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2. A fine crop of hearts and minds in Afghanistan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- O'Connor, Maura R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07169
- Journal Title:
- Miller-McCune
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(1) : 20-23
3. A network approach for evaluating and communicating forest change models
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Drescher, Michael (author) and Perera, Ajith H. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07698
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Ecology
- Journal Title Details:
- 47 (1): 57-66
4. A new approach for participative rural development in Georgia - reflecting transfer of knowledge and enhancing innovation in a non-European Union context
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oedl-Wieser, Theresia (author), Dax, Thomas (author), and Fischer, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Georgia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08713
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 119 : 48-54
5. A novel NGO approach to facilitate the adoption of sustainable innovations in low-income countries: lessons from small-scale farms in Nicaragua
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dyck, Bruno (author) and Silvestre, Bruno S. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10522
- Journal Title:
- Organization Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 40(3): 443–461
- Notes:
- 19 pages., via online journal., There are about 500 million small-scale farms in low-income countries on the planet. Farmers have been slow to adopt a threefold set of sustainable agronomic practices known as “conservation agriculture” (CA) that have been shown to double productivity. Our study of a novel CA project in Nicaragua, organized based on principles that counter convention, may point to improved ways of understanding and managing sustainable innovations in low-income countries. In particular, by connecting core ideas from the innovation literature to the literature that explores the role of intermediaries such as NGOs, our case study suggests that the efficacy of NGOs to facilitate the adoption of sustainable innovations by small-scale farmers in these settings may be enhanced if NGOs employ non-centrist approaches in order to address the critical uncertainties associated with such innovations. We discuss how our findings contradict some of long-standing arguments in the literature, and their implications for theory and practice.
6. A research approach to institutional alternatives in the administration of agrarian development programmes
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Allan Schmid, A. (author) and Faas, Ronald C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1975-10
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Folder: 160 Document Number: D07762
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration
- Journal Title Details:
- 2 (4): 285-305
7. A study on impact of ICT enabled web portal (Krishinet) on farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Singh, Vinod (author) and Kameswari, V.L.V. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- India: New Delhi Publishers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: D10868
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(2): 163-174
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., In recent years, there has been extensive investment in e-governance throughout the developing world. Still, little is known about the impact of those investments, partly due to a lack of assessment guidance. In this study modified sustainable livelihood framework approach was used for studying impact of the project on farmers. Before and after data was collected from the registered farmers using recall method to assess the impact of the project on all five types of capital (Natural capital, financial capital, human capital, physical capital and social capital). It was found that after implementation of the project, in the category of natural capital, average production and average sold quantity of rice, wheat, pigeon pea, mustard, and green gram has been significantly increased and in the category of financial capital, respondents’ average family income, earning from agriculture and allied sector and benefit from government schemes has been significantly increased and in the category of human capital, average number of training received by respondents and average number of extension contacts made by respondents has been significantly increased and in the category of physical capital, average storage facility has been increased by respondents and in the category of social capital, average number of meetings attended by respondents in Krishi Gyan Kendra has been significantly increased.
8. Actors, roles and interactions in agricultural innovation networks: the case of the Portuguese cluster of small fruits
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Madureira, Lívia (author), Cristóvão, Artur (author), Ferreira, Dora (author), and Koehnen, Timothy (author)
- Format:
- ebook chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2018-05-20
- Published:
- Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10355
- Journal Title:
- New Metropolitan Perspectives Local Knowledge and Innovation Dynamics Towards Territory Attractiveness Through the Implementation of Horizon
- Journal Title Details:
- 101
- Notes:
- 8 pages., ISBN 978-3-319-92102-0, Via ebook, The idea underpinning EIP-AGRI for linking producers and users of knowledge and promoting their interaction around problem-solving is well grounded on the evidence provided by the ‘innovation systems’ and related literature. Evidence gaps that matter to the implementation of the EIP-AGRI activities comprise the lack of knowledge regarding the best-fit network configuration for different farming systems and farming styles, and the nature and effectiveness of a facilitator function and role to bridge communication between researchers and farmers. This paper contributes with empirical evidence regarding the networks configuration best-fit for different farming system and farming styles, and provide insights on the facilitator relevance and its desirable profile, built on the study of a particular network: the Portuguese Cluster of small fruits (CSF). The small fruit sector is a novel sector in Portugal that has attracted in recent years a large number of new investors, in particular newly-established small-scale inexperienced producers. The insights provided by the CSF analysis emphasises that agglomeration economies based networks, which are very important in some agricultural sectors (e.g. fruit, wine) and in countries or regions where small-scale farms are significant, can in fact be the ground for knowledge and innovation networks in the sense wanted by the EIP-AGRI, since inclusiveness and facilitation functions are accounted for properly.
9. Agricultural extension in Egypt: Issues and options for improvement
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shalaby, M.Y. (author), Baig, M.B. (author), Al-Shaya (author), and Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, King Saud University, P O Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010-12
- Published:
- Egypt
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08184
- Journal Title:
- Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 28 (4): 205-213
10. Agriculture and biodiversity in the Brazilian social sciences: a possible state-of-the-art scenario
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carneiro, Maria José (author) and Danton, Thais (author)
- Format:
- Journal
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Brazil: Routledge
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07537
- Journal Title:
- Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- 24 (3): 225-246
11. Agrochemical based information usage among farmers: a pathway to sustainable cocoa production in Osun state, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ojo, Toyin Femi (author), Kolodeye, Gbenga Festus (author), and Oladele, Taiwo Sulaiman (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Scientific Papers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10652
- Journal Title:
- Scientific Papers: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture & Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(1): 331-337
- Notes:
- 8 pages., ISSN: 2284-7995, via online journal., The study accessed agrochemical based information usage among cocoa farmers in Nigeria with a view to determine the sustainability of information sources for an increased cocoa production in the study area. Simple random sampling was used to select 120 cocoa farmers using structured interview schedule. Results showed that farmers were in their 50s with about 12 years of formal education. Radio (mean = 2.56) ranked highest among the sources of information while about 60 percent of the respondents indicated a very high level of usage of agrochemical information in cocoa production. Results of Pearson Product Moment Correlation showed a significant relationship between farmers’ perception (r = 0.365; p≤0.01) and usage of agrochemical based information. The findings conclude that the use of mass media as the most frequently used among farmers for agrochemicals in cocoa production may be sustainable. It is therefore recommended that the use of mass media for agrochemicals usage in cocoa production should be reinforced in passing other information to cocoa farmers.
12. Americans overseas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
- Format:
- paper report
- Publication Date:
- 1962
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9; Folder: MSU Ph.D files Document Number: D09114
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Ph.D files, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 6 pages.
13. Analysis of conservation agriculture preferences for researchers, extension agents, and tribal farmers in Nepal using Analytic Hierarchy Process
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Reed, Brinton (author), Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine (author), Tamang, B.B. (author), and Chaudhary, Narendra (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05
- Published:
- Nepal: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07799
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 127: 90-96
14. Animating online communities - a facilitator's experience
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Opigo, Johnson (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: D08519
- Journal Title:
- ICT Update
- Journal Title Details:
- 81 : 4-6
15. Announcement 1989 INTERPAKS course: Organization and management of agricultural extension systems: a new look at knowledge transfer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Folder
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07951
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Folder for International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana. Two folds.
16. Announcement 1989 INTERPAKS course: Training of trainers for agricultural and rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Folder
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07955
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Folder for International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana. Two folds.
17. Announcement 1990 INTERPAKS course: Organization and management of agricultural extension systems: a new look at knowledge transfer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Folder
- Publication Date:
- 1989
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07954
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Folder for International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana. Two folds.
18. Announcement 1990 INTERPAKS course: Training of trainers for agricultural and rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Folder
- Publication Date:
- 1989
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07956
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Folder for International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana. Two folds.
