GROWER SURVEY USING 'CLICKERS' FOR FOCUSING FUTURE GAP TRAINING
Extension Education
David Martin
Cockeysville
Abstract
A survey of fruit and vegetable producers was conducted during the first four months of 2010 that included participants from four states. Six regional fruit and vegetable Extension meeting sites were used to conduct the grower survey. The results obtained are being used to focus the development of training materials and programs that will assist fruit and vegetable producers in their understanding of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP). The data collected will be analyzed both by individual meeting location and aggregated across all six grower meeting locations. The data provide a baseline or benchmark for further work in determining the progress in using GAP by Maryland fruit and vegetable producers, as well as producers in neighboring states. The survey uses electronic response technology (clickers). It is expected that a minimum of 120 participants (representing 120 farm operations) will respond to this survey. The design of the survey, delivery techniques, and final results will be presented in the poster. Preliminary impacts of using this technology indicate that approximately 85% of the participants prefer to use the clickers compared to a pencil and paper survey and less than 5% did not recommend using this technology in future surveys.
Poster has NOT been presented at any previous NACAA AM/PIC
This poster is being submitted for judging. It will be displayed at the AM/PIC if not selected as a State winner. The abstract will be published in the proceedings.
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Authors: D.A. Martin, M. Sudeep
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Martin, D. Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension, Maryland, 21093
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Sudeep, M. Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension, Maryland, 21613