{"id":134320,"date":"2021-01-22T16:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=134320"},"modified":"2021-01-22T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T02:12:23","slug":"hawaii-agriculture-not-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/22\/hawaii-agriculture-not-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi agriculture not growing to its potential, 糖心视频ERO<\/abbr> reports"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Two state programs designed to manage agricultural lands are not capable of achieving Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s economic diversification goals, suggests a new University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Economic Research Organization<\/a> (糖心视频ERO<\/abbr>) report.<\/p>\n

糖心视频ERO<\/abbr> research fellows and economics professor emeriti Sumner La Croix<\/strong> and James Mak<\/strong> noted that local agriculture has been declining for 40 years despite the efforts of the Important Agricultural Lands (IAL<\/abbr>) program, which is tasked with keeping lands in agriculture; and the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC<\/abbr>), which employs unused agricultural land to produce diversified agricultural products.<\/p>\n

“We conclude that ADC<\/abbr>\u2019s emphasis on land acquisition has made it a costly, disorganized and ineffective program while the state and counties have failed to fulfill their promises to landowners participating in the IAL<\/abbr> program,” said the report. “Neither program is capable of achieving the state\u2019s economic diversification goals.”<\/p>\n

La Croix and Mak added that, even if Hawaiʻi<\/span> farmers double food production, it would only increase state gross domestic product by 0.15%.<\/p>\n

“The bottom line is that policymakers and citizens seeking a more diversified economy in the next 10 or 15 years will need to look well beyond a revival of Hawaiʻi<\/span> agriculture if their vision is to be fulfilled,” said the report.<\/p>\n

Read the full brief on 糖心视频ERO<\/abbr>\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

糖心视频ERO<\/abbr> is housed in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This research is an example of 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Strategic Plan<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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