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- 1Becker, Marcus
- 1Debalke, Mulugeta G.
- 1Dlusskaya, Kira Konstantinovna
- 1Domnich, Ilan
- 1Escobar, Carlos Paul
- 6Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 5Department of Biological Sciences
- 4Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
- 3Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
- 2Department of Animal Science
- 2Department of Anthropology
- 1Beauchemin, Karen (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada - Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science [Adj.])
- 1Boxall, Peter (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Cameron Carlyle, Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 1Debra J. Davidson (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Dorow, Sara (Sociology)
- 1Dr. Erasmus K. Okine, Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta/ Dr. Tim A. McAllister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge and Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
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Fall 2016
Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas with an elevated global warming potential (GWP) equivalent to 28 times that of CO2. Also, production of enteric CH4 results in a 2 to 12% loss of the gross energy intake of cattle thus knowing the amount of CH4 released to the environment is important. The...
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Reimaging Resource Constraints and Affordances: Smallholder, Environment and State Dynamics in Wello, Ethiopia
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In this dissertation, I explore and analyze smallholders’ perceptual and cultural understandings of environmental opportunities and constraints regarding land, soil, rain and trees in mixed-crop-livestock agriculture among rural communities of Wärräbabbo in Wello, northeast Ethiopia. Also, I...
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Fall 2017
In ruminants, evidence is accumulating regarding the associations between rumen microbial taxonomic features and feed efficiency. However, to date, how rumen microbial functional features contribute to the variations in feed efficiency of beef cattle has not been well understood. Moreover,...
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Tradeoffs Between Environmental Quality and Economic Returns from Agriculture: A Case Study of the Lower Little Bow Watershed, Alberta
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The aim of this study is to evaluate both the costs and benefits of implementing changes to agricultural practices, with the goal of identifying cost effective means of achieving environmental targets and providing supplementary information to policymakers. A suite of agricultural land use...
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Spring 2015
In the early 2000s, Canadian governments began to adopt new programming tools aimed at improving farmers’ land stewardship practices. This dissertation focuses on the Blanshard Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) pilot project. The Manitoba project recognized agriculture’s multifunctional roles...
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Fall 2010
A whole genome scan was conducted to identify and fine map QTL regions for ultrasound and carcass merit traits in beef cattle. A total of 465 steers and bulls, genotyped for 4592 SNPs, were analysed for 16 ultrasound and carcass merit traits using interval mapping, single marker regression and...