Broadening Adoption

Increasing understanding, education, extension, workforce development, stakeholder participation and technology adoption.

The challenge

Engagement is not a final dissemination step. Growers, workers, educators and industry stakeholders help connect research with practical needs.

Stakeholder participation

Planned engagement will bring field experience into the research process.

Grower and farmworker input

Field demonstrations and workshops

Stakeholder assessment

Commercial-orchard learning

The objective aims to build knowledge and capacity around orchard automation.

Public-facing extension resources

Education and training

Workforce development

Technology adoption support