David Gray
Massey University
69 Papers
249 Citations
David Gray is an academic researcher from Massey University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agricultural extension & Earnings. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 65 publications.
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Papers
Agricultural Science in the Wild: A Social Network Analysis of Farmer Knowledge Exchange
B. A. Wood,Hugh T. Blair,David Gray,Peter D. Kemp,Paul R. Kenyon,Steve T. Morris,Alison Sewell +6 more
TL;DR: Thematic analysis reveals three general principles: farmers value knowledge delivered by persons rather than roles, privilege farming experience, and develop knowledge with empiricist rather than rationalist techniques that have significant implications for theorizing agricultural innovation.
National Versus Regional Financing and Management of Unemployment and Related Benefits
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the possibility that provinces may shift actual and potential social assistance clients onto the insurance system (now called employment insurance, EI), and conclude that within the context of EBSMs, any costshifting of this...
Using Educational Theory and Research to Refine Agricultural Extension: Affordances and Barriers for Farmers' Learning and Practice Change.
Alison Sewell,Maggie Hartnett,David Gray,Hugh T. Blair,Peter D. Kemp,Paul R. Kenyon,S. T. Morris,B. A. Wood +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the factors that support and hinder farmers' learning and investigate the impact of an innovative learning program on farmers' practice change in order to examine the influence of such learning programs on practice change.
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Hatching new ideas about herb pastures: Learning together in a community of New Zealand farmers and agricultural scientists
TL;DR: In this paper, an 18-month pilot study brought together agricultural scientists and social scientists to investigate how farmers learn and effective ways to support their learning and to promote improved management practices of herb-mix pastures containing chicory, plantain and red and white clover.
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Lessons for co-innovation in agricultural innovation systems: a multiple case study analysis and a conceptual model
TL;DR: In this paper, the characteristics that fostered co-innovation in each innovation project case study were identified from semi-structured interviews conducted with key stakeholders in each project, iterative discussions to confirm the findings and secondary document analysis.
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