusing enough knowledge to facilitate the adoption of 21st-century agricultural innovations and enhance sustainable practices among rural farmers. A key idea of this paper is to suggest a new direction of research that is oriented towards the quality, skills, and strategies of effective and efficient communication that the extension agents possess, and a two-way communication delivery, and accentuate how it is a panacea for effective diffusion of knowledge and adoption of agricultural innovations among rural farmers. The methodology was to review and compare bodies of literature from countries with the best agricultural extension and rural advisory services, particularly some countries in Asia, and show how insights from those countries can inform a new research direction in effectively communicating agricultural innovations to Nigerian rural farmers. Drawing on experiences from those countries, it was confirmed that Nigeria's extension system is not effective and efficient in communicating innovations in global agricultural practices to farmers in the rural areas, and research efforts in extension services in the country are still fixated on the role of extension agents as teachers to farmer-pupils and one-way communication delivery from research through extension to farmers, and the availability and ability to use communication channels. Based on the current challenges in farming and agriculture at large, there is a need to rethink the concept of extension in Nigeria, emphasize training of agents, acquisition of communication skills and adoption of a two-way communication delivery that recognises farmers as autonomous agents and co-designers of agricultural innovations and not just passive receivers. The value of this paper is that it is arguably the first attempt to chart a new perspective and communication delivery methods for research and practice in agricultural extension programmes in Nigeria.
52. Technology development and adoption rates: systems approach for agricultural research and extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Eklund, Per (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- UK
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00617
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 8 (2): 141-153
- Notes:
- Phase 2
53. Smartphone Application in Turkish Agriculture Sector
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ermak, Ebru (author), Gürel, Aydin (author), and Sarioglu, Muaffak (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English / Turkish
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03-01
- Published:
- Turkey: Igdir University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12214
- Journal Title:
- Journal of the Institute of Science & Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 11, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 23 pages; Scroll to very bottom of journal record for access to pdf., In parallel with the development of technology, there have been changes in information acquisition, communication, agricultural production and agricultural extension activities. In this context, it is important for producers to be able to carry out their plant production and animal production activities more consciously, easily or quickly. The rapid spread of smartphones and the smartphone applications developed accordingly, different applications developed by various institutions (such as public and private sector, unions and cooperatives) are a fairly new issue in terms of agricultural extension, agricultural production and digitalization in agriculture. Defining an innovation as an innovation and accepting it as the final result undoubtedly pass through some processes. In this study, the recognition of innovation is discussed. The aim of the study is examined in two ways. First, the current situation of smartphone applications in Turkey were analyzed. Which of these applications are used and which organizations serve the producers were obtained by conducting research on the internet and examining the secondary data. In the second part, which of these applications are known or used by the producers in Edirne Province Lalapaşa District were questioned on the basis of the producers. Online network was used as a method in the research. The presence of a group established by Lalapaşa producers, which is organized through Facebook, which is one of the social media channels, has made it easier to find out which smartphone applications are used. In order to determine which applications Lalapaşa producers use; 265 producers responded to the survey conducted over the group established on Facebook between January 23, 2020 and January 30, 2020. 428 people, including 392 men and 36 women, were producers in the group, and 61.92% of the producers participated in the survey. The research showed us the applications created by the public sector is more when it is compared the cooperative and private sector in Turkey. Among the applications of the public sector; it has been determined that Meteorological Condition Application, Land Registry Cadastre Parcel Query Application, and e-Goverment Application are used more than other applications.
54. Does the University of Missouri Extension Educational Program for Aspiring Certified Pesticide Applicators Assist Them in Passing the General Standards Exam?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fishel, Fred (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28248
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 46, No. 4
55. Perceptions of precision agriculture technologies in the U.S. fresh apple industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gallardo, Karina R. (author), Grant, Kara (author), Brown, David J. (author), McFerson, James R. (author), Lewis, Karen M. (author), Einhorn, Todd (author), Sazo, Mario Miranda (author), and Washington State University Michigan State University Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-28
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10435
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 29(2) : 151-162
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Via online journal., Advances in precision agriculture technologies provide opportunities to improve the efficiency of agricultural production systems, especially for high-value specialty crops such as fresh apples (Malus domestica). We distributed an online survey to apple growers in Washington, New York, and Michigan to elicit stakeholder perceptions of precision agriculture technologies. Findings from this study demonstrated that growers are willing to adopt precision agriculture technologies when they receive results from applied research projects and are engaged with active extension programs. The availability of customized services and purchasing and rental options may minimize the effects of the economies of size that create barriers to adopting increasing access to technologies. Finally, respondents deemed collaborative efforts between industry and academic institutions crucial for adapting the innovation to better address the needs of growers.
