Drought Effects on Rural Communities Vary by Strength of Local Nonfarm Economy

Mindy F. Petrulis, Judith E. Sommer and Fred Hines

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1989, vol. 06, issue 01

Abstract: Farmers make adjustments continually to changing conditions that are beyond their control. One factor, critical to their success, is especially changeable, unpredictable, and uncontrollable: the weather. Unusually hot and dry weather is an ever-present threat to agriculture and, in turn, to rural communities which rely on the local agricultural sector for prosperity and economic well-being.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310583

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