Module 3 - Mass Media and Communications Technologies in Extension

Selected Readings

Asterisk (*) at the end of a reference indicates that it is available on the Web. See Appendix 1 for a full list of Websites.

Anon. 2004. Effective communication between Agricultural Research, Extension and Farmers. Workshop Report. Ora, Italy. October, 2004.*

"Bridging the Rural Digital Divide" (BRDD). http://www.fao.org/rdd/.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 2001. “International Workshop on Farm Radio Broadcasting.” Workshop Report. FAO, Rome.*

Fundación Chasquinet. http://www.chasquinet.org.

Garforth, C. 1986. “Mass Media and Communications Technology in Investment.” In G. Jones (ed.), Rural Extension: Strategies and Goals. London: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers.

Hafkin, N., and N. Taggart. 2001. “Gender, Information Technology, and Developing Countries: An Analytic Study.” Office of Women in Development. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, DC.*

IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development). 2005. “Fighting Rural Poverty: The Role of ICTs.” The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Tunis, 2005.*

References Cited

Hudson, H. E. 1998. “Global Information Infrastructure: The Rural Challenge.” In D. Richardson and L. Paisley (eds.), The First Mile of Connectivity—Advancing Telecommunications for Rural Development through a Participatory Communications Approach. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Jensen, M., and A. Esterhuysen. 2001. “The Community Telecentre Cookbook for Africa: Recipes for Self-Sustainability: How to Establish a Multi-Purpose Community Telecentre in Africa.” Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

MSSRF (M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation). Information Village Research Project. http://www.mssrf.org/.

Perraton, H., D. T. Jamison, J. Jenkins, F. Orivel, and L. Wolft. 1983. “Basic Education and Agricultural Extension-Costs, Effects, and Alternatives.” Staff Working Paper 564. World Bank, Washington, DC.

Talero, E., and P. Gaudette. 1996. “Harnessing Information for Development: A Proposal for a World Bank Group Strategy.” Discussion Paper 313. World Bank, Washington, DC.

Wete, F. 1991. “New Technology for Transferring Agricultural Information.” In W. M. Rivera and D. J. Gustafson (eds.), Agricultural Extension Worldwide: Institutional Evolution and Forces for Change. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers.