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1374: Research and knowledge in agriculture and food

This paper is summarised from ‘Translational Research and Knowledge in agriculture and food production’ prepared for the BBSRC and Defra by Watu Wamae, Pauline Goyal-Rutsaert, Molly Morgan Jones, Siobhán Ní Chonaill, Joyce Tait and Joanna Chataway.

Year of Publication2011

Knowledge producers prefer conferences for knowledge exchange whereas intermediaries and users put a high value on face to face interaction. Barriers to knowledge exchange include nervousness about losing commercial advantage, perceptions of different interests between knowledge producers and users, time and costs of translational research, policy and regulation, public funding not prioritising translational opportunities. Enablers include developing fora, involving key actors and end users more systematically and better policy.

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