Wing, Clive (author / Member of the Government of Nepal/FAO/UNDP Hill Agriculture Development Project, the Agricultural Documentation Centre, Agricultural Projects Services Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal) and Member of the Government of Nepal/FAO/UNDP Hill Agriculture Development Project, the Agricultural Documentation Centre, Agricultural Projects Services Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04004
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; 1980 March 3-7; Manilla, Philippines. Los Banos, Philippines : Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 241-248
6 pages., Via online journal., This study examines the impact of a residential horticultural career academy, Camp Tomorrow’s Undergraduates Realizing the Future (TURF), conducted from 2010 to 2016 at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, OK. Each year, up to 25 Oklahoma high school students were engaged in 2 weeks of hands-on activities representing a variety of horticulture-related careers. Instructors for Camp TURF included OSU faculty, staff, and graduate students from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, related OSU departments, and horticulture and landscape architecture industry professionals. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education sponsored this career academy, which was geared toward potential first-generation college students, and helped to expose students to the university atmosphere as well as expand their knowledge of science- and math-related career fields. Pre- and postassessments given at Camp TURF show significant changes in college readiness and familiarity with horticulture careers, but did not necessarily increase interest in particular horticulture and landscape architecture careers. Upon following up with academy graduates, we learned that the academy has been a positive experience for numerous attendees, with 76.6% going on to higher education and two students majoring in horticulture and landscape architecture-related areas.
Evans, James (author), Lindsay, Robert (author), and University of Illinois; University of Minnesota
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1970-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 29 Document Number: B02870
Notes:
Project file maintained in the Agricultural Communications Program office, University of Illinois > "International" section > "MUCIA/ICDC Latin America Trip - Evans", Mimeographed, 1970. 22 p. Report to the MUCIA International Communication Development Council based on an exploratory trip to Latin America, June-July, 1970.
Menou, Michel J. (author / Information Science Consultant, Gentilly, France) and Information Science Consultant, Gentilly, France
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1980-03
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04002
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; 1980 March 3-7; Manilla, Philippines. Los Banos, Philippines : Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 211-226
Sinha, N.K. (author), Verma, N.C. (author), and Department of Agricultural Extension, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Bihar, India; Department of Agricultural Extension, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Bihar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05025
10 pages., via online journal., Purpose: Agricultural extension graduates do not get jobs and farmers are not getting agricultural
extension services, and therefore, both the farmers and agricultural graduates do not receive benefi ts.
The study assessed the interest of agricultural extension students in providing private extension services
to farmers, examined their perception towards private extension services and identifi ed extension skills
possessed by the students.
Research Method: The study comprised all the fi nal year students in the Universities in Osun State. A
two – stage sampling procedure was used to select the respondents. One university was selected from
each category of federal, state and private. A total of 68 respondents were selected and interviewed.
Data collected were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings: The results show that the mean age, mean years of formal education of the respondents
were 23.75 ± 2.02 and 17.40 ± 1.16, respectively. About half (51.5%) of the respondents had positive
perception towards the private extension service while 57 percent had high interest in providing private
extension services. Majority of them possessed teaching skills (97.1%), innovation dissemination
skills (95.5%) and communication skills (88.2%). Also, sources of agricultural information available
(χ2=22.448), types of sponsors (χ2=6.102) and marital status (χ2=16.535) had a signifi cant association
with respondents’ interest in providing private agricultural extension services.
Research Limitation: The study focuses on the interest of agricultural extension graduates to provide
private extension services; however, these graduates may have an interest in other areas that have not
been investigated.
Original Value: The study provides an insight to show the interest and capability of agricultural students
to be engaged in private extension services as a livelihood
7 p., The increasing use of computers on the farm raises the question of whether these new skills will be valued in off-farm employment. Data suggests that computers are used predominantly for a single group of tasks that may not develop the "systems skills" that are becoming increasingly important in off-farm employment.
McKenzie, James (author / School of Vocational Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07945
Notes:
abstracted from Ph.D. dissertation; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 119
Fitzgerald, Robert (author), Stalder, Kenneth (author), Karriker, Locke (author), Johnson, Colin (author), Layman, Lori (author), and Johnson, Anna (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27674
18 pages., via online journal., Meeting the demands of a proficient scientific workforce depends on students’ communication skill preparation. To describe students’ self-perceptions of their communication skills, we surveyed 315 students in Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Participants noted they were most proficient in their ability to listen effectively and least proficient in asking effective questions. Each communication skill characteristic showed a statistically significant difference before and after college engagement, but we found no statistically significant difference in the overall communication scores of students. Therefore, we recommend: 1) interviewing employers to understand their perceptions of entry-level employees; 2) investigating when students transition from false sense of confidence to actual confidence; 3) conducting a longitudinal study to investigate students’ perceptions of communication skills throughout their college experience; 4) evaluating faculty’s communication
teaching methods across disciplines; and 5) investigating the influence of self-reflection on students’ attained communication skills. Conducting such studies could lead to stronger connections between the academy and the industry, especially as faculty strive to align their teaching with needs of the industry.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/88. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center
Posted at http://www.agrimarketingdigital.com/?iid=9297, Pages 22-23 in 2008 Agribusiness Employer Guide, a special supplement of Agri Marketing magazine.
Pages 20-21 in a special supplement, Agribusiness Employer Guide., Sponsored supplement profiles 17 agribusiness organizations and offers advice for aspiring professionals in the field.
Anh, Dao The (author), Jaenicke, Hannah (author), and Nghiep, Pham Cong (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2010-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00790
Notes:
Paper presented at the 116th European Association of Agricultural Economists seminar, "Spacial dynamics in agri-food systems: implications for sustainability and consumer welfare," Parma, Italy, October 27-30, 2010. Via AgEcon Search. 11 pages.
Knecht, T.W. (author / North Carolina State University) and North Carolina State University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C08831
Notes:
Search on WWW, The 93rd annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists --Communications Section. Greensboro, North Carolina. February 4-7, 1996; p. 27-31
Evans, James F. (author / Associate Professor of Agricultural Communication, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.) and Associate Professor of Agricultural Communication, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Format:
unknown
Publication Date:
1975-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: B01614
Notes:
AgComm Teaching, In: Paul A. Funk Recognition Program : papers by the recipients of Awards in 1974. Urbana, IL : College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, 1975. p. 11-23. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Special Publication 36)
Malone, Violet M. (author / Professor of Extension Education, University of Illinois) and Professor of Extension Education, University of Illinois
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03495
Notes:
John Behrens Collection; see C03480 for original, In: Swanson, Burton E., ed. Agricultural extension : a reference manual. 2nd ed. Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, 1984. p. 206-217
Cobia, David W. (author / Department of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University) and Department of Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 63 Document Number: C02190
