The objective of reducing pesticides in crop management is changing radically the situation for farmers and their advisers.
What skills and tools should have a ‘new adviser’ to develop acceptable solutions with farmers?
What should be the 'minimum equipment' for any agricultural adviser to deal with the complexity?
The results of the Leonardo New Advisers project are delivered in five steps:
1. The problems and resources available for agricultural advisers and trainers, in eight different countries (Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Hungary and Slovenia), according to our surveys and exchanges of experience:
2. The ability to think outside the box, by a systemic approach 'problem situation': see the document pdf and the tutorial (English version: click here)
3. The key skills ( umbrella skills) in agronomic advisory and the growing importance of relational skills (or ‘soft skills’) used in co-constructive approaches.
4. The conditions for acquiring these skills, differentiating two types of resources:
5. The skills development, in which the tool is both the starting point and the return point: each tool requires special skills which in turn are increased by practice. The learning loop is driven by embodied thinking and awareness of challenges and new solutions, according to a pedagogical model of 'learning by doing'.
For more information on New Advisers outcomes, click here.
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