Starling, John T. (author), Ware, Brooks (author), and Starling: Department of Agricultural Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Ware: Farm Business Analysis Teacher, Upper Valley Joint Vocational School, Piqua, OH
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1978-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00164
Seepersad, Joseph (author / University of the West Indies, Senate House) and Bholasingh, Deokee (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
1999-03-22
Published:
Trinidad: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: C20962
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, 7 pages, Session B, from "1999 conference proceedings -- Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 15th Annual Conference, 21-24 March 1999, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 25-26, Tobago
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.
This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder., Brief summary of vital communications components of the Masagana Farm Program
Zamani, G.H. (author), Gorgievski-Duijvesteijn, Marjan (author), Yazdanpanah, Masoud (author), Forouzani, Maasoomeh (author), and Zarafshani, Kiumars (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-05-25
Published:
Iran
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24574
Journal Title Details:
21
Notes:
James J. Connors of The Ohio State University edited the proceedings., 10 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural and Extension Education group's 21st annual conference May 25-31, 2005, in San Antonio, TX
Pages 77-78 in Extension Circular 521, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1958, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of a research project report, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 1958. 59 pages.
Bamberry, Geoff (author), Dunn, Tony (author), Lamont, Annette (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1997-05
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27013
Notes:
Executive summary posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/97-030sum.html; full report posted at www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HCC/97-030.pdf, RIRDC Publication No. 97-030. 165 pages.
Joon, B.S. (author), Rana, O.P. (author), Singh, Jagdish (author), and Division of Agricultural Extension, IARI, New Delhi, India; Farm Radio Officer, AIR, New Delhi, India; Division of Agricultural Extension, IARI, New Delhi, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1972-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05339
Brief summary of a talk by John R. Fleming, writer for the Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at 1931 AAACE convention, Corvallis, Oregon. He said he doubts whether it is possible for Extension to be both a propaganda and an educational institution at the same time. "As editors who want something intellectually satisfying to work for, we shall probably prefer that Extension pursue the path of education." American Association of Agricultural College Editors.
Looks into the evolution of the Circle to provide men and women in rural Midwestern towns an opportunity for college education via correspondence course of systematic home study from 1878 to 1900. Birth and development of CLSC with other social movements; social consequences of the CLSC's introduction; course offerings; chief obstacles
Moyo, Rachel (author), Salawu, Abiodun (author), and Department of Communication, North West University, Private Bag X2046, Mafikeng, 2735, South Africa
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2019-02
Published:
South Africa: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10129
7 pages., Via online journal., This study is a quantitative survey of communication media preferred by smallholder farmers resettled under the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe. Data were gathered using a questionnaire and simple random sampling. Communication is integral to agricultural development, particularly so in the context of the FTLRP characterized by a dearth of information, education and training, ensued by the discriminatory command agriculture (Murisa and Chikweche, 2015). Farmers' preferences of communicationmedia in receiving agricultural innovations should be prioritised to improve agricultural communication andsubsequently, productivity, which is dire in Zimbabwe in the light of the continuing food insecurity. Thefindingsindicated that farmers prefer media that are stimulating and engaging such as television and demonstrations;convenient such as mobile phones and detailed such as books probably because the majority of them do not have training in agriculture. Demographic variables of age-group and education were found to be associated with communication preferences of some media. The study has implications for agricultural communication media policy. Beyond prioritization of farmers’preferences, a model of a multi-media approach to agricultural communication has been developed, that could widen communication reach if implemented.