19. Are U.S. farmers neglecting Mother Earth? Consumers weigh in
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fleck, Terry (author)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-20
- Published:
- USA: Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08475
- Notes:
- 2 pages.
20. Between words: a generational discussion about farming knowledge sources
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wójcik, Marcin (author), Jeziorska-Biel, Pamela (author), and Czapiewski, Konrad (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03-09
- Published:
- Poland: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10245
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 67: 130-141
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Via online journal., This article is concerned with the shaping of agricultural knowledge among farmers, in the context of the rapid changes Polish agriculture has been subject to since the time of the country's EU accession. The theoretical underpinnings of this work have been described in terms of the significant notional categories, i.e. knowledge, knowledge-cultures and sources of knowledge. The research made use of the joint interviews method. Interviews were run with representatives of different generations in 10 farming families in central Poland. The main research objective was to determine sources of farming knowledge among farmers. The use of joint interviews allowed for the identification of sources of knowledge of different kinds. These reflect a division into farmers' closer and more distant surroundings, i.e. to the family and neighbours on the one hand, and to institutions and media on the other. Knowledge acquisition among farmers is in fact found to be a complex process, reflecting socialisation in a multi-generation environment of family and neighbours, on the one hand, and the impact of the institutional and legal system, on the other. In a general sense, this corresponds to the well-known division of sources of knowledge into the tacit and the explicit, with the acquisition of tacit (i.e. informal) knowledge not meeting with any more major obstacles thanks to proximity in a sense that may be cultural (i.e. the agriculture itself), family-related (and in fact multi-generation) and spatial (physical proximity in a given locality). Microsocial conditioning thus plays a major role in the shaping of this source of knowledge. However, the most important factor distinguishing contemporary cultures as regards knowledge on farming is the capacity to adapt to conditions set by the institutions supporting the latter's development. Formal knowledge flowing into farming families from their institutional surroundings requires growing adaptability and preparation if a succession of innovations are to be taken on board. The multi-source nature of knowledge and the achievement of some kind of balance in this respect actually poses a major challenge for the future functioning of family farms as cultural microsystems.
21. Blogging for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report / Case study
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Uganda
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08513
- Notes:
- Story 6 in Clare Pedrick, Web 2.0 and social media: a life-changing pathway for agricultural development actors. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 66 pages.
22. Book review: Teaching extension skills: A tutor's aid for training agricultural extension workers: by Geoffery Moss and Don Treadwell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bowers, J. (author)
- Format:
- Book review
- Publication Date:
- 1978-07
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07744
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Administration
- Journal Title Details:
- 5 (3): 233-234
23. Can anyone hear us? An exploration of echo chambers at a land-grant university
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ruth, Taylor K. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Galindo-Gonzalez, Sebastian (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Carter, Hannah S. (author), Folta, Kevin M. (author), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Ohio State University University of Florida Association for Communication Excellence
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10430
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(2)
- Notes:
- 24 pages., Via online journal., Faculty at land-grant universities are expected to engage in some form of Extension, or science communication, as part of the land-grant mission. However, critics have claimed these institutions are out of touch with their stakeholders’ needs and faculty mainly communicate with others in academia. This engagement with a homogenous group reflects the concepts of echo chambers, where people are only exposed to information that aligns with their beliefs and current knowledge and discredit opposing information. An explanatory mixed-methods design was used to understand land-grant faculty’s engagement in echo chambers. A survey was distributed to a census of tenure-track faculty in the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to understand respondents’ engagement in echo chambers. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 13 of the survey respondents to further explore their audiences and channels used in science communication to understand their engagement in echo chambers. Survey results indicated faculty did not necessarily participate in echo chambers, but they also did not contribute to an open communication network. However, the interviews found participants were interested in reaching new audiences yet struggled to communicate with stakeholders. The participants also reported wanting to find alternative channels to peer reviewed journals to help disseminate their work. The findings from this study indicated faculty contributed to a type of echo chamber, but rather than viewing their stakeholders’ opinions as false, they simply did not hear the opinions. Agricultural communicators should work with land-grant faculty administrators to identify appropriate audiences and channels for science communication.
24. Citizen cartography, strategies of resistance to established knowledge and collective forms of knowledge building
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sannazzaro, Jorgelina (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-04
- Published:
- Argentina
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06862
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(3) : 346-360
25. Collaboration Relations in Climate Information Production and Dissemination to Subsistence Farmers in Namibia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- New, Mark (author) and Ofoegbu, Chidiebere (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-28
- Published:
- International: Springer Link
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12098
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- (2021) 67
- Notes:
- 14 Pgs., Although climate information can aid farmers’ capacity to adapt to climate change, its accessibility and adoption by subsistence farmers hinge on the collaboration between farmers and climate information providers. This paper examines collaborations among actors in the process of climate information production and dissemination in the Namibian agricultural sector. The aim is to investigate the extent to which subsistence farmers are integrated into the collaboration process and the impact of the collaboration on the nature and accessibility of disseminated information. Key informant interviews and a questionnaire survey were used for data collection. Using network analysis, we estimated the networks’ density, clustering coefficient, and degree centrality. The study found that both the climate information production and dissemination networks have a high overall clustering coefficient (78% and 77%, respectively) suggesting a high rate of collaboration among the actors in the networks. However, the frequency of interactions between the actors in both the information production and dissemination networks and subsistence farmers remains very low. Nearly all surveyed farmers reported that they meet with information providers only once in a year. The effect of this poor interaction is reflected in the poor occurrence of feedback learning, which is needed to optimize channels of information dissemination to subsistence farmers and enhance the robustness of disseminated information. We recommend innovative communication means via mobile phone, promotion of peer-to-peer learning, flexible collaboration relations with more space for feedback from the users of climate information, and more attention to long-term forecasts and their implications for adaptive actions.
26. Collectively defining agricultural innovations: a Philippine rice farming village in dialogue
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Genilo, Jude William (author)
- Format:
- conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: D06998
- Journal Title:
- International Communication Association
- Notes:
- pages 1-27
27. Combining participatory approaches and an agent-based model for better planning shrimp aquaculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Joffre, Olivier M. (author), Bosma, Roel H. (author), Ligtenberg, Arend (author), Tri, Van Pham Dang (author), Ha, Tran Thi Phung (author), and Bregt, Arnold K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-12
- Published:
- Vietnam: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07800
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 141: 149-159
28. Comments on training and orientation program seminar
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
- Format:
- Memo
- Publication Date:
- 1961
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9; Folder: MSU Ph.D files Document Number: D09113
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Ph.D. files, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 6 pages.
29. Communication about persistent environmental risks: problems of knowledge exchange and potential of participative techniques
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fuller, Sara (author), Bickerstaff, Karen (author), Khaw, Fu-Meng (author), and Curtis, Sarah (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07367
- Notes:
- Pages 261-277 in Peter Bennett, Kenneth Calman, Sarah Curtis and Denis Fischbacher-Smith (eds.). Risk communication and public health. Second edition. Osvord University Press, Oxford, England. 339 pages.
30. Communication between forest scientists and forest policy-makers in Europe -- A survey on both sides of the science/policy interface
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Janse, Gerben (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-01
- Published:
- Finland: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D07960
- Journal Title:
- Forest Policy and Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10 (3): 183-194
- Notes:
- full text
31. Computers and the alienation of thinking: from deep blue to the Googlemobile
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dean, Kathryn (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08868
- Notes:
- Pages 215-256 in Ormrod, James S. (ed.), Changing our environment, changing ourselves: nature, labour, knowledge and alienation. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London. 315 pages.
