18 pages., Via online journal., The study asserts that rural villages which have developed relatively complex communication systems have extensive local knowledge and practice systems. Using the knowledge and community-based perspective, the study departs from past works of development communication scholars, who have focused their attention mainly on the transfer of information. The study is concerned with how meaning is created and shared in rural communities through the use of communication. It looks at how small homogenous farming communities in Thailand – world’s number one rice exporter – utilize communication to improve rice crop production. It asks: what roles does communication play in the formation of collective definitions (perspectives) and the construction/management of local knowledge and practices on rice farming? To explore the plausibility of this paper’s assertion, ethnographies of two rice farming villages were conducted – Baan Sap Som Boon (irrigated) in Chainat province (Central Region) and Baan Hua Hae (rainfed) in Ubon Ratchathani province (Northeast Region). Data generation period was from October 2004 to July 2005. Research results indicate that Baan Sap Som Boon has both an extensive knowledge of rice farming methods and procedures and an elaborate community-based communication system. Baan Hua Hae, on the other hand, practices more traditional means of rice production and divides time with other livelihood activities. In both villages, communication plays a central role in improving crop production via facilitating the formation of collective definitions on rice farming, labor, economics and agriculture-related institutions.
Misra, B. (author), Rajguru, G. (author), and Department of Extension, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India; Department of Extension, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05038
Patel, I.C. (author / Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh, Gujarat State, India) and Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh, Gujarat State, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1972-09
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05342
Deb, P.C. (author / Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India) and Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1968
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05021
Raghubanshi, C.S. (author), Swarup, R. (author), Yadava, R.P. (author), and Agro-Economic Research Centre, H.P. University, Simla, India; Agro-Economic Research Centre, H.P. University, Simla, India; Agricultural Economics, H.P. University, Simla, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-07
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05053
Kempadoo, Peter L. (author / Consultant on Rural Development and Education, Guyana) and Consultant on Rural Development and Education, Guyana
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05330
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 711-724., Started spontaneously by a couple of village women cassava workers, in reaction to a social injustice that was being perpetrated in our village, the group had no other objective, at first, than wanting to solve that particular problem. The solution they worked out - a cooperative, economic one - soon attracted a large number of other villagers. Together they became the Bantu Society. Economic success and interaction within the group also made them generally aware of the social underdevelopment of their families, and this led to a wide range of socio-economic activities which now comprise a closely-integrated village development programme. (original).
Patel, A.U. (author), Singh, B.S. (author), and Office of the Commissioner, Agricultural Production and Rural Development to the Government of U.P.; Professor of Extension, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand, Gujarat, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05012