top

  Info

  • Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.

  Info

  • Utilizzare questo link per rimuovere la selezione effettuata.
Communication for rural innovation [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking agricultural extension / / Cees Leeuwis, with Anne van den Ban
Communication for rural innovation [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking agricultural extension / / Cees Leeuwis, with Anne van den Ban
Autore Leeuwis Cees
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, : Blackwell Science
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (426 p.)
Disciplina 630.715
630/.71/5
Altri autori (Persone) LeeuwisCees
BanA. W. van den
Soggetto topico Agricultural extension work
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-21395-0
9786611213954
0-470-99523-8
1-4051-7647-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension; Contents; Preface; The CTA; PART 1 RETHINKING EXTENSION; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Challenges for agricultural extension practice; 1.1.1 Challenges for farmers and agriculture at large; 1.1.2 Reinventing extension; 1.1.3 In conclusion: a new societal function for extension; 1.2 Objectives and outline of this book; Questions for discussion; 2 From extension to communication for innovation; 2.1 Historical roots and evolving conceptions of extension; 2.1.1 Origins, early meanings and international terminology
2.1.2 Evolving definitions2.2 Different types of communication services and strategies; 2.2.1 Basic rationale of different communication services and strategies; 2.3 Agricultural knowledge systems and other extension-related concepts; Questions for discussion; 3 The ethics and politics of communication for innovation; 3.1 The political implications of communication for innovation; 3.2 The acceptability of government communicative intervention; 3.3 The acceptability of non-governmental communicative intervention; 3.4 Professional standards
3.5 Dilemmas regarding ethics and politics: an exampleQuestions for discussion; 4 The role of communicative intervention in policy planning: instrumental and interactive approaches; 4.1 Top-down planning and instrumental communication; 4.1.1 'Blueprint' planning and problem solving; 4.1.2 The instrumental model of communicative intervention; 4.1.3 In conclusion; 4.2 Process management and interactive communication; 4.2.1 Process management towards innovation; 4.2.2 Arguments for an interactive model of communicative intervention; 4.2.3 In conclusion
4.3 Shortcomings and conditions: the relation between interactive and instrumental approachesQuestions for discussion; PART 2 THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION; 5 Understanding human practices: the example of farming; 5.1 Different levels and domains of farming practice; 5.1.1 Farming practices at different hierarchical levels; 5.1.2 Different domains of farming practice; 5.1.3 Farming practices at different points in time; 5.2 Understanding the social nature of technical practices; 5.2.1 Evaluative frame of reference: the basis for reasoning about practices
5.2.2 Perceived effectiveness of the social environment5.2.3 Perceived self-efficacy; 5.2.4 Social relationships and perceived social pressure; 5.2.5 The dynamics within the model; 5.3 Implications for communication for innovation; 5.3.1 The central role of knowledge and the need to be modest; 5.3.2 The relationship with different communication strategies and functions; 5.3.3 Communicative intervention must be 'tuned' to other communication processes; 5.3.4 The need to anticipate diversity among farmers; 5.3.5 Linking multiple socio-technical innovation processes
5.3.6 The multi-layered character of technology and policy acceptance
Record Nr. UNINA-9910145583503321
Leeuwis Cees  
Oxford, : Blackwell Science
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Communication for rural innovation [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking agricultural extension / / Cees Leeuwis, with Anne van den Ban
Communication for rural innovation [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking agricultural extension / / Cees Leeuwis, with Anne van den Ban
Autore Leeuwis Cees
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, : Blackwell Science
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (426 p.)
