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Integrating Food Policy with Growing Health and Wellness Concerns: An Analytical Literature Review of the Issues Affecting Government, Industry, and Civil Society
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Han, Alice, Cash, Sean B., Goddard, Ellen, Cortus, Brett, Lerohl, Mel, Lomeli, Jose
A recent letter to the editor in The Edmonton Journal ended with the question, \"How many more needless death?\" [\"More Wheat, Less Rye,\" Edmonton Journal, p. A13 (17 January 2005)] The letter was not addressing the violence in Darfur, distribution of pharmaceuticals, or AIDS -- it was a...
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Investment Analysis of Agri-Food Ventures: What Risk Premia are Appropriate? The Silence of the Literature
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Unterschultz, Jim, Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
Financial principles of project investment analysis with the cost and benefit flows over time. Invariably, the correct future cash flows and exact risks are unknown. The agricultural academic literature devotes substantial energy to discussing the estimation of the cash flows but it is relatively...
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1998
Lerohl, Mel, Dunlevy, Kevin J.
This report examines market opportunities in British Columbia for Alberta produced table potatoes. The report also seeks (1) to assess the cost competitiveness of the Alberta table potato sector, compared with costs of potato production in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the...
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New Generation Co-operatives (NGC) as a Model for Value-Added Agricultural Processing in Alberta: Applications to Factors Affecting Choice of Pricing and Payment Practices by Traditional Marketing and New Generation Co-operatives
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Unterschultz, Jim, Gurung, Rajendra Kumar
This study examines the factors affecting choice of pricing and payment practices by traditional marketing and new generation co-operatives for commodities delivered by these members. These factors include the demographic variables related to type of co-operative organization, level of...
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2000
The Canadian beef industry has stated objectives of improving beef quality and consumer satisfaction while reducing unit costs of production. Suggested methods for achieving these goals include working towards value based marketing and improved information flows between different market levels...
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1997
Unterschultz, Jim, Vincent, Michel, Veeman, Michele M., Kuperis, Peter
The Pacific Northwest of the United States, Washington and Oregon, constitutes a major export market for Western Canadian pork. Exports of fresh pork from British Columbia and Alberta to the Pacific Northwest increased from 16,491 tonnes in 1988 to 19,505 tonnes in 1995. The Pacific Northwest is...
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Pork Market Development Research Project: Market Potential for Alberta's Pork in Selected U.S. Markets
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Unterschultz, Jim, Veeman, Michele M.
The ethnic Asian market in Washington and Oregon constitutes a sizable niche market for fresh Canadian pork. Since California possesses a large population segment that originates from Asia, the characteristics of the ethnic Asian-origin market in the northern part of the State are also of...
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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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2002
L'Hoir, Chantelle, Ng, Desmond, Goddard, Ellen, Lerohl, Mel
The organic industry in Canada is growing and Alberta organic grain producers have expressed a concern that the marketing system for organic grains in Alberta is poorly organized. This poorly organized system may hinder producers from optimizing market potential. This paper assesses different...
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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...