56. What do we get out of extension research?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gallup, G. (author) and Crile, L. (author)
- Format:
- Research brief
- Publication Date:
- 1944
- Published:
- USA: Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08928
- Notes:
- Page 6 in Grace Gallup and Lucinda Crile, Bibliography on Extension Research, November 1943-1948. Library List No. 48. USDA Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. July 1949. Brief summary published by the U.S. Extension Service, Washington, D.C. 1944. 19 pages.
57. Changing roles within horticultural extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gerber, John M. (author / Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1989
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07256
- Journal Title:
- HortScience
- Journal Title Details:
- 24 (3) : 416-418
- Notes:
- Gerry Walter
58. Gaining with growers - lessons from a successful alliance of Western Australian farming system groups
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gianatti, Tracey M. (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: C24282
- Notes:
- 9 p. Paper presented at the Australasia Pacific Extension Network in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, March 6-8, 2006
59. USDA communication research plans for the '80's
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gifford, Claude W. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1980
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 50 Document Number: C00407
- Notes:
- AgComm Teaching. 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/, Paper presented at the ACE/GPA public affairs workshop, National 4-H Center, Washington, D.C. area, May 22, 1980. 11 pp.
60. Building global leaders through field research and extension experiences in Belize
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gill, Tom (author) and Willcox, Adam S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-05
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12683
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 29, Iss.2
- Notes:
- 21 pages, One of the most complex agricultural and natural resources challenges of our time is reconciling sustainable global food security and biodiversity conservation. Providing undergraduate students effective, learning experiences to develop technical and cultural competency prepares them to address this challenge and become global leaders in their disciplines. A three-year experiential research and extension project brought together 14 students and 10 faculty mentors to investigate smallholder farmers practicing conservation-compatible adjacent to the Vaca Forest Reserve in Belize. We used an agroecological approach to foster systems-level thinking and develop transdisciplinary skills of undergraduate students. Students completed applied individual research projects that explored the challenge of food security and biodiversity conservation in the tropics, and worked collaboratively with local stakeholders, design and implement extension projects based on research results. Student and faculty teams assessed cropping and soil management practices; social and economic systems; and wildlife, forestry, and ecosystem services. We assessed student learning outcomes with a tool commonly used for evaluating undergraduate research. Students reported learning gains in attitudes and behaviors toward research, mindset towards research, ability to think and work like a scientist, and research skills. Students also reported positive working relationships with mentors and peers, and a high level of publication and presentation outputs. Students reported that their Belize experience helped develop their agroecological and cross-cultural knowledge and skills, and prepared them for their next career steps. We conclude with recommendations for higher education institutions wishing to develop meaningful global undergraduate research experiences that can build the next generation of leaders.
61. You make the difference : one New York county's story
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Graf, Kermit W. (author / Cooperative Extension Agent and Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland, Cornell University, NY) and Cooperative Extension Agent and Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland, Cornell University, NY
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03373
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 26 (Fall 1988) : 15-17
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection
62. Cooperative extension can better frame its value by emphasizing policy relationships
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gupta, Clare (author), Campbell, David (author), and Cole-Weiss, Alexandra (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-01
- Published:
- USA: University of California
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10387
- Journal Title:
- California Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 73(1) : 11-18
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Via online journal., Based on research-to-policy narratives provided by UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) academics, we argue that current, effective Cooperative Extension (Extension) practices support a broader, more convincing account of Extension's public value than its leaders often articulate. This proposed account incorporates the familiar Extension narrative in which technical expertise and objectivity are emphasized. It also incorporates the insight, derived from our data, that Extension can achieve its greatest relevance in policy circles when it weaves together its ability to provide trustworthy technical knowledge with its capacity to influence policy dialogue, debate and practice across multiple settings and over the long term. In a policy world often marked by short-term thinking and polarization, Extension's ability to foster deliberative, context-sensitive and future-oriented policymaking is a critical contribution to society. Interview data reveals three approaches to effective policy-oriented relationship building: community-government partnership building; stakeholder-oriented experimental research; and community empowerment. Understanding these approaches can help reframe the story that we in the Extension system tell ourselves and the public about the public value we create.
