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| Bailey, Alison P.; Garforth, Chris; Angell, Brian; Scott, Tricia; Beedell, Jason; Beechener, Sam; Rana, Ram. |
| Market pressures and policy changes have heightened interest in knowledge and technology transfer in English agriculture. A government funded project, Forward Farming (2002-2004) established three separate pilots to test different ways of using demonstration to encourage change at farm level: a network of monitor farms covering the arable and livestock sectors; farms demonstrating integration between agriculture and the local community, landscape and markets; and a web-based virtual demonstration farm for the pig sector. This paper reports the results of a government-commissioned evaluation of the project. The methodology for the evaluation is described: quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect information from host farmers, a wide array... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Knowledge transfer; Demonstration farms; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24287 |
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