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2. Project happy apples: assisting backyard growers in codling moth management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Detweiler, Amy Jo (author) and Stephan, Toni (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02
- Published:
- USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: D10188
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(1) : 1-5
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Article # 1IAW6, vial online journal, Project Happy Apples began as an effort to assist backyard growers in managing codling moth in their fruit trees. We developed a process using emails and a web page to provide timely information related to the life cycle of codling moth and relevant integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. The content of our updates included pertinent photos, costs of tools, and suggested dates of action. Results from a survey of participants suggest that they were more confident, knowledgeable, and successful in using IPM strategies in their own backyards as a result of our project.
3. Provision of accessible marketing and extension services in less-developed agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fraser, G.C.G. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26924
- Journal Title:
- Development Southern Africa
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 121-129
- Notes:
- Published in 1994
4. Rural Digital Library: Connecting rural communities in Nepal
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vaidya, B. (author) and Shrestha, J.N. (author)
- Format:
- Lecture
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26389
- Journal Title:
- Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- Proceedings, 2555: 354-165
- Notes:
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12 p.
5. The Role of Smallholder Farming on Rural Household Dietary Diversity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hlatshwayo, Simphiwe Innocentia (author), Slotow, Rob (author), and Ngidi, Mjabuliseni Simon Cloapas (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-28
- Published:
- Switzerland: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12863
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13, N. 3
- Notes:
- 16 pages, The importance of smallholder farming is increasingly recognized in rural areas where increased crop productivity and market participation can effectively improve their dietary diversity and nutrition quality. However, rural households are still faced with severe food insecurity and malnutrition. The study sought to assess the role of smallholder farming in crop productivity and market access on rural household dietary diversity. The secondary data were collected using a quantitative research method, and 1520 participants were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. The descriptive results showed that cereals were the most (98%) consumed food group, while vegetables and fruits were the least consumed food groups, at 37% and 23%, respectively. The results from the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) showed that 57% of smallholder farmers consumed highly diverse diets (more or equal to six food groups), whereas 25% and 18% of smallholder farmers consumed medium dietary diversity (four to five food groups) and low diverse diets (less or equal to three food groups), respectively. The findings from the Conditional Mixed Process (CMP) and Poisson endogenous treatment effect models showed that household size, ownership of livestock, wealth index, and involvement in crop production positively influenced household dietary diversity. On the other hand, output and access to market information showed a negative effect. Social grants had contradicting effects: they had a negative impact on the HDDS received from crop productivity while they had a positive effect on the HDDS from market participation. Providing different ways smallholder farmers can use their funds effectively can help improve household dietary diversity and nutrition quality. The study recommended that more workshops and training be conducted that cover all the sustainable production systems that smallholder farmers can undertake to produce different food groups. These will raise awareness among smallholder farmers about the requirements for balanced diets for food and nutrition security.
6. The meditation of dependence: development of communication planning for agricultural development in northern Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mohammed, J.B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26923
- Journal Title:
- Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 13, Issue 1-2, pp. 35-47
- Notes:
- Published in 1994.