Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
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- 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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Non-Timber Values in Canadian Forests: An Assessment of Uses, Techniques and Data Availability
Download1992
In 1989 the Canadian forest industry shipped nearly $50 billion of forest products, generated over $3.5 billion in government revenues, and accounted for $19.5 billion of Canada's trade surplus (Forestry Canada, 1991). The forest provides the products which are used to generate trade surpluses...
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2000
Unterschultz, Jim, Novak, Frank
The structure of the Alberta hog industry has changed drastically over the past several decades. Historically, Alberta hog production was mainly comprised of many small and privately owned operations. Most hog farms continue to be privately owned and operated but the structure of Alberta's hog...
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1993
Novak, Frank, Eales, James, Munro, Earl
This study investigates the risk and return of retained ownership of steer calves past weaning, in Alberta. The study is approached using an historical simulation. The base simulation model is based on a producer retaining 100 beef steers every fall for the years 1979 to 1991. There are three...
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Results from the Farm Behaviour Component of the Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Model for the Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices Program: Summary of Phase 1 Progress
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Cutlac, Marius, Weber, Marian, Samarawickrema, Antony, Boxall, Peter C., Perger, Orsolya
This report summarizes preliminary results from the Farm Behavior component of the South Tobacco Creek Integrated Modeling Project (STC Project) which is being undertaken as part of the Watershed Evaluation of BMPs (WEBs) Program. WEBS is a partnership between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada...
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1993
Akabua, Kojo M., Bauer, Leonard, Phillips, William E.
The objective of this study was to analyze the performance of Alberta farmland relative to investment opportunities from financial securities. It is an extension of an earlier study undertaken by Mercier (1988) and Philllips et al. (1989). This study re-examines the period from 1964 to 1985, and...
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1993
The majority of calf production in Alberta occurs in conjunction with grain growing enterprises. This study hypothesized that a major reason for this occurrence is the risk reduction opportunities which arise from on farm \"portfolios\" of grain and cattle. Annual rates of return were calculated...
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Risk Perceptions, Social Interactions and the Influence of Information on Social Attitudes to Agricultural Biotechnology
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Adamowicz, Wiktor, Hu, Wuyang, Veeman, Michele M.
We assess Canadians' risk perceptions for genetically modified (GM) food and probe influences of socio-economic, demographic and other factors impinging on these perceptions. An internet-administered questionnaire with two stated choice split-sample experiments that approximate market choices of...
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1992
Moerth, Carol A., Lacuna-Richman, Celeste, Bauer, Leonard, Gill, Dhara S.
A central role of the farm operator, and one that determines the ability of the operator to cope with uncertainty, is the making of decisions. The situations which necessitate decisions on the farm are complicated by the dual nature of the farm household which encompasses two separate, yet...
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1992
Chen, Peter Y., Veeman, Michele M., Veeman, Terry S.
This study focuses on the question of whether variations in total consumption of meat and the mix of different types of meats consumed in Canada over the past twenty-five years have been primarily due to changes in the levels of prices and consumers' income or whether structural changes in the...
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The Economics of Agricultural Chemical Use in Prairie Agriculture: Productivity and Environmental Impacts
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Fantino, Alberto A., Veeman, Terry S.
The use of agricultural chemicals, particularly in crop production, has increased greatly in the prairie region of Western Canada. Pesticide use, chiefly the use of herbicides, increased 7.6 percent per year from 1948 to 1991, slowing down only after 1985 with depressed conditions in the grain...