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Gender Issues in Natural Resource-Based Industries in Canada: An Analysis and Conceptual Framework
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Dosman, Donna, Murray, Eloise C.
The overall purpose for this paper is to present a composite view of what is known about women's participation in natural resource-based industries in Canada using existing sources. What are women's roles in these industries? What are the issues and options they face in their work environments?...
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2004
Veeman, Michele M., Adamowicz, Wiktor
Consumers’ attitudes to genetically modified (GM) food ingredients and their reactions to and preferences for labeling of GM food are topical issues for Canadian food policy and are the subjects of this study. This project included several components. The first of these was an assessment of...
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Implications of the Multilateral Trade Agreement for Canadian Agriculture: A Computable General Equilibrium Evaluation
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Veeman, Terry S., Veeman, Michele M., Adilu, Shiferaw
This study evaluates the impacts of the Uruguay Round Agreement (URA) on Canadian agriculture in a single-country general equilibrium framework. For this purpose a computable general equilibrium model of the Canadian economy that involves six agricultural and two non-agricultural sectors was...
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1992
Tymchuk, Wayne, Lee, Gabriel, Veeman, Terry S., Hamal, Krishna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Armstrong, Glen W., Veeman, Michele M.
Interest in modeling the relationship between the macroeconomy and the agricultural economy has risen steadily since Schuh's 1974 article which illustrated the potential effects of macroeconomic policy shocks on the agricultural sector. A variety of authors has examined the effects of exchange...
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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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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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Non-Timber Values in Canadian Forests: An Assessment of Uses, Techniques and Data Availability
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In 1989 the Canadian forest industry shipped nearly $50 billion of forest products, generated over $3.5 billion in government revenues, and accounted for $19.5 billion of Canada's trade surplus (Forestry Canada, 1991). The forest provides the products which are used to generate trade surpluses...
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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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Positioning for Trade Liberalization: Structure of Earnings, Comparative and Competitive Advantage of Agricultural Households in the United States and Canada
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Bollman, Ray, Calkins, Blaine, Barnard, Charles, Apedaile, L. Peter
Change in the earnings structure of agricultural households in North America is an important concern of policy makers in Canada and the United States. Earning structure reveals the strengths and weaknesses of households in the climate and policy change, competition and predation associated with...