63. The problems of the official agricultural extension services in Turkey with regard to the accession of the EU
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gurel, A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- German
- Publication Date:
- 2005-04
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26395
- Journal Title:
- Berichte uber Landwirtschaft
- Journal Title Details:
- 83(1): 143-153
- Notes:
- 11 p.
64. The use of local knowledge in agricultural extension: A systematic review of the literature
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hainzer, Kirt (author), Hugh Brown, Philip (author), and O’Mullan, Catherine (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-31
- Published:
- United States of America: Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12434
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.14(1)
- Notes:
- 12 pages, Smallholder farms are complex systems, constantly adapting to context and rely on local, place-based knowledges. The vital role of local knowledge in smallholder farming systems has seen attempts throughout low- and middle-income countries to entwine local knowledge with scientific knowledge to improve outcomes from agricultural extension. Using a systematic review and exploratory meta-synthesis of selected literature, this research explored the use of local knowledge in agricultural extension. The synthesis found local knowledge plays a vital role in the adoption of new technologies or practices because as the dominant form of knowledge in communities they give learners confidence and they provide a context upon which new information can be introduced. However, effective use of local knowledge requires a realistic perspective which recognises that some combination of local and scientific knowledge, developed in a participatory process, will likely result in extension delivering greater outcomes to farmers.
65. Tried and true or just plain tired?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hannah, Rosie (author), Whiting, John (author), and Downey, Mark (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: C24284
- Notes:
- 10 p. Paper presented at the Australasia Pacific Extension Network in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, March 6-8, 2006
66. 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.
67. Agricultural production potentials part II: development support policies and strategies -- from yield gaps to opportunity gaps
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Haverkort, Bertus (author) and ETC Foundation
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07773
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 30 (3): 187-201
68. A participatory action learning model proves of value to the beef cattle live export industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hill, Felicity (author) and Dodt, Ross (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2001-10-05
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13502
- Notes:
- 6 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
69. Using the "market, message, means of communication framework" to guide design of grape rootstock extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hill, Megan (author) and Hathaway, Sandy (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-01
- Published:
- Australia: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11205
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(1) : 19-30
- Notes:
- The "market, message, means of communication" framework was tested in a case study, "adoption of rootstocks. It involved growing grapes for the wine industry and researchers found it a useful tool for ensuring that information is collected, analyzed, and used to inform extension program design.
70. Use of information and communication technologies by Vietnamese smallholders: Implications for extension strategies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoang, Hung Gia (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02-18
- Published:
- International: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12212
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.37(2)
- Notes:
- 9 pages., In order to facilitate the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for accessing agricultural information by smallholders, it is critical to understand their perspectives on the use of ICT. However, few empirical studies have considered how smallholders utilise ICT in Central Vietnam. This research investigates the Central Vietnamese smallholders’ views on the extent of use of ICT for accessing agricultural information. A sample size of 250 smallholders was randomly selected from a total of 687 smallholders in Trieu Phong district, Central Vietnam. A two-section questionnaire was used to gather data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The smallholders used mobile phones, TV and radio networks/broadcasts as the common ICT tools, and these were also effective ICT tools for accessing agricultural information. Lack of knowledge and skills for using applications on mobile phones were the main challenge to the smallholders’ use of ICT. A statistically significant relationship, existing between the extent of mobile phone use and the smallholders’ age (χ = 10.04, p = 0.040), gender (χ = 5.99, p = 0.014) and the type of households (χ = 6.84, p = 0.033), was found. Similarly, there was a statistically significant relationship existing between the extent of radio network/broadcast use and the smallholders’ age (χ = 9.58, p = 0.048) and gender (χ = 4.83, p = 0.028).
