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How to get the best from Knowledge Exchange?

Geographical scope
European Union
Keywords
Farming equipment and machinery
precision farming
Farming practice
advisory service
General
knowledge exchange
This is the problem: 

We know that farmers listen to farmers, attend demonstrations, read journals but still some developments are very slowly adopted (CTF), yet others can be quite quick (auto-guidance). What can be done to make all Knowledge Exchange more effective and get to the “roots”?

There is a need to improve the understanding of why farmers do not take up SFT rapidly.  How to convince early-adopters to invest in SFT  and how to encourage rapid and widespread adoption are questions that would enable advisory bodies to have an increased impact.  

This is the problem (summary in English): 

We know that farmers listen to farmers, attend demonstrations, read journals but still some developments are very slowly adopted (CTF), yet others can be quite quick (auto-guidance). What can be done to make all Knowledge Exchange more effective and get to the “roots”?

There is a need to improve the understanding of why farmers do not take up SFT rapidly.  How to convince early-adopters to invest in SFT  and how to encourage rapid and widespread adoption are questions that would enable advisory bodies to have an increased impact.  

Contact person
Name: 
Tinker
Surname: 
David
Spoken languages: 
English
Contact person by email
Post date: 
Thu, 19/07/2018