Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11767
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Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Section D. Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Arlington, Virginia, April 3-5, 1997.
Beus, Curtis E. (author), Dunlap, R.E. (author), and Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA; Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08618
Beus, Curtis E. (author), Carlson, John E. (author), Dillman, Don A. (author), Schnabel, B. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho, Moscow.; Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho, Moscow.; Texas A&M; Social and Economic Survey Research Center, Washington State University, Pullman
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08616
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37096
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See C37095 for original, Pages 23-50 in Harry K. Schwarzweller and Thomas A. Lyson (eds.), Research in rural sociology and development: sustaining agriculture and rural communities. Volume 6. JAI Press Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut. 270 pages.
Beus, Curtis E. (author), Dunlop, Riley E. (author), and Department of Rural Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04704
Biggelaar, Christoffel den (author / Michigan State University)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
1991-03-28
Published:
Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19957
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Burton Swanson Collection, from "Proceedings seventh annual meeting of the assocation for international agricultural and extension education"Riverfront Holiday Inn, St. Louis, Missouri, March 28-30, 1991
Bimoli, B. P. (author) and Manandhar, D. N. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1995-07
Published:
Nepal: Agricultural Research and Extension Network, Overseas Development Institute
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20778
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Burton Swanson Collection, pages 20-23, Network Paper no. 59c from "Farmer-led approaches to extension : papers presented at a workshop in the Philippines, July 1995"
Binh, Dao Kim Nguyen Thuy (author), Phuong, Le T.V. (author), Douglas, Ian (author), De, Nguyen Van (author), Mcmorrow, Julia (author), Lindley, Sarah (author), Van, Tran Thi (author), Thanh, Le Huu (author), and Tho, Nguyen (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-03
Published:
USA: Blackwell Publishing
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27208
Blackie, M.J. (author), Dent, J.B., eds. (author), and Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, School of Agriculture, University of South Pacific, Apia, Western Samoa; Professor of Farm Management and Rural Valuation, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1979
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 41 Document Number: B04719
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Includes Preface and Table of Contents only, London, UK : Applied Science Publishers, Ltd.,1979. 176 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02241
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Pages 195-208 in Jane M. Perkins and Nancy Blyler (eds.), Narrative and professional communication, Ablex Publishing Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut. 224 pages., Author recommends telling and living stories oriented toward sustainability "oriented, that is, toward communal interdependence, where people, animals, and the land share a place..." "Rot belt" refers to the agricultural equivalent of the "Rust Belt."
The demographics of incoming university animal science majors have shifted from students with a farm background to urban students with no history of direct livestock contact. Research completed before the Internet was a central source of information indicated that incoming urban students tend to express no opinion or a neutral opinion regarding livestock agriculture issues. Due to the changing background of incoming students enrolled in introductory university-level animal science classes, we sought to determine 1) if livestock background (self-identified as raised in a farm or urban setting), sex, or animal science career interest influenced the opinions of incoming students regarding critical issues involving livestock farming practices and 2) if 15 wk of introductory animal science instruction changed student opinions. A total of 224 students were given 2 identical anonymous surveys (start and end of 15 wk) with 5 demographic questions and 9 animal issue statements. For each statement, students marked their opinion by placing a vertical line on a continuous 130 mm horizontal line, where a vertical line placed at 0 mm = strongly agree and 130 mm = strongly disagree. Data were analyzed by ANOVA to determine any significant effects of instruction, background, sex, and future career preference on survey responses. Before instruction, urban students were less agreeable than farm students that animal farming was moral and humane and that farmers are concerned about animal welfare and livestock are of value to society (P ≤ 0.05). Urban students were more likely than farm students to purchase organic foods or food based on environmental/welfare standards (P ≤ 0.05). Introductory animal science instruction resulted in students becoming more agreeable that animal farming was humane, farmers are concerned about animal welfare, and animal agriculture is a value to society (P ≤ 0.05). Postinstruction, students were more likely to buy food products based on price (P ≤ 0.05). Males found farm practices more humane than females (P ≤ 0.05), but sex differences were not evident for other questions. Future professional career plans did not affect student opinions. Data showed that incoming urban students tend to be more neutral with regards to animal farming issues, and introductory animal science instruction fosters a more agreeable attitude towards animal farming practices, especially in students with urban backgrounds.
Boehlje, Michael (author) and Langemeier, Michael (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2021-03
Published:
USA: Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12167
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6 pages., Authors from the Center for Commercial Agriculture, Purdue University, discuss the adoption of precision agriculture technologies. Findings of cited research among farmers indicated that the average net benefit was almost $90 per acre, and the benefit cost ratio averaged 9.7 to 1. "These results suggest a much higher payoff of precision farming than previous studies. This higher payoff is a result of the whole-farm system benefits of the interactions among individual tools and technologies which result in a new way of farming."
Bohlen, J.M. (author), Coleman, A.L. (author), Dimit, R.M. (author), Lionberger, H. F. (author), and Wilkening, E.A. (author)
Format:
Bibliography
Publication Date:
1956
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05213
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AGRICOLA CAT 92263967; Bibliographical supplement to "How farm people accept new ideas." Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Ames, Iowa : Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State College, 1956. 8 p. (North central regional publication ; no. 1, Sup.; Iowa State College special report no. 15, sup.), References to 87 studies related to the process by which new practices diffuse.
Page 84 in Extension Circular 532, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1959, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Citation of a revised edition involving 135 titles supplementing those in "How farm people accept new ideas," North Central Regional Publication No. 1. 2nd edition. Iowa State College, Ames. 1959. 12 pages.
Bonfadelli, Heinz (author), Meier, Werner (author), Leonarz, Martina (author), and International Association for Media and Communication Research, London, UK.
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-07-18
Published:
Switzerland
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C36288
Notes:
Retrieved 03/22/2011, Via online. Pages 15-16 in Book of Abstracts: Environment, Science and Risk Communication Section of the IAMCR Conference, Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010.
Book, Michael (author), Cavanaugh-Grant, Deborah (author), Gerber, John M. (author), Heinzmann, Ken (author), Rahe, Michael (author), Reuschel, Louis (author), Zehr, Douglas (author), and Heinzmann: Vice-president of the Southeastern Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Association, Sandoval, IL; Book: farmer, Harvard, IL; Cavanaugh-Grant: Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Springfield, IL; Gerber: Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Rahe: Division of Natural Resources, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Springfield, IL; Reuschel: farmer, Golden, IL; Zehr: On-Farm Research Coordinator, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Gibson City, IL
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06372
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, [s.l.] : the State of Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Committee, November 1991. 54 p.
Boon, Katherine (author) and Murray, Patricia (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2001-10-03
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13471
Notes:
6 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct 3-5,2001 at Univ. of Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Boone, Kristina (author), Melgares, Pat (author), Hill, Steven G. (author), Clark, Terrie (author), and Cable, Ted (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2005-05-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22252
Notes:
Available in CD and paper formats., Presentation at conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), San Antonio, Texas, May 31, 2005. 11 pages.
Booth, Robert H. (author), Rhoades, Robert (author), Shaw, Roy (author), and Werge, Robert (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07434
Notes:
INTERPAKS, In: Report of an exploratory workshop on the role of anthropologists and other social scientists in interdisciplinary teams developing improved food production technology. Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute, 1982. p. 1-8., This case study of potato production and storage in Peru demonstrates how and why anthropologists can positively contribute to the generation and transfer of improved agricultural technology. Reports the effects of introducing an anthropologists to a CIP sponsored project in Central Mantaro Valley of the Central Peruvian Andes to study post-harvest activities and problems of highland farmers.
Bose, Santi Priya (author / Socio-agro-economic Research Organization, Department of Agriculture, Calcutta, India) and Socio-agro-economic Research Organization, Department of Agriculture, Calcutta, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1964
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05155
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19045
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Thesis, Master of Science, Iowa State University. Page 39 in Jasper S. Lee and Ruby D.Rankin (eds.), Summary of research in extension, 1988-89, Volume 4. College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. 16
Posted at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-07-21-students-farmers_x.htm, Describes student-run farms that have cropped up at almost 60 schools in 27 states in the last decade or so, as well as programs under which local farmers provide food to area universities.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C20065
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10 pages; from "Extending Extension; beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking", APEN 2003 Forum, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, November 26-28, 2003
Brennan, Marnie L. (author), Wright, Nick (author), Wapenaar, Wendela (author), Jarratt, Susanne (author), Hobson-West, Pru (author), Richens, Imogen F. (author), Kaler, Jasmeet (author), Buchanan, Heather (author), Huxley, Jonathan N. (author), and O'Connor, Heather M. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-10-11
Published:
United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08767
Discourse about industrial animal agriculture contributing to global climate change. Examines how interest groups have responded to the release of "Livestock's Long Shadow," a 2006 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
14 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Examines the impact of gain and loss message framing and issue involvement elicitation on consumer willingness to pay for two food safety enhancing technologies: cattle vaccines against E. coli and direct-fed microbials. Results showed strong consumer preference and willingness to pay for the technologies and consumer welfare gains from their introduction.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36974
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Pages 99-124 in Maria Fonte and Apostolos G. Papadopoulos (eds.), Naming food after places: food relocalisation and knowledge dynamics in rural development. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Surrey, England. 285 pages.
