Niehoff, Arthur H. (author) and Anderson, J. Charnel (author)
Format:
Bibliography
Publication Date:
1960
Published:
International: George Washington University, Alexandria, Virginia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes5 Document Number: C12472
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Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Human Resources Research office, a nongovernmental agency of George Washington University. 30 p., Annotated bibliography of development-related case histories, by country.
7 pages, This study aims to identify whether there is dependence between agricultural commodities traded on the Brazilian market. We used the bivariate copula method over a ten-year period to assess the extreme effects on the returns of the following commodities: soybean, wheat, Arabica coffee, and Robusta coffee. The relationship directly affects the dependence between Arabica and Robusta coffees commodities. While the relationship between wheat, Arabica and Robusta coffees, and soybean is positively dependent. Economic growth, market dynamics, and the prices of an agricultural commodity tend to increase the price of other commodities.
7 pages, This study aims to identify whether there is dependence between agricultural commodities traded on the Brazilian market. We used the bivariate copula method over a ten-year period to assess the extreme effects on the returns of the following commodities: soybean, wheat, Arabica coffee, and Robusta coffee. The relationship directly affects the dependence between Arabica and Robusta coffees commodities. While the relationship between wheat, Arabica and Robusta coffees, and soybean is positively dependent. Economic growth, market dynamics, and the prices of an agricultural commodity tend to increase the price of other commodities.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19825
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Pages 205-218 in William M. Rivera and Daniel J. Gustafson (eds.), Agricultural extension: worldwide institutional evolution and forces for change. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 312 pages.
Weiss, Dick (author) and Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2008-07-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28172
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Via online. 13 pages., Author cites three newspaper articles that reflect excellence in agricultural reporting, especially in terms of "putting pictures in readers' heads with telling details." Two of the three articles are available in printed format with URLs to online sources.
Chizari, Mohammad (author) and Dinpanah, Gholamreza (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-05-25
Published:
Iran
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24575
Journal Title Details:
21
Notes:
James J. Connors of The Ohio State University edited the proceedings., 9 p. Paper presented at the International Agricultural and Extension Education group's 21st annual conference May 25-31, 2005, in San Antonio, TX
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13517
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6 p., APEN (Australasia Pacific Extension Network) 2001 International Conference, Oct3-5, 2001, at University of South queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
6 pages, The growing local demands for wheat products due changing taste of the population consistently create gap in local production, resulted in huge import, making wheat a strategic crop to the country. The objective of this study is to assess local production and import in Nigeria, challenges devilling wheat production and strategies employed by various stakeholders to encourage local wheat production. The study uses secondary data obtained from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to assess local production and import, while available literature was reviewed for challenges devilling wheat production and the strategies employed to encourage local production by stakeholders. The study revealed that, local wheat production is stagnated while import is increasing, and the value of import increased by 66.5% between 2016 – 2020. The challenges of wheat production in Nigeria ranges from unfavourable climatic conditions, limited access to improved seed varieties, high cost of production, inadequate irrigation infrastructure, insufficient funding systems, lack of a cohesive national strategy on wheat development, and the unclear role of various stakeholders among others. The need for improved security, stable and consistent Government policies, encourage mechanization, fostering collaborations among stakeholders, increased investment in research and training, expansion of irrigation land and facilities and increase farmers access to credit are the major strategies suggested to boost local wheat production.
Sahay, B.N. (author), Singh, I.B. (author), and Ph.D. student, Department of Agricultural Journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Dy. Director (S.W.), P.E.O., Planning Commission, New Delhi, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1970-09
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 39 Document Number: B04461
Wallander, Steven (author), Smith, David (author), Bowman, Maria (author), and Claassen, Roger (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2021-02
Published:
USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12143
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Economic Information Bulletin Number 222. 33 pages., This report detailed how cover crops are managed on corn, cotton, soybean, and wheat fields in the United States. "These surveys reveal that there are many different approaches to using cover crops."
Chamala, Shankariah (author / Agricultural Extension Unit, Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland) and Agricultural Extension Unit, Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: C03179
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In: Crouch, Bruce R., and Chamala, Shankariah, eds' Extension education and rural development, Volume 1 : international experience in communication and innovation. New York : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1981. p. 281-291
Miao, Ruiqing (author) and Hennessy, David A. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11313
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Abstract of a paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2011 AAEA and NAREA joint annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 24-26, 2011. Two-page abstract of a 54-page paper., Study of U.S. wheat farmers' willingness to pay for a near infrared sensor that can segregate wheat grains according to their protein concentration. Findings indicated willingness to pay 4.8 cents a bushel for the sorting technology.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: B05713
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In T. M. Arndt, D. G. Dalrymple, and V. W. Ruttan (Eds.), Resource allocation and productivity in national and international agricultural research. Minneaspolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 171-208.
