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Author: Peter A. Russell
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0773540644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn original and textured analysis of how agricultural developments in Quebec and Ontario had a significant and direct impact on rural settlement in the Prairies.
Author: Wolfram Schlenker
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2019-11-13
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 022661980X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgricultural yields have increased steadily in the last half century, particularly since the Green Revolution. At the same time, inflation-adjusted agricultural commodity prices have been trending downward as increases in supply outpace the growth of demand. Recent severe weather events, biofuel mandates, and a switch toward a more meat-heavy diet in emerging economies have nevertheless boosted commodity prices. Whether this is a temporary jump or the beginning of a longer-term trend is an open question. Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior examines the factors contributing to the remarkably steady increase in global yields and assesses whether yield growth can continue. This research also considers whether agricultural productivity growth has been, and will be, associated with significant environmental externalities. Among the topics studied are genetically modified crops; changing climatic factors; farm production responses to government regulations including crop insurance, transport subsidies, and electricity subsidies for groundwater extraction; and the role of specific farm practices such as crop diversification, disease management, and water-saving methods. This research provides new evidence that technological as well as policy choices influence agricultural productivity.
Author: John C. Stier
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-01-22
Total Pages: 1348
ISBN-13: 0891186131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSustainability is a key framework for analyzing biological systems—and turfgrass is no exception. It is part of a complex that encompasses turfgrass interactions with different environments and the suitability of different turfgrasses for specific environments. In addition to its biological role, turfgrass—in the form of lawns, green spaces, and playing surfaces—brings beneficial sociological effects to an increasingly urbanized society. This book presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and issues in the field of turfgrass research and management, including the genetics and breeding, the diseases and pests, and the ecology of turfgrasses, and will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.
Author: Vernon Fowke
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1946-12-15
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1487597169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation. Professor Fowke demonstrates that agricultural interests have always been secondary in shaping agricultural policy. Government attitudes have been influenced less by economic and political agrarian pressures than by such considerations as defence of empire, provisioning of the staple trades, and later the investment opportunities offered to industry, commerce, and finance by an expanding agricultural frontier.
Author: Frans Schryer
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes how Dutch immigrants became commercial farmers in the Canadian province of Ontario. It addresses the broader question of why the Dutch have an international reputation as successful farmers, and the critical implications of such positive stereotyping.
Author: Nettie Wiebe
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781552664438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolicy-related challenges to building community-based agriculture and food systems that are ecologically sustainable and socially just are also highlighted.
Author: Alexander Mackay Ervin
Publisher: Saskatoon : Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Saskatchewan
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 214
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: G. Cornelis van Kooten
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1487524099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trade, by foregrounding cost-benefit analysis as a significant policy tool. Exploring how welfare measures can be used in the analysis of agricultural, trade, and other economic policies, Applied Welfare Economics, Trade, and Agricultural Policy Analysis fills a gap in the literature on agricultural policy analysis by explaining the economic efficiency improvements and income transfers of various agricultural policy reforms in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. G. Cornelis van Kooten addresses methods of identifying and measuring economic surpluses (costs and benefits), the precautionary principle, identification of an appropriate discount rate, the importance of non-market values, and the role of agriculture in trade negotiations and climate change. Applied Welfare Economics, Trade, and Agricultural Policy Analysis draws on new research, brings attention to the existing literature, and includes review questions that challenge programming skills. The techniques developed in this text can be applied to the development and reform of agricultural policies in various regions in response to trade negotiations and many other situations involving government policy.
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 260
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