Project Reports (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
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- 99Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of
- 99Resource 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)
- 23Adamowicz, Wiktor
- 17Unterschultz, Jim
- 16Boxall, Peter C.
- 15Veeman, Michele M.
- 14Goddard, Ellen
- 9Novak, Frank
- 28Canada, Alberta
- 21Canada
- 11Consumer behaviour
- 11International trade
- 9Risk management
- 8Canada, Saskatchewan
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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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2019-01-01
Muringai, Violet, Goddard, Ellen
Trust is an important element of effective relationships, including business relationships. In agriculture and food, public trust has sometimes been affected by food safety problems and by hesitation or misunderstanding about production practices, including the use of new technologies. In this...
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Report of Discussions: Workshop on Applications of Complex Systems Science and Method to Agriculture, Rural and Environmental Issues
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Apedaile, L. Peter, Schilizzi, Steven
This workshop on complex systems has a history of several years of cooperative work by four of its members. It all started with the study leave from the University of Alberta of Peter Apedaile, at the Agricultural Systems Department of INRA in France with Steven Schilizzi. Herb Freedman and Mark...
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2010
Petigara, M., Laate, E., Unterschultz, Jim, Boxall, Peter C., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Forbes, K., Jordan, M., Dridi, C., Parlee, B., Myshaniuk, K., Zimmer, N., Arnot, C.
This report summarizes a series of projects undertaken by staff and students in the Department of Rural Economy which examine various socio-economic aspects of chronic wasting disease and its effect on a range of stakeholders in Alberta. The four projects included exploring impacts on the cervid...
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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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Retaining Financial Capital for Rural Community Development: A Case Study of the Town of Olds, Alberta
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Parkins, John R., Chenard, Carolyn
Financial capital is an important component of rural community development and a key aspect of community resilience. Yet residents often transfer their wealth into investment vehicles such as GICs and bonds that are external to their community. This exodus of financial capital is often in...
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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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1997
Fantino, Alberto A., Veeman, Terry S., Peng, Yanning
This project addresses several issues related to efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness in Alberta's agriculture and food sector, in both its primary agricultural sector and its secondary processing industry related to food and beverages. A major underlying theme of this work is that the...