Lindner, James R. (author / Texas A & M University), Chizari, Mohammad (author / Tarbiat Modarres University), and Lashkarara, Farzad (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2001-04-04
Published:
Iran: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: C20944
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pages 391-406, from "Emerging trends in agricultural and extension education", AIAEE 2001, Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference, April 4-7, 2001, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Das, Emmanuel (author) and International Association for Media and Communication Research, London, UK.
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-07-18
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 179 Document Number: C36280
Notes:
Retrieved 03/22/2011, Via online. Page 28 in Book of Abstracts: Participatory Communication Research Section of the IAMCR Conference, Braga, Portugal, July 18-22, 2010.
18 pages., via online journal, As food products marketed as “gluten-free” become increasingly popular, many consumers start to exclude sources of gluten (e.g., wheat, barley, and rye) from their diets for both medical and non-medical purposes. The grain industry is facing a growing challenge to (re)boost consumers’ confidence in the healthiness and safety of its commodities. Using 561 participants recruited from the Amazon Mechanical Turk workers’ panel, this study implemented a 2 (pretzels vs. potato chips) * 2 (positive- vs. negative- frame) * 2 (wheat image vs. no wheat image) experiment to examine the effects of gluten-free labels on consumers’ perceived healthiness and safety of wheat, perceived benefits of labeled products, and their evaluation of the shown labels. Results showed that consumers evaluate the gluten-free labels most positively when they appear on products that could have contained gluten. For products that are naturally gluten-free, adding a gluten-free label only decreased consumers’ confidence in such labels. The presence of gluten-free labels increased consumers’ perceived benefits of the labeled products when they do not contain any misleading information (e.g., image of a wheat head). However, some gluten-free labels could have negative impacts on consumers’ perceptions of the healthiness and safety of wheat. Overall, food producers and marketers might have undervalued consumers’ literacy and overestimated their susceptibility to marketing strategies. We discussed the implications for food marketers, regulators, and communicators.
Pages 15-16 in Extension Circular 541, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1961, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of research for a doctor of education degree in extension education, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 1961. 200 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22402
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Master of Science thesis, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana. 176 pages.
Master of Science thesis, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana. 176 pages.
Pannell, David J. (author) and Ghadim, Amir K. Abadi (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27661
Notes:
Pages 113-133 in Bruce A. Babcock, Robert W. Fraser and Joseph N. Lekakis (eds.), Risk management and the environment: agriculture in perspective. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 204 pages.
Brief summary of a talk by Reuben Brigham, Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the 1931 AAACE meeting in Corvallis, Oregon. American Association of Agricultural College Editors.
Nagel, Uwe Jens (author), Saadi, Heshmatollah (author), Movahedi, Reza (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE).
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-05-14
Published:
Iran
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24210
Notes:
Retrieved June 17, 2006, Pages 592-599 in proceedings of the AIAEE conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 14-17, 2006.
International: Development Advisory Service, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20434
Notes:
Economic Development Report No. 154. Presented at the summer meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Columbia, Missouri, August 9-12, 1970. 44 pages.
Camacho-Villa, Tania Carolina (author), Almekinders, Conny (author), Hellin, Jon (author), Martinez-Cruz, Tania Eulalia (author), Rendon-Medel, Roberto (author), and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico, D.F.
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
University of Bonn, Germany
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2016-10-17
Published:
Mexico: Taylor & Francis
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10955
17 pages, via online journal, Purpose: Little is known about effective ways to operationalize agricultural innovation processes. We use the MasAgro program in Mexico (which aims to increase maize and wheat productivity, profitability and sustainability), and the experiences of middle level ‘hub managers’, to understand how innovation processes occur in heterogeneous and changing contexts. Design/methodology/approach: We use a comparative case study analysis involving research tools such as documentary review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and reflection workshops with key actors. Findings: Our research shows how a program, that initially had a relatively narrow technology focus, evolved towards an innovation system approach. The adaptive management of such a process was in response to context-specific challenges and opportunities. In the heterogeneous context of Mexico this results in diverse ways of operationalization at the hub level, leading to different collaborating partners and technology portfolios. Practical implications: MasAgro experiences merit analysis in the light of national public efforts to transform agricultural advisory services and accommodate pluralistic agricultural extension approaches in Latin America. Such efforts need long-term coherent macro level visions, frameworks and support, while the serendipitous nature of the process requires meso-level implementers to respond and adapt to and move the innovation process forward. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the debate on how to operationalize large programs by showing that the innovation support arrangements enacted in the field should allow for diversity and have a degree of flexibility to accommodate heterogeneous demands from farmers in different contexts as well as continuous changes in the politico- institutional environment.
Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results showed that different segments of producers had distinctive purchasing behaviors. Specifically, analytic-oriented producers tended to focus on product performance and less on the relationship with suppliers when buying their inputs. They also tended to be loyal to input brands, rely less on dealers/retailers and salespeople, and they are willing to change suppliers more often than other producers. Intuitive-oriented producers valued more the relationship with the supplier and are interested in contacting the salesperson if they need a product. Balanced-oriented producers declared to be less loyal to brands, but were more stable in terms of not changing input suppliers frequently.
