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Dr. Susan T. Kohler Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center and Dr. Christopher C. Kohler

Rural Enterprise and Alternative Agricultural Development: An Illinois Initiative. Dr. Susan T. Kohler Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center and Dr. Christopher C. Kohler Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale April 9, 2003.

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Dr. Susan T. Kohler Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center and Dr. Christopher C. Kohler

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  1. Rural Enterprise and Alternative Agricultural Development: An Illinois Initiative Dr. Susan T. Kohler Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center and Dr. Christopher C. Kohler Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale April 9, 2003

  2. Over one million workers are employed in Illinois’ food and fiber system

  3. Over nine billion dollars annually is generated by the marketing of Illinois’ agricultural commodities

  4. An increasing number of farm families are dependent on off-farm income to make ends meet

  5. Low commodity prices, along with domestic and foreign competition, have made it difficult for many Illinois farmers to remain profitable

  6. Administered by Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  7. In Partnership With Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  8. Economic Development ApproachesEnterprise AttractionEnterprise DevelopmentEnterprise Retention and Expansion Approaches

  9. Enterprise Attraction Approach Based on the premise that attracting new businesses to a community will add employment and income.

  10. Enterprise Development Approach Focuses on business creation or formation to add jobs and income. (Lenzi 1995)

  11. Stresses technical assistance to enterprises in the areas of business planning, marketing and financial analysis. Enterprise Development Approach

  12. Enterprise Retention & Expansion Approach Focuses on existing businesses and promotes job growth by helping enterprises identify conditions that affect production or threaten viability. (Morse 1990)

  13. Enterprise DevelopmentandEnterprise Retention & ExpansionApproachesin Concert withResearch and Technical Assistance READI Model

  14. Goal To expand income and job opportunities in rural alternative agricultural enterprises.

  15. SECTORS Aquaculture Viticulture/Wineries Specialty Crops

  16. Goal of the Aquaculture Component To promote and facilitate the development and expansion of sustainable aquaculture enterprises in Illinois.

  17. Strategy • Business Component • Feasibility Studies • Marketing Studies • Business Plans • Technical Assistance • Fact Sheets • Seminars/Workshops

  18. Strategy • Production Component • Research Projects • Demonstration Projects • Technical Assistance • Fact Sheets • Seminars/Workshops

  19. TEAM • Researchers • Students • Technical Experts • Business • Production

  20. Business Plans and Feasibility Studies Guyot Fish Service - Hauling Crim Family Fish Farm-Catfish Lusk Fish Farm- Hybrid Striped Bass Illinois Fish Farmer’s Coop Totals to date: 14 Business Plans 11 Feasibility & Marketing Studies

  21. Workshops • Starting a Small Business • Business Structure • Taxation • Record Keeping • Production Costs

  22. Publications • Fish Farm Business Plan Workbook • Southern Illinois Festival Markets for Freshwater Prawns • Organizational Structures Available to Agriculture

  23. R&D--Responding to the Needs of the Industry • Surface coal mine lakes cage culture • Blue x channel catfish hybrid • Hybrid striped bass • Freshwater prawn industry • Recirculating aquaculture systems

  24. Demonstration Projects Culture of Freshwater Prawns in Southern Illinois Hybrid Striped Bass Phases I, II & III in Open Ponds Tilapia Production Using Indoor Water Reuse Systems

  25. Technical Assistance • Phone contacts with the aquaculture specialist • 2,415 • Informational mailings • 913 • Site Visits • 237 • Conferences/workshops • 49 • Presentations • 68

  26. Aquaculture Fact Sheets • Aquaculture in the United States: An Introduction to the Industry • Aeration and Water Quality: • Airlift Devices • A Production Method for Freshwater Prawns in Illinois Ponds • Wetlands and Illinois Aquaculture

  27. Communications Strategy • Web Site • www.siu.edu/~readi

  28. Technical Assistancein the Business and Production Aspects of Aquaculture READI Model

  29. Measures of Success in Aquaculture • Acreage in aquaculture production has increased • 50% from 603 acres to • 925. • The number of farmers has quadrupled (~12 to ~50). • Fourteen business plans were developed of which six received funding. • 42 enterprises were started/expanded.

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