Maryland Eastern Shore Agriculture Needs Assessment
ISSN 2158-9429
Volume 10, Issue 1 - June 2017
Editor: Linda Chalker-Scott
Abstract
- Needs assessments are critical to Cooperative Extension to understand current and emerging issues facing clientele; form educational responses that help address those issues; and effectively focus Extension program resources. For all of these reasons, the University of Maryland Extension conducted an agricultural needs assessment framed around farm vitality for the nine counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Results for farm viability were related to topics in regulations, agriculture production and farm management. Farmers’ top three priorities for UME services were related to field research trials, assistance with regulations and education to consumers about the importance of agriculture.
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