Carter, E.I. (author), Murray, A. (author), and Dairy Field Services Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland; Dairy Field Services Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05546
Choudhary, Kalyan Mal (author), Maharaja, Madhukar (author), and Agro-Economic Research Centre for the States of Gujarat and Rajasthan; Agro-Economic Research Centre for the States of Gujarat and Rajasthan
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1966
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05156
Kingsley, Mary Ann (author) and Musante, Paul (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1995-07
Published:
Indonesia: Agricultural Research and Extension Network, Overseas Development Institute
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20771
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pages 5-13, Network Paper no. 59b from "Farmer-led approaches to extension : papers presented at a workshop in the Philippines, July 1995"
Choukidar, V. V. (author), George, P.S. (author), and Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India; Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1972-09
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05343
Jha, P.N. (author), Shatawat, G.S. (author), and Department of Extension Education, University of Udaipur, India; Department of Extension Education, University of Udaipur, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1972-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05338
Tanaji, Gaikwad Shridhar (author), Desai, Sudhir B. (author), Kolekar, A.B. (author), and Department of Technology (YCSRD), Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
India: Indian Institute of Technology; Bombay; India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08050
Madushanka, L.S. (author), Weerasinghe, K.S. (author), Weerakkody, W.J.S.K. (author), and Department of Plantation Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Gonawila (NWP), Sri Lanka
ICT Center, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Gonawila (NWP), Sri Lanka
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2017-01-23
Published:
Sri Lanka: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08140
Notes:
16th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions, ICTer 2016; Jetwing BlueNegombo; Sri Lanka; 1 September 2016 through 3 September 2016; Category numberCFP1686L-ART; Code 126111. Article number 7829902, pp. 80-86
Todd, J.M. (author / Senior Field Officer, Education and Training, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Honiara, Solomon Islands) and Senior Field Officer, Education and Training, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-09
Published:
Solomon Islands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: C04344
Lindstrom, David (author / Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL) and Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1964-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04904
Notes:
Urbana, IL : University of Illinois, Office of A.I.D. Projects, 1964. 27 p. (Special Publication No. 5)
Chizari, Mohammad (author) and Dinpanah, Gholamreza (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-05-25
Published:
Iran
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24575
Journal Title Details:
21
Notes:
James J. Connors of The Ohio State University edited the proceedings., 9 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural and Extension Education group's 21st annual conference May 25-31, 2005, in San Antonio, TX
Busse, M. (author), Schwerdtner, W. (author), Siebert, R. (author), Doemberg, A. (author), Kuntosch, A. (author), König, B. (author), and Bokelmann, W. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2015-09
Published:
Germany: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07796
Manspeaker, J.E. (author), Peters, R.R. (author), Russek-Cohen, E. (author), and University of Maryland, Department of Animal Sciences; Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Maryland, Department of Animal Sciences
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 63 Document Number: C02214
14 pages., Edutainment, the combination of education with entertainment through various media such as television, radio, mobile phone applications and games, is increasingly being used as an approach to stimulate innovation and increase agricultural productivity amongst smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Shamba Shape Up, a widely publicised makeover reality TV programme, is an example of edutainment that has received considerable attention, and airs in three countries in East Africa where it is estimated to be watched by millions of viewers.
There is no published academic research on the influence of makeover television formats on innovation systems and processes in smallholder agriculture. Using an Agricultural Innovation Systems approach, this paper explores how makeover edutainment is influencing smallholder farmer innovation systems together with the effect this is having on smallholder farms. In the absence of previous research, it articulates a Theory of Change which draws on research traditions from mass communication, agricultural extension and innovation systems.
Data came from two large scale quantitative (n = 9885 and n = 1572) surveys and in-depth participatory qualitative research comprising focus group discussions, participatory budgets, agricultural timelines, case studies and key information interviews in Kenya. An estimated 430,000 farmers in the study area were benefiting from their interaction with the programme through increased income and / or a range of related social benefits including food security, improving household health, diversification of livelihood choices, paying school fees for children and increasing their community standing / social capital.
Participatory research showed SSU enhanced an already rich communication environment and strengthened existing processes of innovation. It helped set the agenda for discussions within farming communities about opportunities for improving smallholder farms, while also giving specific ideas, information and knowledge, all in the context of featured farm families carefully selected so that a wide range of viewers would identify with them and their challenges.
Broadcasts motivated and inspired farmers to improve their own farms through a range of influences including entertainment, strong empathy with the featured host farm families, the way ideas emerged through interaction with credible experts, and importantly through stimulating widespread discussion and interaction amongst and between farmers and communities of experts on agricultural problems, solutions and opportunities. The fact that local extension workers also watched the programmes further enhanced the influence on local innovation systems.
The findings indicate that well designed makeover edutainment can strongly influence agricultural innovation processes and systems resulting in impact on the agricultural production and behaviours of large numbers of smallholder farmers.
Deva, A.K. (author), Jaiswal, N.K. (author), Roy, N.K. (author), and Social Science, Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, India; SIET Institute, Hyderabad, India; Social Science, Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974-04
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05081
Saupe, William E. (author), Streeter, Deborah (author), and Grawunder, Atos F. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17328
Notes:
A paper presented at the 18th International Conference of Agricultural Economists., Pages 209-214 in Bruce L. Greenshields and Margot A. Bellamy (eds), Rural development: growth and equity. International Association of Agricultural Economists Occasional Paper No. 3. Gower Publishing Company Limited, England. 312 pages.
International: African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12775
Notes:
Chapter 5 in S.T. Kwame Boafo and Nancy A. George (eds.), Communication research in Africa: issues and perspectives. African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya. 1992. 161 p.
