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This study investigates the value of Iowa’s agri-food industries. The investigators define the agri-food industries to include agricultural production, primary food processing, other agricultural commodity processing, and agricultural input manufacturing and distribution activities. These definitions are used to aggregate data obtained from the IMPLAN economic impact modeling system to generate both industry-specific estimates of output value and value added in production and an export-based analysis of agri-food exports from Iowa which include all Iowa-sourced input values.

According to the authors, the WTO decisions and evolving farm bill context appear to generate some opportunities for designing incremental and new policy mechanisms that would add to the incomes of farmers and rural people without further eroding the competitiveness of U.S. farmers by capitalizing direct payments directly into land values.

Although measurable progress has been made in the past several decades, the rural South continues to lag the nation in educational achievement, health care and economic performance, according to the report. More than 2,200 southerners participated in focus groups, forums and surveys to provide input.

This study is aimed at contributing to the debate about the relative importance of direct effects of agricultural technology adoption in poverty all eviation strategies.

The report outlines how Indianas State Department of Agriculture will transform to meet the needs of the 21st Century. The planning team identified seven key strategies, outlined specific actions to achieve each of them and establised key metrics to gauge progress.

The paper discusses the different models related to ICT in Indian agriculture including Kisan call centers, The Gyandoot project, Bhoomi project, Village knowledge centers, and AGMARKNET.

The study identifies policy and program steps that can be taken to enable economic growth in rural areas of the U.S. According to the report, there must be a shift in focus to assets and opportunities for rural America to prosper.

The article from the Main Street Economist states that the rural economy broke free from the reins of recession in 2004 with an especially strong performance in the farm sector. Net farm income easily surpassed the record high of 2003. The weakness that plagued the nonfarm rural economy in recent years appears to have been replaced with stronger job growth and higher incomes.

The first phase of this project sought to understand Indiana’s ag economy – its strengths, weaknesses, unique opportunities and threats. The second phase of this project aimed to develop specific actions to build on Indiana’s strengths and shore up weaknesses, all with the objective of maintaining and expanding the job base.

The paper illustrates that choice of Beale code can alter conclusions regarding the relative speed of rural and urban growth across a variety of commonly used social and economic indicators.