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102. Responding to stakeholder's demands for climate information: from research to applications in Florida
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jagtap, S.S. (author), Jones, J.W. (author), Hildebrand, P. (author), Letson, D. (author), O'Brien, J.J. (author), Podestá, G. (author), Zierden, D. (author), and Zazueta, F. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2002-12
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07811
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 74 (3): 415-430
103. Rhetorical landscapes as epistemic: revisiting Aldo Leopold's a sand county almanac
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Willard, Barbara E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-10-16
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09763
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(2): 218-235
104. Scientists need to talk to the public
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ngumbi, Esther (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02-21
- Published:
- Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10673
- Notes:
- 4 pages., via Scientific American website., Opinion piece by Esther Ngumbi, a distinguished postdoctoral researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Entomology Department and a Food Security, on why she believes there needs to be a bigger emphasis on public communication by scientists.
105. Social networking of innovative farmers through WhatsApp messenger for learning exchange: A study of content sharing
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- M.S. Nain (author), Rashmi Singh (author), and Jyoti Ranjan Mishra (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11070
- Journal Title:
- The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- 89(3)
- Notes:
- 3 pages., via online journal., Farm Innovators are regularly exchanging information and their experiences using WhatsApp messenger on their mobile phones. Most of the content shared was knowledge intensive with a mix of personal farming experiences. As Social constructivist learning theory seeks to improve socialinteractions to construct and share knowledge and the social networking through WhatsApp has proved to be potential to construct knowledge. Learning being the outcome of interactions between cognitive and psychological and the WhatsApp being the potential source for socialization and internalization promoted the creation ofsocial wealth in the form of discussion forums of Innovative farmers for learning exchange. The extension mechanism for purposeful farmer to farmer learning exchange has been created which in turn is a step towards innovative farmer led extension delivery mechanism. The potential of not only WhatsApp but other social media need to be exploited to bring location specific and commodity oriented transformative changes in the agriculture extension delivery system. The experimentation with innovative farmers is not only helping in scaling the farmers’ innovations but also institutional innovations at large. As all human resources (labour, management, innovation, creativity) are products of social relationships, no one can reach maturity without the help of personally caring people, including their families, friends, neighbors, and communities. Farms and agricultural enterprises also depend on the ability of people to work together toward the common goal of ecological, social, and economic sustainability through social networks.
106. Successful collaborations between extension and nonprofits: factors contributing to effective alliances
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carnes, Chelsea (author), Jones, Jennifer A. (author), Pracht, Dale (author), and Simonne, Eric (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10423
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(2)
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Article # 2FEA3, Via online journal., There are many potential advantages to collaborations between Extension and nonprofit organizations; however, it is unclear what factors contribute to a successful collaboration. We used an exploratory cross-comparative case study design to analyze four cases of highly successful Extension/nonprofit collaborations in one area in Florida. Using both deductive and inductive analysis processes, we identified several factors that contributed to the success of these partnerships: alignment of goals, longevity, informal adaptable partnering, relevant Extension agent background, delegation of tasks, marketability and fun, and relationship building. Exploration of these factors can inform future studies and has immediate, practical implications for Extension agents.
107. Technical assistance and training services offered by INTERPAKS
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Brochure
- Publication Date:
- Circa 1990
- Published:
- International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07295
- Notes:
- Paul Hixson Collection., 4 pages.
108. The Ohio story: No. 807 - "After fifty years, the harvest"
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (author)
- Format:
- Radio transcript
- Publication Date:
- 1952-02-29
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9; Folder: OSU files Document Number: D09135
- Journal Title Details:
- 807
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, OSU files, Ohio State University. 6 pages.