Melkote, S.R. (author), Vallath, C. (author), Ahmed, S.A. (author), and Poornananda, D.S. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: C10186
Notes:
In Melkote, S.R., C. Vallath, S.A. Ahmed, D.S. Poornananda, Communicaton gap in development: case studies of T&V projects in south India. Rawat Publications, Jaipur, India.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22473
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Record, July 1, 1917 - Jan 1, 1918, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 2, University of Illinois Archives., Conference of the Tractor and Thresher Manufacturers Department of the National Implement and Vehicle Association and the Agricultural Publishers Association, Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois, December 4, 1917. 22 pages., Tractor manufacturers urging farm publications to promote use of tractors among farm readers.
Eanes, Francis R. (author), Singh, Ajay S. (author), Bulla, Brian R. (author), Ranjan, Pranay (author), Fales, Mary (author), Wickerham, Benjamin (author), Doran, Patrick J. (author), and Prokopy, Linda S. (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2019-02
Published:
Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10369
11 pages., Via online journal., Federal agricultural land use policies in the United States aimed at protecting soil health and water quality typically rely on persuading individual farmers to voluntarily adopt conservation practices. An expanding body of literature suggests that private sector intermediaries, such as crop advisers, are increasingly trusted sources of information for farmers about conservation practices and thus may be persuasive actors in the conservation-adoption realm. While previous studies have explored farmers’ perceptions of crop advisers facilitating conservation practice adoption and participating in conservation programs in agricultural landscapes, little research to date has explored crop advisers’ perceptions of this role, and few agricultural land use policies have explicitly included crop advisers as conservation partners. This study fills a critical void in the literature by evaluating the Saginaw Bay Regional Conservation Partnership Program, an innovative agricultural policy that relies on crop advisers to recruit farmers into the program and assist them with the adoption of conservation practices. Through a survey and interviews with crop advisers in the Saginaw Bay watershed in Michigan, USA, we explore crop advisers’ perceptions of their role in the program and of delivering conservation information to farmers. We found that crop advisers have positive attitudes towards land/water resources and conservation practices, believe they have an important intermediary role to play in facilitating conservation practice adoption, and believe their supervisors are supportive of them promoting conservation. However, difficulties in collaboration and communication between the private and governmental sectors – resulting from perceived differences, operational differences, and territoriality – present a key barrier to crop advisers increasing their intermediary role in the promotion and implementation of federal conservation programs. Future research and policy initiatives should explore how to address public-private territoriality and whether crop advisers should be incentivized to deliver information about conservation practices and/or assist in enrolling farmers in federal conservation programs.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22579
Notes:
From a meeting of the National Curriculum Revision Committee at UGC, Regional Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, November 14-16, 2000. 33 pages., Reports a finalized draft of a curriculum in agricultural extension education.
Huffman, Wallace E. (author / Assistant Professor of Economics, Oklahoma State University) and Assistant Professor of Economics, Oklahoma State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00078
INTERPAKS, Study examines the contribution of education to production both as an "allocative effect" and as a "worker effect". An allocative effect is based on the decision making process and refers to an individual's ability to acquire, decode, and sort market and technical information efficiently. Worker effect reflects education's effect on technical efficiency, or the ability of the more educated worker to produce more from a given set of inputs. The study focuses on a single aspect of allocative ability - adjustment of Midwestern U.S. farmers to the changing optimum quantity of nitrogen fertilizer in corn production. The hypothesis is that rate of adjustment can be explained by economic variables: the rate is positively related to education of farmers, availability of information (extensio), and scale incentive to be informed (acres of corn) is supported by the results. It is also noted that education and extension serve as substitute sources of allocative efficiency.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14194
Notes:
Chapter 14 in Neville Jayaweera and Sarath Amunugama (eds.), Rethinking development communication. Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre, Republic of Singapore. 264 pages.
Deb, P.C. (author / Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India) and Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1968
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05021
28 pages., Via Science Direct., Precision agriculture (PA) constitutes a dynamic production method which is gaining attention in several parts of the world. Its environmental and economic sustainability has been examined in terms of its ability to reduce the adverse effects of agrochemical use—by regulating their application to the levels needed at the land parcel level—and of its contribution to higher incomes and profitability. At the social level, PA has been linked to collective action although little insight is available regarding the role of various actors and education. This study tackles PA through an assessment of the attitudes of farmers towards the elements of its sustainability and of their educational needs. The analysis of survey data of a sample of young farmers in Greece showed that the majority of respondents were not familiar with PA. Significant differences were found between the attitudes of knowledgeable and non-knowledgeable farmers, the former demonstrating better acknowledgement of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of PA. Important educational needs were also detected, with group and individual methods being the most preferred ones for education and information campaigns. The results of the analysis could be of use for the design of Common Agricultural Policy Pillar II measures for the promotion of PA targeting to specific audiences and actors.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12332
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Page 298 in Borton, Raymond E. (ed.), Selected readings to accompany getting agriculture moving. Volume 1. Agricultural Development Council, New York, NY. 526 p.
