Rates of adoption of temperate-region agroforestry remain low, despite multiple benefits. To develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between agroforestry learning and adoption, it is necessary to examine agroforestry educational programming in context. This study represents the first follow-up effort with past participants in the Agroforestry Academy, a week-long temperate agroforestry training program for natural resource professionals and farmers hosted by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry each year. Objectives were to assess participant learning and adoption outcomes, to understand which learning experiences contributed most meaningfully to adoption, and to recommend changes to Agroforestry Academy programming. While the majority of past participants have adopted agroforestry in some form, results showed that farmer and non-farmer learners approach agroforestry education with differing needs, goals, and implementation contexts. Facilitation of mixed knowledge networks emerged as a key area in which the Academy could increase support for both farmer and non-farmer agroforestry adoption and represents an area for further research.

尽管有多重好处，但温带地区农林业的采用率仍然很低。为了对农林业学习与采用之间的关系有更深入的了解，有必要在上下文中研究农林业教育计划。这项研究代表了农林业学院过去参与者的首次后续努力，这是密苏里大学农林业中心每年举办的为期一周的针对自然资源专业人员和农民的温带农林业培训计划。目的是评估参与者的学习和采用结果，了解哪些学习经验对采用产生了最有意义的影响，并建议对农林学院计划进行更改。尽管过去的大多数参与者都采用了某种形式的农林业，结果表明，农民和非农民学习者采用不同的需求，目标和实施环境进行农林业教育。促进混合知识网络成为一个关键领域，该学院可以在该领域增加对农民和非农民农林业采用的支持，并代表了一个需要进一步研究的领域。