32. Condensed version of the taxonomy of educational objectives ans philosophies about training
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes3 Document Number: D09160
- Notes:
- Kerry J. Byrnes Collection
33. Connect4Change (C4C) 2011-2015 Final Report
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2015-12
- Published:
- The Netherlands: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10122
- Notes:
- 124 pages., Via website., This is the final report for the IICD-led Connect4Change programme implemented during 2011-215 in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Peru, Uganda, and Zambia. The Connect4Change programme was implemented by an alliance of Dutch development organisations, incl. IICD, Edukans, Cordaid, ICCO, Akvo and TTC Mobile.
34. Consumer perceptions of aquaponic systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Short, Gianna (author), Yue, Chengyan (author), Anderson, Neil (author), Russell, Carol (author), Phelps, Nicholas (author), and University of Minnesota
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-06
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10442
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(3) : 358-366
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Via online journal., Aquaponics, an integrated system with both hydroponic plant production and aquaculture fish production, is an expanding alternative agriculture system. Many key questions about the overall feasibility of aquaponic systems remain unanswered. Of particular concern for start-up and established producers alike are consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for aquaponic produce and fish. This study reports results and analysis of a consumer survey about perceptions and preferences for aquaponic-grown products that was conducted in Minnesota during Feb. 2016. Probit and ordered probit models are used to evaluate the probability of different consumer demographic segments having various levels of knowledge and perceptions about aquaponics. About one-third of respondents had previously heard of aquaponics, and upon learning more about the system through the survey, respondents tended to be generally neutral or favorable to aquaponics. Price might be an issue for many consumers, but many tend to believe that aquaponics can impact the environment in a positive way. The results represent a first step toward building knowledge about the potential consumer base for aquaponics, which is a critical piece in the system’s potential overall profitability. It appears that consumer education and marketing will be key for the expansion of the market.
35. Creating a place for environmental communication research in sustainability science
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lindenfeld, Laura A. (author), Hall, Damon M. (author), McGreavy, Bridie (author), Silka, Linda (author), and Hart, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-03-07
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08589
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 (1): 23-43
36. Cyber extension: a convergence of ICT and agricultural deveopment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ahuja, Vivek (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-12
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: D07005
- Journal Title:
- Global Media Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(2) : 1-8
37. Deliberative mapping of options for tackling climate change: citizens and specialists 'open up' appraisal of geoengineering
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07187
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(3) : 269-286
38. Economic upliftment and social development through the development of digital astuteness in rural areas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lombard, Antoinette (author), Wiese, Hein Johan (author), and Smit, Jan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- South Africa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08754
- Journal Title:
- Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- 13: 111-120
39. Editorial: Bridging the knowing-doing gap: know-who, know-what, know-why, know-how and know-when
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hulme, Philip E. (author)
- Format:
- Editorial
- Publication Date:
- 2014-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07699
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Ecology
- Journal Title Details:
- 51 (5): 1131-1136
40. Effect of virtual social networks on entrepreneurial behaviour of agriculture students in Iran
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Farani, Ahmad Y. (author), Karimi, Saeid (author), Izadi, Nasim (author), and Ataei, Pouria (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10496
- Journal Title:
- Applied Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 51(21): 2326-2335
- Notes:
- 11 pages., via online journal., The main purpose of this research was to investigate those factors influencing the entrepreneurial behaviour of agriculture students who were members of entrepreneurship learning and training groups in virtual communication networks. In doing this, a conceptual model was developed to examine the effects of characteristics of entrepreneurship virtual social networks and the degree of participation in these networks through entrepreneurial thinking and decision on entrepreneurial behaviour. The study population of this descriptive-correlational research was made up of 180 members of virtual social groups exchanging knowledge of entrepreneurship in WhatsApp and Viber networks. A total of 126 usable questionnaires were collected. Results indicated that participation in virtual social networks had both direct and indirect effects – through entrepreneurial thinking and decisions – on entrepreneurial behaviour. However, characteristics of entrepreneurship virtual networks had only indirect effect on entrepreneurial behaviour via entrepreneurial thinking. The study highlights certain implications for policymakers, (potential) entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship support organizations, researchers and underlines the potential of virtual social networking for promoting entrepreneurship.
41. Empowering farmers to learn and innovate through integration of video-mediated and face-to-face extension approaches: the case of rice farmers in Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Karubanga, Gabriel (author), Kibwika, Paul (author), Okry, Florent (author), and Sseguya, Haroon (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: D10697
- Journal Title:
- Cogent Food & Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(1): 1-12
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Article #: 1274944, via online journal., Agricultural extension is perceived as the primary mechanism through which farmers expand their ability to adopt and adapt new technologies and ideas. The use of Information and Communication Technology like videos in extension is being fronted as an alternative to the conventional Face-to face extension approach (F2FEA). A comparison of effectiveness of the Video-mediated extension approach (VMEA) and F2FEA among rice farmers in two districts of Uganda challenges the independent use of the two approaches. A cross-sectional survey of two nonequivalent groups subjected to VMEA in Kamwenge and F2FEA in Hoima districts was conducted with 196 farmers. The results indicate greater potential for integration of VMEA and F2FEA as the two are complementary in the various stages of the farmer learning framework developed. VMEA is significantly better in awareness creation and sharing of knowledge and experiences while the F2FEA is significantly better at enhancing knowledge acquisition and retention and application. The relative strengths of VMEA and F2FEA can best be harnessed through integration of the approaches. The integration will not solve the problem of large farmer to extension ratio common in developing countries but will rather make the extension workers more effective. The integration however calls for rethinking of institutional arrangement, roles of the extension worker, and pragmatic retooling of the extension worker to embrace social learning principles that empower farmers to be more self-directed learners and innovators.
42. Establishing a knowledge sharing network in a region with an oral culture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dandache, Layal (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03421
- Notes:
- Online via AgriCultures Network, Wageningen, Netherlands. Written during a workshop to document lessons learnt in rural development in Sudan, conducted by ILEIA [Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture] for IFAD [International Fund for Agricultural Development]., Features experiences of KariaNet (Knowledge Access for Interconnected Areas Network)in establishing a network around relatively new concepts such as knowledge management, knowledge sharing and communities of practice. 4 pages.
43. Exchanging knowledge to improve organic arable farming:an evaluation of knowledge exchange tools with farmer groups across Europe
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bliss, Katie (author), Susanne Padel (author), Beth Cullen (author), Charline Ducottet (author), Samantha Mullender (author), Ilse A. Rasmussen (author), and Bram Moeskops (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12
- Published:
- Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11505
- Journal Title:
- Organic Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 9:383–398
- Notes:
- 16 pages., via online journal., Organic farming is knowledge intensive. To support farmers in improving yields and organic agriculture systems, there is a need to improve how knowledge is shared. There is an established culture of sharing ideas, successes and failures in farming. The internet and information technologies open-up new opportunities for knowledge exchange involving farmers, researchers, advisors and other practitioners. The OK-Net Arable brought together practitioners from regional Farmer Innovation Groups across Europe in a multi-actor project to explore how online knowledge exchange could be improved. Feedback from the groups was obtained for 35 ‘tools’, defined as end-user materials, such as technical guides, videos and websites informing about practices in organic agriculture. The groups also selected one practice to test on farms, sharing their experiences with others through workshops, exchange visits and through videos. Farmers valued the same key elements in face-to-face exchanges (workshops and visits) as in online materials. These were the opportunity for visual observation, deeper understanding of the context in which a practice was being tried and details about what worked and what did not work. Videos, decision support tools and social media can provide useful mechanisms for taking knowledge exchange online, enabling farmers and researchers to share experiences and practical implications. Visual information, economics, details of the context, successes and failures were considered to be critical factors in good knowledge exchange tools. Online platforms and forums should not be expected to replace but rather to complement face to face knowledge exchange in improving organic farming.