71. Utilisation of mobile phones in accessing agricultural information by smallholder farmers in Dzindi Irrigation Scheme in South Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Holmner, Marlene (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Published:
- International: African Journals Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12100
- Journal Title:
- African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 29 No. 1
- Notes:
- 21 pgs., CTs (Communications technologies) have revolutionized agricultural information services at every level in the agricultural sector, thus impacting rural development and catalysing poverty alleviation strategies. This has largely been the case with small-scale farmers in rural areas in developing countries where mobile technologies have penetrated more than most other ICT tools. However, in some of the farming environments, mobile phone use is largely driven by agricultural extension workers. This paper seeks to examine the way mobile phones are used for information access in situations where agricultural extension workers are a critical intermediary in the agricultural information services. Interviews were conducted with 10 randomly selected farmers who were part of the Dzindi irrigation scheme. The findings were that from the variety of information available to the farmers the most important source was the extension officer. The extension officer and the radio were indicated to be the most reliable independent sources of information. The other sources, such as the radio, family members, and friends, suppliers of chemicals, books and magazines, were only considered reliable if the information could be verified or vouched for by the extension officer. Increasing the information handling skills of extension officers, training of farmers to use smart features of their phones and promoting the usual face-to-face communication use of conventional methods, which is what usually gives rise to the mediation of mobile phones, were recommended.
72. Consumer Interest in Food Systems Topics: Implications for Educators
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Howard, Phil (author) and Perez, Jan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26212
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 45(4)
- Notes:
- Online access; 7 p.
73. An evaluation of small groups serving as an engine room for innovation in the Northern Territory mango industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hunt, Warren (author), McConchie, Cameron (author), Healy, Matthew (author), and Corriveau, Amelie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11652
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(1) : 73-80
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Case study of an extension project based around small groups associated with the mango industry from 2012-2015.
74. Agricultural and Natural Resources Awareness Programming: Barriers and Benefits as Perceived by County Extension Agents
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Irani, Tracy (author), Brain, Roslynn (author), Hodges, Alan W. (author), and Fuhrman, Nicholas E. (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30107
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 47, No. 3
75. Agricultural extension and rural development: breaking out of traditions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ison, Raymond L (author) and Russell, David B. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26907
- Notes:
- Published in 2000.
76. Facilitators and barriers to farmers’ market use in a rural area
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jarvandi, Soghra (author), Johnson, Kristen (author), and Franck, Karen (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-16
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12614
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 60 Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 7 pgs, Farmers’ markets may improve access to healthful foods in rural areas. Our objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to farmers’ market use in a rural county. We collected data via surveys, focus group sessions, and key informant interviews. Study participants identified the two existing farmers’ markets as community assets. Barriers to use farmers’ markets included inconvenient market hours, not accepting nutrition assistance program benefits, limited transportation, and limited variety. Interventions to improve food access should include ways to meet the needs of specific populations such as low-income residents and residents living in outlying areas without farmers’ markets.
77. Science communication: synthesis of research findings and practical advice from experienced communicators
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jenkins, Amy E. (author), Grygorczyk, Alexandra (author), and Boecker, Andreas (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08-01
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13253
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V.58, N.4
- Notes:
- 11 pages, Use of effective public communication strategies is critical for Extension professionals to successfully navigate challenges faced by the agriculture sector and local community, effect policy changes, and ensure public value for the Extension program. Simply addressing the public knowledge deficit is ineffective for gaining public trust in science. Thus, implementation of public engagement and increased dialogue are central to contemporary Extension practice. Such an approach requires balancing factual knowledge with an engaging and open communication style. We draw on both research findings and advice from experienced science communicators to provide a synthesis of practical tips for achieving this balance. Guidance is given regarding framing, word choices, and common pitfalls.
78. Mennonite values and farming practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jenkins, C. (author)
- Format:
- Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09717
- Notes:
- NCR-90 Collection, Ph. D. dissertation, Kansas State University. Pages 94-100.
