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- 1Wichmann, Bruno (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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Fall 2014
This study investigates the role hybrid poplar may play in reducing the cost of achieving self-sustaining status in herds of boreal caribou, an ecotype of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou found in northeast Alberta. Boreal caribou are currently listed as threatened both provincially...
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Fall 2020
Food security in developing countries is an essential component of welfare. However, the food security of households can be constrained by the lack of access to international markets, gender inequality, weak agricultural policies and institutions, climate change, and poverty. Smallholder farmers...
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Spring 2019
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease that spreads among members of the deer family (Cervidae). As new cases of CWD are being reported in several Canadian provinces, states within the USA and countries in Europe this thesis had two main goals. The first was to attempt to...
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Reconsidering Post Green Revolution Food Choices: New Processing Technologies and Food Security in India
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Finger millet (known as ragi) is a traditional grain that is more nutritious and more tolerant to environmental shocks than high yielding rice and wheat varieties. Accordingly, the promotion of ragi has been identified as an intervention that could improve the food security of households in...
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Fall 2014
Informal institutions such as social networks are often drawn upon in order to protect households from market failures. Social networks often involve gift giving both within and outside the family network to cope with production uncertainties and food insecurity. But some community members avoid...