Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29020
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Pages 34-37 in Annamarie Matthess and Christian Kreutz, Participatory web - new potentials of ICT in rural areas, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische, Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. 41 pages.
Posted at www.agrimarketing.com, 40 pages., Special supplement to the November/December 2007 issue. Articles feature the development, influence and future of NAMA, as well as the professional fields it serves.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25989
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4 pages., Reports on activities and contributions of some professional communicators who have worked with International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) during the past half century.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25926
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Presented at the 2007 ACE/NETC conference sponsored by the International Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) and the National Extension Technology Conference (NETC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 16-19, 2007. 33 pages.
Brewer, Frank (author), Kemirembe, Olive M. (author), and Krueger, Dave (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-05
Published:
Brazil
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00409
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Pages 191-197 in proceedings of the 23rd annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Polson, Montana, May 20-24, 2007.
Via website.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25898
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Report of a session, "Building and maintaining science journalist associations," at the 5th World Congress of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, on April 16-20, 2007. 2 pages.
Akers, Cindy (author), Doerfert, David (author), West, Lindsay, M. (author), Davis, Chad (author), Fraze, Steven (author), and Burris, Scott (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-02-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25602
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Retrieved March 19, 2007, Presented to the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists Annual Meeting, Mobile, Alabama, February 3-6, 2007. 14 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25824
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4 pages., Jubilee Celebration program of Swiss Agricultural Journalists (Schweizer Agrarjournalisten) featuring a seminar, dinner and excursions June 1-2, 2007, Ittingen Charterhouse, Switzerland.
Sampong, D.D. (author), Egyir, I.S. (author), and Yaw, Osei-Asare (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Ghana
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10923
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Paper presented at the African Association of Agricultural Economists second international conference, Accra, Guana, August 20-22, 2007. 4 pages., The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs). For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity. Issues of level of resource capacity of women, information needed, and current sources of such information become important. This study sought to investigate the issues above with respect to rural women food producers in the Mfantsiman District of Ghana. Simple descriptive statistics and econometric models were employed in the data analysis of 91 randomly selected respondents. The results of the study showed that: In general, the women food producers were aged, subsistence food crop farmers. They depended on the natural rainfall cycle and had inadequate funds, so they use traditional inputs for production and sell surpluses in the community. The most important agricultural information needed was on inputs, specifically, low cost in-kind or cash credit. Currently, the major information sources are relatives and other farmers in the locality, agricultural extension agents, the radio and television. This suggests that the women food producers have low resource capacity and this could limit the adoption of modern ICTs as a source of and media for information dissemination. Yet, the regression results show that the few (6) mobile phone users have a higher income generating capacity. In order to improve on capacity to use modern ICTs for increased access to other resources, women farmers’ should organize themselves into formidable groups so local institutions can assist easily.
6 pages., Via online., Author outlined six engagement principles that facilitate community-building efforts in organizations and identified future directions for both application and investigation of those principles.
Taylor, Jonathan G. (author), Gillette, Shana C. (author), Hodgson, Ronald W. (author), Downing, Judith L. (author), Burns, Michele R. (author), Chavez, Deborah J. (author), and Hogan, John T. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: D11574
14 pages., Online from publisher via open access., Researchers studied fire communications during different stages of two wildfires in southern California. Findings revealed that pre-fire communication planning was particularly effective for smaller fire events and parts of that planning proved invaluable for the large fire event as well. Findings also identified information needs of residents.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24389
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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa, via LexisNexis Academic. 2 pages., Comments on reactions of the food industry and some farm organizations to the book, "Chew on this," by Eric Schlosser.
Kroma, Margaret M. (author), Amudavi, David M. (author), Davis, Kristin (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE).
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-05-14
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24248
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Retrieved June 16, 2006, Pages 24-35 in proceedings of the AIAEE conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 14-17, 2006.
Cites results of a simulated outbreak of food and mouth disease. Reports recommendations, including needs for coordinated communicating among organizations.
Identifies farm market sectors that may represent opportunities as farm structures change: ruralpolitans, mature farmers, farm operators with spouses working off-farm, traditional farms and commercial farms.
Hart, Joy L. (author), Esrock, Stuart L. (author), and Leichty, Greg B. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08347
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Pages 305-315 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08345
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Pages 265-285 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
Farooq, Umer (author), Merkel, Cecelia B. (author), Lu Xiao (author), Nash, Heather (author), Rosson, Mary Beth (author), and Carroll, John M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Interational
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03235
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00554
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Pages 242-259 in Bettina M. Bock and Sally Shortall (eds.) Rural gender relations: issues and case studies. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 374 pages.