Disciplina 630.715
630/.71/5
Altri autori (Persone) LeeuwisCees
BanA. W. van den
Soggetto topico Agricultural extension work
ISBN 1-281-21395-0
9786611213954
0-470-99523-8
1-4051-7647-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension; Contents; Preface; The CTA; PART 1 RETHINKING EXTENSION; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Challenges for agricultural extension practice; 1.1.1 Challenges for farmers and agriculture at large; 1.1.2 Reinventing extension; 1.1.3 In conclusion: a new societal function for extension; 1.2 Objectives and outline of this book; Questions for discussion; 2 From extension to communication for innovation; 2.1 Historical roots and evolving conceptions of extension; 2.1.1 Origins, early meanings and international terminology
2.1.2 Evolving definitions2.2 Different types of communication services and strategies; 2.2.1 Basic rationale of different communication services and strategies; 2.3 Agricultural knowledge systems and other extension-related concepts; Questions for discussion; 3 The ethics and politics of communication for innovation; 3.1 The political implications of communication for innovation; 3.2 The acceptability of government communicative intervention; 3.3 The acceptability of non-governmental communicative intervention; 3.4 Professional standards
3.5 Dilemmas regarding ethics and politics: an exampleQuestions for discussion; 4 The role of communicative intervention in policy planning: instrumental and interactive approaches; 4.1 Top-down planning and instrumental communication; 4.1.1 'Blueprint' planning and problem solving; 4.1.2 The instrumental model of communicative intervention; 4.1.3 In conclusion; 4.2 Process management and interactive communication; 4.2.1 Process management towards innovation; 4.2.2 Arguments for an interactive model of communicative intervention; 4.2.3 In conclusion
4.3 Shortcomings and conditions: the relation between interactive and instrumental approachesQuestions for discussion; PART 2 THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION; 5 Understanding human practices: the example of farming; 5.1 Different levels and domains of farming practice; 5.1.1 Farming practices at different hierarchical levels; 5.1.2 Different domains of farming practice; 5.1.3 Farming practices at different points in time; 5.2 Understanding the social nature of technical practices; 5.2.1 Evaluative frame of reference: the basis for reasoning about practices
5.2.2 Perceived effectiveness of the social environment5.2.3 Perceived self-efficacy; 5.2.4 Social relationships and perceived social pressure; 5.2.5 The dynamics within the model; 5.3 Implications for communication for innovation; 5.3.1 The central role of knowledge and the need to be modest; 5.3.2 The relationship with different communication strategies and functions; 5.3.3 Communicative intervention must be 'tuned' to other communication processes; 5.3.4 The need to anticipate diversity among farmers; 5.3.5 Linking multiple socio-technical innovation processes
5.3.6 The multi-layered character of technology and policy acceptance
Record Nr. UNISA-996201963803316
Leeuwis Cees  
Oxford, : Blackwell Science
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Communication for rural innovation [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking agricultural extension / / Cees Leeuwis, with Anne van den Ban
Communication for rural innovation [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking agricultural extension / / Cees Leeuwis, with Anne van den Ban
Autore Leeuwis Cees
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, : Blackwell Science
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (426 p.)
Disciplina 630.715
630/.71/5
Altri autori (Persone) LeeuwisCees
BanA. W. van den
Soggetto topico Agricultural extension work
ISBN 1-281-21395-0
9786611213954
0-470-99523-8
1-4051-7647-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension; Contents; Preface; The CTA; PART 1 RETHINKING EXTENSION; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Challenges for agricultural extension practice; 1.1.1 Challenges for farmers and agriculture at large; 1.1.2 Reinventing extension; 1.1.3 In conclusion: a new societal function for extension; 1.2 Objectives and outline of this book; Questions for discussion; 2 From extension to communication for innovation; 2.1 Historical roots and evolving conceptions of extension; 2.1.1 Origins, early meanings and international terminology
2.1.2 Evolving definitions2.2 Different types of communication services and strategies; 2.2.1 Basic rationale of different communication services and strategies; 2.3 Agricultural knowledge systems and other extension-related concepts; Questions for discussion; 3 The ethics and politics of communication for innovation; 3.1 The political implications of communication for innovation; 3.2 The acceptability of government communicative intervention; 3.3 The acceptability of non-governmental communicative intervention; 3.4 Professional standards
3.5 Dilemmas regarding ethics and politics: an exampleQuestions for discussion; 4 The role of communicative intervention in policy planning: instrumental and interactive approaches; 4.1 Top-down planning and instrumental communication; 4.1.1 'Blueprint' planning and problem solving; 4.1.2 The instrumental model of communicative intervention; 4.1.3 In conclusion; 4.2 Process management and interactive communication; 4.2.1 Process management towards innovation; 4.2.2 Arguments for an interactive model of communicative intervention; 4.2.3 In conclusion
4.3 Shortcomings and conditions: the relation between interactive and instrumental approachesQuestions for discussion; PART 2 THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN PRACTICE, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION; 5 Understanding human practices: the example of farming; 5.1 Different levels and domains of farming practice; 5.1.1 Farming practices at different hierarchical levels; 5.1.2 Different domains of farming practice; 5.1.3 Farming practices at different points in time; 5.2 Understanding the social nature of technical practices; 5.2.1 Evaluative frame of reference: the basis for reasoning about practices
