Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09935
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NCR-90 Collection, From Document D09933, "Department of agricultural journalism University of Wisconsin-Madison: Faculty and graduate student research, 1993". Pages 4-5.
Ferrie, Gina M. (author), Bettinger, Tammie L. (author), Kuhar, Christopher W. (author), Lehnhardt, Kathy (author), Apell, Peter (author), and Kasoma, Panta (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011-01
Published:
Uganda
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07077
Jenkins, David R. (author), Matthews, M. Taylor (author), Sletto, Raymond F. (author), and South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station; South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station; South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1942
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05353
Title page, table of contents, introduction, summary, Clemson, South Carolina : South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station of Clemson Agricultural College, 1942. 39 p. (Bulletin no. 339)
Abstract obtained via online. 2 pages., Synthesizes lessons learned and challenges encountered when applying indigenous and non-indigenous knowledge and methods in natural and cultural resource management (NCRM) in northern and central Australia. Authors identify four key themes for consideration in collaborative cross-cultural NCRM.
13 pages., via online joural., Due to inadequate personnel, information communication technologies (ICTs) have become an attractive option for delivery of extension information. This study examined awareness and use of ICTs by farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 192 farmers were interviewed. Results indicate that most farmers had no formal education and small farm holdings. Awareness of older ICTs like radio and television was more prevalent among farmers as compared with newer ICTs such as Internet and cable television. However, use of modern ICTs like mobile phones and cable television was greater than that for older technologies such as fax machines. Farmers were constrained in ICT use by prohibitive cost and service failure. The Nigerian government should encourage a liberal policy for affordable prices for modern ICT products, especially mobile telephones.
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
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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.
Online from publisher., Author observes how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is losing sight of the traditional mission of maintaining public lands and passing them intact to the next generation. "The BLM's mission is not ideological and does no give preference to certain land users. Its legal mandate calls for managing public lands for a variety of uses, treating energy generation and conservation equally. But now, the agency is losing sight of that mission."
Conference paper / journal article, The paper focused on COVID-19 pandemic, its implication on the Nigeria agriculture and the role of extension. The review uncovered a subtle but undeniable negative impact on all the value chain of the Nigeria agriculture. One of the most important factors that may avert this negative impact is agricultural extension service. With lockdown, travel ban and social distancing, the way out becomes technology. Government and institutions at all levels should intentionally deploy technology tools to aid effective agricultural extension service to farmers.
Lambert, Frank (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-11-04
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35685
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Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2009, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 15 pages., Author finds a successful "top-down" approach for delivering online community information from three levels of Canadian governmental agencies.
Rodriguez, Lulu (author / Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, Ames, IA)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07843
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James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1994. 8 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference, Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA, July 16-20, 1994.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36965
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Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, 6 pages., APA emphasizes need for gathering current agricultural statistics and reporting them promptly.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 63 Document Number: C02219
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James F. Evans Collection, Warwickshire, England : Royal Agricultural Society of England, National Agricultural Centre, 1987. 196 p. (Monograph Series No. 6)