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Discussion: Economic Opportunities in RuralCommunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

J. Matthew Fannin
J. Matthew Fannin*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Abstract

Three economic opportunities are presented for rural areas in this invitedpaper session: self-employment, investments in broadband infrastructure, andagritourism. Self-employment has shown growth in rural regions at theexpense of wage and salary employment in the long-term. Productionagriculture interests by themselves are unlikely to provide sufficientfunding to expand infrastructure for broadband in rural areas. Agritourismapproaches appear to be very wide ranging with many educational demandsneeding to be met to maximize its diversification possibilities. Researchand extension faculty should be careful to focus on explaining the tradeoffsof these opportunities so that rural stakeholders do not fall victim to thelatest academic economic development fad.

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broadbandeconomic impactsrural communityself-employmentJ54Q13Q31Q38R11
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Invited Paper Sessions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , August 2012 , pp. 335 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2012

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