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

dc.contributor.advisorOlfert, M. Roseen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNoble, Bram F.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHesseln, Hayleyen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPartridge, Marken_US
dc.creatorWard, Jared Shaneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-08-01T15:52:14Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T04:49:33Z
dc.date.available2008-08-03T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T04:49:33Z
dc.date.created2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.date.submitted2007en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08012007-155214en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectcommunitiesen_US
dc.subjectruralen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjectimpactsen_US
dc.subjectforestryen_US
dc.titleAgriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communitiesen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentAgricultural Economicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural Economicsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agriculture (M.Agr.)en_US

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