A summary of research conducted in 2021-2023 on field production and management practices for crops Kansas. Published 2023 from the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension Service. https://www.ag.k-state.edu/

A summary of research conducted in 2019-2020 on field production and management practices for crops Kansas. Published 2021 from the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension Service https://www.ag.k-state.edu/

Linking knowledge to action requires understanding how decision-makers conceptualize sustainability. This paper empirically analyzes farmer "mental models" of sustainability from three winegrape-growing regions of California where local extension programs have focused on sustainable agriculture. The mental models are represented as networks where sustainability concepts are nodes, and links are...

Extension of agricultural technology is important for farmers to improve their practices. However, criticisms are made top-down extension systems, which fail meet smallholder farmers' needs due reliance on a linear, one-way transfer approach. Meanwhile, the role knowledge gaining attention in academic literature extension, but yet overlooked applied Chinese context. These issues require holisti...

Abstract Objectives This study explored the adoption status of different Climate Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and factors that influence their for sustainable soil resource utilization in changing climate. Methodology We used quantitative qualitative primary data collected from smallholder farmers other stakeholders major coffee-growing regions Ethiopia: Oromia, Southern Nations, National...

To feed a growing population, agricultural productivity needs to increase dramatically. Agricultural extension information, with its public, non-rival nature, is generally undersupplied, and public provision remains challenging. In this study, simple agricultural extension video messages, delivered through Android tablets, were tested in the field to determine if they increased farmers' knowled...

special series on agricultural advisory services Can agricultural extension1 systems deliver quality services to smallholder producers, often in remote areas? Yes, there is evidence that this is achieved in some developing and emerging economies. But this is by no means a common practice, and many extension systems continue to struggle with weak performance. This series of six papers seeks to u...