Saul, Ezra V. (author), Cornehlsen, John H., Jr. (author), Devoe, Donald B. (author), Niccoll-Ehmer, Marjy (author), Hansen, Clyde J. (author), Jaffe, Jack (author), Raben, Margaret W. (author), and Zurier, Janet (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1954-10-01
Published:
USA: U.S. Naval Training Device Centerm, Port Washington, Long Island, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 193 Document Number: D07234
Notes:
Hal R. Taylor Collection. He used this as a resource in preparing materials for the Communication Training Program of the National Project in Agricultural Communications (NPAC), Michigan State University, East Lansing., Technical Report SpecDevCen 494-08-1 216 pages
14 pages, This study examines how smallholder coffee farmers’ perceptions may influence their engagement in peer mobilization and collective action. Forty smallholder coffee farmers were interviewed in the Central Highlands region of Peru using a closed-ended instrument. The sample of smallholder farmers was achieved using purposive and snowball sampling methods. Quantitative data on farmers’ attitudes and aspirations regarding working with peers, autonomy, and external support as well as knowledge, skills, and behaviors pertinent to collective actions were collected and analyzed using descriptive and correlational procedures. Key findings indicate farmers perceive a need for external support, feel there are benefits of collective actions, and aspire to work with their peers. Based on the findings, it is recommended that practitioners and farmer group leaders focus training efforts on building smallholders’ knowledge and skills in mobilization, encourage peer association/collective action as a source of external support, and target knowledgeable, skilled and confident farmers to lead collective actions. This study has implications to bolster support for farmer-to-farmer extension and technical assistance systems and inform the identification of leader farmers.
Sinha, N.K. (author), Verma, N.C. (author), and Department of Agricultural Extension, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Bihar, India; Department of Agricultural Extension, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Bihar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05025
2 pages., Research summary online via the North American Association for Environmental Education., This study involved journalists who participated in science journalism training at the University of Rhode Island's Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting between 1999 and 2015. Researchers collected data on the effectiveness of such training by surveying 111 participating journalists about their perceptions of the training. Researchers also analyzed the content of stories published by 20 journalists before and after they participated in a week-long immersion workshop. "Results showed a number of small but positive effects..." Journalists who participated found interpersonal interactions with scientists to be the most valuable tool for their science reporting.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08087
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, RAPA Publication.1988-2. Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Bangkok, Thailand. 51 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12338
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 340-343 in Borton, Raymond E. (ed.), Selected readings to accompany getting agriculture moving. Volume 1. Agricultural Development Council, New York, NY. 526 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21969
Notes:
Food Safety In-Sight Volume 3, Number 1, TM Environ Health Associates, Inc. 1 page., Suggestions for teaching basic food safety to persons who work in restaurant kitchens.
International: Institutional Development and Popular Participation Section, Social Development Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes5 Document Number: C12459
Waters-Bayer, Ann (author), van Veldhuizen, Laurens (author), and Reij, Chris (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01215
Notes:
Pages 347-354 in Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25933
Notes:
Presented at the 2007 ACE/NETC conference sponsored by the International Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) and the National Extension Technology Conference (NETC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 16-19, 2007. 14 pages.
4 pages., Via online journal., Interactive web-based questions were developed for students to review
subject matter learned in an online plant propagation course. Articulate Storyline
software was used to build nearly 250 review questions with five different testing
styles to ascertain proficiency in subject areas, including the biology of propagation,
the propagation environment, seed propagation, vegetative propagation, micropropagation, and cell culture. Questions were arranged to correspond to the
supporting textbook chapters in Hartmann and Kester’s Plant propagation: Principles and practices, ninth edition. These are open access and available to instructors
and students worldwide. Users received immediate feedback for each question
answered correctly or incorrectly. The system remembers where one leaves off,
which enables starting and stopping multiple times within a chapter. Means of preand posttest responses to nine content knowledge items showed that students
perceived a significant content knowledge gain in the course. These online interactive reviews can be adapted easily to other courses in a variety of fields,
including horticulture, botany, systematics, and biology. They can also be expanded
to overlay multiple objects and trigger events based on user response. Since inception,
the website hosting these online reviews averaged 156 unique visitors per month.
Students have reported this to be a useful tool to prepare them for course exams.