44. Experiencing biodiversity as a bridge over the science-society communication gap
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- MEINARD, YVES (author), QUÉTIER, FABIEN (author), and Gereco, Espace Saint-Germain Bâtiment le Saxo, 30 avenue du Général Leclerc Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553 du CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09 Biotope, 22 Boulevard du Maréchal Foch, BP 58
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English with Spanish / English abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06
- Published:
- USA: Wiley-Blackwell
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08304
- Journal Title:
- Conservation Biology
- Journal Title Details:
- 28 (3): 705-712
45. Exploring Science Communication Effectiveness in the U.S. Federal Government Research Process: A Case Study with the U.S. Livestock Producers’ Antimicrobial Use Research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Abrams, Katie (author), Bonser, Chelsea (author), and McCord, Amber (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12028
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 104, Issue 4
- Notes:
- 20 pages, Several U.S. federal government agencies collect and disseminate scientific data on a national scale to provide insights for agricultural trade, research, consumer health, and policy. Occasionally, such data have potential to provide insights to advance conversations and actions around critical and controversial issues in the broad agricultural system. Such government studies provide evidence for others to discuss, further interpret, and act upon, but to do so, they must be communicated well. When the research intersects with contentious socio-political issues, successful communication not only depends on tactics, but as this study illuminates, it also depends on relationship quality between research producers, study participants, and end-users. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducted first-of-its kind national studies on cattle and swine producers’ use of antimicrobials. The use of antimicrobials in animal agriculture is considered a critical and controversial issue pertaining to antimicrobial resistance. In recognition of the anticipated wide-ranging interests in these studies, APHIS sought to understand stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of the federal government research process and products with aim of improving their science communication and relations. This study reports on findings from in-depth interviews with 14 stakeholders involved in the antimicrobial use studies to make recommendations for improving communication and relations between the agency and its stakeholders. From this research, we draw implications that are transferrable to numerous types of government science communication efforts within agricultural sectors.
46. Exploring Science Communication Effectiveness in the U.S. Federal Government Research Process: A Case Study with the U.S. Livestock Producers’ Antimicrobial Use Research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Abrams, Katie (author), Bonser, Chelsea (author), and McCord, Amber (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12-01
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12092
- Journal Title:
- Journal for Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 104, Issue 4
- Notes:
- 20 pgs., Several U.S. federal government agencies collect and disseminate scientific data on a national scale to provide insights for agricultural trade, research, consumer health, and policy. Occasionally, such data have potential to provide insights to advance conversations and actions around critical and controversial issues in the broad agricultural system. Such government studies provide evidence for others to discuss, further interpret, and act upon, but to do so, they must be communicated well. When the research intersects with contentious socio-political issues, successful communication not only depends on tactics, but as this study illuminates, it also depends on relationship quality between research producers, study participants, and end-users. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducted first-of-its kind national studies on cattle and swine producers’ use of antimicrobials. The use of antimicrobials in animal agriculture is considered a critical and controversial issue pertaining to antimicrobial resistance. In recognition of the anticipated wide-ranging interests in these studies, APHIS sought to understand stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of the federal government research process and products with aim of improving their science communication and relations. This study reports on findings from in-depth interviews with 14 stakeholders involved in the antimicrobial use studies to make recommendations for improving communication and relations between the agency and its stakeholders. From this research, we draw implications that are transferrable to numerous types of government science communication efforts within agricultural sectors.
47. Extension and training practices: challenges for smallholder cattle farmers' community in Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jiumpanyarach, W. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Pakistan: eSci Journals Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11225
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 6(2): 117-127
- Notes:
- 11 pages., ISSN : 2311-8547, via online journal., The objective of this study was to analyze the impacts of an extension program (education and training practice) as perceived by smallholder cattle farmers to develop their smallholder farm practices and reduce the costs of production. The study used data from 22 participant smallholder farmers with backgrounding cattle systems. In-depth interview questionnaires were used and collected before and after providing the extension program in Saraburi province, Thailand. Two leaders of this group were selected for observation and as farm models. Environmental differences were investigated during the rainy, winter and summer seasons. This study detailed the socioeconomics of the smallholders, the characteristics and management of livestock farms. The satisfaction levels of the extension programs were also analyzed. The benefits and costs of this program were examined and developed after the program finished. The study found backgrounding cattle farms was a major livelihood within the community. The community was of low income and living in poverty. The farmers were at high levels of risk in terms of feeding costs and cattle market. The program provided knowledge to be enable the farmers to understand and develop the farm systems. Most of the smallholders agreed on the good-practice farming and group activities. The farm leaders influenced their perceptions. The farmers were encouraged to do activities together: learning cattle market information, good-practice cattle farms, and cattle rations management. The success of the extension program improved the economic community, community relationships, and community attitudes. The extension program applied to a pro-active policy. Collaboration learning activities for smallholders benefit the farmers' community. This program improves economic relationships, attitudes, and builds a sustainable agricultural community.
48. Factors affecting performance of agricultural extension: evidence from Democratic Republic of Congo
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ragasa, Catherina (author), Ulimwengo, John (author), Randriamamonjy, Josee (author), Badibanga, Thaddee (author), and International Food Policy Research Institution Washington, DC office Western and Central Africa Regional Office
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-04
- Published:
- Netherlands: Taylor and Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10953
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 22(2) : 113-143
- Notes:
- 32 pages, via online journal article, Purpose: As part of the institutional reforms and agricultural restructuring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this paper provides an assessment of the performance of the agricultural extension system as well as factors explaining it. Method: This paper involves key informants’ interviews and surveys of 107 extension organizations and 162 extension agents in randomly selected 156 villages, analyzed using qualitative and logistic regression methods. Findings and Practical Implications: Results show that despite having one of the highest extension agent-to-farmer ratio and a pluralistic extension system, DRC fails to deliver knowledge and technologies to rural areas due to lack of coordination, no unified and clear policy and mandate, lack of funding, aging and low competencies of agents, and lack of mobility and interactions of agents with key actors. This paper complements findings by other studies that number of agents is not a sufficient indication of performance, but an effective system needs to focus on the enabling environment for agents to be motivated to work as mandated. In this paper, enabling conditions that are found to be statistically significant are external funding, enforcement of performance targets, systems of rewards and sanctions, mobility to foster linkages, and skills development. Originality: This paper contributes by: (1) analyzing a cross-section of various organizations and agents to identify factors that explain variations in performance in a statistical and systematic approach; (2) providing insights on how to prioritize investments and options for a fragile state like DRC, with weak infrastructure and institutional capacity and with a long history of neglect for their national extension system; and (3) illustrating how a rich and well-cited conceptual framework can be implemented empirically to provide policy options for a country like DRC.
49. Factors affecting the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for farming decisions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ali, Jabir (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-02
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: D10884
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(1): 78-96
- Notes:
- 20 pages., via online journal, This study analyses the influences of sociodemographic factors, business orientation of farmers, and farm characteristics on adoption of ICT-based information through primary data collected from 461 farmers in eight districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. A personal interview survey was conducted using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The Poisson Count Regression Model was used to analyze the factors influencing use of the information derived through ICT-based systems on various agricultural practices. The findings indicate that education, income, and social category of farmers are important sociodemographic factors affecting the adoption of ICT-based information systems. Similarly, farmers who consider farming as a business venture, practice a diversified cropping system, and have small farms are more likely to use ICT-based information.
50. Factors underlying farmers’ decisions to participate in networks
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kühne, Bianka (author), Lambrecht, Evelien (author), Vanhonacker, Feliep (author), Pieniak, Zuzanna (author), and Gellynck, Xavier (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Belgium
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06525
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(3) : 198-213
- Notes:
- 16 pages.
