Shafer, Mary Jo (author) and Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, Lexington, Kentucky.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2007-04-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25727
Notes:
Via Institute web site. 5 pages., Summarizes discussion at the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, April 20-21, 2007, at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
Summarizes activities at the first National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, convened by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27910
Notes:
Updated version of a paper prepared for the International Research Foundation for Development World Forum 2005 Conference at La Marsa, Tunisia, November 14-16, 2005. 12 pages.
"Theatre can reveal to development workers both villagers' problems and their capacity to analyse such programs." Also: "the main obstacle to development is not ignorance or apathy but structural limits on villagers' access to resources, information and power."
Via online issues. 2 pages., Author alerts readers to a move to "put the mapping for where service is needed in the hands of Connected Nation, a company representing big telecommunications companies."
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Niebauer, Walter E. Jr. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29072
Notes:
Pages 101-120 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Author examines the challenges and limitation of recent ICT developments, especially when "for millions of people, they remain no more than a dream." Also reminds that the concept of "communications technology" encompasses more than computers and the internet.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36211
Notes:
Section 3 in Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley (eds.), The first mile of connectivity, Communication for Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Via online. 15 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37087
Notes:
See C37085 for original, Pages 35-56 in Anna Robinson-Pant (ed.), Women, literacy and development: alternative perspectives. Routledge, London, England. Routledge Studies in Literacy. 259 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37089
Notes:
See C37085 for original, Pages 68-84 in Anna Robinson-Pant (ed.), Women, literacy and development: alternative perspectives. Routledge, London, England. Routledge Studies in Literacy. 259 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37116
Notes:
See C37113 for original, Pages 312-333 in Kenneth B. Beesley, Hugh Millward, Brian Iilbery and Lisa Harrington (eds.), The new countryside: geographic perspectives on rural change. Brandon University (Rural Development Institute) and Saint Mary's University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 490 pages.
Francis, Paul (author) and Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Mary (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37119
Notes:
See C37118 for original, Pages 219-244 in Ian Bannon and Maria C.Correia (eds.), The other half of gender: men's issues in development. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 311 pages.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, UK
Format:
Review
Publication Date:
2009-01-26
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00827
Notes:
Via website. 3 pages., Review of a multimedia publication by IIED emphasizing that local organisations are essential to sustain food systems, the environment and livelihoods.
Hinton, Dawn (author) and Ofori-Dankwa, Joseph (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02162
Notes:
Pages 103-120 in Blessing M. Maumbe (ed.), E-agriculture and e-government for global policy development: implications and future directions. Information Science Reference, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 321 pages., Emphasizes ways information technologies can be used to encourage community orientation in the face of modernization.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02252
Notes:
Pages 64-71 in Keya Acharya and Frederick Noronha (eds.), The green pen: environmental journalism in India and South Asia. Sage Publications India, New Delhi. 303 pages.
Jones, Gwyn E. (author) and Rolls, Maurice J. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17108
Notes:
Pages 1-10 in Gwyn E. Jones and Maurice J. Rolls (eds.), Progress in rural extension and community development, Volume 1, Extension and rural advantage in rural development. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 336 pages.
Hunt, James (author / President, National League of Cities)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-02-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23748
Notes:
Presented at 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 16-17, 2006. 15 pages., "Because we know that when our rural communities are not thriving, our nation will not thrive."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: C23926
Notes:
Via The Hoot, Media Foundation, New Delhi, India. 2 pages., Analysis shows gap between newspaper content and village conditions. Author quotes one village source: "Water, forest and land are traditional system here. Our culture is linked with it. Newspaper should."
Juma, Dominic (author) and Kahinga, Esther (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-05-21
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24475
Notes:
Retrieved July 5, 2006, Conference sponsored by the International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 21-26, 2006. Via Livelihoods Connect. 9 pages., Conference theme: "Managing agricultural information for sustainable food security and improved livelihoods in Africa."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25055
Notes:
Retrieved December 9, 2006, Presented at ICT Observatory 2003: ICTs - transforming agricultural extension, Wageningen, The Netherlands, September 23-25, 2003. 29 pages., Author uses case studies to describe some potentials being explored, such as telecentres, multi-purpose community centres and citizen post offices as well as radio, television and video.
