@article{Brennan:252983,
      recid = {252983},
      author = {Brennan, Noreen and Ryan, Mary and Hennessy, Thia and  Cullen, Paula and Dillon, Emma},
      title = {Going beyond FADN: The use of additional data to gain  insights into extension service use across European Union  Member States},
      journal = {Studies in Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2016-12},
      number = {1316-2016-102869},
      pages = {9},
      year = {2016},
      note = {http://dx.doi.org/10.7896/j.1630},
      abstract = {This paper examines the use of extension services by farm  households across eight European Union (EU) Member States,  exploring the type of extension service engaged with, the  degree of engagement and the type of information sought.  The impact of extension on economic, environmental and  social sustainability is also considered. European data  utilised are those collected from a pilot sample of 820  households in 2015/2016 as part of the EU Framework 7  project FLINT, from which the Irish results are  incorporated further with Irish Farm Accountancy Data  Network data. The results outline the key contrasts across  the countries investigated and suggest that the degree to  which households engage with extension services is  primarily infl uenced by national policies. In addition,  this analysis indicates that the extent of this engagement  has implications for sustainability at the farm level. The  final conclusions and policy recommendations in this paper  support the development of a
large-scale version of the  FLINT pilot survey.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/252983},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.252983},
}