51. Farmer knowledge as formal knowledge: a case study of farmer-led research in Ontario, Canada
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nelson, Erin (author), Hargreaves, Sarah (author), and Muldoon, Dillon (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-08-22
- Published:
- USA: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12954
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V.12, N.4
- Notes:
- 24 pages, Farmer-led research (FLR) is a process of inquiry wherein farmers use scientific methods to address their own on-farm curiosities and challenges in ways that are compatible with the scale and management style of their operations. With its flexible, adaptable, participatory, grassroots-oriented nature, FLR has typically been employed by farmers interested in ecological farming techniques and technologies, and evidence shows that it contributes to the adoption and improvement of ecological management practices across a range of contexts. Engagement in FLR initiatives has also been linked to positive social outcomes, including community-building, farmer empowerment, and enhanced capacity for leadership and collective action. In this paper, we present a case study of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario’s (EFAO) Farmer-Led Research Program (FLRP), which is currently one of relatively few FLR initiatives in North America. We draw on data from a participatory, mixed-methods research project. Our results highlight how the FLRP is enabling farmers to feel more knowledgeable, confident, motivated, and inspired to adopt and/or improve ecological practices on their farms, in part by supporting them in building robust social networks that align with their farming values and priorities.
52. Farmers’ perception of the quality of mobile-based extension services in Egypt: a comparison between public and private provision
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kassem, Hazem S. (author), Shabana, Rasha M. (author), Alotaibi, Bader M. (author), and Ghoneim, Yomna A. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10523
- Journal Title:
- Information Development
- Notes:
- 20 pages., via online journal., During the last 10 years, different initiatives have been implemented to provide mobile-based extension services for the agricultural sector in Egypt. The current study compared the quality of agricultural extension messages between public and private providers. A simple random sample of 120 farmers was selected representing 7% of the total farmers registered in the databases of Ministry of Agriculture (public services) and Shoura company (private services). Farmers assessed a sample of 10 messages delivered by both providers in terms of six indicators namely (1) access, (2) utilization, (3) timeliness, (4) trust, (5) satisfaction, and (6) sharing information with other farmers. The findings revealed the lack of access to messages by the farmers in the two services. However, more than 50% had utilized the majority of messages (in case of access). The study also showed significant differences between perception of farmers to quality attributes in public and private services (Access 6.77, 0.01; Utilization 8.44, 0.004; Timeliness 8.55, 0.002; Satisfaction 8.88, 0.001; information sharing 7.62, 0.009) except for trust (1.11, 0.4). Findings provide practical implications to support mobile-based extension services to enable sharing information and link farmers with other actors in the agricultural value chain.
53. Food sovereignty: taking root in women's knowledge
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kim, Hyo Jeong (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04
- Published:
- South Korea: ILEIA, The Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08476
- Journal Title:
- Farming Matters
- Notes:
- 6 pages.
54. Grassland farmers’ attitudes toward climate change in the North German Plain
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Eggers, Markus (author), Kayser, Manfred (author), and Isselstein, Johannes (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10508
- Journal Title:
- Regional Environmental Change
- Journal Title Details:
- 15: 607–617
- Notes:
- 11 pages., via online journal., Climate change impacts will affect grassland farming in various ways in the future. Communication and knowledge transfer are crucial to implement on-farm adaptation measures required to meet these challenges in a timely way. Therefore, we need to know how grassland farmers perceive climate change and which factors influence their attitude. We hypothesized that besides direct factors such as region, farm size, age and education, farmers’ socio-cultural background and their beliefs and attitudes are most important in their reaction to climate change. To investigate this, we conducted a survey with extensive on-farm interviews (n = 82) in four distinctive regions in the North German Plain on a gradient from sub-maritime to areas with sub-continental climate. We found that with a more continental climate and less rainfall and with increasing farm size, grassland farmers were more aware of the implications of climate change. In a second step, to categorize the influence of personal beliefs on decisions concerning farming, we applied the typology approach and distinguished four farming styles. Farmers in the four groups differed in terms of climate change awareness and adaptation preferences (P < 0.05). Yield Optimizers and Modernists were more open-minded to rational and economic facts and showed a significantly greater willingness to implement adaptation measures than Idealists and Traditionalists, who need to be addressed at a more emotional level. The results of this study may contribute to the development of better‐targeted adaptation policies that will serve specific groups of farmers more effectively.
55. Group discussion
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jones, J.H., Jr. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1966
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08496
- Notes:
- Pages 331-338 in H.C. Sanders and others (editors), The Cooperative Extension Service, Prentice-Hall,Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 436 pages.
56. Grower communication networks: information sources for organic farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Crawford, Chelsi (author), Grossman, Julie (author), Warren, Sarah T. (author), and Cubbage, Fred (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-06
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10604
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 53(3)
- Notes:
- 14 pages., Article #:3FEA9, via online journal., This article reports on a study to determine which information sources organic growers use to inform farming practices by conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with 23 organic farmers across 17 North Carolina counties. Effective information sources included: networking, agricultural organizations, universities, conferences, Extension, Web resources, personal experience, books, organic buyers/certifiers, and consultants. Results suggest that grower-to-grower networking is a highly effective information-seeking behavior for organic growers. Recommendations for Extension personnel include reshaping educational programing for organic growers to include peer-to-peer information sharing, as well as increased investment to graduate and undergraduate programs that train future Extension agents in organic production approaches.
57. Guild AGM:communication is key to farm science
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tasker, Johann (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-04-09
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07831
- Notes:
- from website of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists
58. How to amplify agroecology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bruil, Janneke (author) and Milgroom, Jessica (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09-22
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07923
- Notes:
- Online from ILEA (Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture), Wageningen, Netherlands. 5 pages.
59. ICTs and small holder farming [opinion]
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Achora, Janet (author)
- Format:
- Opinion
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09
- Published:
- USA: IEEE - Inst. Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07567
- Journal Title:
- IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
- Journal Title Details:
- 35 (3) 21-22
60. INTERPAKS Digest
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- journal
- Publication Date:
- 1992-1996
- 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: D07313
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Digest
- Notes:
- Paul Hixson Collection., This file contains six full issues of the newsletter. Incomplete collection. Individual articles within the issues are identified as separate ACDC documents. They can be identified by using the BibLeaves search system. Use "All fields" with "INTERPAKS Digest" in the search box.
61. INTERPAKS in transition
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nicholaides, John J. III (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- 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: D07294
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(1) : 1-2
- Notes:
- Paul Hixson Collection., Description of staff and program changes being made.
62. Impact of mass media and extension worker contact on degree of adoption of improved animal husbandry practices by livestock farmers of Tarai area of district U.S. Nagar
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Arora, A.S. (author), Dawra, Vasundhara (author), Kumar, Avadhesh (author), and Dabas, Y.P.S. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-06
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10646
- Journal Title:
- Veterinary Practitioner
- Journal Title Details:
- 18 (1): 152-153
- Notes:
- 3 pages., via online journal., The successful transfer of improved animal husbandry practices depends considerably on the effective communication thereby increasing the adoption level among the livestock farmers and ultimately production of our livestock. An efficient as well as effective communication would create congenial environment to stimulate the adoption of evolved animal husbandry practices. However, the identification and utilization of effective source and channels of communication are the essential prerequisite for the same. Correlation of mass media exposure and extension worker contact was positively significant with degree of adoption of selected animal husbandry practices. It clearly indicates that as the mass media exposure and extension worker contact among livestock farmers increases, the degree of adoption of these selected animal husbandry practices also increases, i.e. vaccination, deworming, urea treatment of poor quality roughages, feeding of mineral mixture, use of hybrid seed for fodder production, concentrate feeding and use of artificial insemination in their animals. It was concluded that due importance should be given to mass media exposure and extension worker contact for effective and successful dissemination of animal husbandry practices
63. In pursuit of knowledge-based Slovenia: Is knowledge transfer to agriculture stuck in faculties?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hočevar, Duška Kneževič (author), Istenič, Majda Černič (author), and Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English / Slovenian
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Slovenia: Slovene Anthropological Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08240
- Journal Title:
- Anthropological Notebooks
- Journal Title Details:
- 20 (3): 103-120
64. Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Agricultural Community of Attabira area of Bargarh District, Odisha: A Survey
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Panda, Abinash (author), Rani Dash, Lipsa (author), and Panda, Debasmita (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12355
- Journal Title:
- Library Philosophy and Practice
- Notes:
- 27 pages., The study on the information-seeking behavior of the agricultural community was undertaken in the attabira area of bargarh district of Odisha with objectives to study the different areas in which they require information frequently and determine the sources through which they rely on. It was found that most of the people are dependent upon agriculture in the attabira area. They started working at the age of 18. Most of the farmers (85.6%) of farmers opted for pooja seeds for cultivation. The study shows 7.36% of the respondents are facing difficulties in irrigation facilities. About 78.9% of the people are talking about MSP (Minimum support price). About 7.3% of farmers gathered information from social media, TV, Call centers, etc. It is observed that the highest numbers of people are talking from a nationalized bank. The farmers were getting information from various sources like TV media, print media, etc. The library plays a crucial role in the dissemination of knowledge. The farmer knowledge center was established where they could get their query solved. The knowledge centers need to provide the right information at the right time in a personal way. The result reveals that a large number of people of the attabira district are influenced by socio-economic variables.
