Publications

Information notes

A brochure on selected findings is available in high resolution and in low resolution. It is also available in Bulgarian, French, German, Polish and Portuguese.

A brochure explaining how AKIS were characterised along a spectrum from strong to weak and from integrated to fragmented.

PRO AKIS Summary Leaflet: English Polish Portuguese

Journal papers

Knierim et al. (2015) The AKIS concept and its relevance in selected EU member states. Outlook on Agriculture 44(1): 29-36. View the first page. (If you cannot access the paper, please email the corresponding author.)

Reports

Case study reports on all 12 case studies covering small-scall farming, research-practice interaction, and innovation networks.

Country reports - Inventory - read comprehensive descriptions of the AKIS and advisory services in the EU 27.

Systematic review of academic literature for evaluating the effectiveness of farm advisory services. Preliminary findings based on a case study about farm advice and occupational health (Deliverable WP2-2) by Pierre LABARTHE, Catherine LAURENT, Thomas ANDRIEU, Aldo MORA, Monica CAGGIANO. December 2014.

Concepts and theories to describe the functioning and dynamics of agricultural advisory services(Deliverable WP2-1) by Pierre LABARTHE, Monica CAGGIANO, Catherine LAURENT, Guy FAURE, Marianne CERF, in collaboration with Artur CRISTOVÃO, Andrea KNIERIM, Ismaïl MOUMOUNI, Katrin PRAGER, Lee-Ann SUTHERLAND. October 2013.

Conference papers and other outputs

Duckett, D., R. Creaney and S. Lee-Ann (2015). Crofters and their advisory services: An analysis of crofters and their advisory services on Skye, Harris and Lewis, The James Hutton Institute.

Advisory Services in Agricultural System of Knowledge and Information in Poland (Abstract and full paper). Presented at the IFSA (International Farming Systems Association) Symposium, Berlin, April 2014 by Jozef Kania, Krystyna Vinohradnik, Agnieszka Tworzyk.

Short paper published in the Polish magazine "Wies i Doradztwo" (Rural areas and agricultural extension) dedicated to Polish advisory organisations. The paper gives an overview of the Hungarian advisory services. December 2013.