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      Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities

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      Date
      2007
      Author
      Ward, Jared Shane
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This study investigates impacts on Western Canada’s rural communities that may result from land usage change from conventional agriculture to that of forestry, in part or in whole. Many of Western Canada’s rural communities in the agriculture regions near the tree line have developed around cash crops (cereal/oilseeds) and livestock production. Through the Government of Canada’s commitments to achieve targeted greenhouse gas emission levels, a market may develop where landowners will be adequately compensated to initiate a switch from conventional agriculture to that of forestry. This study finds that forestry and agricultural regions have over time developed different business structures to support local industry demands. Because of this, converting land use to forestry from agriculture will likely have a significant impact on the rural communities that serve the local economy. Results also showed that population change is significantly influenced by the percentage of people employed in agricultural and by proximity to larger urban centres.
      Degree
      Master of Agriculture (M.Agr.)
      Department
      Agricultural Economics
      Program
      Agricultural Economics
      Supervisor
      Olfert, M. Rose
      Committee
      Noble, Bram F.; Hesseln, Hayley; Partridge, Mark
      Copyright Date
      2007
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08012007-155214
      Subject
      communities
      rural
      agriculture
      impacts
      forestry
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