Alan Ker, a Professor in the Department and Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, will be in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech University later this week, where he will give a talk on rating crop insurance policies on March 23.
Dr. Chad Lawley, Dept. of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba will present "Ownership Restrictions and Farmland Values: Evidence from the 2003 Saskatchewan Farm Security Act Amendment, on Monday, March 26, 2018, 2:30-3:30 pm in Room 107 MCLN.
Dr. Thomas Sproul, Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, will present "Measurement Error in Prospect Theory Field Elicitations", on Friday, March 16th, 10:30-11:30 am, in Room 106 ROZH.
On March 14th, the Department of FARE will be hosting an event: "Economic Growth on First Nations: Opportunities and Constraints". This free event is open to the public, and will feature:
Chief Abram Benedict (Mohawk Council of Akwesasne)
FARE was well represented at this year's Canadian Agricultural Economics Society's Agricultural Policy Conference, held in Ottawa on January 24-26. Alan Ker, Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy and Professor in FARE, organized this year's event, which included topics ranging from NAFTA 2.0 to food security to business risk management.
The Food Focus 2018 report, authored by FARE faculty members Michael von Massow and Alfons Weersink, along with Bruce McAdams from the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, was featured in an on-line opinion piece published in MacLean's Magazine: http://www.macleans.ca/society/less-meat-more-choice-a-look-at-key-food-issues-in-2018/
Alan Ker, a faculty member in FARE and Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, was recently interviewed by Country Guide regarding risk management in Canadian agriculture and NAFTA.
The Master of Science defence for Yuetian Jiang took place on Wednesday, December 13 at 10:00 am in Room 101, JD McLN Building. The title of his presentation is “The Effect of Climate and Innovation on Year-to-year Crop Yield Volatility in Ontario”.
The Master of Science defence for Syer Haque took place on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 4:15 pm in Room 107, J.D. McLN Building. The title of his presentation is: "Effects of Disease Outbreak on the Ontario Pork Industry."