65. Innovation intermediation in a digital age: comparing public and private new-ICT platforms for agricultural extension in Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Munthali, Nyamwaya (author), Leeuwis, Cees (author), Van Paassen, Annemarie (author), Lie, Rico (author), Asare, Richard (author), Van Lammeren, Ron (author), and Schut, Marc (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11
- Published:
- Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10421
- Journal Title:
- NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- (86-87) : 64-76
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Via online journal., Agricultural extension in sub-Saharan Africa has often been criticised for its focus on linear knowledge transfer, and limited attention to systemic approaches to service delivery. Currently, the region is experiencing a new-ICT revolution and there are high expectations of new-ICTs to enhance interaction and information exchange in extension service delivery. Using an innovation systems perspective, we distinguish the roles demand-articulation, matching demand and supply, and innovation process management for innovation-intermediaries. The study explores literature on how new-ICT may support these roles, with specific interest in the possibilities of environmental monitoring and new forms of organisation enabled by enhanced connectivity. In order to contribute to the understanding of this area, the paper reports on a comparative study of two new-ICT platforms embedded in Ghanaian public and private extension organisations respectively. We assess the roles that these platforms (aim to) support, and document achievements and constraints based on interviews with extension staff and farmers. The findings indicate that while both platforms aim to support innovation-intermediation roles the focus areas and level of detail differ due to diverging organisational rationales to service delivery. In addition, we see that new-ICTs' potential to support innovation-intermediation roles is far from realised. This is not due to (new) ICTs lacking the capacity to link people in new ways and make information accessible, but due to the wider social, organisational and institutional factors that define the realisation of their potential. Therefore, more conventional modes of interaction around production advice and also credit provision continue to be dominant and better adapted to the situation. However, beyond the two platforms that were developed specifically by and for the extension organisations, there were indications that more informal and self-organised new-ICT initiatives can transform and enhance interaction patterns in innovations systems to achieve collective goals through standard virtual platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
66. Institutional policies and practices leading to improved instruction in higher education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1960
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes7; Folder: MSU student papers file Document Number: D09093
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Class project, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 52 pages.
67. Intercultural communication environment for youth and experts in agriculture support
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Takasaki, T. (author), Murakami, Y. (author), Mori, Y. (author), and Ishida, T. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- USA: IEEE, New York City, New York.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07825
- Journal Title:
- 2015 International Conference on Culture and Computing (Cultural Computing)
- Journal Title Details:
- 131-136
68. International agriculture update
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nicholaides, J.J. (author) and Offutt, Susan E. (author)
- Format:
- Newsletter
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- USA: Office of International Programs, Illinois College of Agriculture, Univeristy of Illinios, Champaign-Urbana
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07641
- Journal Title:
- International Agriculture Update
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 (1)
- Notes:
- 8 pages. Volume One Number One: Paul Hixson collection. V1.12.I.200.1.
69. International programs Michigan State University: Papers in international and world affairs
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- journal
- Publication Date:
- 1967
- Published:
- United States
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes9; Folder: MSU Ph.D files Document Number: D09111
- Journal Title Details:
- July (3)
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, 53 pages.
70. KM4Dev: after-hours online forum
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cummings, Sarah (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: D08523
- Journal Title:
- ICT Update
- Journal Title Details:
- 81 : 12
71. Knowledge Sharing through Mobile Phone to Develop a Knowledge Base: A Study on Rural Women of Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Islam, Mahbubul (author), Ali Akanda, Eamin (author), Hasan, Nazmul (author), Roy, Partha Biplob (author), Any, Farzana Islam (author), Khatun, Tahera (author), Hague, Armanuel (author), and Zhang, Xiaojung (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12360
- Journal Title:
- Library Philosophy and Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- Fall 2020
- Notes:
- 21 pages., The study has an aim to figure out the role of mobile communication in developing Knowledge base among rural women through knowledge sharing. Using a structured questionnaire quantitative data have been collected by survey method and qualitative data through FGDs. Data has been collected on the way of sharing knowledge, areas of expertise, sharing knowledge types, with whom sharing knowledge etc. Rural women are being interested in knowledge sharing through mobile phone because mobile phones are cheap, easier, and available medium for communication to them. Among the rural women who have completed at least secondary education, are sharing both their tacit (mostly) and explicit (moderately) knowledge. On the other hand women who are not literate they are sharing only their indigenous experiences. Both types of women have realized that they are positively being changed in their living attitude because of using mobile and now their knowledge base is somewhat better than ever before. The findings also revealed that they are getting benefit by enriching their knowledge base in different areas and its implementation in their livelihood. Moreover it is apparently clear that they will play important role in developing knowledge base society in rural area through sharing their knowledge in near future.
72. Knowledge and action research and development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Siffin, William J. (author)
- Format:
- Newsletter
- Publication Date:
- 1978
- Published:
- USA: International Development Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes10 Document Number: D09262
- Journal Title:
- PASITAM Newsletter
- Journal Title Details:
- No. 19
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection
73. Knowledge and development: dialogue at the heart of innovation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Clavel, Daniele (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- International: Editions Quae, Versailles Cedex, France, and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08517
- Notes:
- ACDC holds citation information, table of contents, and conclusion., 107 pages.
74. Knowledge communication and non-communication in the water governance of the Saemangeum area, South Korea
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- KoUn Kim (author), HaeRan Shin (author), Miseon Kim (author), and Chuyoun Chang (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-10
- Published:
- South Korea: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10295
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Journal Title Details:
- 156 : 796-804
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Via online journal., This paper looks at how knowledge has been communicated within a multi-layered water governance structure in order to manage non-point source (NPS) pollution in South Korea. Since 28,300 ha of wetlands were reclaimed in Saemangeum, on the western side of the country, in 2006, the artificial lake created has suffered from chronic pollution. For the purposes of integrated water management, a water governance structure was formed linking organisations ranging from local to national scales. Despite institutional efforts to implement integrated water management and a governance approach, knowledge of NPS pollution and its management was produced and communicated among certain stakeholders only, such as policy and technical experts. In-depth interview and archival analysis of this research attempt to explain why and how the loss of knowledge communication occurred in this context. The first result of this research illustrates that, while knowledge communication has been smooth at the national and provincial layers, it has not taken place efficiently through to the local layer. When it comes to local farmers and governmental organisations and experts in particular, knowledge nodes have not functioned. Second, the research suggests that non-communication of knowledge has been mobilised as a professional strategy. Actors at the local layer have prioritized their professional interests and intentionally avoided knowledge communication with other department or ministries. Local and community actors have chosen not to provide farmers information. We conclude by discussing policy implications for knowledge communication and inclusive water governance.