109. The People or the Message: Which is Responsible for Cognitive Conflict?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rumble, Joy N. (author), Rockers, Alyssa (author), and Buck, Emily B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-01
- Published:
- United States: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12421
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 62 (4)
- Notes:
- 13 pages., While work on agricultural messaging is abundant, the way that audiences form perceptions of messages is not well understood and little research has examined the cognitive effects of image and word associations in an agricultural context. Previous knowledge gap research has shown that socioeconomic status and access to information could be one contributor of perception formation. We propose that these variables could also impact cognitive processing. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory study was to examine how components of cognitive dissonance and knowledge gap theory apply in the context of a contentious agricultural issue. Data were collected from 1,049 United States’ residents through an online survey with an embedded experimental design. Respondents randomly received one of two image and word association pairings. After viewing the treatment, measures of cognitive conflict, demographics, and desire to learn more were collected. The results showed that the cognitive conflict instrument performed differently in the context of a complex agricultural issue than in prior research. Additionally, the message pairings had a stronger influence on cognitive conflict components than demographic characteristics. Finally, the desire to learn more was impacted by the message treatments. Future research on cognitive conflict and advanced modeling is recommended.
110. The bio-economy concept and knowledge base in a public goods and farmer perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schmid, Orro (author), Padel, Susanne (author), and Levidow, Les (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00949
- Journal Title:
- Bio-based and Applied Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(1) : 47-63
111. The distribution of farmer learning videos: Lessons from non-conventional dissemination networks in Benin
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zoundji, Gérard C. (author), Okry, Florent (author), Vodouhê, Simplice D. (author), and Bentley, Jeffery W. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-01-01
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: D10698
- Journal Title:
- Cogent Food & Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(1): 1-15
- Notes:
- 15 pages., Article #: 1277838, via online journal., Commercial channels can be non-conventional networks for disseminating agricultural information, especially if farmers are willing to pay for a DVD with learning videos. Using purposive sampling, we selected retailer and involved them in selling videos compiled in a DVD. Inside the jacket of DVD, we pasted a sticker listing a phone number that buyers or video viewers could call for further questions. We interviewed 341 of the buyers who called that number. After the phone interviews, snowball sampling was used to select 180 farmers for face-to-face interviews in order to validate the information collected during the telephone interviews and to understand the behavioural changes triggered by watching the videos. Within four months of first distributing DVDs to retailers, 80% of the 700 DVDs were sold. Distributing videos through commercial channels gives a fair chance to everyone to learn, since the DVDs were sold on the open market at an affordable price. About 84% of the DVDs were sold at 1 USD, suggesting that all of the respondents were willing to pay for learning DVDs; 86% of respondents said they now spent less money on pesticides after watching the videos. Private sector actors can become “new extensionists” and distribute agricultural information to rural populations.
112. The efficacy of knowledge sharing strategies used at Egerton University as perceived by livestock value chain actors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ong'ondo, M. A (author), Nyaanga, J. G (author), and Bebe, B. O. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Pakistan: eSci Journals Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11224
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(2): 155-160
- Notes:
- 6 pages., ISSN: 2311-6110, via online journal., Agricultural universities invest substantial resources in postgraduate research that generate knowledge products. These are aimed at providing solutions to practical constraints impeding increased productivity in the agricultural sector, which plays a vital role in Kenya's economic development. Using a case study of Egerton University, this study aimed to determine the strategies most frequently used to share the generated knowledge products, and to find out their preferences of the knowledge sharing strategies in use. The actors' perception of the relevance and accessibility of the knowledge products generated at the University was also examined. The study was conducted through desktop study which reviewed the Masters and Doctorate Theses that targeted livestock value chain actors generated between January 2005 and December 2011. A survey was conducted using structured questionnaires to collect data from a sample size of 198 actors. The findings indicated that the knowledge products were 25 to 29 times more likely (P<0.001) to be disseminated through the library than any other sharing strategy examined. The sampled actors in livestock value chain perceived media briefs to be the most accessible with a mean of 4.26. The Masters Theses were perceived as more relevant to their needs with a mean of 4.07. The findings indicate that the livestock value chain actors were not fully utilizing the knowledge sharing strategies used to reach them. The study concluded that the defined primary beneficiaries of knowledge products from the university were not effectively reached.
