Agricultural Economics Department
Title
Extension Educators' Perceptions of Risk Management Training Needs
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
August 2003
Abstract
Risk management is a key issue for farmers and also receives significant
national and local political attention. Because much of the outreach in this
area is delivered through the Cooperative Extension Service, research on how
Extension educators perceive their clients' needs and their own demand for
additional training is important for educational programming.
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service (CSREES) of the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) initiated a risk management education competitive
grants program during 1998. The information reported here is partial output
from one of the surveys conducted by the "Understanding Farmer Risk
Management Decision Making and Educational Needs" project (Coble,
Knight, Patrick, & Baquet, 1999; Patrick, Coble, Knight, & Baquet, 2000;
Vergara, Coble, Knight, Patrick, & Baquet, 2001). Institutions participating
in the project are Mississippi State University, Purdue University, University
of Nebraska, and Texas A&M University.
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Published in the Journal of Extension Volume 41, Number 4, August 2003. Copyright © by Extension Journal, Inc. Used by permission. This article is online at http://www.joe.org/joe/2003august/rb7.shtml.