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Spring 2022

Wheeler, Kyle D

This project sought to determine the effect of grazing management decisions on operation wealth; specifically, to determine both the wealth maximizing system for producers and to determine the impact on producers who adopt more intensive management systems. Adoption of four grazing management...

Spring 2021

Zentner, Emilie

Cooperation and coordination are challenging to achieve in public goods games. As a result, public goods are often chronically under-provisioned due to free-riding. However, reciprocity has been increasingly associated with cooperative behaviour and may play an important role in driving...

Spring 2022

Malzoni, Marina Mendonca de Almeida

In contrast with the growing public pressure for sustainable agriculture, most Canadian farmers have not prioritized adopting socially responsible production practices. In this context, empirical analysis of farmers’ responses to public demand has been crucial to assisting the agricultural sector...

Spring 2022

Cunningham, Hannah

The management of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Alberta is a complex issue that affects multiple stakeholders, including Indigenous communities who highly value the affected species both nutritionally and culturally. Despite the relevancy of CWD management to the livelihoods of these...

Spring 2022

Iskander, Abram

The objective of this project was to consider the feasibility of possible alternatives to the current Agri-Stability program. These alternatives consist of customizable area-based whole-farm program where payments are based on a regional trigger. Problems, associated with designing a simple...

Spring 2021

Xie, Lusi

Understanding how human behavior influences and is influenced by environmental resources that are outside of markets is challenging but crucial for policy evaluation and regulatory decisions. This thesis presents three studies that examine non-market behavior associated with environmental...

Spring 2021

Frias Luna, Aggar A

The dairy industry in Canada has undergone huge changes in the last few decades. While the average annual milk production per cow grew over three times by 2015 (average rose to 8.65 Hectolitres per and reached 9.5 Hectolitres in 2018) from 1995 levels (2.5 Hectolitres a year per cow on average),...

Spring 2021

Chen, Yunxuan

There is growing evidence that antimicrobial use (AMU) in animal agriculture contributes to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which has created global public threats that adversely affect health and welfare in society. This thesis explores the economic impact of antimicrobial use management...

Fall 2024

Olufemi, Michael O

In recent years, there have been rising public concerns regarding production practices related to antimicrobial use (AMU) in food-animal production (FAP). Many FAP practices have requirements that consumers are not fully aware of. The raised without antibiotics (RWA) requires that no antibiotic...

Fall 2024

Katulunga, Innocent B

Child stunting is a public health issue that affects millions of children under five years of age around the world. This condition hinders cognitive development, posing challenges for academic success and future earning potential. Consequently, it perpetuates a cycle of poverty and malnutrition....