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Afforestation in Alberta: A Case Study Evaluating the Economic Potential of Hybrid Poplar Plantations Given Bio-Energy and Carbon Sequestration Considerations
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The investment viability of afforestation of hybrid poplar plantations on private land in the Province of Alberta was explored. Carbon credits from afforestation were included in the simulations. The base case showed relatively little potential for afforestation in the province. Substantial...
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Spring 2017
Outdoor recreation is an important and yet often undervalued land use. Measurement of the economic value of outdoor recreation, assessment of the impacts of land uses on these values, and incorporation of this information into land use decisions can be useful in assessing land use tradeoffs. This...
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Area Yield Crop Insurance and Diversification in Ghana: An Agricultural Household Programming Model
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Although diversification and insurance are acknowledged as important in ameliorating risk, to our knowledge, no empirical study has investigated how the two approaches work in concert in developing countries. Given increasing climate variability and the risks it poses to rain-fed agriculture,...
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Because we can't eat trees: Smallholders' willingness-to-accept to avoid deforestation in Cameroon
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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) has been brought forth by the global community as a strategy to positively impact the climate. Key costs in implementing REDD strategies are the payments to individuals and/or groups that provide emission abatement through forest...
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Fall 2014
This study investigates the role hybrid poplar may play in reducing the cost of achieving self-sustaining status in herds of boreal caribou, an ecotype of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou found in northeast Alberta. Boreal caribou are currently listed as threatened both provincially...
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Canada's Beef Cattle Industry: Exchange Rates, Price Pass-Through and Feedlot Profitability Under Different Production Systems
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This thesis examines two issues from different perspectives of Canada’s beef cattle industry. The first study undertakes the analysis of the exogenous variable’s threshold effect on the domestic price pass-through across the different market levels. The study employs a 3-step analysis: first, a...
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Fall 2015
Ethanol has been promoted in Canada as an alternative to fossil fuels in the transportation sector. Future changes in Canada’s emerging bioeconomy have the potential to cross industry boundaries, such as agricultural and forestry, and lead to inadvertent economic outcomes. As biofuel production...
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Fall 2018
Rapid economic and demographic growth is changing the nature of Alberta’s urban and rural landscapes. This has had profound effects on land use, particularly in areas near to Edmonton and Calgary where there is great concern about urban sprawl into surrounding farmlands. In 2012, the Town of...
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Potential Development of a Second-Generation Ethanol Industry in Alberta: Product Prices, Land Use Change, and Co-production Opportunities
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Alberta holds a vast supply of lands that could be suitable for growing energy crops for biofuels; yet the cellulosic ethanol industry remains in its infancy. This thesis presents two studies that investigate the factors influencing the potential future of the industry. To provide insights into...
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Potential factors affecting competition for private land between Forestry and Agriculture in Canada
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This study assesses two factors which could influence the competition for private land between agricultural crops and hybrid poplars in Canada: tax policy and investment portfolio diversification. I find differential treatment of trees for property tax purposes across provinces, but negligible...