Strategies for building communication and participation: experiences from the Lower Mississippi Delta states

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Mwachofi, Ari (author / University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff)
    Format:
    Newsletter article
    Publication Date:
    2002
    URL:
    http://www.ncddr.org/du/researchexchange/v07n02/7_strategies.html
    Published:
    USA: National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23442
    Journal Title:
    The Research Exchange Newsletter
    Journal Title Details:
    7(2)
    Subject Term:
    communication methods, communication planning, communicator effectiveness, credibility (sources), ethical issues, face-to-face communication, farmer education, farmer perceptions, farmers, gatekeepers, information, information dissemination, information issues, media, poor, rural areas, rural communication, rural communities, access, and barriers
    Notes:
    5 p., Ari Mwachofi, Ph.D., principal investigator of the research project titled "Developing a Rehabilitation Service Delivery Model for Minority Farmers With Disabilities," describes how personal contact, developing trust with farmers, and collaborating with community leaders enhances his study. The project's purpose is to build an effective model of service delivery to minority farmers who have traditionally been underserved. The study involves farmers from the Lower Mississippi Delta states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

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