79. Engaging residents in participatory photomapping and readiness conversations to address the rural obesogenic context
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jensen, Kirstin D. (author), Tifft, Kathee (author), Winfield, Tammy (author), Gunter, Kathy (author), Karp, Grace G. (author), and John, Deborah H. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-01
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10982
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(5)
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Article #: 5FEA1, via online journal., Extension engaged rural Idaho community stakeholders to assess local resources and readiness to address obesogenic contexts through use of the Extension tool HEAL MAPPS. Through participatory photomapping, focus group involvement, and a community readiness conversation, residents identified environmental resources and local efforts as supports for and barriers to healthful eating and active living. Findings indicated that the community was "vaguely aware" that rural obesity risk is a socioenvironmentally determined issue. Extension professionals using HEAL MAPPS effectively promoted new and shared knowledge of weight health resources among community members, enabled rural residents to have a voice in addressing the community context, and empowered community actions.
80. How to win growers and influence change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kaine, Geoff (author) and Bewsell, Denise (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2001-10-05
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13509
- Notes:
- 7 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
81. An analysis of the policies of Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture in Mali
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kante, Macire (author) and Ndayizigamiye, Patrick (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English, French
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12-22
- Published:
- United States: University of Waterloo
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12387
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Community Informatics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 16 (2020)
- Notes:
- 19 pages., To harness the potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), developing countries need to develop national ICT policies that will serve as a framework for integrating ICTs at all levels of society. In the absence of that, different actors often engage in various actions for the same beneficiaries and in pursuit of the same objectives. That raises the need to define a national framework for the promotion and application of ICTs in the various production areas, particularly agricultural ones. It is for that reason that this study examined through qualitative methods (policy documents and semi-structured interviews) the national policy of Mali on the use of ICTs in agriculture. Data was analysed using the Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) method with the aid of NVIVO 12 software. The results showed that the country has two policy documents that articulate the country’s strategy towards the use of ICTs in the agricultural sector, that is, the Agricultural Orientation Law and the National Strategy for the Development of the Digital Economy. Further examination revealed that that these two policy documents are neither appropriate nor coherent in today's Malian landscape. This has resulted in an underutilisation of digital tools by agricultural extension officers which led to the low agricultural productivity in the country. This study recommended therefore the recasting of both documents to take into account the reported observations
82. Factors influencing farmers’ satisfaction with the quality of agricultural extension services
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kassem, Hazem S. (author), Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi (author), Muddassir, Muhammad (author), and Herab, Ahmed (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-17
- Published:
- International: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12478
- Journal Title:
- Evaluation and Program Planning
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 85
- Notes:
- 18 pages, Assessing farmers’ satisfaction with the quality of agricultural-extension services is essential for developing extension programs that comply with farmers’ needs and agroecological conditions. This study aimed to determine factors influencing farmers’ satisfaction with extension services. Data were collected through a questionnaire from a random sample of 393 farmers in the Kafr El Sheikh governorate. Farmers assessed the quality of extension services by five main indicators: (1) availability, (2) accessibility, (3) diversity, (4) relevance, and (5) effectiveness. Descriptive statistics and a logistic-regression model were used to analyze the data. Results showed that farmers had lowly participated in the provided extension services. The accessibility of services was ranked first with regard to satisfaction, while diversity of services was the lowest-ranked quality attribute. Results also revealed that factors significantly influencing farmers’ satisfaction included farm size, diversity of farming activities, annual income, and participation in extension services. Results provide practical implications for policy makers to support smallholder farmers by providing high-quality extension programs.
