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2. Competitiveness of Indonesia’s nutmeg in global market
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rochdiani, Dini (author), Wardhana, Dadan (author), Deliana, Yosini (author), Suminartika, Eti (author), Wiyono, Sulistyodewi Nur (author), and Suardi, Tennisya Febriyanti (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2025-01-08
- Published:
- Germany: De Gruyte
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 211 Document Number: D13640
- Journal Title:
- Open Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(1)
- Notes:
- 17 pages, Nutmeg has been one of the oldest domestically and globally traded spices. This study aims to explore its competitiveness in the global market and examine factors increasing this competitiveness to provide potential policy recommendations for Indonesia’s nutmeg export improvement. Based on the analysis of competitiveness indicators, Indonesia’s export-oriented nutmeg undergoes declining productivity, low export prices, and stagnant progress of export competitiveness compared to other producing and exporting countries. From the results of panel data estimations, human resource endowment is the most influencing factor in boosting export competitiveness of nutmeg. Consumer Price Index, Foreign Direct Investment and agricultural shares in total gross domestic product have a positive link with export competitiveness. Logistics performance for international trade is also a potential driver for competitiveness. These findings imply that policies towards high export competitiveness of the nutmeg should be tailored to improving the productivity of the product standardising global trade procedures, advancing the quality of economic outcomes, and strengthening logistics infrastructure and management.
3. The animal agriculture industry, US universities, and the obstruction of climate understanding and policy
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morris, Viveca (author) and Jacquet, Jennifer (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2024-02-26
- Published:
- Netherlands: Springer Nature
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 210 Document Number: D13549
- Journal Title:
- Climatic Change
- Journal Title Details:
- 177 : Article 41
- Notes:
- 42 pages, The 2006 United Nations report “Livestock’s Long Shadow” provided the first global estimate of the livestock sector’s contribution to anthropogenic climate change and warned of dire environmental consequences if business as usual continued. In the subsequent 17 years, numerous studies have attributed significant climate change impacts to livestock. In the USA, one of the largest consumers and producers of meat and dairy products, livestock greenhouse gas emissions remain effectively unregulated. What might explain this? Similar to fossil fuel companies, US animal agriculture companies responded to evidence that their products cause climate change by minimizing their role in the climate crisis and shaping policymaking in their favor. Here, we show that the industry has done so with the help of university experts. The beef industry awarded funding to Dr. Frank Mitloehner from the University of California, Davis, to assess “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” and his work was used to claim that cows should not be blamed for climate change. The animal agriculture industry is now involved in multiple multi-million-dollar efforts with universities to obstruct unfavorable policies as well as influence climate change policy and discourse. Here, we traced how these efforts have downplayed the livestock sector’s contributions to the climate crisis, minimized the need for emission regulations and other policies aimed at internalizing the costs of the industry’s emissions, and promoted industry-led climate “solutions” that maintain production. We studied this phenomenon by examining the origins, funding sources, activities, and political significance of two prominent academic centers, the CLEAR Center at UC Davis, established in 2018, and AgNext at Colorado State University, established in 2020, as well as the influence and industry ties of the programs’ directors, Dr. Mitloehner and Dr. Kimberly Stackhouse-Lawson. We developed 20 questions to evaluate the nature, extent, and societal impacts of the relationship between individual researchers and industry groups. Using publicly available evidence, we documented how the ties between these professors, centers, and the animal agriculture industry have helped maintain the livestock industry’s social license to operate not only by generating industry-supported research, but also by supporting public relations and policy advocacy.
