Wing, Clive (author / Member of the Government of Nepal/FAO/UNDP Hill Agriculture Development Project, the Agricultural Documentation Centre, Agricultural Projects Services Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal) and Member of the Government of Nepal/FAO/UNDP Hill Agriculture Development Project, the Agricultural Documentation Centre, Agricultural Projects Services Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04004
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; 1980 March 3-7; Manilla, Philippines. Los Banos, Philippines : Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 241-248
Beecher, John W. (author), Lancaster, F.W. (author), and Professor of Library Science, University of Illinois; Agriculture Librarian, University of Illinois
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1980-03
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04001
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; 1980 March 3-7; Manilla, Philippines. Los Banos, Philippines : Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 197-210
Menou, Michel J. (author / Information Science Consultant, Gentilly, France) and Information Science Consultant, Gentilly, France
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1980-03
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04002
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; 1980 March 3-7; Manilla, Philippines. Los Banos, Philippines : Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 211-226
Haendler, Harald (author / Director, Documentation Centre, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany F.R.) and Director, Documentation Centre, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany F.R.
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C03987
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : Proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, held at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines; 3-7 March 1980. Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines : Agricultural Libraries Association of the Philippines; Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 57-66
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02323
Notes:
Remarks at the University of Illinois Library reception honoring the retirement of Professor Joyce Wright, director of the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center. 2 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 120 Document Number: C13693
Notes:
Located in J Evans Library, Proceedings of the Vith World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists: "Agricultural Information to Hasten Development". Held at Phillipine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines, 3-7 March 1980
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02401
Notes:
Online via University Library website, University of Illinois. 2 pages., Career summary of Joyce Wright, director of the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, University of Illinois, 2010-2013.
Starke, Nancy A. (author / Program Director, Continuing Education / Extension, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO) and Program Director, Continuing Education / Extension, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03091
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02400
Notes:
Online via University Library website, University of Illinois. 3 pages., Career summary of Lura Joseph, director of the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center.
18 pages., The economic challenges in Nigeria make it to suffer from food insecurity which is due to low agricultural production and productivity. Specific initiatives by the Federal Government on pro-poor rural agricultural food growth to achieve SDGs to end hunger have been established. Similar structures have also been established in all the 36 States of the Federation and, in some cases, at Local Government Area level. The government is also with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and a wide array of stakeholders. Use of pro-poor rural agricultural food growth through rural public library services to achieve the goal 1 and goal 2 targets of SDGs (end poverty and hunger) is particularly the focus of this study. This paper submits that public libraries have a great role to play in the implementation of SDGs by using emerging technology, collaborating on capacity building and going into partnership with critical stakeholders to make information available to poor rural farmers. Hence, materials from the key partners of the government on information about production forecasts, increased agricultural productivity, soil composition, markets for different crops, dairy and poultry farming, farm mechanics, land use, preservation of soil, rainfall and cultivation of different types of crops, effective extension service delivery and feedback on situation for improved research and policy implementation on agriculture should be acquired by public libraries, organized, preserved and made available to rural poor to facilitate pro-poor rural agricultural food growth for the attainment of SDGs in Nigeria.
Agricultural information needs of extension officers in Africa are identified as control of major pests, credit and co-operatives, proper handling of insecticides, marketing of agricultural products, etc. The information needs of farmers are identified to be in arears of the supply of fertilizers, pest and diseases control, planting materials and credits and loans. The emphasis on information needs of farmers is on "why," "who," "where," and "how" to obtain information. In order to understand the information needs of their client, librarians' and information specialists trainig and ecuation should be reoriented to include coursed on agricultural escienes, rural sociolgoy, adult education and computer sciences. The University of Botswana in agricultural information with the support of the Technical Centre for Agriculture (CTA), which is sponsoring the General Programme for Education, PROGEFIA. With the provision of appropriate and timely agricultural information to extension officers and farmers, an increase in agricultureal production in Africa may be attained.
Journal article identified Via online topical search. Open access., Authors report a case example that illustrates how academic libraries and librarians "are primed to lead universities toward a fuller inclusion of community partners in academic research" through their unique expertise. The "research sprint" partnership involved experiences of the Gullah-Geechee community - the descendants of Africans who were enslaved along the east coast of the United States.
Head, John W. (author / Associate Professor, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA) and Associate Professor, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03088
search through journal, The responsibility and tasks of a national agricultural information system (NAIS) is discussed with emphasis on the Ministry of Agriculture Library in Jamaica. The nature of the institutional and interinstitutional infrastructure for agricultural activities; lack of professional staff; lack of awareness of the need for information by potential users; lack of provision for collecting locally generated material; and lack of skills in documentation on the part of agriculturalists are identified as factors hindering the coordination and progress of a NAIS in Jamaica. The development of the National Information Plan; availability of training at the professional and paraprofessional level within the island; cooperation and commitment among librarians at formal and informal levels; and the possibility of approaching funding agencies are described as advantages to a NAIS. Recommendations are made concluding that the problems cannot be fully addressed by librarians without the support of user organizations and there is a definite need for librarians to be active in the problem solving process. (author).
