Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26738
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Pages 217-234 in Mary E. Pettenger (ed.), The social constructioin of climate change: power, knowledge, norms, discourses. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hampshire, England. 255 pages.
2 pages., Describes the linguistic complexities in Africa (e.g., more than 2,000 languages) and the Bisharat initiative in Mali to help focus attention on use of African languages in ICT projects, with emphasis on localization.
Corbett, Jon (author), Kulchyski, Tim (author), Hukari, Tom (author), and Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26824
2 pages., Describes a Canadian initiative for using new information technologies to aid the survival of an endangered language spoken in a number of rural communities on southern Vancouver Island.
Morton, Lois Wright (author) and Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative of the U.S.Department of Agriculture and land grant colleges and universities.
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
2007-06-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27065
Notes:
PowerPoint presentation posted at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/waterquality/2007%20BMPs/Workshop/Presentations/Wright%20Morton.pdf, Presented at a workshop, "Targeting critical areas for implementation of best management practices," in Nebraska City, Nebraska, June 5-7, 2007.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27070
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Posted at http://www.scidev.net > indigenous knowledge, Via Science and Development Network. 3 pages., "More should be done to build bridges between formal scientific research and informal grassroots innovations."
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
Via Association AGRIDEA., "Learning how small-scale farmers learn from the new technologies exhibited in Mekelle by their peers and by modern workshops and research centres made us realize how little the majority of 'educated' people in agricultural research and development understand what interests the farmers."
"The recent global food crisis shows that agro-technology and markets alone cannot reduce hunger. A ground-breaking three-year study recently concluded that the agriculture sector should use the know-how of smallholder farmers better." For details about the study, see www.agassessment.org.
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), Washington, D.C.; Rome, Italy; Nairobi, Kenya; and Paris, France.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-04
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27798
Notes:
1 page., Suggests the answer, "Yes." Executive summary of a set of reports agreed to at an Intergovernmental Plenary Session in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April, 2008. This was a small part of a study during the past three years by UN organizations, the World Bank and many governments involving 400 experts.
Barcellos, Gilsa Helena (author) and Ferreira, Simone Batista (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2008-02
Published:
Uruguay: World Rainforest Movement
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27801
Notes:
Posted online at http://http://www.wrm.org.uy/countries/Brazil/Book_Women.pdf, 59 pp., Impacts of eucalyptus monocultures on indigenous and Quilombola women in the State of Espirito Santo.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27874
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Abstract of a paper presented at the 16th AMIC International Conference 2007 in Singapore, June 24-27, 2007. 2 pages., Examines effects of western values, education and journalism practices on journalism education in other parts of the world. Calls for a different approach to content and delivery, placing emphasis on needs in non-western and developing countries.
Balit, Silvia (author / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2004-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27920
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27985
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. 12 pages.
Hoddinott, John (author) and Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28220
Notes:
Posted online at http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/conferences/2002-UPaGiSSA/papers/Hoddinott2-csae2002.pdf, Presented at "Understanding poverty and growth in sub-Saharan Africa," a conference at the University of Oxford from March 18-19, 2002.
USA: University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28672
Notes:
70 pages, "This book is intended as a critique of the field of development communication and in this, anthropology has a key role to play." Author examines the uses of radio for development, the impact on oral culture and the use of radio by indigenous people in Ecuator and miners in Bolivia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29015
Notes:
Pages 8-11 in Annamarie Matthess and Christian Kreutz, Participatory web - new potentials of ICT in rural areas, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. 41 pages.
Pattanaik, Debashis (author) and Sarkar, Runa (author)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29017
Notes:
Posted at http://www.crisscrossed.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/1/the-participatory-web.pdf, Pages 20-25 in Annamarie Matthess and Christian Kreutz, Participatory web - new potentials of ICT in rural areas, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. 41 pages.
Ruter, Dorine (author) and Piepenstock, Anne (author)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
Bolivia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29018
Notes:
Posted at http://www.crisscrossed.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/1/the-participatory-web.pdf, Pages 26-29 in Annamarie Matthess and Christian Kreutz, Participatory web - new potentials of ICT in rural areas, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. 41 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29793
Notes:
Pages 233-237 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages., "the experts have extensively colonized the new participatory fora for farmer knowledge." Author argues that the Farmer First model of learning urgently needs to be changed.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29795
Notes:
Pages 268-271 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages., Reports on successful use of a Participatory 3 Dimensional Model that helps reconcile agendas in the Andes.
