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1992

Adamowicz, Wiktor, Graham-Tomasi, T., Boxall, Peter C.

The travel cost model of recreation demand has been used to study the services provided by recreation sites for over 30 years. Numerous assessments have been made of alternative ways of implementing the travel cost model (TCM) and of its performance according to a variety of criteria. The vast...

1994

Solomonovich, M., Schilizzi, Steven, Freedman, H.I., Apedaile, L. Peter

The problem is to explore the possible coordinates and stability conditions for equilibria between agricultural wealth and industrial wealth generation and distribution processes. Instability of the equilibria may establish the possibility of moving along trajectories to preferred positions. The...

1995

Boxall, Peter C., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Peters, Tamantha

This is the third report resulting from the study: \"A Socioeconomic Evaluation of Sportfishing Activity in Southern Alberta.\" The first report dealt with general results from the survey, while the second focused specifically on the impacts of the Oldman River Dam on recreational fishing in the...

2002

Ng, Desmond

According to socio-cognitive models in organizational theory literature, managers share similar mental models or cognitive maps of the competitiveness of firms in an industry. Managers are increasingly challenged to understand rapidly changing market settings, where their competitive position is...

1993

Phillips, William E., Morton, Karen, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C., White, William

Hunting is an important recreational activity in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management estimates there were approximately 102 028 big game hunting licenses purchased for the 1992/93 hunting season, with over 95 612 participants. The big game species include Whitetail...

1992

Watson, David, Peters, Tamantha, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C.

Recreational fishing is one of the most important recreational activities in Alberta. The report on Sports Fishing in Alberta, 1985, states that over 340,000 angling licences were purchased in the province and the total population of anglers exceeded 430,000. Approximately 5.4 million angler days...

1993

Boxall, Peter C., Phillips, William E., Tanguay, Mark, Adamowicz, Wiktor, White, William

Maintaining the abundance of wildlife and the preservation of endangered species are serious concerns to the people of Saskatchewan. In the 1991 survey \"Importance of Wildlife to Canadians\" over 80% of Saskatchewan respondents stated that these two issues are important. This same survey also...

1996

Kim, Renee B., Veeman, Michele M., Unterschultz, Jim, Quagrainie, Kwamena K.

Since the late 1980s, South Korea has become one of the most affluent and influential Asian countries. Korean consumers' food demands are changing with their increased income. Beef consumption has continuously grown since the reopening of the market to beef imports in 1988. Potential exists for...

2007

Veeman, Michele M., White, R. McKay

This paper reports on a review of literature in the form of academic papers and published research on ethical and consumer issues for GM crops in North America, with particular emphasis on GM wheat. The issues raised in these papers and the findings and arguments posed by the authors are...

2018-01-01

Raghu, Prabhakaran T., Swallow, Brent M., Manaloor, Varghese, Kalaiselvan, N.N., Mahana, Rajakishor, Arunraj, R., Gurumoorthy, Venkatesan, Tigga, Seema, Misra, Chaudhury Shripati, Siddick, S. Abubacker, Nambi, V. Arivudai, Oliver, E. D. Israel, Gopi, Girigan, Ndlovu, Patrick

The Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agrobiodiversity Hotspots (APM) project, jointly designed and implemented by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the Faculty of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta (U of A), aims to address the...