About You and Your Clients

In order to encourage the continued reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture it is important to achieve clarity about the on-farm practices that can increase production efficiency and realise GHG emissions reductions per unit of production. The greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture are methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide.
A key part of achieving reductions is delivering this knowledge to farmers in a way that enables them to make business decisions that promote efficiency, competitiveness and emissions reductions. A crucial part of this is effective knowledge transfer and providing farm businesses with the skills, tools and knowledge to face these challenges.
This survey is designed to find out what is really happening on-farms in terms of understanding management and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and try to answer some key questions:
  • What are farmers doing to safeguard resources, and where are the gaps in research, understanding and implementation
  • Where should we focus effort and (limited) resources?
  • How should we be supporting farmers to understand the issues better?
  • What will really make a difference and change behaviour?
 Any personal information you give will be processed in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act.  If you require any more information please contact Becky Willson on 01579 372 376 or by email on becky.willson@duchy.ac.uk   

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* 1. In which region (or regions) of England do you advise? (please tick all that apply)

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* 2. Which farm types do you advise? (please tick all that apply)

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* 3. What is your main advice specialism? (please tick all that apply)

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* 4. Which of the following statements best represents your level of knowledge on GHG emissions? (please tick one box only)

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* 5. Do you talk to your farmer clients about greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) when advising them on technical or management practices? (please tick the answer which best represents your situation)

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* 6. If you do talk to your clients about GHG's, how do you approach the subject? (please tick the answer which best represents your situation)

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* 7. Do you think that your farmer clients have a good level of understanding of the following issues :

  Yes, all of my clients Yes, most of my clients Yes, but the minority of my clients No, none of them
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
The link between economic efficiency and emissions reductions on-farm
Where to obtain information on farm GHG emissions

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* 8. For each of the actions, please estimate what proportion of your farmers are actively engaging with these on-farm (please tick the corresponding box for each action)

  All of my clients Most (more than 70% of my clients) Some (less than 50% of my clients) A few (less than 10% of my clients) None
Soil Management (including soil structure, cultivation, and nutrient status)
Crop nutrition (including nitrogen use efficiency, integrating manures and fertilisers, optimal timing and rate of application)
Energy efficiency and renewable energy generation
Integrated farm management (managing land in a way that balances environmental value, resource protection and productive agriculture)
Performance monitoring and /or benchmarking (to ensure efficient production and maximise marketable produce)

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* 9. Please score the actions below in order of how easy they would be for (the majority of) your clients to implement on-farm (with 1 being very difficult and 5 being easy)

  1 2 3 4 5
Soil Management (including soil structure, cultivation, and nutrient status)
Crop nutrition (including nitrogen use efficiency, integrating manures and fertilisers, optimal timing and rate of application)
Energy efficiency and renewable energy generation
Integrated farm management (managing land in a way that balances environmental value, resource protection and productive agriculture)
Performance monitoring and / or benchmarking (to ensure efficient production and maximise marketable produce)

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* 10. On a scale from 1 (low potential) to 5 (high potential) please rate the actions on their potential (in your opinion) to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions at the farm level

  1 2 3 4 5
Soil Management (including soil structure, cultivation and nutrient status)
Crop nutrition (including nitrogen use efficiency, integrating manures and fertilisers, optimal timing and rate of application)
Energy efficiency and renewable energy generation
Integrated farm management (managing land in a way that balances environmental value, resource protection and productive agriculture)
Performance monitoring and / or benchmarking (to ensure efficient production and maximise marketable produce)

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* 11. For each of the key actions, what in your opinion is the most effective way to deliver it at farm level? (please tick all that apply)

  This is already understood / practiced by the majority of my clients One to one farm advice Discussion groups Farm Walks Demonstration / Focus farms (longer term monitoring) Direct payments to farmers Legislation
Soil Management (including soil structure, cultivation, and nutrient status)
Crop nutrition (including nitrogen use efficiency, integrating manures and fertilisers, optimal timing and rate of application)
Energy efficiency and renewable energy generation
Integrated farm management (managing land in a way that balances environmental value, resource protection and productive agriculture)
Performance monitoring and / or  benchmarking (to ensure efficient production and maximise marketable produce)

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* 12. The following questions are livestock specific. Do you advise livestock farmers?

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