International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07288
Bhavnani, Asheeta (author), Chiu, Rowena Won-Wai (author), Janakiram, Subramaniam (author), Silarszky, Peter (author), and ICT Policy Division, Global Information and Communications Department, World Bank.
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Report
Publication Date:
2008-06-15
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International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00452
Boehlje, Michael (author) and Langemeier, Michael (author)
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Research report
Publication Date:
2021-03
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USA: Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12167
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6 pages., Authors from the Center for Commercial Agriculture, Purdue University, discuss the adoption of precision agriculture technologies. Findings of cited research among farmers indicated that the average net benefit was almost $90 per acre, and the benefit cost ratio averaged 9.7 to 1. "These results suggest a much higher payoff of precision farming than previous studies. This higher payoff is a result of the whole-farm system benefits of the interactions among individual tools and technologies which result in a new way of farming."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09658
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Outline of a presentation at a symposium, "Optimal allocation of animal industry checkoff funds: lessons from meat demand analysis," during an American Agricultural Economics Association meeting, East Lansing, Michigan, August 3, 1987. 6 pages.
Bradford, David F. (author), Kelejian, Harry H. (author), and Professor of Economics, Princeton University; Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1978
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03527
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08603
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Located in Review of Extension Studies, volumes for 1946-1956, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Summary of a thesis for the master of education degree, Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, Fort Collins. 55 pages.
Brown, Mark G. (author), Lee, Jong-Ying (author), and Behr, Robert M. (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
1990-08
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10577
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17 pages., via conference paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association conference, August 1990., Analysis of grocery-store scanner data suggested that consumer confusion may exist between the two products, with advertising of grapefruit juice increasing demand for both.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17324
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Pages 39-55 in Bruce M. Koppel (ed), Induced innovation theory and international agricultural development. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 190 pages.
Online from AgEconSearch., Authors estimated losses in consumption and sales revenue resulting when expenditures for generic advertising and promotion for orange juice were cut nearly to zero, as well as estimated time required for the market to recover from the check-off strategy of nearly going dark. "The research presented here demonstrates that reductions in generic advertising are followed by losses that extend far beyond the period of little or no advertising."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26728
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Pages 83-109 in Ulrike Grote, Arnab K. Basu and Nancy H. Chau (eds.), New frontiers in environmental and social labeling. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. 241 pages.
Pages 77-78 in Extension Circular 521, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1958, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of a research project report, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 1958. 59 pages.
Purpose: The impact of agricultural knowledge transfer (KT) is related to the access to and the quality of services available. Within this context, the allocation of resources in terms of KT offices and the number of advisers are important considerations for understanding KT impact. This quantitative study evaluates the impact of KT resources on farm profitability for clients in Ireland during the recessionary period 2008–2014.
Design/Methodology: Teagasc, the public KT service provider in Ireland, experienced significant office closures (43%) and a reduction in advisers (38%) during the economic crisis, yet client numbers declined only slightly (4.5%). Administrative data are merged with a panel data set on farm-level performance to evaluate the impact through Random Effects estimation.
Findings: The results show that clients gained a 12.3% benefit to their margin per hectare over the period. However, there was a negative effect of 0.2% for each additional client assigned to the adviser which averaged at 9.6%.
Practical Implications: The quantitative findings provide a measure of impact that represents the value for money for the KT service. The key implication is that the client ratio for advisers should be considered when allocating resources and lower ratios would positively impact client margins.
Theoretical Implications: This article outlines the value of quantitative studies to estimate impact in a clear translatable manner which can aid the policy discussion around resource deployment.
Originality/Value: This study evaluates the impact of KT during a recessionary period when resources were constrained, and uses client ratios to examine the spatial effects.
8 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Researchers measured farmer demand for a new agricultural technology , a triple-layered hermetic storage bag which reduces storage loss from insect pests and neutralizes aflatoxin contamination in grain. Findings revealed a highly elastic demand that that the wholesaler could increase profit by lowering the price. Farmers who had prior awareness of the bag were willing to pay 20% more on average than those previously unaware of it. Farmers' valuation of the bags was not significantly different based on the medium (text, audio, or video) through which they received the information.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25444
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Pages 267-277 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Chung, Chanjin (author), Suh, Daeseok (author), and Han, Sungill (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2011-07
Published:
International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00244
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Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association's 2011 AAEA and NAREA joint annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 24-26, 2011. Via AgEcon Search. 22 pages.