Call for Proposals We are requesting contributions to the upcoming edited volume, “Digital Communication for Agricultural and Rural Development: Participatory Practices in a Post-Covid Age” to be published by the Taylors and Francis. The volume will be co-edited by Dr. Ataharul Chowdhury, University of Guelph, Dr. Gordon Gow, University of Alberta and Dr. Helen Hambly…

GNF and IAMCR Rural Communication Webinar Series Part 1. Please see the details below: Date: December 3, 2021 at 10 am ET Register here As part of the SSHRC connection grant, Global Networks Forum on Communication for Agriculture, we organized a series of webinars in the last year with established and emerging scholars and practitioners…

Our next part of the agricultural extension advisory forum discussion series will be held on 15 October 2021. The details of the program are below. You can watch our last forum discussion here Date: October 15 2021 at 10am ET Register here

We initiated the Global network forum webinar series on November 10, 2020. We are happy to organize the second part of the series which will focus on digital tools and platforms that support online participatory research and community engagement. Please see the details below: Date: April 30 2021 Register here

We are happy to introduce a forum discussion series on different aspects of agricultural advisory and extension services. It is an excellent opportunity to learn from our speakers and contribute to the discussion, ‘What’s holding up advancing agricultural advisory services?’ Please see the details below: Date: April 9 2021 Register here More about the series…

The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is pleased to announce that Dr. Ataharul Chowdhury joined the editorial advisory board of Media Asia.  This is a quarterly journal published since 1974 by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. The board includes several other scholars, such as Sarah Cardey (U of Reading,…

We are delighted to organize our upcoming webinar on Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 9 am to 11 am EST. The event will be organized as part of the “Global Network Forum Webinar Series: Rethinking Participation in the Digital Age of Communication for Development and Social Change.” For more details please click here. The registration link is…

ICTs and Social Media for Agricultural Advisory Services The role of agriculture has changed over the last decades—once which was only to feed population—now it became more multifunctional and multi-actor processes with involvement of many global and local stakeholders, such as farmers, processors, and markets. Whether it is farmers or advisory agencies or food safety…

The Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) selected Dr. Ataharul Chowdhury for the early achievement award. (Read more)

Agricultural advisory services in India have gone digital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmers find it difficult to visit their farm extension service centers called “Agriclinics,” which supports e-marketing. Through a pluralistic approach, it has come up with different digital platforms to provide advisories to farmers through video conferencing by connecting them with advisors. Department of…