Bruening, Thomas H. (author) and Harder, Wilmara Correa (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-05
Published:
Brazil
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00408
Notes:
Pages 161-168 in proceedings of the 23rd annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Polson, Montana, May 20-24, 2007.
Via website.
Bruening, Thomas H. (author) and Bagdonis, Jessica M. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2008-03-09
Published:
Russia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27974
Notes:
Presented at the 24th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education at EARTH University, Costa Rica, March 9-15, 2008. 9 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14396
Notes:
Chapter 2 in Gordon Prain, Sam Fujisaka and Michael D. Warren (eds.), Biological and cultural diversity: the role of indigenous agricultural experimentation in development. Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 1999. 218 pages
13 pages., via online journal., The study explores the impacts of Nepali farmers’ climate change perceptions on their farming practices over the last three decades (1980–2014). Results from a survey with 496 farmers show that nearly all farmers attributed changes in crop varieties and cropping patterns mainly to technological and market-related factors and not to climate change. A comparison between perceptions and meteorological data shows that while perceptions of changes in maximum temperatures did match observed trends, perceptions of changes in minimum temperature and rainfall did not. The results indicate that the climate change message in the past 30 years has not been definite enough to have a consistent impact on either farmers’ perceptions or their farming practices. This may impede farmers’ adaptive capacity in dealing with increasingly severe future climate change impacts. Because of large variations in the micro-climate of the study locations and the locations of the weather stations from which we obtained the meteorological data, the results need to be treated with caution. However, we suggest that for farmers to effectively adapt to climate change, it may be necessary for responsible state and non-state actors to improve their communication on expected climate change impacts.
Buer, Michelle Van (author), Guither, Harold D. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; Department of Agricultural Economics, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1991-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06364
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Urbana, IL : University of Illinois, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1991. 25 p. (AE4675)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02469
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PowerPoint visuals for a presentation at a symposium of the International Trade Research Consortium (IATRC), "Productivity and its impacts on global trade," Seville, Spain, June 2-4, 2013. 14 pages.
Abstract from UI electronic subscription., Authors use contingent valuation to determine the economic value of improving the welfare of farm animals and find that people are willing to pay extra on their weekly food bill to ensure that laying hens, broiler chickens, dairy cows and pigs have improved welfare conditions. "The benefits of improving animal welfare are shown to exceed the costs of implementing these schemes. We conclude that improving the standards of legislation for farm animal welfare so that all farm animals experience higher standards of welfare can be economically justified."
The Age newspaper via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Describes concern of the Australian pork industry about efforts of animal rights activists to "cash in on the film adaptationj of Charlotte's Web, the tale of a brave spider's attempts to prevent Wilbur the pig from becoming Christmas dinner."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08905
Notes:
In B. L. Greenshields & M. A. Bellamy (eds.), Rural development: growth and inequity, contributed papers read at the 18th International Conference of Agricultural Economics. aldershot, Hants, England. 67-72.
Byrnes, Francis C. (author / Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, cali, Columbia, S.A.) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, cali, Columbia, S.A.
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1968
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05605
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Excepted from "Some Missing variables in Diffusion Research and Innovation Starategy," The Agricultural Development Council, Inc., March 1968, 1-11.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1 Document Number: D01316
Notes:
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, pages 363-368 in proceedings of farming systems Research/Extension Symposium hosted by the University of Arkansas and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Farming Systems Research Paper Series, Paper No. 17
