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Contribution of Agriculture to the Maricopa County and Gila River Indian Community Economies
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Duval, Dari Bickel, Ashley Kerna Frisvold, George B. Wu, Xinye Hu, Chenyang |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Strategies to promote local and regional food systems benefit from a baseline understanding of existing agricultural activity and its role within the regional economy. Such understanding is needed to gauge the potential economic impacts of shifting production and marketing channels. This study estimates of the economic contribution of on-farm agriculture to the Maricopa County economy in 2015, as well as the regional economic contribution of agricultural activity taking place within the Gila River Indian Community. On-farm agriculture includes the cultivation and harvest of crops, livestock, and dairy production, while excluding downstream industries that process those primary agricultural goods into value added or manufactured products. In addition to the direct sales effects of commodities produced and agricultural support services provided, agricultural production supports additional economic activity in other non-agricultural industries in the region, known as multiplier effects. Indirect multiplier effects occur through business-to-business transactions when agricultural producers purchase goods and services for production, such as machinery or irrigation supplies. Induced multiplier effects occur through household-to-business transactions when people employed through agriculture pay mortgage or rent, visit a doctor, or buy groceries. This study provides an overview of the current state of agricultural production in Maricopa County and the Gila River Indian Community and their respective contributions to the regional economy. Dari Duval, Ashley Kerna Bickel, George Frisvold, Xinye Wu, Chenyang Hu Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension for Maricopa County Food System Coalition January 2018 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://cals.arizona.edu/arec/sites/cals.arizona.edu.arec/files/publications/contrib_ag_maricopa_county_GRIC_economies.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://cals.arizona.edu/arec/sites/cals.arizona.edu.arec/files/publications/contrib_ag_maricopa_county_GRIC_execsum.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
