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2. Developing farmer-extension research linkages to address the needs of resource-poor farmers in rainfed environments
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Russell, John F. A. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Indian Society of Extension Education, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 134 Document Number: C20575
- Notes:
- Burton Swanson Collection, 12 pages; International Conference on Extension Strategy for Minimizing Risk in Rainfed Agriculture
3. Dwarfing the social? Nanotechnology lessons from the biotechnology front
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Einsiedel, Edna F. (author) and Goldenberg, Linda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-02
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02980
- Journal Title:
- Bulletin of Science Technology and Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 24(1) : 28-33
- Notes:
- Authors emphasize the danger of keeping the social at ban when developing or discussing technology.
4. Evaluating the expertise of experts
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shrader-Frechette, Kristin S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1995
- Published:
- USA: Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24620
- Journal Title:
- Risk: Health, Safety and Environment
- Journal Title Details:
- 6.115
5. Maize farmer perception and participation in crop and rainfall index-based insurance program in Benin
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hountondji, Lionel Richardo (author), Tovignan, Silvere D. (author), Kokoye, Senakpon E. (author), and Chabi, Euloge (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Benin
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11319
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(4) : 313-327
- Notes:
- Online from AgEconSearch., Authors examined farmers' reluctance to participate and adopt insurance involving climate, crops, and rainfall. They also recommended needed information for farmers about the purpose of such insurance, as well as financial support.
6. Public participation in risk management decisions: the right to define, the right to know, and the right to act
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lynn, Frances M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA: Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24621
- Journal Title:
- Risk: Health, Safety and Environment
- Journal Title Details:
- 1.05
7. Reaching out? Governing weather and climate services (WCS) for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vedeld, Trond (author), Hofstad, Hege (author), Mathur, Mihir (author), Büker, Patrick (author), and Stordal, Frode (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11503
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 104: 208-216
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., High-quality weather and climate services (WCS) can be critical for communicating knowledge about current and future weather and climate risks for adaptation and disaster risk management in the agricultural sector. This paper investigates the structure and performance of weather and climate services for farmers from a governance perspective. Empirically the paper compares the institutional design and operations of agro-meteorological services in Maharashtra/India and Norway through a ‘most different case study’ approach. The two cases were selected to represent great diversity in location, scale and institutional design. A governance approach based on semi-direct interviews and policy and institutional analysis was combined with local survey data of farmers’ perceptions and use of the services. Despite the fact that the context for the two agromet advisory services was very different from a climate-weather, eco-agriculture and socio-institutional angle, the analysis reveals great similarities in the services structures and critical governance challenges. In both countries the agromet services communicated knowledge that was largely perceived not to be well tailored to farmers’ needs for decisions in specific crops- and farm operations, spatially too coarse to address local issues, and, often unreliable or inaccurate in terms of the quality of data. Farmers did, however, respond positively to specific and locally relevant information on e.g., warnings about high rainfall and spread of pests. Observing such similarities across very diverse contexts enhances the generalization potential, precisely because they evolved under very different circumstances. Similar observations find support in the wider WCS literature. Based on the empirical findings, we propose a more deliberate approach to institutional design of WCS in order to enhance governance performance and co-creation of the services at local, district and national scales. It is suggested that greater participation of farmers and agricultural extension agents in the co-creation of these services is a necessary means of improving the services, supported by the WCS literature. However, we insist that greater participation is only likely to materialize if the deficiencies in institutional design and knowledge quality and relevance are addressed to greater extent than done today. The comparison between the two services shows that Norway can learn from India that a more ambitious scope and multiple forms of communication, including the use of social media/WhatsApp groups, can facilitate greater awareness and interest among farmers in multi-purpose agromet services for multi-way communication. India can learn from Norway that a more integrated and decentralized institutional design can strengthen the network attributes of the services, foster co-creation, and improve participation of both poor and large-scale farmers and extension agents.
8. Science, society and the citizen in Europe
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- European Union, Commission of the European Communities (author)
- Format:
- Commission working document
- Publication Date:
- 2000-11-14
- Published:
- Belgium
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11956
- Journal Title Details:
- 19 pages
- Notes:
- Brussels, Belgium