75. Knowledge of intergenerational farm transfer among cocoa farmers in southwest Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Adebayo, Sijuwade Adebukola (author), Joyce, Ogundiran Tosin (author), and Babatunde, Raphael Olanrewaju (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01-04
- Published:
- Poland: Poznan University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12750
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 66, N.4
- Notes:
- 10 pages, The study focused on the knowledge of intergenerational farm transfer among cocoa farmers in southwestern Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 5% of the total 6,843 registered cocoa farmers with the Agricultural Development Project (ADP), making a total sample size of 342 cocoa farmers. Data were collected through interviewer-administered questionnaires and analysed using percentages, frequency distributions and chi-square tests. The results revealed that a majority of the respondents were male (77.0%) and had farm sizes of 5 ha and below (84.9%). The respondents had a mean age of 58 years and a mean household size of six persons. The results show that a majority (65.3%) of respondents had low knowledge about intergenerational farm transfer. 56.9% of the respondents had not discussed the issue of intergenerational farm transfer plans with anybody. The results also show that cocoa farmers’ succession plan status has a positive relationship with their knowledge of intergenerational farm transfer. The study concluded that the knowledge of cocoa farmers about the process of farm transfer is poor. The study recommends that cocoa farmers be trained in the process of intergenerational farm transfer to ensure family farm sustainability.
76. Knowledge of pollinator conservation and associated plant recommendations in the horticultural retail industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Westerhold, Carter M. (author), Wortman, Samuel (author), Todd, Kim (author), Golick, Douglas A. (author), and University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10328
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(4) : 529-535
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Via online journal., Pollinating insects are integral to the health of all terrestrial ecosystems and agriculture worldwide. Urbanization can greatly reduce nutritional resources and habitat for pollinators. However, these losses can be mitigated through targeted landscape practices, such as planting nectar- and pollen-rich plants and managing pollinator habitat in urban areas, especially home landscapes. As homeowners attempt to conserve pollinators through horticultural practices, they often seek the advice and guidance of horticulture retail employees. The knowledge horticulture employees have about pollinators and the recommendations they provide to customers is largely unknown. A nationwide survey was developed and distributed with the objectives to 1) assess employee knowledge about pollinators and pollination biology, 2) discover what plant and management recommendations employees were giving customers pertaining to pollinator conservation, and 3) determine where to focus possible education and outreach, as well as which topics to focus educational programs on. Our findings suggest, among our respondents, that overall knowledge was adequate, with a mean score (±sd) being 8.37 (±3.23) of a possible range of 0–14 points. Uncertified and part-time employees were identified as having significantly lower scores. The subject of plant selection was found to have the largest gap in knowledge, with a mean score of 1.82 (±0.62) of a possible three points. We identified several opportunities for educational outreach, aimed at improving employee and customer knowledge on this important subject.
77. Knowledge translation in agriculture: A literature review (L'application des connaissances dans le secteur agricole: une revue de la littérature)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Elueze, Isioma (author) and Library and Information Science, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English / French
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09
- Published:
- Canada: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08244
- Journal Title:
- Canadian Journal of Information & Library Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- 40 (3): 187-206
78. Knowledge-based agricultural hub
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ahmad, Faudziah (author), Zakaria, Nur Haryani (author), Katuk, Norliza (author), and Osman, Nur Wan Rozaini Sheikh (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- Malaysia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01397
- Journal Title:
- Communications of the IBIMA
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(9) : 63-67
79. Language barriers in livestock-husbandry research
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Manten, A.A. (author)
- Format:
- Editorial
- Publication Date:
- 1974-12
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07715
- Journal Title:
- Livestock Production Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 (4): 421-430
80. Learning from experts and peer farmers about rice production: experimental evidence from Cote d’Ivoire
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Takahashi, Kazushi (author), Mano, Yukichi (author), and Otsuka, Keijiro (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10534
- Journal Title:
- World Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 122: 157-169
- Notes:
- Abstract via online journal. 2 pages., Technological innovation is vital to economic growth and food security in sub-Saharan Africa where agricultural productivity has been stagnant for a long time. Extension services and learning from peer farmers are two common approaches to facilitate the diffusion of new technologies, but little is known about their relative effectiveness. Selection bias, whereby well-motivated training participants would perform better even without extension services, as well as knowledge spillovers, where non-participants can indirectly benefit from extension services, are among the major threats to causal inference. Using a unique sequential randomized experiment on agricultural training, this study attempts to meet the dual objectives of executing rigorous impact evaluation of extension services and subsequent spillovers on rice production in Cote d’Ivoire. Specifically, to reduce selection bias, we randomly assigned eligibility for training participation; and to satisfy the stable unit treatment value assumption, control-group farmers were initially restricted from exchanging information with treated-group farmers who had received rice management training. Once some positive impacts were confirmed, information exchange between the treated and control farmers was encouraged. We found that the initial performance gaps created by the randomized assignment disappeared over time, due presumably to social learning from peer farmers. A detailed analysis concerning the information network and peer effects provided suggestive evidence that there were information and technology spillovers from treated to control farmers after removing the information exchange restriction. Overall, our study demonstrates that information dissemination by farmers can be as effective in improving practices as the initial training provided by extension services.
81. Lifelong learning for farmers: enhancing competitiveness, knowledge transfer and innovation in the eastern German state of Brandenburg
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Von Munchhausen, Susanne (author) and Haring, Anna M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D01005
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 114 : 86-92
82. Linking icon-based models to code-based models: a case study with the agricultural production systems simulator
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Smith, F. Patrick (author), Holzworth, Dean P. (author), and Robertson, Michael J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005-02
- Published:
- Australia: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07808
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 83 (2): 135-151
83. Linking reductionist science and holistic policy using systematic reviews: unpacking environmental policy questions to construct an evidence-based framework
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pullin, Andrew S. (author), Knight, Teri M. (author), and Watkinson, Andrew R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-10
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07713
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Ecology
- Journal Title Details:
- 46 (5): 970-975
84. Linking the agricultural knowledge and innovation system's subsystems: the case of the Flemish ornamental plant production
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vuylsteke, Anne (author) and Van Gijseghem, Dirk (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Belgium
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D01006
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 114 : 79-85
85. Louisiana residents' self-reported lack of information following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Effects on seafood consumption and risk perception
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Simon-Friedt, Bridget R. (author), Howard, Jessi L. (author), Wilson, Mark J. (author), Gauthe, David (author), Bogen, Donald (author), Nguyen, Daniel (author), Frahm, Ericka (author), and Wickliffe, Jeffery K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09-15
- Published:
- USA: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D07992
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 180: 526-537
- Notes:
- full text
86. Making environmental communication work: creating useful guidance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Besley, John (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-06-08
- Published:
- Interational: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08441
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 9 (3): 398-403
87. Mapping out Australia's food future
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-17
- Published:
- Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09390
- Notes:
- 4 pages.
88. Media and global climate knowledge: journalism and the IPCC
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kunelius, Risto (author), Eide, Elisabeth (author), Tegelberg, Matthew (author), and Yagodin, Dmitry (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- United States: Palgrave Macmillan, New York City, New York.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08847
- Notes:
- 309 pages.
