Abstract
The home landscape is a place where there is a great opportunity for people to adopt irrigation practices and technologies that conserve water. However, a large portion of residents lack the required knowledge and skills to adopt some of those practices. This 3-page fact sheet discusses using innovative evaluation approaches to demonstrate the impacts of statewide urban water conservation programs. Written by Laura A. Warner, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, and Anil Kumar Chaudhary, and published by the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, March 2017.
AEC616/WC278: Water Conservation and Extension Participants: An Interesting Synergy (ufl.edu)
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