83. Indicators of Success for Teamwork: What Extension Professionals Need to Excel as Team Members
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kelbaugh, Beverly M. (author) and Earnest, Garee W. (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28396
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 46, No. 4
84. Listening, interpretative cycles and dialogue: process design for collaborative research and development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kersten, S. (author) and Ison, R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1998-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 112 Document Number: C10949
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- <5 (3): 163-177>
85. Building engagement in Facebook: A case study with Utah State University Extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kesler, Kenna R. (author), Hall, Kelsey (author), and Spielmaker, Debra (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12104
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 105, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 24 pgs., In order to stay relevant in an online world, Extension must properly use social networking platforms to effectively reach diverse audiences regarding agricultural and natural resource issues. However, few studies have focused on how Extension uses Facebook to effectively accomplish its goal. This study’s purpose was to explore how Utah State University Extension Sustainability uses Facebook to engage followers. The researchers conducted a quantitative content analysis of 504 messages posted to the USU Extension Sustainability Facebook page. Graphics and links were the most common post characteristics used by the organization. Text-only posts and posts containing videos were utilized the least. Food was the most common area of sustainability discussed on the page. Posts containing videos, shared content, or that tagged other Facebook pages in messages experienced statistically significantly higher user engagement than posts without those characteristics. Posts containing hashtags experienced statistically significantly lower engagement. Neutral sentiment appeared in the majority of posts. Additionally, information seeking was the most dominant communicative function among the posts. Neither the type of sentiment nor communicative functions were significantly connected to engagement. Future research should determine changes in knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behavior as a result of exposure to, and engagement with, the Facebook page. Additionally, a qualitative study determining consumers’ attitudes toward Facebook content can provide a deeper understanding of the audience’s thought processes and content preferences. Page administrators should craft engaging content that builds community among followers.
86. National and regional impact reporting: background and historical perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- King, D (author / Purdue University)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1997
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08718
- Notes:
- Agricultural Communicators in Education 1997 Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July 15, 1997
87. Project to fill rural information gap
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Korsching, Peter (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 96 Document Number: C07560
- Journal Title:
- Rural Development News
- Journal Title Details:
- 12 (3) : 15
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, NAL Quick Bibliography Series 92-18
88. Good farm practices and improved processing technology of enset for sustainable hunger solution in Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kudama, G. (author), Tolera, T. (author), and Gebeyehu, L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-01
- Published:
- International: Springer Link
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12574
- Journal Title:
- Innovation and Entrepeneurship
- Journal Title Details:
- 11
- Notes:
- 20 pages., Given the multi-benefits, enset cultivation has been continuously underutilized in Ethiopia. We assess best practices, processing technologies, environmental maintenance, multi-benefits of enset and its potency in hunger reduction in Ethiopia by reviewing evidence on good farm practices, improved technologies, sustainability, hunger reduction, inputs cost, and yields advantage of enset. The review results identify those best practices that optimize enset yield, technologies that facilitate extension services, processing and food qualities of enset. Moreover, we find that enset is a first-rated climate-smart crop, superior hunger solution because of its apparent capability to endure long periods (more than 5 years) of drought, highest yield, energy food supply, and costs advantages. In contrast, its long-period maturity, cultural perceptions, and little development policy attention given to enset limit its expansion. Therefore, exploring and creating universal access mechanism of early maturing and high-yielding varieties, processing technologies and mobile-based advices, involving best practices of enset in regular agricultural extension services, changing social perceptions optimize enset yield and production thereby it contributes environmental sustainability and cuts hunger challenges.
89. Extension services and multifunctional agriculture: Lessons learnt from the French and Dutch contexts and approaches
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Labarthe, Pierre (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-02-08
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28991
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 90 (2009) S193-202
90. Research, extension, and user partnerships: models for collaboration and strategies for change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lacy, W.B. (author / Cornell University)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09016
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(2) : 33-41
91. 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.
92. Information and Communication Technology Use Capacity Within Extension Networks: Development and Preliminary Validation of an Empirical Scale
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lamm, Kevan (author), Davis, Kristin (author), Sanders, Catherine (author), and Powell, Alyssa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08-31
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12496
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 28 (4)
- Notes:
- 19 pages., Advancing information and communication technologies (ICTs) has become central to international agricultural and extension development efforts. ICTs are crucial in facilitating information transfer, ensuring stakeholder access to information, and increasing the decision-making capacity of smallholder farmers. The research presented here introduces an instrument developed to quantify perceptions of ICT use capacity within international extension networks. The aggregate scale was verified for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity informing its use. The instrument was administered to network members (n = 122) associated with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted with measures of correlation and reliability analyzed. Six factors were extracted and analyzed further. The resulting Perceptions of ICT Use scale and factors can be used as reliable instruments for quantifying perceptions of ICT use capacity, enhancing international extension network needs assessments, and informing policies and practices which maximize ICT capacity.
