Search Results - "Canadian"

Biotechnology: The Canadian Experience by Groote, J.

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Genomic selection in Canadian spruces by El-Kassaby, Yousry A., Ratcliffe, Blaise, El-Dien, Omnia Gamal, Shuzhen, Sun, Chen, Charles, Cappa, Eduardo Pablo, Porth, Ilga M.

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Investment and productivity in Canadian and U.S. food marketing by Chan-Kang, Connie, Buccola, Steven, Kerkvliet, Joe

“…A restricted cost function model of Canadian and US. food manufacturing shows that productivity growth rates in Canada have remained well below those in the United States for the past decade and a half: At mean factor prices, output, and capital quantities, processing costs would be 22% lower in the U.S. than in Canada. …”
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Determinants of Canadian bilateral aid allocations: humanitarian, commercial or political? by Macdonald, Ryan, Hoddinott, John F.

“…In this paper we examine the determinants of the allocation of Canadian bilateral aid over the period 1984–2000. We draw on models of donor behaviour that allow us to incorporate humanitarian, commercial and political considerations – the ‘trinity of mixed motives’– that affect Canadian aid. …”
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The impact of US deportation policies on the US, Canadian, and Mexican economies by Thierfelder, Karen, Robinson, Sherman, Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raul

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Biodiversity of Canadian forests, with particular reference to the west coast forests by Boyle, T.J.B.

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Unweaving the population structure and genetic diversity of Canadian shrub willow by Murphy, Emily K., Cappa, Eduardo Pablo, Soolanayakanahally, Raju Y., El-Kassaby, Yousry A., Parkin, Isobel A.P., Schroeder, William R., Mansfield, Shawn D.

“…This renewed interest has led to widespread willow cultivation, particularly of non-native varieties. However, Canadian willow species have not been widely adopted and their inherent diversity has not yet been thoroughly investigated. …”
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Canadian High Commissioner celebrates birth of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub by International Livestock Research Institute

“…On 5 November 2010, David Collins, Canadian High Commissioner to Kenya spoke at the official Launch of the Biosciences eastern and Central Africa (BecA) Hub. …”
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Country of origin labeling and structural change in U.S. imports of Canadian cattle and beef by Twine, Edgar E., Rude, J., Unterschultz, J.

“…We undertake an ex post investigation of the impact of the law on U.S. imports of Canadian beef, feeder, and fed cattle. Using a partial equilibrium framework, we derive U.S. import demand equations for Canadian cattle and beef, and employ the Bai and Perron (1998, 2003) procedure for detecting multiple structural breaks with break points being endogenously determined. …”
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Towards an inventory of methane emissions from manure management that is responsive to changes on Canadian farms by VanderZaag AC, MacDonald JD, Evans, L., Verge XPC, Desjardins, R.L.

“…With these improvements, the manure management emission inventory will become more responsive to the changing practices on Canadian livestock farms.…”
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Can Swedish beef production become profitable by learning from Canadian beef production? by Nyman, Sofia

“…In order to more closely study the possibilities of introducing Canadian production systems in Sweden; natural conditions, history and especially present production systems in western Canada, cow-calf operations in PRR, feedlots in Alberta and a museum were visited. …”
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Consumption of the organic layer in southern Sweden during fire events and correlations with the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) risk ratings by Mccallum Jordan, Blake

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Uncovering the gap: Assessing the compliance of the Canadian food availability with dietary recommendations and its impact on the environment by Abe-Inge, Vincent, Kwofie, Ebenezer M., Kubow, Stan, Orsat, Valérie, Ulimwengu, John M.

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Focus on Africa: a Partnership for Research and Development: the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the CGIAR by CGIAR Secretariat

“…A bilingual English / French partnership brochure on the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the CGIAR. …”
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Scaling up innovations in smallholder agriculture: Lessons from the Canadian international food security research fund by Shilomboleni, Helena, Owaygen, Marwan, Plaen, Renaud de, Manchur, Wendy, Husak, Laura

“…This article presents programmatic lessons from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) on scaling up. …”
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Gender and food systems research: Key lessons from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund by Wong, Franz, Danielsen, Katrine, Njuki, Jemimah

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Mapping novel yellow and leaf rust loci and predicting resistance in cross derived Canadian durum wheat by Menor de Gaspar, Juan, Domínguez Rondón, Alejandro, García-Abadillo, Juan, Knox, Ron, Bokore, Firdissa, Boyle, Kerry, Ammar, Karim, Huerta-Espino, Julio, Berraies, Samia, Meyer, Brad, Zhang, Wentao, Cuthbert, Richard, Fobert, Pierre, Ruan, Yuefeng, Isidro y Sánchez, Julio

“…In this study, we employed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify loci associated with rust resistance and used genomic selection (GS) to evaluate the predictive accuracy of different statistical models and phenotyping metrics (AUDPC_GDD, Angle, GDD50, and maxVar) in a Canadian durum wheat panel. The panel was evaluated in Mexico for yellow rust across three seasons near Toluca, and for leaf rust over two seasons at El Bat & aacute;n. …”
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A good global investment for Canada: How investing in CGIAR reduces global poverty and benefits Canadian citizens by Hill, Ruth Vargas, Martin, Will, McNamara, Brian, Nia, Reza, Spielman, David J., Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Vos, Rob

“…By driving agricultural innovation and providing evidence-based insights, CGIAR has boosted Canadian farm productivity, expanded export markets, and made food more affordable for Canadian consumers. …”
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Will agricultural digitalization deliver relative advantages in quality of work, productivity, profitability, return on investments, and reliability? Perceptions of Canadian producers by Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim, Pulido-Castanon, Jesus, Duncan, Emily Rose, Ruder, Sarah-Louise, K. C., Krishna Bahadur, Fraser, Evan

“…This article reports on the results of a survey of Canadian farmers (n = 852) to explore producer perceptions of whether new digital technologies 1) improve the quality of work, 2) enhance productivity, 3) increase profitability, 4) offer a reliable return on investment, and 5) are as reliable as earlier tools and technologies. …”
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The impact of founder events and introductions on genetic variation in the muskox Ovibos moschatus by Englund, Linda

Subjects: “…Canadian archipelago…”