4. Non-monetary motivations of the EU agri-environmental policy adoption. A causal forest approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Esposti, Roberto (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2024-02-14
- Published:
- England: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 210 Document Number: D13606
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 352
- Notes:
- 13 pages
5. Exploring perceptions of Ohio residents on agricultural issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Thapa, Manita (author), Adhikari, Sudarshan (author), Specht, Annie R. (author), Lawson, Cara (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), and Buck, Emily B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2024
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 211 Document Number: D13655
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 108(4) : article 6
- Notes:
- 19 pages, Agricultural issues are the topics that attract public attention and impact the sector. This study investigated the salient agricultural issues and perceptions on those issues among Ohio residents. The study employed agenda setting theory to understand how media shapes public perceptions of agricultural issues in Ohio. A quantitative method was used, and a survey instrument was developed after an environmental scan of selected sources to identify five issue categories. From the responses of 515 Ohio residents, the findings suggest that environmental issues, particularly water quality, were the most important among participants. Food quality followed, focusing on aspects like safety, quality, and sustainability. Climate change, animal welfare, and government policy ranked third, fourth, and fifth in importance, respectively. Participants presented a moderate level of awareness about climate change, with a greater emphasis on the conservation of public lands and forest management. In terms of government policy, the recognition of the need to balance economic and environmental interests was observed with a desire for farmland preservation. Additionally, participants perceived food as expensive, with moderate in quality and healthiness. While perceptions of climate change issues were moderate, they acknowledged that the role of human behavior in environment management is paramount. Participants’ perception of livestock treatment indicated their concerns for animal welfare. The perceptions toward government policies reflect the recognition of the economic importance of the agricultural sector, yet there is apparent dissatisfaction at the same time. These findings served as a foundation for targeted interventions, stakeholder collaborations, and policy enhancements in addressing agricultural issues.
6. Ag media tells Mexican truth about U.S. corn
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Roberts, Owen (author)
- Format:
- Magazine article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-11
- Published:
- Prairie Farmer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 211 Document Number: D13651
- Notes:
- 1 page
7. "Climate change is probably the hardest problem of our time"
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-03-30
- Published:
- Nieman Reports
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 211 Document Number: D13725
- Notes:
- 4 pages
8. Social integration mechanisms to strengthen absorptive capacity in agricultural advisory service organisations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stræte, Egil Petter (author), Hansen, Bjørn Gunnar (author), Ystad, Eystein (author), and Kvam, Gunn-Turid (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-03
- Published:
- UK: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12640
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 22pgs, To explore the structures and processes within agricultural advisory organisations that may enhance absorptive capacity (AC) and determine how organisations develop their AC.
9. The dilemma of fraudulent pesticides in the agrifood sector: analysis of factors affecting farmers' purchasing behavior in Egypt
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kassem, Hazem S. (author), Hussein, Mohamed A. (author), and Ismail, Hamed (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-07-06
- Published:
- USA: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 210 Document Number: D13445
- Journal Title:
- Agronomy
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(7) : 1626-1642
- Notes:
- 18 pages, Fraudulent pesticides suggest a solemn risk to sustainable agricultural production, environmental sustainability, and human health due to their unrevealed composition and quality. Nonetheless, their large-scale utilization in the agrifood sector relies on many factors, such as personal, institutional, and legislative ones. This study aimed to evaluate farmers’ perceptions of fraudulent pesticides and examine their marketability elements. The data came from 394 farmers’ structured questionnaires from Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. The factorial analysis revealed beliefs, health and environmental risks, quality recognition, price, and policies as the critical drivers for buying fraudulent pesticides. The cluster analysis disclosed two varied farmer segments—“conventional” and “conscious”—based on perception. “conventional farmers” signify 59.9% of the sample and reveal typical farmer behaviors and give more attention to factors such as beliefs and product price. Contrarily, “conscious farmers” symbolize a more sentient group about policy, product quality, and health and environmental issues. Significant differences (p < 0.01) occurred between the two segments, corresponding to their education, farming activity, farm size, and farming experience. The findings suggest reinforcing the extant pesticide laws and regulations’ administration mechanisms, implementing deliberate measures to increase public awareness of the consequences resulting from fraudulent pesticide use, and improving recognition behavior by detecting fraudulent pesticides with digital technologies among all stakeholders.
10. A new lens: using the policy, systems, and environmental framework to guide community development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Backman, Caroline (author), Rome, Clea (author), Ryser, Laura (author), Sero, Rebecca (author), and Hansen, Debra (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-16
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12613
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 60, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 7 pgs, Extension is uniquely positioned to deliver data-driven solutions to complex community issues with University applied research, particularly through crises like COVID-19. Applying the Policy, Systems and Environmental (PSE) framework to community development is an effective, innovative approach in guiding Extension leaders to create, document, and share long-term transformative change on challenging issues with stakeholders. Beyond the public health sector, applying a PSE approach to community development provides leverage points for population-level benefits across sectors. This article describes current public health approaches, methodologies, and how the PSE framework translates to other programs with four examples of high-impact, systems level Extension projects.
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