Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
Items in this Collection
- 8Veeman, Michele M.
- 7Novak, Frank
- 6Bauer, Leonard
- 6Goddard, Ellen
- 5Veeman, Terry S.
- 4Adamowicz, Wiktor
- 32Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of
- 32Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of/Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
- 1Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of/Working Papers (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
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1997
Peng, Yanning, Veeman, Michele M.
The Canadian dairy industry faces a changing market environment as processors react to apparent shifts in consumers' preferences, consumers react to an altered mix of products on retail dairy shelves, and industry adjusts to potential pressures of competition and the challenge of new market...
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1993
Veeman, Michele M., Eales, James, Fulton, Joan
The demand for meat in Canada is examined in a manner similar to that employed in previous work. The current effort differs from previous studies in two important ways. First, beef demand is disaggregated into ground beef and table-cut beef. This is an attempt to allow a more detailed...
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1995
Peng, Yanning, Veeman, Terry S., Fantino, Alberto A.
This report comprises a number of related components focussed on the role of capital and capital formation in production, productivity and competitiveness in Canadian agriculture, concentrating on the Prairie region of Western Canada in the period 1970 to the early 1990s. The report included the...
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Consumer Attitudes, Willingness to Pay and Revealed Preferences for Different Egg Production Attributes: Analysis of Canadian Egg Consumers
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Boxall, Peter C., Emunu, John Paul, Asselin, Andre, Boyd, Curtis, Goddard, Ellen, Neall, Amanda
The Canadian egg industry has introduced a number of specialty eggs, including Omega-3, organic, free run/range, vitamin enhanced and vegetarian over the past few decades. These eggs are generally sold at prices higher than the 'normal' egg and there has been little analysis of the consumer...
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Economic Evaluation of Manure Management and Farm Gate Applications : A Literature Review of Environmental and Economic Aspects of Manure Management in Alberta's Livestock Sectors
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Unterschultz, Jim, Jeffrey, Scott
Livestock operations in Alberta have a significant impact on the economy. Manure is a by-product of livestock production. The review of the science on manure examined the environmental impacts of manure. These impacts include water pollution, air pollution, climate change, and soil degradation....
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1992
Veeman, Terry S., Dong, Xiao-Yuan, Veeman, Michele M., Sudohl, Maxine
The subject of this study is the economic characteristics of Canada's export markets for foodgrains and feedgrains. The focus is on economic analysis of barley export markets. Over time Canada has become the largest barley exporter, replacing France as the leading source of barley. On the import...
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2007
Steiner, Bodo E., Goddard, Ellen, Unterschultz, Jim
Vertical coordination throughout Canada's beef supply chain is imperfect on several accounts. We observe failures in the established pricing system, the established grading system, a lack of appropriate incentives for investments to promote adding value, and misalignments due to the increasing...
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2004
Veeman, Michele M., Adamowicz, Wiktor
Consumers’ attitudes to genetically modified (GM) food ingredients and their reactions to and preferences for labeling of GM food are topical issues for Canadian food policy and are the subjects of this study. This project included several components. The first of these was an assessment of...
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1992
Tymchuk, Wayne, Lee, Gabriel, Veeman, Terry S., Hamal, Krishna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Armstrong, Glen W., Veeman, Michele M.
Interest in modeling the relationship between the macroeconomy and the agricultural economy has risen steadily since Schuh's 1974 article which illustrated the potential effects of macroeconomic policy shocks on the agricultural sector. A variety of authors has examined the effects of exchange...
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2000
The Canadian beef industry has stated objectives of improving beef quality and consumer satisfaction while reducing unit costs of production. Suggested methods for achieving these goals include working towards value based marketing and improved information flows between different market levels...