5.2.2 Perceived effectiveness of the social environment5.2.3 Perceived self-efficacy; 5.2.4 Social relationships and perceived social pressure; 5.2.5 The dynamics within the model; 5.3 Implications for communication for innovation; 5.3.1 The central role of knowledge and the need to be modest; 5.3.2 The relationship with different communication strategies and functions; 5.3.3 Communicative intervention must be 'tuned' to other communication processes; 5.3.4 The need to anticipate diversity among farmers; 5.3.5 Linking multiple socio-technical innovation processes
5.3.6 The multi-layered character of technology and policy acceptance
Record Nr. UNINA-9910830521903321
Leeuwis Cees  
Oxford, : Blackwell Science
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Extension review
Extension review
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Washington, D.C., : Science and Education Administration; Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor
Disciplina 630.715
ISSN 0162-9875
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Note periodicità Trimestrale
Record Nr. UNINA-990008961300403321
[Washington, D.C., : Science and Education Administration; Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Knowledge driven development : private extension and global lessons / / edited by Yuan Zhou, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Basel, Switzerland Suresh Chandra Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA ; contributors, Kolawole Adebayo [and sixteen others]
Knowledge driven development : private extension and global lessons / / edited by Yuan Zhou, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Basel, Switzerland Suresh Chandra Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA ; contributors, Kolawole Adebayo [and sixteen others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina 630.715
Collana Public Food Policy and Global Development
Soggetto topico Agricultural extension work
Agricultural productivity
ISBN 0-12-802231-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Cover""; ""Knowledge Driven Development""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""About the Editors""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Rationale and Aims of the Book""; ""Key Research Questions""; ""Research Methodology""; ""Overview of Content""; ""References""; ""2 The Current Status and Role of Private Extension: A Literature Review and a Conceptual Framework""; ""Introduction""; ""Trends in the Development of Private Extension""; ""Pluralistic agricultural extension systems""; ""Privatization of public extension literature""
""Private extension literature""""Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Private Extension""; ""The public�private extension continuum�a framework""; ""What factors motivate entry, effectiveness, and sustainability of the private sector in extension provision?""; ""Operational framework for assessing, analyzing, and acting on extension reforms""; ""Assessment of the current state of extension""; ""Analysis""; ""Dialogue and consultations""; ""Action plan for reforms""; ""External factors""; ""Internal factors""; ""Assessing the need for private extension""; ""Concluding Remarks""
""Private extension to supplement and complement public extension""""Decentralization of extension and private extension""; ""Origins of Privatized Agricultural Extension Services Worldwide""; ""Privatization and commercialization of extension""; ""Attitude toward private extension/privatization""; ""Documentation of Case Studies on Privatization and National Reform Process""; ""Challenges and Issues Facing the Development and Expansion of Private Extension""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""References""
""4 Private Sector Extension with Input Supply and Output Aggregation: Case of Sugarcane Production System with EID Parry in ...""""Introduction""; ""Description of the Value Chain (Production and Marketing System)""; ""Sugarcane company""; ""Sugarcane farmers""; ""Micro-irrigation companies""; ""Mechanization entrepreneurs""; ""Research system and the seedling multipliers""; ""Credit institutions""; ""Input dealers""; ""Public extension system""; ""Description of the Extension Approach""
""Analysis of the Private Extension Services with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, an ...""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797134103321
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Knowledge driven development : private extension and global lessons / / edited by Yuan Zhou, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Basel, Switzerland Suresh Chandra Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA ; contributors, Kolawole Adebayo [and sixteen others]
Knowledge driven development : private extension and global lessons / / edited by Yuan Zhou, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Basel, Switzerland Suresh Chandra Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA ; contributors, Kolawole Adebayo [and sixteen others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina 630.715
Collana Public Food Policy and Global Development
Soggetto topico Agricultural extension work
Agricultural productivity
ISBN 0-12-802231-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Cover""; ""Knowledge Driven Development""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""About the Editors""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Rationale and Aims of the Book""; ""Key Research Questions""; ""Research Methodology""; ""Overview of Content""; ""References""; ""2 The Current Status and Role of Private Extension: A Literature Review and a Conceptual Framework""; ""Introduction""; ""Trends in the Development of Private Extension""; ""Pluralistic agricultural extension systems""; ""Privatization of public extension literature""
