Sustainable Development: Building a Case for Hemp

Objectives of this paper are to discuss hemp within the context of sustainable development and examine the economic impact of establishing a hemp sector in rural U.S. locations. This study focuses on the textile industry and examines the interlinking industry impacts from hemp production, fiber processing, and apparel manufacturing. First this paper discusses hemp cultivation in terms of sustainable development, secondly we identify its performance attributes, thirdly we talk about the market for hemp products, fourthly we describe the manufacturing and processing of hemp, and then we describe our input-output model, its analysis of a hemp sector, and research findings. Establishing one hemp apparel manufacturing firm and processing plant appears to be comparable to establishing one cotton apparel manufacturing firm and processing plant in terms of total industry output and employment based on the assumptions of the study.