This study is to understand the underlying factors behind the decisions and decision-making processes on farming and irrigation and it is purely for academic purposes
You will be asked to complete a mailed survey or be interviewed. The survey will take you 10-20 minutes to complete while the interview will take between 30-45 minutes. If you choose to ask a question or provide feedback you will not be required to do anything else.
Your participation will provide insight into on-farm decision-making. Also, if you participate in the interview, you will get a $30 gift card while for the survey, you will be enrolled in a raffle to win one of sixty $10 Amazon gift cards to thank you for participating. Your feedback and questions will help guide our research as well!
The survey/interview is over when you have completed all the questions. However, you may skip any questions that you do wish to answer and can discontinue your participation at any time.
Any survey/interview content/comments/questions or direct quotations will be anonymized, and care will be taken to ensure that any information that could identify you is not revealed.
All or part of the content of your survey/interview responses/comments/questions may be used in academic papers, policy papers, or news articles, in any media that we may produce such as spoken presentations, in other feedback events, and in an archive of the project.
Absolutely! We welcome any questions or feedback using the link provided.
“This project has been reviewed and approved by the SIUC Human Subjects Committee. Questions concerning your rights as a participant in this research may be addressed to the committee chairperson, Office of Research Compliance, SIUC, Carbondale, IL 62901- 4344. Phone (618)-453-4533. E-mail: siuhsc@siu.edu.”