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82. Where to put the focus on rural development: changing the focus from funding to learning
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Katona Kovacs, Judit (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10918
- Journal Title:
- Studies in Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 116 : 41-48
- Notes:
- Why is a change in the focus of rural development needed? Sinek (2009) pointed out that the first question addressed by successful entrepreneurs when establishing their companies is, why should the enterprise be created, what is the purpose of it? With the outcome of a conversation with an academic colleague in mind, that even scientific papers have a story to tell, the author has structured this paper in line with the 'golden circle' approach of Sinek (2009), namely asking why, then how and then what? At the beginning of her research career in rural development, the author examined the role of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Hungary, with special regard to agri-environmental management. As this research was linked to policy regulations it was in rather a 'top down' direction, examining the effects of selected tools such as agri-environmental measures, direct payments and the LEADER approach. The experience gained during this period (2001-2006) redirected the interest of the author to human and social capital. Examination of sustainability, resilience and system thinking has become a basic element in her work. Acceptance by agriculture that corporate social responsibility is a pre-condition for the licence to produce is now an established societal demand. Production methods that have regard for the planet and people as well as profi t have become a 'must' for the food industry (Slingerland and Rab-binge, 2009). The author keeps in mind the three dimensions of sustainability (nature, society and economy), in which nature creates the frame, the limits of growth, and society is understood to be part of it. Each human being, as an indi-vidual part of society, has his/her responsibility and has to understand the system he/she lives in. This is very important because, as Senge (2011) points out, people do not believe that they infl uence the future, while Johnson (2013), in line with Meier (2005), states that our future is based on how we as individuals live and talk today. In Hungary, human and social resources, which play an important role in the rural economy, show a great defi cit (Katona Kovács, 2006a). Appreciating the importance of human and social capital and their deficit in the North Great Plain NUTS 2 region where she lives, the author is look-ing for ways to increase these resources. This is the first and most important answer to the why question. Since 2006 the author's research work has sought answers to how human and social capital could be increased in local economies, as key factors for future development, even in the improvement of agri-environment management. Although there are good examples of changes generated through policy instruments, such as the LEADER pro-gramme (ÖIR, 2004), instead of trying to form or to increase human and social capital via 'top down' policy mechanisms, while keeping the importance of these instruments in mind, the author is looking for 'bottom-up' tools and participatory actions. This preference is based on an increasing body of evidence. For example, Dam et al. (2009) explore the transi-tion of societal organisation from heavy reliance on the state towards self-organisation by citizens in communities. They note that private citizens are increasingly expected to take responsibility for the direction of their own lives. The suc-cess of the LEADER programme also comes from the space it gives for bottom-up approaches, for partnership and co-creation. Based on the model elaborated by Lukesch (2007), Katona Kovács et al. (2011) examined, from the three modes of operation offered by the model (animating actions, struc-turing actions and consolidating actions), the types of activities of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) in the North Great Plain region. Their results demonstrate the importance of animating actions amongst the LAGs in the region. In this region the level of governance is such that "the ability of people to articulate their common needs is the starting point for many innovations ... It is the only point where we can speak about development programmes in the strict sense" (Lukesch, 2007, p.16). Today animating actions are the most needed operations in the North Great Plain region, so as to encourage different actors to work together and experience the results of common thinking. Dialogue about the common needs is an important first step to help the development of local communities.
83. Simon Brandt address: agricultural and rural development: painful lessons
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Binswanger, Hans P. (author / World Bank, Washington USA)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1994-12
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10920
- Journal Title:
- Agrekon - Quarterly Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 33(4) : 163-174
- Notes:
- Address reviews the theories and misconceptions which have provided the intellectual and idealogical underpinning of misguided agricultural and rural development policies. It then discusses major misguided policies which were supported by these intellectual traditions which have been shown to reduce agricultural growth and harm the welfare of the rural poor.