113. The situation and solutions for using indigenous knowledge of local people in adaptation to floods in An Giang Province, Vietnam
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Phu, P. X. (author) and De, N. N. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-12
- Published:
- Vietnam
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09181
- Journal Title:
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 26 (2) : 72-96
- Notes:
- An Giang University, Long Xuyen City, An Giang, Vietnam Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Vietnam
114. The status of perception, information exposure and knowledge of soil fertility among small-scale farmers in Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Zambia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Spurk, Christoph (author), Asule, Pamellah (author), Ofori-Baah, Rebecca (author), Chikopela, Louis (author), Diarra, Boubacar (author), Koch, Carmen (author), and Wageningen University
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08-21
- Published:
- Netherlands: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10944
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Notes:
- 22 pages, via online journal article, Purpose: Soil fertility is decreasing in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. To mitigate this trend, various agricultural technologies are available, but their uptake by farmers has been low. Perception of the problem, information exposure, and knowledge play a major role in adoption of technologies. This study assessed empirically the levels of perception, knowledge and information exposure among African farmers as an indicator for potential adoption of soil fertility technologies. Design/Methodology/approach: The study used survey data of more than 2,400 small-scale farmers selected through random sampling from Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Zambia. The survey investigated socio-economic factors, exposure to media, perception and knowledge of soil fertility and other information. Findings: Many farmers did not perceive soil fertility as a major challenge, except in Mali; farmers were hardly receiving information on soil fertility from professional agricultural sources, and they often lacked accurate knowledge about soil fertility technologies. Radio was by far the most used information source for farmers. Practical implications: The study has exposed the need for interventions to increase awareness, information exposure, and knowledge about soil fertility among farmers to strengthen the adoption of soil fertility technologies. It also calls for innovative ways of strengthening extension services through links with radio. Theoretical implications: The role of communication in the uptake of agricultural innovations is still under-researched, and hence this study exposes the need to investigate in-depth knowledge, perception levels, and quality and frequency of information exposure on various channels of soil fertility management. Originality: This is one of the few studies empirically measuring perception, information frequency on various channels, and knowledge of soil fertility among small-scale farmers in African countries.
115. The use of Twitter for knowledge exchange on sustainable soil management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mills, Jane (author), Reed, Matthew (author), Skaalsveen, Kamilla (author), and Ingram, Julie (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12
- Published:
- Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11121
- Journal Title:
- Soil Use & Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 35:195–203
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., Encouraging the uptake of sustainable soil management practices often requires on‐farm experiential learning and adaptation over a sustained period, rather than the traditional knowledge transfer processes of identifying a problem and implementing a solution. Farmer‐to‐farmer learning networks are emerging with farmers experimenting and sharing knowledge about these practices amongst themselves. One potential communication channel for such interaction and knowledge sharing is social media and Twitter in particular. A content analysis of a Twitter account for an EU research project, SoilCare, and in‐depth qualitative interviews with five farmers using Twitter, was used to illustrate the extent and type of farmer‐to‐farmer knowledge sharing in relation to sustainable soil management practices. Evidence of farmer learning and knowledge sharing on Twitter with respect to these practices was identified. Twitter can capture the immediacy of the field operations and visual impacts in the field. Furthermore, the brief messages channelled through Twitter appeal to time‐constrained farmers. The ability for interaction around particular hashtags in Twitter is developing virtual networks of practice in relation to sustainable soil management. Within these networks, farmer champions are emerging that are respected by other farmers. Twitter works best for those actively seeking information, rather than passive recipients of new knowledge. Therefore, its use with other forms of face‐to‐face interaction as part of a blended learning approach is recommended. Twitter also offers a potential space for other actors, such as researchers and advisers, to interact and share knowledge with farmers.
