Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Format:
Glossary
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26269
Notes:
Via e-Agriculture.org. Home page of searchable site. 1 page., Alphabetical listing of agricultural terms, as related to electronic technologies for communicating.
Rudgard, Stephen (author), Janakiram, S. (author), Winder,Dylan (author), Demes, Michal (author), Young, John (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2003-11
Published:
Armenia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26289
Notes:
14 pages., Report of a field visit November 16-24, 2003, to Armenia, as part of: "A collaborative programme for knowledge systems in support of rural livelihoods."
Raffea, Ahmed (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
Egypt
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26290
Notes:
7 pages., Describes the Virtual Extension Communication Network (VERCON), an FAO-developed model for an internet-based network to improve communications between agricultural researchers and extension workers.
Singh, Amit (author) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26292
Notes:
8 pages., Case study of Indiagriline.com, an agricultural information portal created by a sugar processing company. The portals/kiosks are franchised to local entrepreneurs in rural communities.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26293
Notes:
10 pages., Case study of TARAhaat, an e-business "created to bring the benefits of the Internet to India's rural population." The title combines an Indian NGO intiative (Technology and Action for Rural Alternatives, TARA) with "haat" (meaning a village bazaar).
Yongling, Zhong (author), Riggs, Michael (author), Heller, Nathaniel (author), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26294
Notes:
8 pages., Case study of a government-supported information service center, called "Service Station," that provides (and gathers) information from farmers at county, township and village levels. Uses electronic and other channels.
Examines the dominant Global Information Society framework (competition, private investment, flexible regulation policies, open access to networks), in terms of appropriateness for the developing world.
Examines issues of connectivity, language and content of the internet. Concludes that "in reality the internet concentrates economic activity and power more narrowly in one group. As a result there is a real risk that we are moving towards a two-tier technology society that perpetuates the old distinctions between North and South."
"While the net may provide a new medium for dissent and opposition, its impact is offset by two principal factors." Factors cited include the digital divide and growing commercialism.
Knight Ridder Tribune Business News via ProQuest. 2 pages., Summarizes results in Pennsylvania of a U.S Department of Agriculture survey among farmers about their adoption and use of computers and the Internet.
Travers, Helen (author), Hunter, Ernest (author), Gibson, Julie (author), and Campion, Jonathan (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-09
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26363
Notes:
6 pages., Describes the National HITnet Development Program (Health Interactive Technology Network). It uses touchscreen technology and interactive multimedia approaches to address health issues and choices in indigenous communities of Australia.
Describes Polycom, a marriage of speakerphone and video camera used to create interactions of poor, inner-city African-Americans and poor, rural farmers during a political campaign.
Retrieved on open web via Oxfam Publishing., Examines ways in which new web applications are being used for development-related communications - and notes that drawbacks still apply.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26650
Notes:
Presented at the Conference on communication and empowerment: uses of media and information technologiesw in developing countries, Los Angeles, California, April 11-13, 1996. 17 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26657
Notes:
Presented at the Conference on communication and empowerment: uses of media and information technologies in developing countries, Los Angeles, California, April 11-13, 1996. 23 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26766
Notes:
Reprint of 19 pages provided as CD in John P. Brien, "Research contributions in agricultural extension and communication," a thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Queensland., Keynote address at the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Congress, Sydney, Australia.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26769
Notes:
Reprint of 10 pages provided as CD in John P. Brien, "Research contributions in agricultural extension and communication," a thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Queensland., Presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Pacific Telecommunications Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2 pages., Describes the linguistic complexities in Africa (e.g., more than 2,000 languages) and the Bisharat initiative in Mali to help focus attention on use of African languages in ICT projects, with emphasis on localization.
Corbett, Jon (author), Kulchyski, Tim (author), Hukari, Tom (author), and Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26824
2 pages., Describes a Canadian initiative for using new information technologies to aid the survival of an endangered language spoken in a number of rural communities on southern Vancouver Island.
Hausen, Tobias (author), Fritz, Melanie (author), and European Association of Agricultural Economists
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-02-08
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26829
Notes:
Presented at the EAAE seminar, Trust and risk in business networks," Bonn, Germany, February 8-10, 2006. 13 pages., Authors analyze special compexity of the supply network involving crops and discuss barriers and potentials throughout it, including the role of trust.
Telg, Ricky (author), Irani, Tracy (author), Rhoades, Emily (author), and Myers, Brian (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2007-05-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26964
Notes:
Pages 282-292 of proceedings of the 2007 Research Conference of the American Association of Agricultural Education in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 16-18, 2007.
Traces the expansion in number of media options available during the past 30 years and expresses appreciation to readers for their readership of Successful Farming magazine in that competitive environment.
Winett, Richard A. (author), Anderson, Eileen S. (author), Bickley, Patricia C. (author), Walberg-Rankin, Janet (author), Moore, John F. (author), Leahy, Michael (author), Harris, Carl E. (author), and Gerkin, Robert E. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1997-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27511
Jackson, Elizabeth (author), Quaddus, Mohammed (author), Islam, Nazrul (author), and Stanton, John (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-08-12
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27524
Notes:
Via AgEcon Search. Presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, August 12-18, 2006. 16 pages.
International: Communication for Development Group, Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27650
Notes:
Communication for Development Manual 4. 25 pages., A bilingual regional workshop, "Methodologies for designing and implementing multimedia communications strategies and national communication policies," Niamey, Niger, April 1-5, 2002.
Raney, Beth (author / eXtension/Penn State) and Sagor, Eli (author / University of Minnesota)
Format:
Presentation
Publication Date:
2008-04-30
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27712
Notes:
Presented at the National Extension Technology Conference in 2008, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information posted at http://netc08.ces.ncsu.edu., via online access, 39 slides, Abstract provided by presentors: A wide variety of free web 2.0 tools make online collaboration and content sharing easier than ever. This introductory, practical session will showcase three such tools: Google Docs for documents and spreadsheets; Flickr for photos; and Slideshare for presentations. We'll take you inside each of these tools with live demonstrations. At the end of this session, you'll be ready to share your own content. If you bring a laptop, you may be well on the way before the session is over!
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27713
Notes:
Presented at the National Extension Technology Conference in 2008, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information posted at http://netc08.ces.ncsu.edu., via online access, 27 slides, Abstract provided by presentor: VPs, Deans and Department Heads are the gatekeepers for funds and other resources that are needed for the new and innovative IT projects swimming around in your head. How do you assemble your thoughts, sell your colleagues, and then find the right time to pitch the Dean (or whomever) to get what you want and need? Examples and case studies will illustrate. Bring project ideas along for on-site discussion and review.
Sylvia, Janet (author / University of Georgia) and Hurt, Todd (author / University of Georgia)
Format:
Presentation
Publication Date:
2008-04-30
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27714
Notes:
Presented at the National Extension Technology Conference in 2008, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information posted at http://netc08.ces.ncsu.edu., via online access, 25 slides, Abstract provided by presentors: The University of Georgia's Cooperative Extension has been using Live Classroom to deliver training sessions in an online environment. This has allowed CAES Extension personnel to overcome common training constraints such as: statewide audience, limited travel budgets, rising fuel costs, and time spent away from county offices and local clientele. During this session we will discuss the benefits of conducting Extension trainings online and the challenges of converting face-to-face sessions to an online format. We will also share:
1. the economic savings in terms of travel time, travel dollars and personnel hours gained, as well as
2. the environmental impact of reducing statewide travel.
