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32. Place, culture and the social amplification of risk
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Masuda, Jeffrey R. (author) and Garvin, Theresa (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D05969
- Journal Title:
- Risk Analysis
- Journal Title Details:
- 26(2) : 437-454
33. Preferred information channels and source trustworthiness: assessing communication methods used in Florida's battle against citrus greening
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Telg, Ricky (author), Irani, Tracy (author), Chiarelli, Christy (author), Monaghan, Paul (author), Scicchitano Michael J. (author), Johns, Tracy L. (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2010-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00428
- Notes:
- Abstract of article in the proceedings of the 26th annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 16-19, 2010.
34. Quality assurance schemes and food marketing in the European Union
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gay, Stephan Hubertus (author), Giray, Fatma Handan (author), Vlandas, Penelope (author), and Libeau-Dulos, Monique (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29844
- Notes:
- Pages 89-104 in Adam Lindgreen, Martin K. Hingley and Joelle Vanhamme (eds.), The crisis of food brands: sustaining safe, innovative and competitive food supply. Gower Publishing Limited, Surrey, England. 352 pages.
35. RAMP guidelines for gathering information on farmers and key stakeholder groups
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2003-11
- Published:
- Afghanistan
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08035
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Involves Rebuilding Afghanistan’s Agricultural Market Program (RAMP). Project of Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D. C.,, funded by the U. S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D. C. 5 pages.
36. Reaching out? Governing weather and climate services (WCS) for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vedeld, Trond (author), Hofstad, Hege (author), Mathur, Mihir (author), Büker, Patrick (author), and Stordal, Frode (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11503
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 104: 208-216
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., High-quality weather and climate services (WCS) can be critical for communicating knowledge about current and future weather and climate risks for adaptation and disaster risk management in the agricultural sector. This paper investigates the structure and performance of weather and climate services for farmers from a governance perspective. Empirically the paper compares the institutional design and operations of agro-meteorological services in Maharashtra/India and Norway through a ‘most different case study’ approach. The two cases were selected to represent great diversity in location, scale and institutional design. A governance approach based on semi-direct interviews and policy and institutional analysis was combined with local survey data of farmers’ perceptions and use of the services. Despite the fact that the context for the two agromet advisory services was very different from a climate-weather, eco-agriculture and socio-institutional angle, the analysis reveals great similarities in the services structures and critical governance challenges. In both countries the agromet services communicated knowledge that was largely perceived not to be well tailored to farmers’ needs for decisions in specific crops- and farm operations, spatially too coarse to address local issues, and, often unreliable or inaccurate in terms of the quality of data. Farmers did, however, respond positively to specific and locally relevant information on e.g., warnings about high rainfall and spread of pests. Observing such similarities across very diverse contexts enhances the generalization potential, precisely because they evolved under very different circumstances. Similar observations find support in the wider WCS literature. Based on the empirical findings, we propose a more deliberate approach to institutional design of WCS in order to enhance governance performance and co-creation of the services at local, district and national scales. It is suggested that greater participation of farmers and agricultural extension agents in the co-creation of these services is a necessary means of improving the services, supported by the WCS literature. However, we insist that greater participation is only likely to materialize if the deficiencies in institutional design and knowledge quality and relevance are addressed to greater extent than done today. The comparison between the two services shows that Norway can learn from India that a more ambitious scope and multiple forms of communication, including the use of social media/WhatsApp groups, can facilitate greater awareness and interest among farmers in multi-purpose agromet services for multi-way communication. India can learn from Norway that a more integrated and decentralized institutional design can strengthen the network attributes of the services, foster co-creation, and improve participation of both poor and large-scale farmers and extension agents.
37. Recognizing and enhancing processes of local innovation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Waters-Bayer, Ann (author), van Veldhuizen, Laurens (author), Wongtschowski, Mariana (author), and Wattasinha, Chesha (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01260
- Notes:
- Pages 239-254 in Pascal C. Sanginga, Ann Waters-Bayer, Susan Kaaria, Jemimah Njuki and Chesha Wettasinha (Eds.), Innovation Africa: enriching farmers' livelihoods. Earthscan, London, England. 405 pages.
38. Reconfiguring the agricultural knowledge system in Switzerland
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Obrist, R. (author), Moschitz, JH. (author), and Home, R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Language:
- German with English abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Switzerland
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11344
- Journal Title:
- Agrarforschung Schweiz
- Journal Title Details:
- 6(5) : 218-223
- Notes:
- Online from the University of Illinois Online Catalog, using article title search, via Scopus, Results of a workshop prompted a conclusion that "a change is under way in the understanding of the role of stakeholders in science, extension and education, with the latter progressing from mere conveyors of information to facilitators who generate new knowledge jointly with the various actors." ... "There is still a need to shape more clearly the choice of research topics, the efficient and effective performance of the practice-oriented research, the processing of research results, stakeholder discussions, and joint implementation."
39. Rural development and environment in Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mangheni, Margaret Nijjingo (author), Ssenkaali, Mulondo (author), and Onyai, Fred (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2010-01-01
- Published:
- Uganda
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08696
- Notes:
- Pages 24-33 in Gordon Wilson, Pamela Furniss and Richard Kimbowa (eds.), Environment, development and sustainability: perspectives and cases from around the world. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 290 pages.
40. Social media for enhancing innovation in agri-food and rural development: current dynamics in Ontario, Canada
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chowdhury, Ataharul (author) and Odame, Helen Hambly (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Journal of Rural and Community Development
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10913
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 8(2), 97-119
- Notes:
- 24 pages., ISSN: 1712-8277, via online journal., Communication for innovation in agriculture and rural development involves interactive and multi-stakeholder approaches that mobilize ideas and resources from the public and private sectors as well as civil society. Digital tools broadly referred to as Web 2.0 technologies, and in particular, social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs and webinars are allegedly channels of communication for innovation. These tools potentially offer support for collective learning processes and co-creation of knowledge. There is little evidence, however, to substantiate that new media are enabling innovation by and among stakeholders of agri-food and rural systems. Are diverse agri-food producers, rural entrepreneurs, scientists or researchers, community-level volunteers and public servants interacting more effectively in Web 2.0 environments? Are social media reinventing agri-food and rural information flows? Employing methods of multiple database searches, review of literature, and content analysis of 50 relevant online communities this paper identifies emerging issues in the development and use of social media in the agri-food and rural sectors with an emphasis on data from Ontario and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in Canada. Findings suggest that the uptake of social media is still in an early, exploratory phase associated with modest opportunities and relevant limitations of Web 2.0 mediated multi-stakeholder collaboration. Notably, there are gaps in giving and receiving feedback which are intrinsic to dyadic communication as well as innovation processes. Limitations identified include (a) conflicting perceptions among stakeholders about the use, risk, credibility and institutional incentives associated with social media, and (b) lack of capacity that enables use and development of appropriate social media applications. The paper concludes by summarizing the importance of autonomous, user-oriented applications of Web 2.0 tools in agri-food and rural systems.