International: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36148
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ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/006/y4721e/y4721e00.pdf, In collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Geneva Office and Communication for Development Group, Extension, Education and Communication Service, Research, Extension and Training Division, Sustainable Development Department. 243 pages.
Online from the New Yorker., Fibre-optic cables strung above a home in Jackson County, Kentucky, one of the poorest countries in the country. High-speed broadband has been used to bring internet-based jobs to the region.
Matthess, Annemarie (author) and Kreutz, Christian (author)
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Report
Publication Date:
2008
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International: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eshborn, Germany.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29014
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41 pages., Provides a systematic overview of Web 2.0 experiences made to date in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It serves as a practice-oriented introduction to the theme and discusses both the potentials and the possible limits to the participatory web..
Hu, Xinli (author), Ma, Lianjie (author), and IEEE, New York City, New York.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2010-06-13
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36592
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Pages 396-399 in proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Computer and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Engineering, Chengdu, China, June 12-13, 2010.
Describes experiences with Internet cafes for youth in two Norwegian villages. "The study challenges the common view of the Internet as symbolically attached to the urban community and a practical means to accomplish global reach."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25575
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Pages 77-97 in Stuart Macdonald and Gary Madden (eds.), Telecommunications and socio-economic development. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 444 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00867
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Pages 144-157 in Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Daniele Waldburger and Gabriele Siegenthaler Muinde (eds.), Access, empowerment and governance: creating a world of equal opportunities with ICT. Global Knowledge Partnership, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 173 pages.
Proenza, Francisco J. (author / FAO Investment Centre)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-07-10
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International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36196
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Retrieved 03/20/2011, Prepared for the workshop, "Wireless communication and development: a global perspective," Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, Marina Del Ray, California, October 7-8, 2005. 27 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00815
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Pages 63-78 in Report of the sensitisation workshop on rural radio for policy and decision makers in east and southern Africa, Lilongwe, Malawi, April 26-29 2005. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 90 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17231
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Pages 25-41in Syed A. Rahim and John Middleton (eds.), Perspectives in communication policy and planning. Communication Monographs No. 3. East-West Center, East-West Communication Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii. 363 pages
Esfahani, Latifeh Pour Mohammad Badher (author), Asadiyeh, Zahra Shojaei (author), and Faculty of Engineering, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran
School of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
Format:
conference papers
Publication Date:
2009
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International: IEEE - Inst. Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08177
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Article number 5454875, pp. 3528-3531, 1st International Conference on Information Science and Engineering, ICISE2009; Nanjing; China; 26 December 2009 through 28 December 2009; Category numberE3887; Code 80401
16 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ.org)., Interviews with 203 smallholder farmers in Uganda indicated that households with higher level of information access through cell phone use and weak-tie information sources were more likely to use inputs.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: C13870
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Also see C02469 in Box 65, In: Agricultural development : systems and communications (proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of US University Directors of International Agricultural Programs, AUSUDIAP; 1987 June 2-4; The University of Rhode Island, Galilee, RI) p. 81-85
Bell, R.L. (author / Director General, Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, England) and Director General, Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, England
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 74 Document Number: C03666
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James F. Evans Collections; See C03651 for original, In: Zazueta, Fedro S., and Bottcher, A.B. (Del), eds. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computers in Agricultural Extension Programs; 1988 February 10-11; Lake Buenavista (Orlando), FL. Gainesville, FL : University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, 1988. Vol. 2, p. 604-608
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06753
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Synthesis report of the annual seminar of CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation), Brussels, Belgium, October 12-16, 2009. 12 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14174
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Chapger 16 in O.H. Gandy, Jr., P. Espinosa and J.A. Ordover, Proceedings from the tenth annual telecommunications policy research conference. Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, NJ. 406 pages.
Results from a policy survey suggest that 75 percent of sampled New Jersey farmers want the government to continue to provide agricultural market information. Authors analyze responses, in terms of demographic variables.
Abstract and citation available by open access via Ebscohost.com., Article focuses on the role of university libraries in serving rural communities in China.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00684
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Pages 66-79 in Sunday Odedele (ed.), Public relations and communication management in Africa. Public Relations for Africa, Lagos, Nigeria. 184 pages. Via online.
Xiaoming, Hao (author), Banerjee, Indrajit (author), and Jinqui, Zhao (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-12-15
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36116
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Presented to the Conference on Empowering Rural Communities through ICT Policy and Research, Chennai, India, December 15-17, 2007. 17 pages., Case study of a rural community internet access center that lacked sustainability.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16750
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Chapter 8 in Sohail Inayatullah and Susan Leggett, Transforming communication: technology, sustainability, and future generations. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 200 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36719
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Pages 76-124 in Tim Unwin (ed.), ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. 386 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27912
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1 page., Identifies 10 modules dealing with the role of telecenters in communities, local participation, needs assessment, telecenter management, financial sustainability, marketing, communication planning, information production and dissemination, training for telecenter activities and making computers work for you.
