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Abstract
The goal of this study, conducted by California Polytechnic State University, San
Luis Obispo, is to analyze the economic impact of specialty crops at the county level
in California. The top five specialty crops in each of the top five specialty cropproducing
counties will be of primary interest. The hope is to provide industry
leaders and policy makers with more information about the broader economic
importance of specialty crops to local economies.
The study was based on collecting secondary data from government sources as well
as conducting a survey of 59 specialty crop agribusinesses in Monterey, Fresno, Kern,
Tulare and San Diego counties. An input-output modeling program and
supplementary database was used to estimate county-level economic impacts of the
specialty crop production and processing industry.