"Academic research and policy development are obfuscated by the lack of definitional consensus or, at minimum, some shared understanding of the core aspects of farm-related crisis." Author examines themes and concepts related to farm crisis, agricultural crisis and rural crisis.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: C15949
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Presentations at the annual conference of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, Kansas City, Missouri on November 15, 2002, U.S. Department of Agriculture presenters discussed the new farm program, international trade and other current topics.
Reports on "an intense debate over government-funded efforts to influence news coverage" related in particular to the Central American Free Trade Agreement.