South West Agricultural Resource Management (SWARM)

PI/s in Exeter: Professor Matt Lobley

CI/s in Exeter: Professor Michael Winter

Funding awarded: £ 68,950

Sponsor(s): Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)/SWRDA

This report has three aims:

To better understand farmers’ behaviour and attitudes regarding the key themes of SWARM (soil, nutrient use, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water).
To understand how and where farmers source the knowledge that helps them to manage their resources.
To understand how farmers interact with internet sources of knowledge to discover better information about managing farm resources.

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