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The AHDB and ADOPT field tested roadshow

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · 2026

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Summary

The AHDB and ADOPT roadshow represents a farmer-led, participatory extension initiative designed to promote peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and field-based co-creation for sustainable agriculture adoption in the United Kingdom. The programme shifts emphasis from conventional top-down advisory models towards farmer-led learning environments. As of 2026, formal peer-reviewed evaluation of sustained adoption outcomes or quantified agronomic impacts does not appear to be available in the published literature.

Regional applicability

This initiative is directly relevant to United Kingdom agricultural practice and policy, developed by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The roadshow model reflects contemporary extension thinking in UK farming systems, though transferability to other jurisdictions would depend on matching institutional infrastructure and farmer networks.

Key measures

Farmer participation in roadshow events; nature and format of field-based knowledge exchange activities

Outcomes reported

The roadshow documents farmer participation in field-based peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange events. Specific agronomic or adoption outcomes are not detailed in available metadata.

Theme
Farming systems, soils & land use
Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Study type
Policy
Study design
Narrative review
Source type
Grey literature
Status
Published
Geography
United Kingdom
System type
Mixed farming
Catalogue ID
IRmqggqbuk-25254c

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