Dairy farms are increasing in size and moving from family to external labor. As such, dairy
farmers now have the responsibilities of a human resource manager in addition to caring for …

While a robust correlation has been proven between agricultural extension advisory service
(AEAS) and increases in agricultural production in literature, it's undefined whether this …

This paper examines the determinants of participation in an outsourced extension programs
and its impact of smallholder farmers' net farm income in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South …

We assess the impact of innovation on Irish dairy farm economic sustainability by focusing
on profitability, productivity of land and market orientation. A generalised propensity score …

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 …

This article explores farmers' use of computers for farm business purposes by analyzing the
computer access and usage decisions of almost 900 Irish farmers. The findings reveal that …

This article examines pathways among farmers' extension participation, the uptake of
recommended farm management practices and economic and environmental sustainability …

This article explores spatial effects in the adoption of sustainable technologies using
Bayesian spatial probit models employing a representative sample of Irish dairy farms. We …

Agricultural extension is an important policy instrument utilized to diffuse knowledge and
increase profitability among farmers. However, analyses on impact are subject to …

Many studies show that interaction with agricultural advisory services impacts productivity
and profitability on farms. However, less attention is paid to explaining how this impact is …