Meeting U.S. Nursery and Greenhouse Growers’ Needs with Water Conservation Extension Programs
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Keywords

adoption
nursery and greenhouse best management practices
extension methods
needs assessment

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Warner, Laura A. Sanagorski, Alexa J. Lamm, Sarah A. White, Paul R. Fisher, and Peyton N. Beattie. 2019. “Meeting U.S. Nursery and Greenhouse Growers’ Needs With Water Conservation Extension Programs: AEC-664/WC327, 1/2019”. EDIS 2019 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc327-2019.

Abstract

This 5-page document presents results of a study designed to understand the knowledge level, adoption rate, and levels of continuance associated with eight water conservation technologies among nursery and greenhouse growers. Written by Laura A. Sanagorski Warner, Alexa J. Lamm, Sarah A. White, Paul R. Fisher, and Peyton N. Beattie and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, January 2019.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc327

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc327-2019
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