The challenges of knowledge transfer in the delivery of science-with examples from Agriculture in China
The challenges of knowledge transfer as part of the process of delivering science are widely recognised.These challenges are highlighted in an example illustrating the difficulties of influencing the behaviour of farmers growing horticultural crops.For horticultural crops there is a need to ensure that quality as well as yield is maintained leading to a tendency for farmers to over-fertilise.The process leading to more optimised fertiliser applications requires efficient two-way delivery of knowledge between the researcher and farmers on the ground.This process is complicated by the needs and agenda of a range of stakeholders which include the policy makers,the regulators,the market represented in the main by supermarkets,many non governmental organisations and fertiliser companies.Additionally the funding required for effective and sustained communication is not always available.This paper attempts to understand why farmers fail to follow the best practices that are available and how with better knowledge transfer,such practices be improved to benefit both the farmer and society as a whole.Examples of the challenges of improving fertiliser management in arable and greenhouse crops in China are included.
Communication Environment Funding Groups Networks
Clive R Rahn
School of Life Sciences,Warwick Crop Centre,The University of Warwick,Wellesbourne,Warwick,CV35 9EF UK
国内会议
山东寿光
英文
137-148
2018-04-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）