Barriers to adoption of technologies by farmers..

Really pleased to see that my academic paper "Innovating in an Uncertain World: Understanding the Social, Technical and Systemic Barriers to Farmers Adopting New Technologies" that was published just over a year ago has now been cited 20 times by other academics in their papers. Seventeen barriers include:

those external to the farm (economic conditions, external conditions including bureaucracy, market conditions, weather uncertainty and the narratives about farmers),
those internal to the farm business (farming conditions, employee relations, general finance, technology and time pressures) and
personal factors (living conditions, personal finances, physical health, role conflict, social isolation and social pressure).

Many of these barriers influence all businesses not only those related to farming, although working often on your own in isolated locations is particularly important in agriculture. Do check the paper out

NFU Tenants Conference

It was really interesting to go to the NFU Tenants Conference last week and here a presentation by Alan Laidlaw, the Commissioner for the Tenant Farming Sector . In England, 45% of holdings are either wholly tenanted or mixed tenure, and a third of all agricultural land in England is tenanted. This leadership role has a wide remit and significant potential for positive outcomes and impacts. This role will require courageous leadership the subject of a previous post on this blog.

Vice-chair of the East Malling Trust

Really pleased to have been elected as joint Vice-Chair of the East Malling Trust and looking forward to getting involved in the trust's activities.

NFU Council

Last week I spent two days at the NFU Council representing the farmers from Herefordshire. If you would like to see a summary of what we talked about - check out the video here.

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