Thurow, A.P. (author), Salin, V. (author), and Elmer, N. (author)
Format:
Research paper
Publication Date:
1996-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 107 Document Number: C10138
Notes:
search from AgEcon. http://agecon.lib.umn.edu, Faculty Paper 97-4, 12 pages; Adobe Acrobat PDF 84K bytes, This survey of 100 economic analysts in agriculture, outside of government and academia, assesses the changing
public-private balance in information services in agriculture. Its objectives were to: (1)contact front-line private- sector analysts who handle economic issues in agriculture and ask them about the data and information they most value and why, (2) experiment with measurement instruments to segment and describe information attributes that users value; and (3) assess the interest of front- line analysts in the changing public-private balance in information provision. The results provide a list of information services used by analysts, descriptive responses on attributes that contribute to value- added, and statistical analysis relating respondent characteristics to the use of information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
2 pages., Via UI online subscription., Purpose: This paper examines extension practises of agricultural workers within the Egyptian government and the perceived barriers they face in implementing participatory approaches, identifying improvements required in research and extension processes to meet the real needs of Egyptian farming communities.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Key barriers for engaging in participatory extension were identified using content analysis of semi-structured interviews, surveys and focus group discussion of 37 government agricultural workers along with participant observation and review of existing literature.
Findings: The majority of workers surveyed understood basic participatory extension principles and desired to use these approaches. Changing from traditional ‘top down’ extension to systems that engage with farmers' needs at the community level is made difficult due to the aging and poorly functioning Village Extension Worker (VEW) network. Thus, it is far easier for the research driven extension programmes to use technology transfer models.
Practical Implications: Participatory extension relies on strong relationship building and open communication between farmers, extension workers, researchers, interest groups and policy-makers. The Egyptian government must properly establish and resource the pivotal role of VEWs within the extension system to meet its strategic aims of modernising agriculture, developing food security and improving the livelihoods of rural inhabitants.
Originality/Value: This paper captures the unique perspectives of government research, extension and education workers involved in agricultural development at a time directly after the 2010 revolution, when they were able to more openly reflect on the past and present situations.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28425
Notes:
Via Produce Safety Project, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University. 21 pages., Includes an identification of weaknesses in communications during this outbreak.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12865
Notes:
Chapter 13 in Anjan Kumar Banerji (ed.), Communication and development. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. 135 pages.
Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Communication, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:
Correspondence
Publication Date:
1973-09-18
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 67 Document Number: D10741
Notes:
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/, Claude W. Gifford Collection. 9 pages., In a memo to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, author identifies elements of effective communications management within an organization. He describes steps taken to achieve it in the USDA, and responds to suggestions of an ad hoc committee.
Avery, Elizabeth Johnson (author) and Lariscy, Ruthann W. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
USA: Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36167
Notes:
Pages 319-334 in W. Timothy Coombs and Sherry J. Halladay (eds.), The handbook of crisis communication. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K. 737 pages., Authors analyze mishandled communications by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in connection with serious wildfires in California during 2007.