84. Community history and rural development: why some farmers participate more readily than others
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Walters, B.B. (author), Cadelina, A (author), Cardano, A (author), Visitacion, E (author), and Rutgers University Silliman University, Philippines
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1999-02
- Published:
- Philippines: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10959
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 59(1999) : 193-214
- Notes:
- 22 pages, via online journal, Past explanations of why rural people respond as they do to external development interventions have emphasized the role of key limiting factors or critical characteristics (wealth, education, land tenure, etc.) which are thought to influence peoples' behavior in predictable ways. Efforts to promote tree planting and soil conservation in eight neighboring villages in the Philippines revealed that variation in participation did not reflect clear patterns based on existing household or village characteristics. Instead, specific responses to interventions reflected a complex, but interpretable interaction between existing socio-economic factors and historic trends or events. Characteristics like the degree of local knowledge, security of land tenure and community cohesion affected peoples' participation, in general, but their specific influence was neither predictable nor consistent between, and even within, individual villages. An appreciation of the specific historic context was often sufficient to explain these variations. The following historic trends and events were found to have important consequences for peoples' participation: migration and settlement history; family and group lineages; history of socio-political organization and conflict; history of physical isolation; labor history; economic–ecological history; environmental history; and past exposure to development agents. The paper concludes with a preliminary checklist of questions intended to assist researchers and development agents to discover relevant and interesting historical information about rural villages.
85. Promises not kept: the betrayal of social change in the Third World
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Isbister, John (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2001
- Published:
- International: Kumarian Press, Bloomfield, Connecticut
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11008
- Notes:
- 265 pages., 5th edition., Documents neglect of agricultural and rural interests.
86. Need for and possibilities of increasing program relevance and related support services
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author / Director, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS))
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11191
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the ISEC/BIFAD Working Seminar on International Education and Training: a focus on relevancy and support services, April 23-24, 1986, Washington, D.C., Presenter describes nine characteristics of graduate students from overseas that differ from those of U.S. graduate students. Recommends that U.S. universities be more flexible and encourage more participation of students from abroad in designing their academic programs. Also urges establishment with international students of frameworks for long-term institutional linkages with their home organizations.
87. Role of ICTs in rural development with reference to changing climatic conditions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kumar, Abhay (author) and Singh, Krishna M. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 128 Document Number: D11248
- Notes:
- Online via Social Sciences Research Network. 6 pages. Pages 83-88 in Krishna M. Singh and M.S. Meena, "ICT for agricultural development under changing climate, Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi., Authors examined main reasons for relatively slow application of information and communication technologies in the rural development sector of India. Among the cited reasons: poor ICT infrastructure in rural areas, poor ICT awareness among agency officials working in rural areas and local language issues. They offered ways to strengthen use of ICT tools for addressing climate change at local levels.
88. Role of community radio for community development in Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Md. Anowarul Arif (author), Khan, Md. Mostafizur Rahman (author), Hassan, Mahmudul (author), Ahmed, Firoz (author), and Haque, Shah Md. Rauful (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Bangladesh
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11377
- Journal Title:
- International Technology Management Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 : 94-102
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Authors examined the history, role, potentials, and challenges of community radio in Bangladesh, especial serving those in rural and hard to reach areas. Emphasis on principles of access and participation, volunteerism, diversity, independence, and locality.
89. Mobilizing opinion: achieving results
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Harris, Sam (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11450
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(4) : 313-318
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Describes the scope, mission, and activities of Results, an international citizen's lobby which has grown to include 150 groups in seven countries. Focuses on these major approaches to ending hunger and poverty in the Third World: small-farmer agricultural development, improving the survival of small children through immunization, oral rehydration therapy, breast-feeding and growth monitoring, promoting small loans to the poorest people. and adopting concrete, measurable goals to reduce global poverty.
90. Bad news: seeing communication for and about development through an expose of Swedish aid to Zambia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Enghel, Florencia (author) and Danielsson, Magnus (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11618
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(2) : 254-274
- Notes:
- 23 pages., Online via open access., How is bilateral development cooperation communicated about in the news? How does a donor agency communicate for and about development? And what are the links between one and the other? This article focuses on a 2016 expose reported on Swedish public television about alleged corruption in aid to Zambia, reflecting failure of both donor and recipient. Authors focus on the news media as mediator of the donor's communication with its tax-paying audiences and demonstrated potentials of an integrated conceptual approach to communication for and about development. Findings reveal greater media coverage of financial accountability than on doing good for Zambian citizens.