""Private extension literature""""Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Private Extension""; ""The public�private extension continuum�a framework""; ""What factors motivate entry, effectiveness, and sustainability of the private sector in extension provision?""; ""Operational framework for assessing, analyzing, and acting on extension reforms""; ""Assessment of the current state of extension""; ""Analysis""; ""Dialogue and consultations""; ""Action plan for reforms""; ""External factors""; ""Internal factors""; ""Assessing the need for private extension""; ""Concluding Remarks""
""Private extension to supplement and complement public extension""""Decentralization of extension and private extension""; ""Origins of Privatized Agricultural Extension Services Worldwide""; ""Privatization and commercialization of extension""; ""Attitude toward private extension/privatization""; ""Documentation of Case Studies on Privatization and National Reform Process""; ""Challenges and Issues Facing the Development and Expansion of Private Extension""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""References""
""4 Private Sector Extension with Input Supply and Output Aggregation: Case of Sugarcane Production System with EID Parry in ...""""Introduction""; ""Description of the Value Chain (Production and Marketing System)""; ""Sugarcane company""; ""Sugarcane farmers""; ""Micro-irrigation companies""; ""Mechanization entrepreneurs""; ""Research system and the seedling multipliers""; ""Credit institutions""; ""Input dealers""; ""Public extension system""; ""Description of the Extension Approach""
""Analysis of the Private Extension Services with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, an ...""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910810396103321
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Social Innovation and Sustainability Transition / / edited by Geoff Desa, Xiangping Jia
Social Innovation and Sustainability Transition / / edited by Geoff Desa, Xiangping Jia
Edizione [1st ed. 2022.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (383 pages)
Disciplina 630.715
Collana Religion and Philosophy Series
Soggetto topico Agriculture
Applied ethics
Science - Moral and ethical aspects
Inclusive education
Sustainability
Agricultural Ethics
Science Ethics
Inclusive Education
ISBN 3-031-18560-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Radical roots and twenty-first century realities: rediscovering the egalitarian aspirations of Land Grant University Extension -- Palatable disruption: the politics of plant milk -- To the market and back? A study of the interplay between public policy and market-driven initiatives to improve farm animal welfare in the Danish pork sector -- How farmers “repair” the industrial agricultural system -- Agencing an innovative territorial trade scheme between crop and livestock farming: the contributions of the sociology of market agencements to alternative agri-food network analysis -- Competing food sovereignties: GMO-free activism, democracy and state preemptive laws in Southern Oregon -- Feeding the melting pot: inclusive strategies for the multi-ethnic city -- Acting like an algorithm: digital farming platforms and the trajectories they (need not) lock-in -- Sustainability transitions in agri-food systems: insights from South Korea’s universal free, eco-friendly school lunch program -- The real meal deal: assessing student preferences for “real food” at Fort Lewis College -- From texts to enacting practices: defining fair and equitable research principles for plant genetic resources in West Africa -- A carrot isn’t a carrot isn’t a carrot: tracing value in alternative practices of food exchange -- From left behind to leader: gender, agency, and food sovereignty in China -- Effects of institutional pressures on the governance of food safety in emerging food supply chains: a case of Lebanese food processors -- Farmer field schools and the co-creation of knowledge and innovation: the mediating role of social capital -- Virtualizing the ‘good life’: reworking narratives of agrarianism and the rural idyll in a computer game -- When farmers are pulled in too many directions: comparing institutional drivers of food safety and environmental sustainability in California agriculture -- Political economy challengesfor climate smart agriculture in Africa -- Sustainability transitions in the context of pandemic: an introduction to the focused issue on social innovation and systemic impact -- Social entrepreneurship and impact investment in rural–urban transformation: An orientation to systemic social innovation and symposium findings -- ‘Workable utopias’ for social change through inclusion and empowerment? Community supported agriculture (CSA) in Wales as social innovation.-Bridging the rural–urban divide in social innovation transfer: the role of values -- Blended finance for agriculture: exploring the constraints and possibilities of combining financial instruments for sustainable transitions -- Priming the pump of impact entrepreneurship and social finance in China -- Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern: The new American farmer: immigration, race, and the struggle for sustainability -- Carol Off: Bitter chocolate: anatomy of an industry -- Harvey S. James, Jr. (ed.): Ethical tensions from new technology: the case of agricultural biotechnology -- Gina Rae La Cerva: Feasting wild: in search of the last untamed food -- Stan cox: the green new deal and beyond: ending the climate emergency while we still can -- Books received.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910629277803321
Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui