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2. Adoption and perception of farm management information systems by future Swiss farm managers – An online study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ammamm, Jeanine (author), Walter, Achim (author), and Benni, Nadja (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-10
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12567
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 70
- Notes:
- 8 pages, The use of digital technologies in agriculture offers various benefits, such as site-specific application, better monitoring, and physical relief. The handling of these technologies requires a specific skill set. Therefore, the question arises of when and how farm managers learn about digital technologies. Aiming to analyse the current situation, the present research investigated the role that digital technologies play in vocational training for future farm managers. Taking the example of farm management information systems (FMIS), the present study also analysed various predictors of adoption, including the effect of training. To investigate these research questions, an online survey among teachers and students of the farm management vocational programme across Switzerland was conducted in the spring of 2021. In total, 150 individuals participated, 41 of whom were teachers. Participants answered questions about the learning content in the farm management programme and their perception of digital technologies in general. Students further reported whether they already had a farm they would be managing in the future and how they perceived FMIS. The results indicate that both teachers and students are convinced that digital technologies play an important role in agriculture and will gain more importance in the future. A substantial part of 43% of the students who participated indicated that they had learned neither about digital technologies during their basic agricultural training nor the subsequent farm management programme. In terms of FMIS, 51% of the student sample indicated that they had never heard about FMIS during their agricultural training. While having learned about FMIS was not a significant predictor for adoption, gender, perceived ease of use, and intention to use more digital technologies in the future significantly predicted the adoption of FMIS. The paper concludes that, to support the adoption of digital technologies and FMIS specifically, training for future farm managers should focus on how to operate an FMIS to increase the perceived ease of use of this technology.
3. Advisory services and farm-level sustainability profiles: an exploration in nine European countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Herrera, Beatriz (author), Gerster-Bentaya, Maria (author), Tzouramani, Irene (author), Knierim, Andrea (author), and University of Hohenheim Agricultural Economics Research Institute Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Germany: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10258
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(2) : 117-137
- Notes:
- 22 pages., Via online journal., Purpose: This study explores the use of advisory services by farm managers and its linkages with the economic, environmental and social performance of farms. Design/methodology/approach: Using cluster analysis we determined groups of farms according to their sustainability performance and explored the correlations between contacts with advisory services and a set of farm-level sustainability indicators. Findings: There exist significant differences in the number of farmers’ contacts with advisory services across countries, type of farms, farmers’ degree of agricultural education, utilized agricultural area, legal type of farm ownership and economic size of the farms. We identified three groups of farms that have different sustainability performance, are different in farm characteristics and relate differently to advisory services. The number of contacts with advisory services is positively related to the adoption of innovations, the number of information sources utilized and the adoption of farm risk management measures. We find no clear linear relationship between advisory services and environmental sustainability. Theoretical implications: This study derives hypotheses to analyze causalities between indicators of farm-level sustainability and advisory services. Practical implications: Results suggest the importance of taking into account the heterogeneity of farming systems for the design, targeting and evaluation of advisory services. In addition, results confirm the importance of selection of indicators that can be used in multiple sites. Originality/value: We used a harmonized indicator of advisory services and a harmonized set of farm-level sustainability indicators in nine different EU countries that could be used to evaluate the role of advisory services in the achievement of multiple objectives in different groups of farms in multiple sites.
4. Canfarm's computerized farm records
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bauer, L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1972
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00157
- Journal Title:
- Canadian Farm Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(3): 10-21
- Notes:
- Phase-1
5. Commentary: for the fate of american farming, our response is required
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lamb, Brooks (author)
- Format:
- online article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-02
- Published:
- United States: Daily Yonder
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12826
- Journal Title:
- Daily Yonder, The
- Journal Title Details:
- online
- Notes:
- 2pgs, For farmers, filling out the USDA’s Census of Agriculture before the February 6 deadline is more than a legal obligation. It’s a way to keep watch over our farmlands and help bring about necessary changes.
6. Eco-efficiency of high-yielding variety rice cultivation after accounting for on-farm environmental damage as an undesirable output: an empirical analysis from Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sabiha, Noor-E. (author), Salim, Ruhul (author), and Rahman, Sanzidur (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-26
- Published:
- Australia: Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08220
- Journal Title:
- The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 61 (2): 247-264
7. Farm labour management - the video : a Canadian experience
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Howard, Wayne H. (author), McEwan, Ken (author), Owen, Lorne (author), and University of Guelph; Ridgetown College of Agriculture; British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 98 Document Number: C08045
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, In: The Information Age: what it means for extension and its constituents. Columbia, MO: Cooperative Extension Service, University of Missouri, 1994. (Proceedings of a North Central Region Extension workshop for marketing and management specialists, May 24-26, 1994, St. Louis, MO.) p. 77-84.
8. Influencing the influencer: how companies are building relationships with these professionals
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hickel, Sabrina (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-09
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23096
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 43(7) : 44, 46
- Notes:
- Describes efforts of marketers to communicate with professional farm managers, crop consultants and veterinarians.
9. Managerial behaviour characteristics and financial success or failure in farming - an exploratory study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boshoff, A.B. (author), De Wet, PVDM (author), Groenewald, J.A. (author), and AGRA Cooperative; University of Pretoria; University of Pretoria
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- Published:
- South Africa: Pretoria, South Africa : The South African Society for Agricultural Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06647
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 21 : 1-7
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection; Based on parts of an MSc (Agric) thesis by the senior author at the University of Pretoria, Farmers who are financially successful differ from their unsuccessful counterparts in management approach and decision making. Successful farmers use records for planning, they employ cash flow budgeting and analyse costs. They also avoid overtrading and are financially realistic. Unsuccessful farmers exhibit opposite traits. Successful farmers are also better decision-makers: They gather more information, use it better, re-evaluate decisions and are able to change these if necessary. Unsuccessful farmers evaluate decisions incompletely or not at all. There is not much difference in the implementation of decisions. Extensionists should concentrate in teaching farmers a frame of mind conducive to sound management (original).
10. Market information and farm management decision-making: a psychological study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bock, I.M. (author / Agricultural Extension Research Unit, School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne) and Agricultural Extension Research Unit, School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
- Format:
- Research paper
- Publication Date:
- 1975
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05549
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