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    1. Assessing the information needs of rural Pennsylvanians

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Vavrek, Bernard (author / Coordinator, Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship, College of Library Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    1990
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06697
    Notes:
    Clarion, PA : Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship, College of Library Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1990. 39 p.

    2. INFORMATION NEEDS AND SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF FARMERS IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kaske, Deribe (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020-10-23
    Published:
    United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12361
    Journal Title:
    Library Philosophy and Practice
    Journal Title Details:
    Fall 2020
    Notes:
    19 pages., Information is an important factor in agricultural development. The study investigated farmers’ agricultural information needs and seeking behavior in the Southern Regional State of Ethiopia. A cross-sectional research design was employed and the study population included all household heads of the eight sampled villages in four administrative zones. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to obtain a sample of 320 farmers. Quantitative data were collected and research adopted descriptive statistics. The results revealed information on crop production technologies; information about diseases, pests and weather forecasts, and market information were identified as the top three most important types of agricultural information. Similarly, crop production technologies; animal husbandry technologies, and information about agricultural inputs were the information farmers seek frequently. Farmers use development agents as the first source of agricultural information. All of the respondents communicate with development agents face-to-face.