Communication for Rural Development
Communication for Rural Development

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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"Today more than ever smallholders and rural communities require access to information and communication to make their voices heard and change their lives for the better. Communication for Development [ComDev] facilitates dialogue and collaborative action, combining participatory methods with communication tools ranging from community media to ICTs. This sourcebook is meant to equip development and communication professionals with a set of guidelines, illustrative experiences, reference materials, and learning tools to strategically apply communication in agriculture and rural development initiatives in various contexts around the world."--Publisher's description.

Strengthening Rural Livelihoods
Strengthening Rural Livelihoods

Author: David J. Grimshaw

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1853397229

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Enthusiasm amongst international development agencies about harnessing the potential of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for development has generated questionning of the impact and sustainability of such interventions. By presenting the findings of research specifically designed to measure impact on livelihoods, Strengthening Rural Livelihoods offers new evidence for the development benefits of ICTs. The book asks if ICTs enabled farmers to sell beyond local markets and at better prices, and whether there have been social gains in linking geographically disparate households and social networks. The authors have provided significant new insights into how to overcome the challenges of mainstreaming ICTs into rural livelihoods and more effectively measuring its effects. This book will appeal to academics, civil society organizations, practitioners and students who are interested in what works and what doesn't work when applying ICTs to rural livelihoods.

Communication for Rural Innovation
Communication for Rural Innovation

Author: Cees Leeuwis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1118688015

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This important book is the re-titled third edition of the extremely well received and widely used Agricultural Extension (van den Ban & Hawkins, 1988, 1996). Building on the previous editions, Communication for Rural Innovation maintains and adapts the insights and conceptual models of value today, while reflecting many new ideas, angles and modes of thinking concerning how agricultural extension is taught and carried through today. Since the previous edition of the book, the number and type of organisations that apply communicative strategies to foster change and development in agriculture and resource management has become much more varied and this book is aimed at those who use communication to facilitate change in agriculture and resource management. Communication for Rural Innovation is essential reading for process facilitators, communication division personnel, knowledge managers, training officers, consultants, policy makers, extension specialists and managers of agricultural extension or research organisations. The book can also be used as an advanced introduction into issues of communicative intervention at BSc or MSc level.

Communication and Rural Development
Communication and Rural Development

Author: Juan E. Díaz Bordenave

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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UNESCO pub. Research study of the efficiency of media in promoting rural development, particularly in developing countries - reviews theories on the use of media in development, presents case studies and a critical evaluation of various development projects that used such media, and puts forward proposals for improvements. One-page bibliography, diagrams and references.

Communication and Rural Development
Communication and Rural Development

Author: Jayawant Bhimrao Ambekar

Publisher: Mittal Publications

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9788170993582

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Based on an anthropological study of Pothnal Village in Raichur District.

Internet and Social Change in Rural Indonesia
Internet and Social Change in Rural Indonesia

Author: Subekti Priyadharma

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-09-20

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 3658355336

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This book is based on an empirical research which explores bottom-up development practices initiated and organized by rural communities in the Indonesian periphery by placing “communication” at its core of analysis. The aim is to determine the extent that the Indonesian decentralization policy and the use of internet and other digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has affected the theory and practice of development communication as well as changes in relations between the center and the periphery within the context of Indonesian rural development. The book takes on periphery perspective in center-periphery interactions and relations. Hence, it belongs to "periphery research" that has rarely been used in recent decades. By using Grounded Theory for its data collection and analysis method, the results of this study are grouped into two major thematic categories: “communication development”, instead of development communication, and “communication empowerment”.

Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa
Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa

Author: Chuka Onwumechili

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012-11-02

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0739176153

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Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa is organized into three sections or parts, the first focusing on the past and the history of development communication scholarship; the second analyzes theoretical issues, and finally a third section that looks at country cases. The first part provides several perspectives on the historical development of the field as it pertains to Africa. Some of these look at ideological, indigenous contributions, and the particular importance of gender issues. The second section provides a critique of development communication theory and provides a more cultural appropriate alternative. Additionally, the book applies existing theory to practice in African communities. This leads to the third section of the book which focuses on development communication in some country cases such as in Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda.

Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development
Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development

Author: R. Saravanan

Publisher: New India Publishing Agency

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9789380235882

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The articles included in this book focuses on; Digital divide in rural India, e-Agriculture issues, Cyber extension, overview on Village Knowledge Centres VKCs, Community Information Centre iniative in Orissa, SATCOM application in Karnataka State, Model e-Villages in Arunachal Pradesh State of North-East India, Nationwide InDG web portal initiative for rural development, Kisan Mobile Sandesh KMS, Dynamic Market Information DMI by Web and Mobile in Tamil Nadu, Expert systems for pest and diseases diagnosis in rubber, Interactive Multimedia Compact Disc IMCD, Village Information Centres among Dairy Farmers in Tamil Nadu, KISSAN initiative of Kerala State, Mobile Agricultural School and Services MASS in Jharkhand, Farmers Database creation in Darjeeling District of West Bengal, Village Resource Centres VRCs in Uttaranchal, Pest Surveillance of Rice using satellite data, Techmode Approach for Distance Learning Courses for Field Veterinarians in Maharastra, Information Retrieval System for Buffalo Reproduction, Web Portals and Digital Data base in Agroforestry, Watershed Modelling using GIS and Remote Sensing in Gujarat State, e-Readiness and Participation Level of Akshya and KISSAN Kerala Beneficiaries and VRC & CIC Network in Assam and Internet utilization pattern, evaluation of Kissan Call Centres KCCs, ICT adoption level, impact, stakeholders feedback, policy implications and recommendations.