USA: Oxmoor Press, a subsidiary of The Progressive Farmer Company, Birmingham, Alabama
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10009
Notes:
Copy also located in the James F. Evans Collection, 114 pages., An edited collection written to "build something of the spirit that has always pervaded the lives of rural people." Features brief stories, poems, and commentaries. Sections include love of the land, joys of country living, the farmer and his family, creeds for farm living, the soil and growing things, cotton, animal friends, the business of farming, and the lighter side.
Center for Governmental Studies, Auburn University, Alabama.
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2002-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23859
Notes:
25 pages., Results of a survey to appraise the awareness, opinions and attitudes held by Alabama residents regarding agriculture, the environment and the quality of rural life in Alabama.
"This paper aims to link changes in the way the central Illinois landscape was imagined and perceived, with the subsequent environmental transformation that resulted in the near total elimination of tallgrass prairie and the wholesale alteration of regional hydrology through channelization and agricultural drainage."
Ben-Othmen, Marie Asma (author) and Ostapchuk, Mariia (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2019-05
Published:
France
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10583
Notes:
16 pages., Paper presented at the 172nd European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar,"Agricultural policy for the environment or environmental policy for agriculture?" Brussels, Belgium, May 28-29, 2019., via database., Results of this study indicate that environmental consideration is not the key factor behind farmers' preference involving land restoration programs. The financial component remains the main incentive.
Dillon, Justin (author), Rickinson, Mark (author), Sanders, Dawn (author), and Teamey, Kelly (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08794
Notes:
Pages 187-203 in Dillon, Justin, Towards a convergence between science and environmental education: the selected works of Justin Dillon. United States: Routledge, New York City, New York, 2017. 361 pages.
12 pages, Online via UI Library electronic subscription. Open access to full text., This study concluded that the small to medium-sized tree, Vachellia karroo, commonly known as sweet thorn, had a negative impact on farmers' production, and sheep and cattle owners observed the encroachment of it as a form of land degradation. Pastoralists said the use of fire and bush clearing could be used to mitigate encroachment. Authors suggested providing training and demonstrations that can complement farmers' knowledge.
