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Rural-Urban Economic Linkages for Agriculture and Food Processing in the Monroe, Louisiana, Functional Economic Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

David W. Hughes  and
Vaneska N. Litz
David W. Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Vaneska N. Litz
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
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Abstract

An interregional input-output model of the Monroe, Louisiana, Functional Economic Area constructed with IMPLAN is used to assess economic linkages between a small urban core and a surrounding rural periphery. The contribution of agriculture, especially in the rural periphery, to the urban core (Ouachita Parish) economy is demonstrated. Also assessed is the possibility of using the core's food processing sector to facilitate periphery economic growth. While results demonstrated stronger rural-urban linkages than have been found in other regions, growth in the urban food processing industry, as currently structured, did not imply rapid growth in the periphery.

Keywords

economic linkagesfood processingFunctional Economic AreaIMPLANinterregional input-output modelrural peripheryurban core
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , December 1996 , pp. 337 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1996

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