Integrated pest management and organic farming are alternatives for sustainable agriculture
and less pesticide use in the European Union. All professional users of pesticides in the …

Demonstration farms have a long tradition and have proved to be an effective means of
supporting farmers in problem-solving at the farm level. The new demands of complex and …

Group extension promises to be more effective than conventional approaches, in particular
when combined with participatory approaches, but little is known about how group extension …

For more than 100 years, demonstrations have been used by university extension programs
and other conservation professionals to increase knowledge, awareness, and adoption of …

Abstract Communities of Practice (CoPs) are a promising concept for transdisciplinary
knowledge co-creation in sustainable agricultural development, but empirical evidence from …

Purpose: The paper identifies, outlines, and categorises establishment and operational
factors that contribute to successful agricultural on-farm demonstration …

Purpose: Demonstration farming has been an important part of agricultural extension since
the first decades of the twentieth century. While Seaman Knapp is often credited with …

Foot lesions causing lameness in dairy cows have been demonstrated to adversely affect
milk yield, reproductive performance and longevity, resulting in significant economic burden …

Farmer discussion groups (FDGs) are a collaborative mechanism through which farmers can
engage and learn from and with their peers. Participants cite numerous benefits from FDGs …

Research on the adoption and diffusion of innovations has consistently confirmed that one of
farmers' most commonly cited sources of information and ideas is other farmers …