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Fall 2021

Liu, Chenxi

There has been an ongoing trend of increasing Canadian canola production, coinciding with increased intensity of canola in rotations. This contrasts with extensive research that has found significant agronomic benefits from less canola-intensive and more diversified cropping systems. Current...

Spring 2014

Komirenko, Zoia

This thesis evaluates economic impact of adoption of crops developed by means of modern genomic tools. The economic impact of these improved crops is looked at from two different angles: the welfare implications from trading improved crops on the world market, and the benefits of adopting...

Spring 2015

Shooshtarian, Ashan

This two papers thesis explores the economics of hybrid poplar plantations as a potential bioethanol feedstock in Canada. The first paper (Chapter 2) is the stand-level analysis of the financial viability of producing hybrid poplar on private lands for both single-stem and coppice production...

Spring 2023

Sydora, Michael

Calf morbidity and mortality due to Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is highest in the first two weeks after arrival at the feedlot. Feedlots use antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) to maintain calf health, which contributes to general antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR causes externality costs to human...

Spring 2022

Huang, Michael S.

Public wildfire management agencies are presented with a momentous responsibility: to protect life, property and infrastructure from the devastation of wildland fire, while operating at a level of expenditure justifiable to taxpayers. At a time when climate change drives more extreme fire...

Spring 2013

Ndlovu, Patrick V

This study assesses impacts of social grants on labor supply and food security of South African households. We use a unique set of data collected in rural Eastern Cape in 2011. We highlight the interaction of two key household endowments, gender and human capital, in catalyzing or retarding the...

Fall 2018

Aleksandra Afanasyeva

The energy transition mandated by the Government of Alberta has put wind energy at the center of discussions about transforming the electrical grid, with goals of reducing emissions and taking action on climate change. Based on in-depth interviews with 36 landowners and key informants (government...

Fall 2016

Andrews, Jeffrey

Inequality, collective action, and adapting climatic variability are all central adaptive problems that shaped the evolution of our species’ sociality. Equally so, because of the internal logical structure of these challenges, each of these problems also sits at the heart of climate change....

Fall 2016

Appiah, Alfred

The overall objective of this study was to provide an estimate of the monetary value of drinking water reliability in Alberta. The study employed the results of an Alberta-wide survey on drinking water reliability. The survey elicited respondents’ experiences with, and risk perceptions of, three...

Spring 2019

LIN, ZHAOCHAO

The overall objective of this study was to determine the economic benefits associated with wildlife habitat and water quality enhancement in Alberta’s South Saskatchewan Region as results of agri-environmental BMP adoptions. Stated preference questionnaires were designed to elicit the associated...