Fedler, A. J. (Ed.) Finding 10

Develop program design and content to adhere to guiding principles for boating, fishing, and aquatic stewardship education. The program:

  • Relies on a variety of systematic and continuous approaches to the assessment of participants and evaluation of programs so as to improve and eventually validate those programs.

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Napier, T. L., & Sommers, D. G. (1996) Finding 1

Assure that intervention programs are relevant to perceived needs of farmers, relevant to cultural milieu of subgroups, and relevant to specific environmental needs:

  • Cultural and farm-structure differences must be considered when intervention strategies are developed to bring about behavioral changes among specific groups
  • Potential Mennonite adaptors have to be convinced that adoption of conservation tillage will be profitable and not threaten the values of the collective group

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Andersson, L. (2004) Finding 2

Present nutrient application simulations to farmers in a group, to give farmers an opportunity to learn what practices others are using and how they weigh aspects when making decisions about nutrient management.

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Grudens-Schuck, N. (2000) Finding 2

Facilitate farmer-led program design and implementation that leads to:

  • Farmer developed reasons for taking charge of environmental protection
  • Peer development of solutions
  • Peer assessment of potential hazards of current practices
  • Farmers rather than technical experts complete environmental assessment and Action Plan
  • Farm plan and data evaluation via peer review

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