Del Castello, Riccardo (author) and Braun, Paul Mathias (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
International: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Eschborn, Germany.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08289
Chain coordination is growing in importance for those in the food industry to maintain access to global markets and competitive advantage. Information communication facilitates coordination and is seen as the glue that holds organisational chain relationships together. This paper describes how Australian food processors have been exchanging information to coordinate customers and suppliers in their chains along with changes over time. The most frequent information exchanged was to resolve problems. Operational issues were only discussed when exceptions arose and this was decreasing over time, as problems were resolved and processes improved. For the organisations studied, they were increasingly formalising processes to review progress and performance. A wide range of organisational departments were involved in communications with customers and suppliers, especially to resolve problems and develop new products. While the traditional telephone and face-to-face communication methods were the most popular, e-mails were replacing faxes. There were also moves to increasing use of reports, electronic data interchange and intranets for more well developed relationships with larger customers and suppliers. These changes in communication systems were the source of some increased satisfaction with information systems by improving timeliness and depth of information shared. However, there was perceived to be some room for further improvement.
Introduction
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08344
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Pages 185-198 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08343
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Pages 169-183 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
Sornes, Jan-Oddvar (author) and Browning, Larry Davis (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08348
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Pages 317-330 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
20 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researcher examined the attitude reactions to trust among coworkers and between employees and management. Results provided support for the relationship between a climate of trust and group cohesion.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37356
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See C37280 for original, Page 78 in Fred Myers, Running the gamut: writings of Fred Myers, journalist and 50-year members, American Agricultural Editors' Association. Fred Myers, publishers, Florence, Alabama. 125 pages.
Kiyomiya, Toru (author), Matake, Kaori (author), and Matsunaga, Masaki (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Japan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08346
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Pages 287-304 in Steve May, Case studies in organizational communication: ethical perspectives and practices. Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California. 402 pages.
Describes Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, a student-run professional development approach in North America "that has potential to spread across the globe to other parts of the IFAJ network."
Chowdhury, Shyamal (author), Negassa, Asfaw (author), and Torero, Maximo (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
International: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10927
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Food Consumption and Nutrition Division Discussion Paper 195 and Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division Discussion Paper 89. 44 pages., This paper examines how market institutions can affect links between urban and rural areas with specific emphasis on goods market integration in the national context. Traditionally, development researchers and practitioners have focused either on rural market development or on urban market development without considering the interdependencies and synergies between the two. However, more than ever before, emerging local and global patterns such as the modern food value-chain led by supermarkets and food processors, rapid urbanization, changes in dietary composition, and enhanced information and communication technologies point to the need to pay close attention to the role of markets both in linking rural areas with intermediate cities and market towns and promotion of economic development and poverty reduction. This paper begins with a presentation of a conceptual framework of market integration and then identifies five major factors that increase the transfer costs that subsequently hinder market integration between rural and urban areas: information asymmetry, transaction costs, transport and communication costs, policy induced barriers, and social and noneconomic factors. Five specific cases in five developing countries are examined in this study to demonstrate the primary sources of transfer costs and the aspects of market institutions that are important to market integration and promotion of rural-urban linkages. While emerging institutions such as modern intermediaries linked to supermarkets and food processors can reduce information asymmetries between rural producers and urban consumers, existing institutions such as producers’ cooperatives can pool the risks, increase the bargaining power of small producers, reduce enforcement costs, and thereby reduce transaction costs. In addition, new types of partnerships between businesses and NGOs, and between public and private sectors, can improve infrastructure provision which, in turn, can reduce transport and communication costs. To the contrary, the presence of inappropriate policies or noneconomic factors such as those that involve social exclusion take on a negative role in linking urban and rural markets.
Provides updates from leaders of ABM Agri Council, American Agricultural Editors' Association and Livestock Publication Council. The three groups are meeting together at the Agricultural Media Summit (AMS).
Author summarizes highlights of the history of the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators, as well as current activities and progress.
Describes a campaign by the National Christmas Tree Association to recapture market share lost to artificial trees during the past 10 years and attract new buyers of live trees. Included a national contest for school-aged children and a national cross-promotion program with a major motion picture ("The Polar Express") released during the holiday season.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29007
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Via infOpinions. 2 pages., Author describes expansion in services provided by ZimmComm Communications, which provides information services to agribusiness companies and other clients.
Telg, Ricky (author), Irani, Tracy (author), and Basford, Adam (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2005-02-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21883
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Paper presented to Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 5-9, 2005. 20 pages.
Analysis of membership data from the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Scienes (ACE). Member retention was found to be associated with involvement level and sense of commitment/identification, but not with geography.
