Conlan, Sharon (author), Lee, Paul (author), Morehouse, Diane (author), Rubinyi, Robert (author), Stockdill, Stacy (author), and Telecommunications Development Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1990
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06918
Notes:
In: Zazueta, Fedro S., ed. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computers in Agricultural Extension Programs; 1990 January 31 - February 1; Grosvenor Resort Hotel, Disney World Village, Lake Buenavista, FL. Gainesville, FL : Florida Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, [1990]. p. 637-642
11 pages., Via online article, A “digital revolution” in agriculture is underway. Advanced technologies like sensors, artificial intelligence, and robotics are increasingly being promoted as a means to increase food production efficiency while minimizing resource use. In the process, agricultural digitalization raises critical social questions about the implications for diverse agricultural labourers and rural spaces as digitalization evolves. In this paper, we use literature and field data to outline some key trends being observed at the nexus of agricultural production, technology, and labour in North America, with a particular focus on the Canadian context. Using the data, we highlight three key tensions observed: rising land costs and automation; the development of a high-skill/low-skilled bifurcated labour market; and issues around the control of digital data. With these tensions in mind, we use a social justice lens to consider the potential implications of digital agricultural technologies for farm labour and rural communities, which directs our attention to racial exploitation in agricultural labour specifically. In exploring these tensions, we argue that policy and research must further examine how to shift the trajectory of digitalization in ways that support food production as well as marginalized agricultural labourers, while pointing to key areas for future research—which is lacking to date. We emphasize that the current enthusiasm for digital agriculture should not blind us to the specific ways that new technologies intensify exploitation and deepen both labour and spatial marginalization.
Prasad, Ram (author), Sreenivasulu, M. (author), and Rao, Parisa Punna (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-05-25
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24594
Journal Title Details:
21
Notes:
Reviewed 9 August 2006, 10 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural and Extension Education group's 21st annual conference May 25-31, 2005, in San Antonio, TX
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11185
Journal Title Details:
9 pages
Notes:
Conference: Partnerships & Participation in Telecommunications for Rural Development at the beautiful campus of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, October 26 & 27, 1998.
Holt, Don (author / Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL) and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1989
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04591
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Cavalloro, R. and Delucchi, V., eds. Parasitis 88 : Proceedings of a scientific congress; 1988 October 22-25; Barcelona, Spain. [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1989. p. 61-69
Manige, Sidramappa V. (author), Patil, Manjunath (author), Kumar, Pradeep (author), Kantharaju, V (author), Prabha, Basava (author), and KVK, Gulbarga, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur - 585 101, India.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
India: University of Agricultural Sciences; Dharwad; India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08228
12 pages., Article #:3FEA1, via online journal., The Journal of Extension serves as a conduit for the dissemination of current research and practices within Extension and 4-H. We conducted a review of Journal of Extension articles published since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Our purpose was to determine what practices, programs, and studies have occurred regarding inclusion in 4-H of youths with disabilities or special health care needs. The review resulted in detailed examination of 16 articles and revealed information about Extension professionals' attitudes toward inclusion, strategies and program approaches related to inclusion, and specific areas that need to be addressed further to increase inclusion.
