A Needs Assessment to Inform Research and Outreach Efforts for Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Food Production in the Western United States

AJ Lamm, KW Lamm, S Trojan, CE Sanders, AR Byrd - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices can help maintain sufficient
food production while reducing its environmental impact. To ensure this adoption, it is …

Evaluation capacity building in the nonformal education context: Challenges and strategies

AK Chaudhary, J Diaz, KSU Jayaratne… - Evaluation and Program …, 2020 - Elsevier
Policymakers' demand for increased accountability has compelled organizations to pay
more attention to internal evaluation capacity building (ECB). The existing literature about …

A scoping study of United States Extension professional competencies

JL Donaldson, R Vaughan - Journal of Human …, 2022 - scholarsjunction.msstate.edu
This scoping study aimed to answer the question: What is known from existing research
studies about the major competencies required of Extension professionals? Scoping studies …

Evaluating connections between personal well-being and adoption of landscape best management practices: An audience segmentation study

LA Warner, JM Diaz, EW Osborne, F Oi… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Integrated pest management and outdoor water conservation comprise key practices
encouraged by nonformal educators who work with the public to address significant issues …

Green industry experts' consensus about wildlife-friendly landscape maintenance: Delphi-informed implications for agricultural and extension educators

D Kalauni, LA Warner, CJ Silvert, C Gusto… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - jae-online.org
This study was designed to understand the current state of wildlife-friendly landscape
maintenance practices and the associated barriers and motivations among Florida green …

Expanding evaluator competency research: Exploring competencies for program evaluation using the context of non-formal education

J Diaz, AK Chaudhary, KSU Jayaratne… - Evaluation and program …, 2020 - Elsevier
The overlap of competencies between general program evaluation and specific contexts or
content will always be reality because evaluators may need unique competencies to answer …

Exploring the social media health information seeking patterns of rural residents to provide communication strategies for Extension

C Sanders, K Gibson, AR Byrd… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - newprairiepress.org
Communication capacity development is critical for Extension professionals, who work to
bring agricultural and health research to the public. With social media being an almost …

Improving sustainable food access and availability in rural communities: An assessment of needed resources

CE Sanders, T Markosyan, KE Gibson, AR Byrd… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Extension educators are uniquely positioned to assist with sustainable
community-based food environment change, especially related to obesity prevention efforts …

Using Audience Segmentation to Identify Target Audiences for Climate-Smart Beef Production Communication

G Orton, L Fischer, K Kitten - Journal of Agricultural Education, 2024 - jae-online.org
In the face of increasing consumer scrutiny of the food supply chain, communication
practitioners have been determined to understand public perceptions of the food production …

Effective organizational functioning capacity needs of rural advisory service networks: A Delphi study

KW Lamm, AJ Lamm, K Davis, A Powell… - Journal of …, 2021 - newprairiepress.org
This study expands on previous research within an international extensioncontext with a
particular focus on identifying the capacities associated witheffective organizational …