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The role of field advisors as agents of knowledge exchange - Dr Amy Proctor, 13/10/11
Field advisors perform a key role in transacting decision-making and enacting farmers within the agri-food system.
They face complex and ever changing calls on their expertise, so how do they keep their knowledge up to date in practice and do they act as intermediaries bringing science to the farm? In this presentation, we draw upon recent research exploring vets, applied ecologists and land agents to reflect on what informs field expertise and what types of knowledge are being brokered.
We consider whether we need to re-think our understanding of the role of advisors as knowledge intermediaries.
The role of field advisors as agents of knowledge exchange