116. The use of mobile phones as a panacea to facilitate quick food trade rollout between markets and countrysides: a study of Ayaou-Sran
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oura, Raphaël Kouadio (author) and Kouassi, François N’goran (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Ivory Coast
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07590
- Journal Title:
- Net Journal of Agricultural Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 (4): 104-111
117. The utilisation of groups for innovation and knowledge transfer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Owen, Wyn (author) and Williams, Eirwen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Wales
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D01003
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 114 : 99-105
118. Tools to keep communities of practice ticking
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bheenick, Krishan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08522
- Journal Title:
- ICT Update
- Journal Title Details:
- 81 : 10-11
119. Training needs assessment for agricultural research and extension in the Chapare and associated high valley regions of the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes , Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1960-05-16
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes3 Document Number: D09076
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes collection
120. Transfer of systems analysis and simulation in agriculture to developing countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Penning de Vries, F.W.T. (author), Rabbinge, R. (author), Jansen, D.M. (author), and Bakema, A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07738
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 29 (2): 85-96
121. Transforming communication and knowledge production processes to address high-end climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tàbara, J. David (author), St. Clair, Asun Lera (author), and Hermansen, Erlend A.T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-01
- Published:
- Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10272
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 70 : 31-37
- Notes:
- 7 pages., Via online journal., Recent GHG emissions trends are in stark contrast with the Paris Agreement’s target to hold the increase in average global warming to “well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to stay below 1,5 °C” by the end of the century compared with preindustrial times. This disconnect has further unveiled the limitations of current knowledge production and communication processes in Southern European countries, where fast institutional changes are needed to address the potential impacts as well as the opportunities for transformation derived from High-End Climate Change (HECC). The prevailing knowledge deficit-model – aimed at producing ‘more knowledge’ about climate impacts, vulnerabilities and long-term scenarios to decision makers – has long proven inadequate in tackling the many complexities of the present socio-climate quandary. The growing emphasis on assessing and implementing concrete solutions, demand new and more complex forms of agent interactions in the production, framing, communication and use of climate knowledge; and in particular, explicit procedures able to tackle difficult normative questions regarding assessment of solutions and the allocation of individual and collective responsibilities. To explore these challenges, we analyse the views of 30 Spanish knowledge contributors and users of the latest UN IPCC AR5 report and share the insights gained from the implementation of a participatory Integrated Assessment procedure aimed at developing innovative solutions to high-end climate scenarios in Iberia. Our analysis supports the view of the need to institutionalise transformation, and in particular underlines the potential role that transformative climate boundary organisations could play to address such difficult ethical choices in different contexts of action.
122. U.S. bread basket shifts thanks to climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Heikkinen, Niina (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-12-23
- Published:
- United States: Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10672
- Notes:
- 7 pages., via Scientific American website., Farming across the Midwest will be challenged by a shifting climate and may struggle to keep up crop production.
123. Understanding risk in forest ecosystem services: implications for effective risk management, communication and planning
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blennow, Kristina (author), Persson, Johannes (author), Wallin, Annika (author), Vareman, Niklas (author), and Persson, Erik (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-09
- Published:
- Oxford Academic
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11501
- Journal Title:
- Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 87(2): 219–228
- Notes:
- 10 pages., via online journal., Uncertainty, insufficient information or information of poor quality, limited cognitive capacity and time, along with value conflicts and ethical considerations, are all aspects that make risk management and risk communication difficult. This paper provides a review of different risk concepts and describes how these influence risk management, communication and planning in relation to forest ecosystem services. Based on the review and results of empirical studies, we suggest that personal assessment of risk is decisive in the management of forest ecosystem services. The results are used together with a review of different principles of the distribution of risk to propose an approach to risk communication that is effective as well as ethically sound. Knowledge of heuristics and mutual information on both beliefs and desires are important in the proposed risk communication approach. Such knowledge provides an opportunity for relevant information exchange, so that gaps in personal knowledge maps can be filled in and effective risk communication can be promoted.