89. Model farmers, extension networks and the politics of agricultural knowledge transfer
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Taylor, Marcus (author) and Bhasme, Suhas (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11
- Published:
- International: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10128
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 64 : 1-10
- Notes:
- 10 pages, via online journal, Model farmers are a common feature of many developing world agricultural extension networks within which they demonstrate new cultivation techniques and technologies to local communities. The diverse political-economic and socio-cultural roles that such farmers assume, however, are rarely afforded critical scrutiny. To do so, we emphasise the ways in which model farmers facilitate not only the production and transfer of knowledge but also of materials and legitimacy. These transfers occur both horizontally to community members and vertically through linkages with extension agents, research institutions and private sector interests. We establish how these transfers have important impacts upon both efficiency and equity. To illustrate, we use examples of model farmers drawn from research on hybrid rice dissemination in Mandya district, Karnataka. Despite having the same official functions within the extension network, the model farmers we surveyed assumed strongly different roles with notable implications for the effectiveness of knowledge transfer alongside equity considerations.
90. My thoughts about formal education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Francis C. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1960
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes7; Folder: MSU student papers file Document Number: D09084
- Notes:
- Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Class project, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 3 pages.
91. Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia (author) and Melesse, Mequanint B (author)
- Format:
- journal articles
- Publication Date:
- 2020-04-20
- Published:
- England: Oxford University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12736
- Journal Title:
- European Review of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 47, N. 5
- Notes:
- 35 pages, We use data from a randomised experiment in Uganda to examine effects of incentives on the decision to adopt drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) and mechanisms through which effects occur. We find that social recognition (SR) incentives to a random subset of trained farmers – disseminating farmers (DFs) – increase knowledge transmission from DFs to their co-villagers and change information networks of both DFs and their neighbours. SR also increases DFs’ likelihood of adopting DTMVs. However, the corresponding results for private material rewards are not conclusively strong. We find no evidence that incentives for knowledge diffusion increase the likelihood of co-villagers adopting DTMVs
92. New challenge in agricultural training
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bunting, A.H. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- 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 Document Number: D07325
- Journal Title:
- INTERPAKS Interchange
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(1) : 6-8
- Notes:
- Paul Hixson Collection.
93. Of mice and men: when face-to-face agricultural information is replaced by a mouse click
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charatsari, Chrysanthi (author) and Lioutas, Evagelos D. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-01-01
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10488
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(2): 103-131
- Notes:
- 30 pages., via online journal., In this article we present and discuss two experiments designed to test the effectiveness of the Internet as a tool of agricultural information. Subjects were cotton producers from Thessaly, Greece. Findings suggest that, in the early stages of an innovation diffusion process, the Internet is more effective than social sources (Experiment 1). However, when urgent situations that force quick decisions occur (Experiment 2), the Internet is significantly less effective than face-to-face communication channels. In both cases, farmers who used the Internet spent more time and devoted extra effort. The experiments proved that agronomists remain the most effective information source. Results also illustrate that Internet adoption is not necessarily synonymous with its use.
94. Participatory analysis of the potato knowledge and information system in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gildemacher, Peter (author), Maina, Paul (author), Nyongesa, Moses (author), Kinyae, Peter (author), Woldegiorgis, Gebremedhin (author), Lema, Yohannes (author), Damene, Belew (author), Tafesse, Shiferaw (author), Kakuhenzire, Rogers (author), Kashaija, Imelda (author), Musoke, Charles (author), Mudiope, Joseph (author), Kahiu, Ignatius (author), and Ortiz, Oscar (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01257
- Notes:
- Pages 153-166 in Pascal C. Sanginga, Ann Waters-Bayer, Susan Kaaria, Jemimah Njuki and Chesha Wettasinha (Eds.), Innovation Africa: enriching farmers' livelihoods. Earthscan, London, England. 405 pages.
95. Project communication support checklist for Armenia Micro Enterprise Development Initiative (MEDI)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author)
- Format:
- PowerPoint
- Publication Date:
- No date
- Published:
- Armenia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07928
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection., Ring binder contains presentation visuals for a proposal and a progress report from Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C., for a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Pages not numbered.
96. Project happy apples: assisting backyard growers in codling moth management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Detweiler, Amy Jo (author) and Stephan, Toni (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02
- Published:
- USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10188
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(1) : 1-5
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Article # 1IAW6, vial online journal, Project Happy Apples began as an effort to assist backyard growers in managing codling moth in their fruit trees. We developed a process using emails and a web page to provide timely information related to the life cycle of codling moth and relevant integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. The content of our updates included pertinent photos, costs of tools, and suggested dates of action. Results from a survey of participants suggest that they were more confident, knowledgeable, and successful in using IPM strategies in their own backyards as a result of our project.
97. Promoting the use of environmental data collected by concerned citizens through information and communication technologies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gouveia, Cristina (author), Fonseca, Alexandra (author), Câmara, António (author), and Ferreira, Francisco (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004-06
- Published:
- Portugal: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D07987
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 71 (2): 135-154
- Notes:
- full text
98. Rationale for continuation of NCR #90
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ferris, Maxine (author)
- Format:
- draft
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09749
- Notes:
- NCR-90 Collection, 7 pages.
99. Reaching out? Governing weather and climate services (WCS) for farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vedeld, Trond (author), Hofstad, Hege (author), Mathur, Mihir (author), Büker, Patrick (author), and Stordal, Frode (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11503
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Science and Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 104: 208-216
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., High-quality weather and climate services (WCS) can be critical for communicating knowledge about current and future weather and climate risks for adaptation and disaster risk management in the agricultural sector. This paper investigates the structure and performance of weather and climate services for farmers from a governance perspective. Empirically the paper compares the institutional design and operations of agro-meteorological services in Maharashtra/India and Norway through a ‘most different case study’ approach. The two cases were selected to represent great diversity in location, scale and institutional design. A governance approach based on semi-direct interviews and policy and institutional analysis was combined with local survey data of farmers’ perceptions and use of the services. Despite the fact that the context for the two agromet advisory services was very different from a climate-weather, eco-agriculture and socio-institutional angle, the analysis reveals great similarities in the services structures and critical governance challenges. In both countries the agromet services communicated knowledge that was largely perceived not to be well tailored to farmers’ needs for decisions in specific crops- and farm operations, spatially too coarse to address local issues, and, often unreliable or inaccurate in terms of the quality of data. Farmers did, however, respond positively to specific and locally relevant information on e.g., warnings about high rainfall and spread of pests. Observing such similarities across very diverse contexts enhances the generalization potential, precisely because they evolved under very different circumstances. Similar observations find support in the wider WCS literature. Based on the empirical findings, we propose a more deliberate approach to institutional design of WCS in order to enhance governance performance and co-creation of the services at local, district and national scales. It is suggested that greater participation of farmers and agricultural extension agents in the co-creation of these services is a necessary means of improving the services, supported by the WCS literature. However, we insist that greater participation is only likely to materialize if the deficiencies in institutional design and knowledge quality and relevance are addressed to greater extent than done today. The comparison between the two services shows that Norway can learn from India that a more ambitious scope and multiple forms of communication, including the use of social media/WhatsApp groups, can facilitate greater awareness and interest among farmers in multi-purpose agromet services for multi-way communication. India can learn from Norway that a more integrated and decentralized institutional design can strengthen the network attributes of the services, foster co-creation, and improve participation of both poor and large-scale farmers and extension agents.
100. Reconfiguring the agricultural knowledge system in Switzerland
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Obrist, R. (author), Moschitz, JH. (author), and Home, R. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article abstract
- Language:
- German with English abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Switzerland
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11344
- Journal Title:
- Agrarforschung Schweiz
- Journal Title Details:
- 6(5) : 218-223
- Notes:
- Online from the University of Illinois Online Catalog, using article title search, via Scopus, Results of a workshop prompted a conclusion that "a change is under way in the understanding of the role of stakeholders in science, extension and education, with the latter progressing from mere conveyors of information to facilitators who generate new knowledge jointly with the various actors." ... "There is still a need to shape more clearly the choice of research topics, the efficient and effective performance of the practice-oriented research, the processing of research results, stakeholder discussions, and joint implementation."