From: A Q study: exploring the purpose of transdisciplinary dairy advisory services in Denmark
Farmer styles | Economy and strategy-focused | Teamwork and knowledge-focused | Production and economy-focused |
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Purpose | Prioritize financial aspects along with a long-term strategic focus Acknowledge the importance of follow-up, but beyond this, the collaboration process itself is less important | Creating results by working together in a network for knowledge exchange in order to identify potentials for improvements. The collaboration process is important in itself | Focus on operational production-oriented and financial aspects. Working together is a method to obtain better results, than one advisor could alone |
High priority statements, examples | To increase the net income of the farm To follow-up on agreed actions To ensure value for the money in terms of my investment in transdisciplinary advisory services To get help from my advisors to achieve the farm strategy | To identify possible improvements To benefit from all available knowledge regarding the interaction between feed and health To obtain knowledge from several professional perspectives To create results by working together | To increase the net income of the farm To ensure value for the money in terms of my investment in transdisciplinary advisory services To improve animal welfare To improve the production results of the farm |
High priority distinguishing statement, example | To follow-up on agreed actions | To benefit from all available knowledge regarding the interaction between feed and health | To improve animal welfare |
Low priority distinguishing statement, example | That my advisors raise all necessary issues despite any potential disagreement | To ensure value for the money in terms of my investment in transdisciplinary advisory services | To motivate me to change farm management procedures |