124. Urban agriculture in shared spaces: the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- St Clair, Rebecca (author), Hardman, Michael (author), Armitage, Richard P. (author), and Sherriff, Graeme (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10527
- Journal Title:
- Urban Studies
- Notes:
- 16 pages., via online journal., The expanding critical literature on Urban Agriculture (UA) makes links between the withdrawal of state services and the institutionalisation of volunteering, while observing that challenging funding landscapes can foster competitive environments between third-sector organisations. Where these organisations are forced to compete for survival at the expense of collaboration, their ability to collectively upscale and expand beneficial activities can be compromised. This paper focuses on a lottery-funded UA project and draws predominantly on observations and interviews held with project staff and growing group volunteers. Research conducted in Wythenshawe, Manchester (UK), highlights difficulties experienced by organisations attempting to function in an environment disfigured by depletion, illustrating conflicts that can arise between community groups and charitable organisations competing for space and resources. Inter-organisational dynamics are considered at two scales: at the grassroots level between growing groups, and at a structural level between project partners. In a landscape scarred by local authority cutbacks and restructures, a dearth of funding opportunities and increasingly precarious employment, external initiatives can be met with suspicion or hostility, particularly when viewed as superfluous interventions. The resulting ‘siege mentality’ reflects the need for organisational self-preservation but perhaps paradoxically results in groups with similar goals and complementary ideologies working against each other rather than in cooperation.
125. Videos and podcasts for delivering agricultural extension: achieving credibility, relevance, legitimacy and accessibility
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chivers, Charlotte-Anne (author), Bliss, Katie (author), Boon, Auvikki de (author), Lishman, Lydia (author), Schillings, Juliette (author), Smith, Rachel (author), and Rose, David Christian (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-11-07
- Published:
- UK: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12630
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 26 pgs, To explore the perceived credibility, relevance, legitimacy and accessibility of videos and podcasts in farm extension.
126. What characteristics define participants of Michigan’s healthy food incentive program?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Parks, Courtney A. (author), Jaskiewicz, Lara J. (author), Dombrowski, Rachael D. (author), Frick, Hollyanne E. (author), Hortman, Sarah B. (author), Trumbull, Elissa (author), Hesterman, Oran B. (author), and Yaroch, Amy L. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-27
- Published:
- USA: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10342
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Planning Education and Research
- Notes:
- 7 pages., Via online journal., To characterize participants of a statewide healthy food incentive program in terms of shopping behaviors, surveys were collected at farmers markets (N = 436) and grocery stores (N = 131). Farmers market and grocery store respondents were mostly forty-five to fifty-four years old (21 percent to 24 percent) and female (72 to 82 percent). Grocery store respondents were more diverse. Farmers market participants were more likely to be female (p = .011), not have children (p = .006), and traveled further compared to grocery store participants. As healthy food incentive programs expand, participant characteristics should inform tailored outreach to expand to diverse populations to have a greater public health impact.
127. Where to put the focus on rural development: changing the focus from funding to learning
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Katona Kovacs, Judit (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10918
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 116 : 41-48
- Notes:
- Why is a change in the focus of rural development needed? Sinek (2009) pointed out that the first question addressed by successful entrepreneurs when establishing their companies is, why should the enterprise be created, what is the purpose of it? With the outcome of a conversation with an academic colleague in mind, that even scientific papers have a story to tell, the author has structured this paper in line with the 'golden circle' approach of Sinek (2009), namely asking why, then how and then what? At the beginning of her research career in rural development, the author examined the role of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Hungary, with special regard to agri-environmental management. As this research was linked to policy regulations it was in rather a 'top down' direction, examining the effects of selected tools such as agri-environmental measures, direct payments and the LEADER approach. The experience gained during this period (2001-2006) redirected the interest of the author to human and social capital. Examination of sustainability, resilience and system thinking has become a basic element in her work. Acceptance by agriculture that corporate social responsibility is a pre-condition for the licence to produce is now an established societal demand. Production methods that have regard for the planet and people as well as profi t have become a 'must' for the food industry (Slingerland and Rab-binge, 2009). The author keeps in mind the three dimensions of sustainability (nature, society and economy), in which nature creates the frame, the limits of growth, and