Summary
Increasingly corporate trend has created a concern that many midsize family-owned business has disappeared. Many rural areas faced with declining numbers of farm jobs. Considering an alternative as a source of potential income and employment growth the food processing sector at rural level has significant importance. By adding value to farm products, this food processing sector is seen by some analysts as a key element for rural growth, as well as a way to enhance farm income and provide rural jobs.
Farmers of local communities are looking for solutions to their local economic problems. If rural areas cannot find ways to attract or create jobs requiring the skills of highly educated people, they may lose the group most likely to be the catalyst for improving local conditions. However, any gains by rural areas probably will have to come about through intense competition with older, more-established industries in many metropolitan areas.