93. Development and validation of the international extension network advocacy capacity scale
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lamm, Kevan W. (author), Lamm, Alexa (author), Davis, Kristin E. (author), Dobbins, Catherine (author), and Powell, Alyssa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-29
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12684
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 28, Iss. 5
- Notes:
- 24 pages, Extension is sometimes viewed globally as less important than academic research and innovation, even though these networks are crucial to agricultural development. Using Lewin’s (1947) organizational change theory as a conceptual background, an instrument to measure advocacy capacity within international extension networks was developed. The resulting scale was analyzed for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed on the proposed scale. The underlying structure of the scale was found to load onto five factors. The five extracted factors were labelled: 1) network support of advocacy, 2) network integration of advocacy, 3) network influence in advocacy, 4) network visibility in advocacy, and 5) network advocacy performance. The overall International Extension Network Advocacy Capacity (IENAC) scale, and associated subscales were all found to have acceptable levels of validity.
94. Identifying respondent group representation in extension capacity assessments: a meta-synthesis of the literature and a primary study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lamm, Kevan W. (author), Powell, Alyssa (author), Lamm, Alexa (author), and Davis, Kristin E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-29
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12685
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 28, Iss. 5
- Notes:
- 33 pages, A key factor in determining the future of agricultural extension efforts is ensuring that the voices of those who need to be heard are represented at all stages of the decision-making process. As agricultural extension becomes increasingly globalized, it is critical that the diversity of voices represented within capacity assessments likewise increases. Using two distinct approaches, the present study attempts to address a current gap within the extension literature specifically related to extension assessment respondent groups. First, 97 extension related assessment manuscripts were identified during a literature review and analyzed for respondent group. The results indicated most studies included only one respondent group. Among these assessments clientele and Beneficiaries and Formal Power Roles were the respondent group categories most frequently examined. Next, a primary study was conducted to identify which respondent groups should be represented in capacity assessment according to agricultural extension experts. The panelists had the highest level of agreement regarding the inclusion of extension clientele and beneficiaries within capacity assessments. However, panelists agreed that representation from outside influences and formal power roles were also important to include in the capacity assessment process. The results indicate extension networks should purposively include a diverse set of respondents when conducting assessments to ensure a comprehensive perspective is represented.
95. Construction and validation of a psychometric scale to assess extension agents’ beliefs about extension and innovation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author), Beramendi, Maite (author), and University of La Cuenca del Plata Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-07-24
- Published:
- Argentina: Taylor and Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: D10880
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(5) : 318-399
- Notes:
- 18 pages, online journal article, Purpose This article aims at designing and validating a psychometric scale to assess extensionists’ and advisors’ beliefs about extension and innovation. Design/Methodology/approach The scale was developed by drawing upon results from a previous empirical research as well as insights from a literature review on extension and innovation approaches. The theoretical framework used to write the items was validated by 12 international experts from 11 countries. 608 Argentine extension workers completed the questionnaire. Replies were analysed using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Findings The scale has a good fit and satisfactory level of internal consistency. Five factors were identified: Dialogue and horizontal coordination; Transfer of technology; Blame on farmers; Participatory, farmer-led extension; and Self-critical attitude. Practical implications The scale has multiple and different uses, including research, theory development, institutional practice, diagnosis, and teaching. Theoretical implications Results show that a horizontal, facilitative extension approach shares a common epistemology, as well as underlying values and assumptions, with territorial development and with an innovation systems perspective, and that both contrast with a traditional transfer of technology approach. Nonetheless, practitioners would not tend to see these two contrasting perspectives as contradictory but as complementary. Originality/Value The scale is the first validated psychometric instrument, based on an ample theoretical framework, that allows for a quantitative assessment of beliefs about extension and innovation.