society is understood to be part of it. Each human being, as an indi-vidual part of society, has his/her responsibility and has to understand the system he/she lives in. This is very important because, as Senge (2011) points out, people do not believe that they infl uence the future, while Johnson (2013), in line with Meier (2005), states that our future is based on how we as individuals live and talk today. In Hungary, human and social resources, which play an important role in the rural economy, show a great defi cit (Katona Kovács, 2006a). Appreciating the importance of human and social capital and their deficit in the North Great Plain NUTS 2 region where she lives, the author is look-ing for ways to increase these resources. This is the first and most important answer to the why question. Since 2006 the author's research work has sought answers to how human and social capital could be increased in local economies, as key factors for future development, even in the improvement of agri-environment management. Although there are good examples of changes generated through policy instruments, such as the LEADER pro-gramme (ÖIR, 2004), instead of trying to form or to increase human and social capital via 'top down' policy mechanisms, while keeping the importance of these instruments in mind, the author is looking for 'bottom-up' tools and participatory actions. This preference is based on an increasing body of evidence. For example, Dam et al. (2009) explore the transi-tion of societal organisation from heavy reliance on the state towards self-organisation by citizens in communities. They note that private citizens are increasingly expected to take responsibility for the direction of their own lives. The suc-cess of the LEADER programme also comes from the space it gives for bottom-up approaches, for partnership and co-creation. Based on the model elaborated by Lukesch (2007), Katona Kovács et al. (2011) examined, from the three modes of operation offered by the model (animating actions, struc-turing actions and consolidating actions), the types of activities of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) in the North Great Plain region. Their results demonstrate the importance of animating actions amongst the LAGs in the region. In this region the level of governance is such that "the ability of people to articulate their common needs is the starting point for many innovations ... It is the only point where we can speak about development programmes in the strict sense" (Lukesch, 2007, p.16). Today animating actions are the most needed operations in the North Great Plain region, so as to encourage different actors to work together and experience the results of common thinking. Dialogue about the common needs is an important first step to help the development of local communities.
128. Who will take the lead? Indiana agricultural leadership program
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lovejoy, Stephen B. (author)
- Format:
- summary report
- Publication Date:
- 1985-10-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09828
- Notes:
- Preliminary analysis of applicants to the Indiana Agricultural Leadership Development Program of the Indiana Institute of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition., NCR-90 Collection, 3 pages
129. Will digital technologies transform agriculture in developing countries?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Deichmann, Uwe (author), Goyal, Aparajita (author), and Mishra, Deepak (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-11
- Published:
- International: Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 United States
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08208
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 47 (S1): 21-33
130. Women at the forefront of knowledge sharing
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Taylor, Gia Gaspard (author) and Ramos, Isaura Lopes (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Published:
- International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08521
- Journal Title:
- ICT Update
- Journal Title Details:
- 81 : 8-9
131. “Organic is more of an American term... we are traditional farmers”: discourses of place-based organic farming, community, heritage, and sustainability
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoffmann, Jeffrey Alan (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 64 Document Number: D10729
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(6): 807-824
- Notes:
- 19 pages., via online journal., The following study looks at how traditional, organic, cooperative farmers starting a new farming cooperative in the US Southwest communicate about their farming as a set of (sustainable) cultural practices. The study draws on environmental communication theory, the theory of the coordinated management of meaning, and Vandana Shiva’s three-tiered economic model to construct a communication-based framework through which to view farmers’ stories about sustainability. This framework is productive, showing how some Nuevo Mexicano farmers (and others) orient toward farming, sustenance, and human-nature relationships through community, family, heritage, and education. Moreover, in addition to a conceptualization of sustainability as specific practices for nurturing and enduring in environments, communities, and organizations/institutions, sustainability can be understood as embedded ecocultural and historical experience with cross-cultural parallels in land-based communities. This study advances the ethical duty of environmental communication to better understand the ways in which environmental discourse and ecocultural and material realities are imbricated, as well as the call for such discursive study to be grounded in phenomenological experience of the natural world.