Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 48 Document Number: C00053
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This report is from a larger project file maintained by the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign > "International" section > "Jordan Project" file. The project file includes correspondence, agenda, teaching resources, participant projects, and other related materials., Urbana, IL: Agency for International Development Projects, Extension Editorial Office, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. 27pp.
Evans, James F. (author) and Woodis, Raymond A. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1981-12
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Indonesia: U.S. Agency for International Development, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07315
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Paul Hixson Collection., U.S. Agency for International Development Project 497-0290, Report No. 8. 23 pages., This report covered activities proposed in connection with the Institut Pertanian Bogor/University of Wisconsin Graduate Education Project. It addressed communications support needs of Bogor Agricultural University, including equipment and space.
Peru: Organizing Council for International Agricultural Communicators, Winrock International, Morrilton, Arkansas.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10035
Notes:
This project file is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Peru - Agrarian University La Molina" file., Project file, Office of Agricultural Communications, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana., This file contains correspondence and proposals involving plans for developing academic programming and communication services at the National Agrarian University in Peru. Reflects collaborative efforts of the International Communication Development Council of the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA) during 1968-1970.
14 pages., via online journal,, Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women's self‐help group (SHG) platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women's empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross‐sectional data on close to 1,000 women from five states in India and employ nearest‐neighbor matching models to match SHG and non‐SHG women along a range of observed characteristics. We find that participation in an SHG increases women's access to information and their participation in some agricultural decisions, but has limited impact on agricultural practices or outcomes, possibly due to financial constraints, social norms, and women's domestic responsibilities. SHGs need to go beyond provision of information to changing the dynamics around women's participation in agriculture to effectively translate knowledge into practice.