96. Contributions to group work and to the management of collective processes in extension and rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author), Bianqui, Vanina (author), Vargas, Gilda (author), Inés Mathot y Rebolé, María (author), Martinez, Manuela (author), and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina University of La Cuenca del Plata, Argentina University of Morón, Argentina University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-10-07
- Published:
- Argentina: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10934
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(2017) : 143-155
- Notes:
- 12 pages, via online journal, Working with farmers' groups, associations and cooperatives constitutes a fundamental element of extension work with family farmers. Despite the fact that extension practitioners face many problems in this area of their work, there is currently a lack of academic literature that systematically addresses the topic and offers concrete guidelines for practice. Thus, this paper will aim to clarify the benefits of farmers' groups, associations and networks within the context of family farming, systematise problems faced by rural extensionists when working with farmers' groups and associations, provide conceptual tools for understanding group and associative processes, and construct a set of guidelines and recommendations for facing said problems. In order to achieve these aims, the authors conducted an extensive literature review and drew upon their personal experience on the topic. Results suggest that some of the benefits of associative work are: better access to inputs, produce and credit markets, the facilitation of learning processes, the empowerment of family farmers as social actors, and a reduction of rural extension costs. Additionally, with respects to the problems faced by extensionists, the following can be highlighted: individualist attitudes and conflicts between farmers, scarce participation and commitment, problems with leaderships and with organisations' administrative management, and the lack of extensionists' training to address these processes, among others. With regards to the factors that increase trust and cooperation are: interpersonal communication and mutual knowledge, sharing problems, values and objectives, and the existence of shared rules for the functioning of the group that include sanctions for transgressors. In this context, the extensionists' role will be that of facilitating processes of construction of group relationships, creating rules for the groups' functioning and developing the group's capacities for self-management.
97. Unfolding the knowledge and power dynamics of the ‘farmers–rural extensionists’ interface in North-Eastern Argentina
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09-26
- Published:
- Argentina: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10943
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 22(5) : 399-415
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via online journal article, Purpose: In this paper, the knowledge dynamics of the farmer–rural extensionist’ interface were explored from extensionists’ perspective with the aim of understanding the matchmaking processes between supply and demand of extension services at the micro-level. Design/methodology/approach: Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with extensionists whom work in the North-Eastern, Argentine provinces. Findings: Two different, general types of knowledge dynamics were identified: one moderately diffusionist, based on a hierarchical relationship and the prioritisation of experts’ knowledge, and the other constructivist, based on horizontal processes of co-construction. Interestingly, some extensionists support beliefs pertaining to both approaches. They also highlight the importance of unceremonious trainings, interpersonal trust and making recommendations that take into account farmers’ rationale. Practical implications: Results show the persistence of diffusionist rural extension and that extensionists have different, even contradictory, extension approaches, which renders inappropriate any attempt to generalise their perspectives. Theoretical implications: This study suggests that farmers’ demand is the result of a constructive, interactive process, and thus is not prior to the interaction between the demand side (farmers) and the supply side (extensionists). Consequently, the knowledge and power dynamics that take place within the farmer–extensionist interface should be considered the nucleus of demand construction and the matchmaking process. Originality/value: This paper addresses the dynamic matchmaking process between supply and demand of extension services at the micro-level, suggesting it is a constructive process and showing the core role played by power dynamics.
98. Summary of research in extension 1983-1985
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lee, J.S. (author / Mississippi State University) and Cheatham, D.L. (author / Mississippi State University)
- Format:
- Bibliography
- Publication Date:
- 1986-03
- Published:
- USA: Mississippi State University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09021
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Mississippi State University. Contains 9 categories. 236 p.
99. Summary of research in extension 1986-1987
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lee, J.S. (author / Misssissippi State University) and Goode, Jr. D.Z. (author / Mississippi State University)
- Format:
- Bibliography
- Publication Date:
- 1988-03
- Published:
- USA: Mississippi State University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09022
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Mississippi State University. Contains 10 categories. 242 p.
100. Summary of research in extension, 1988-1989
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lee, Jasper S. (author) and Rankin, Ruby D. (author)
- Format:
- Bibliography
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- International: Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 128 Document Number: C19042
- Notes:
- Burton Swanson Collection, A compilation of abstracts for 1988-1989, Volume 4. 163 pages, Categories of abstracts summarized: administration, agriculture/natural resources, communication, community resource development, evaluation/accountability, 4-H and youth, home economics, international, personnel/staff development, volunteerism. Also in