91. What every extension worker should know - core competency handbook
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Suvedi, Murari (author) and Kaplowitz, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Introduction
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02
- Published:
- International: U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11774
- Notes:
- MEAS Handbook. URL to it provided online from Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Printed 6-page introduction and contents section of this 193-page handbook, which was sponsored by USAID Feed the Future initiative., Process skills and competency tools for front-line extension staff to use in their day-to-day work. Handbook offers a set of tools for effective communication, program planning and evaluation. It is meant to support and educate agricultural extension workers worldwide.
92. Report of field trip, April 19-30, 1968 - Seminar in the Communication Skills and Ideas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stockard, Nadene (author / Program Development Officer, U.S.Agency for International Development)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1968
- Published:
- International: U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11801
- Notes:
- Morris Collection, Attachment in an email message from Robert and Susanne Morris, "Morris Greetings." September 11, 2020. 5 pages., Description and evaluation by a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) representative who observed a Michigan State University Seminar in the Communication Workshop series. Twenty attendees represented 10 nations. "...it was the most exciting experience I have had in a long time."
93. Sustainable development through participatory communication: an assessment of selected community projects in Cross River State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- John, Godswill (author) and Etika, David Nandi (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Nigeria: Asian Institute for Development Communication (AIDCOM)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11914
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(2) : 60-71
- Notes:
- Online from UI Library subscription., Report of research about use of participatory communication in development projects involving agriculture, natural resources, and other topics at community levels. Findings emphasized need to give priority to it when carrying out community projects.
94. Lessons of participatory communication in writings of Mahatma Gandhi
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mutyala, Pratima (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11935
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Development Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(1) : 45-52
- Notes:
- Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Highlights the similarities between contemporary literature on participatory communication and publications by M. K. Gandhi on Indian rural development. Also recommends a simple model of applying the concept of participatory communication in present day rural development projects in India as an extension of the "Gram Swarajya" idea propounded by Gandhi.
95. Review on gendered perspective of household's participation in agricultural activities in Ethiopia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Belay, Fenet (author) and Oljira, Alemayehu (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01
- Published:
- Ethiopia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11999
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(1) : 1-10
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Online via UI Library electronic subscription. Open access., "This paper re-affirms that women make essential contributions to agriculture and rural enterprises across the developing world. But there is much diversity in women's roles and over-generalization undermines policy relevance and planning."
96. Commentary: Do you really have the broadband the FCC thinks you have?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gonsalves, Sean (author) and Parker, Christine (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-22
- Published:
- United States: Daily Yonder, The
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12878
- Journal Title:
- Daily Yonder, The
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 4pgs, Billions of dollars in funding will be administered based on the FCC’s broadband availability map. Is it right? Check your own address and see.
97. Social networks and information access: implications for agricultural extension in a rice farming community in northern Vietnam
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hoang, Lan Anh (author), Castella, Jean-Christophe (author), and Novosad, Paul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2006-12
- Published:
- Vietnam
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25283
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(4) : 513-527
98. Hosting the otherness of the other: the case of the Green Revolution
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Esteva, Gustavo (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25321
- Notes:
- Pages 249-278 in Frederique Apffel-Marglin and Stephen A. Marglin (eds.), Decolonizing knowledge: from development to dialogue. Clarendon Press, Oxford, England. 398 pages.
99. Traditional agriculture and agricultural research in southeast Asia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Marten, Gerald G. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25330
- Notes:
- Pages 326-340 in Gerald G. Martin (ed.), Traditional agriculture in southeast Asia: a human ecology perspective. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. 358 pages.
100. In search of institutional linkages for participatory extension in agricultural and rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Duvel, G.H. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1995-12
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: C25349
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(3) : 1-6
- Notes:
- Retrieved January 28, 2007