Rivera, William (author / University of Maryland) and Zijp, Willem (author / The World Bank)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2000-03-29
Published:
International: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20233
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, In section D of the "2000 conference proceedings: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 16th Annual Conference, March 29th-April 1st, 2000, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20797
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pages 37-48 from "50 years of Hohenheim extension studies 50 Jahre Hohenheimer Landwirtschaftliche Beratungslehre" ISBN 3823613553 in English and German
6 pages, Profit teams comprise multiple consultants engaged to support farmer decision making by holistically analyzing farm challenges. We tested the idea of using profit teams to help advanced beginning farmers, those who are beyond start-up but have been in business less than 10 years, address constraints to growing their businesses. These new entrepreneurs often have entered agriculture without a family farming history or a connection to Extension. We describe the processes of selecting farmers and administering teams, and we highlight significant improvements in quality of life, production, and profitability reported by 35 farmers. Our lessons learned may guide other educators and funders in developing profit teams for their beginning farmer clients.
