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2. A social-ecological resilience perspective for the social sciences of agriculture, food, and natural resources
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pauley, Catlin M. (author), McKim, Aaron J. (author), and Hodbod, Jennifer (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05
- Published:
- United States: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12239
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- v60 n4
- Notes:
- 17 pages, Scholarship within the social sciences of agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) exists, in part, to inform solutions to complex problems. Increasingly, complex problems are found at the nexus of social and ecological systems; therefore, scholarship within the social sciences of AFNR must mirror this social-ecological characteristic. Existing AFNR social science literature on resilience lacks the required social-ecological perspective, conceptualizing resilience as an individual characteristic. The absence of a social-ecological perspective of resilience fails to holistically address the complexity of AFNR systems and the challenge therein. Therefore, the current manuscript seeks to inform social science scholarship within AFNR by foregrounding social-ecological resilience as a necessary approach to addressing the complexity of challenges found throughout AFNR systems. Included in the discussion is a critical review of individual resilience, an introduction to adaptation and transformation, an outline of social-ecological resilience, an in-depth analysis of the seven principles of social-ecological resilience, and a discussion of social-ecological resilience thinking applied to the seven research priority areas described by the American Association for Agricultural Education. In total, the current manuscript paves the way for additional systems-based research in the AFNR social sciences by introducing critical concepts and approaches related to social-ecological resilience.
3. Big data in agriculture: does the new oil lead to sustainability?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lioutas, Evagelos D. (author) and Charatsari, Chrysanthi (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12235
- Journal Title:
- Geoforum
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 109
- Notes:
- 3 pages, Big data represent a new productive factor (the "new oil" for advocates) that generates new realities in agriculture. By adding an extra "cyber" dimension to current farming systems, big data lead to the emergence of new, complex cyber-physical-social systems. However, our understanding of the sustainability of such systems is still at a rudimental stage. In this critical review we attempt to shed some light on this topic, by identifying and presenting some issues that put in doubt the sustainability of big data agriculture. By using a punctuated equilibria lens, we argue that despite their contribution to the economic and environmental performance of farming, big data act as a speciation mechanism. Hence, they lead to new forms of intraspecific, interspecific and intergeneric competition, thus putting at risk the most vulnerable players of the game. We conclude by pointing out that to holistically address the interrelation between big data and agricultural sustainability we need a hybrid research line, which will combine the qualities of both technology-oriented research and critical social science.
4. Communication: an integral element of administrating development programmes
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1977-10
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08085
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, RB #347. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 20 pages.
5. Notes on communicating
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Taylor, Hal R. (author)
- Format:
- Teaching material
- Publication Date:
- n.d.
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 193 Document Number: D07246
- Notes:
- Hal R.Taylor Collection., From author., Packet of notes and resources written and assembled by the author through the years for communication training, with emphasis on theory and process of communication. Some are resources from the Communication Training Program of the National Project in Agricultural Communications (NPAC), Michigan State University, East Lansing.
6. Orientation briefing for Training and Communication Support
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Teaching material
- Publication Date:
- No date
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: oversized box 2 Document Number: D08011
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection In two folders, Overhead visuals for a presentation about making rural development projects more effective. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and the Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 21 overheads.
7. Social sustainability in agriculture – A system-based framework
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Janker, Judith (author), Mann, Stefan (author), and Rist, Stephan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-01
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12237
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 65
- Notes:
- 11 pages, Sustainability has become a key term for linking environmental, economic and social issues, in both the sciences and politics. Conceptions and frameworks of sustainability have thus arisen to evaluate agricultural systems on their sustainability. Within these conceptions and in political and scientific discourses, what can be understood as the social pillar of sustainability in agriculture varies greatly, especially in regards to the scope and the sustainability standards applied. While rural inhabitants have been subject of various ‘sustainability studies’, the consideration of the social dimension in agriculture is still rather underrepresented. Our conceptual framework can contribute to enhance the understanding of the social dimension of sustainability by utilizing a social science-based approach to comprehend the complexity of social interaction in agriculture: Based on Parsons' system approach, we capture the components of a social system that encompasses agriculture and its embeddedness in society. This includes all major actors, their interactions and institutions. Further, we develop Maslow's hierarchy of needs as well as the rights approach into a sustainability scale. We call the conceptual framework the sustainable agricultural social system. This general framework can later be adapted to local cultural and social settings, serving as a more comprehensive and flexible sustainability framework.
8. Stakeholders’ views on sustaining honey bee health and beekeeping: the roles of ecological and social system drivers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fedoriak, Mariia (author), Kulmanov, Oleksandr (author), Zhuk, Alina (author), Shkrobanets, Oleksandr (author), Tymchuk, Kateryna (author), Moskalyk, Galyna (author), Olendr, Tetiana (author), Yamelynets, Taras (author), and Angelstam, Per (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- United States: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12236
- Journal Title:
- Landscape Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 36 Issue 3
- Notes:
- 21 pages, Context: Honey bees provide multiple ecosystem services. Comparisons of coupled social-ecological systems (SES) can improve the understanding of the factors affecting honey bees and beekeeping. Objectives: Stressing the need for SES analyses, we explore beekeepers' perceived factors affecting bees and beekeeping, test the hypothesis that honey bee colony losses are associated to agricultural land use intensity, and discuss the role of beekeeping for rural development. Methods: We used as a case study the steep gradient in SES in Ukraine's Chernivtsi region with three strata: (i) traditional villages, (ii) intermediate and (iii) intensive agriculture. In each stratum, we analysed the social system using five open-ended focus groups. Regarding the ecological system, we analysed data about winter loss rate of honey bee colonies, number of colonies per beekeeper, the average amount of supplemental feeding, and proportion of beekeepers treating against Varroa mite. Results: Thirty-three themes were extracted, of which 73% concerned the social system at multiple levels of governance. The number of themes increased from the traditional stratum with higher winter colony losses to the intensive agriculture stratum with lower losses. This does not support the hypothesis that the intensive agriculture per se affect honey bees negatively. Conclusions: Social system factors dominate over ecological factors, and interact across scales. This requires systems analyses of honey bees and beekeeping. We see beekeeping as a social innovation enhancing stakeholders' navigation in social systems, thus supporting rural development in countries in transition like Ukraine.
9. What does development communication mean to managers of mass media?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Woods, John L. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1976
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07982
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Report RB #340. Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 7 pages. Also, article of same title by author in AAACE, 60(2) : 7-12. April-June 1977. American Association of Agricultural College Editors.
10. What makes a social system resilient? Two fishing communities in Indonesia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Deswardi, Rio (author), Glaser, Marion (author), and Ferse, Sebastian (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Indonesia: Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07335
- Notes:
- Pages 243-272 in Anna-Katharina Hornidge and Christoph Antweiler (eds.), Environmental uncertainty and local knowledge: Southeast Asia as a laboratory of global ecological change. Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany. 284 pages.