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History
In 2000 the CAES created Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues (CAFRI). Due to the logistical difficulties the Society was experiencing in managing it, the CAES discontinued it in 2007 and all articles archived for member access, resulting in the CAFRI Archives.
During its publication run the journal provided economic analysis of current issues to people working in the agricultural and agri-food, agri-business, resource, and development areas, particularly in Canada. The journal was published solely in an electronic (web-based) format to ensure the timely and widespread dissemination of research and was supported through page charges of $45 per printed page.
CAFRI welcomed submissions that focused on important, real-life problems and that provided timely, succinct, theory-based, empirical analysis. CAFRI encouraged authors to submit original scholarly manuscripts on any aspect of the economics of agriculture, agri-business, resources or development. Authors from the agribusiness sector, government, and the wider agri-food and natural resource community were encouraged to submit their research.
The editorial advisory board was comprised of individuals drawn from universities, agri-business, government, and the wider agri-food and natural resource community. The primary role of the members of the editorial advisory board was to assist in the process of ensuring that the journal consistently published material of a high standard and is editorially independent.
All submissions underwent double-blind review and were accepted or rejected as submitted. All editorial decisions were final however, the editor could ask for changes to improve the manuscript’s accessibility and readability.
Articles were published as soon as possible after they were accepted. There was no set number of articles per year. Papers published within the same calendar year carried the same volume number and were paginated consecutively; however, the journal was not divided into issues. The articles formed a database which allowed readers to search in several ways: by author; by broad subject grouping; by period of publication (for example, last six months, last year); or by full-text search.
Purpose
The aim of the articles was to provide analysis helpful to people working in the field but whose knowledge of theoretical concepts and technical definitions may be a few years in the past. Each article was required to follow a specific format and CAFRI encouraged empirical work that included regressions, provided the presentation of regressions was as clear and basic as possible.
The target audience included agricultural and resource economists doing applied work in the areas of agri-business, policy, resources, trade, and economic development; students in agricultural, resource and agri-business programs; and academics in agricultural, resource and agri-business programs.
Topics requested by the journal included those that could be analyzed by a very good senior undergraduate student for his or her undergraduate thesis; those that might be assigned to a researcher in an agri-business firm; and those that a policy analyst in a government agency might be asked to investigate.
Editors and Editorial Board
Editors
2000-2004: Glenn Fox and Karl Meilke, University of Guelph
2005-2008: Steve Clark and Gary Grant, Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Editorial Board
Vic Adamowicz, University of Alberta
Rick Barichello, University of British Columbia
Jean-Philippe Gervais, Université Laval
Brian Oleson, University of Manitoba
Peter W.B. Phillips, University of Saskatchewan
Paul Thomassin, McGill University
Erna van Duren, University of Guelph
Copyright
Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues retains copyright to all documents in order that they may be used according to the “fair use” guidelines below. Specifically, CAFRI retains full and exclusive rights including, but not limited to, the right to publish, republish, transmit, distribute, and otherwise use all published documents (articles, editorials, comments and so on) appearing in CAFRI on the World Wide Web. Published documents can be used under the following “fair use” guidelines:
- Users may download or print any document appearing in Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues for their own use. Articles, or any other documents appearing in Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues, can be used for non-commercial, educational, and teaching purposes by students and teachers. Use of material to promote free speech, learning, scholarly research, and open discussion is encouraged. The copying or redistribution of articles or any other document in any manner for personal or corporate gain is prohibited.
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| Year | Title | Subject | Author(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Beef Industry in France: Gearing Up to Demand? | marketing | Pierre Sans Guy de Fontguyon | OPEN |
| 2008 | The Evolution of Grain Trading Organizations in Australia: Applying the Cooperative Life Cycle | cooperatives | Derek Brewin Michelle Bielik Brian Oleson | OPEN |
| 2008 | Innovation, Rurality and Human Capital in Food Processing | production | Derek Brewin Vahid Omidvar | OPEN |
| 2007 | International Standards for Regulating Trade When BSE Is Present: Why Are They Being Ignored? | trade | William A. Kerr Laura J. Loppacher Jill E. Hobbs | OPEN |
| 2007 | The Potential for Canadian Branded Beef Steaks in the U.S. Market: Results from an Experimental Auction | marketing | Dillon M. Feuz Wendy J. Umberger Chris R. Calkins | OPEN |
| 2007 | Comparing Canadian and U.S. Cattle Feeding Pricing Practices and Perceptions of Pricing Issues | trade | Clement E. Ward Jared G. Carlberg Andrea Brocklebank | OPEN |
| 2007 | Price Discovery and Captive Supply Implications for the Canadian Beef Industry | marketing | Clement E. Ward Ted C. Schroeder | OPEN |
| 2006 | Using Biotechnology to Lower Production Costs of Biofuels in Canada: Will it Hinder the Growth of an Export Industry? | biotechnology | Laura J. Loppacher | OPEN |
| 2006 | The Impact of Mad Cow Disease in Quebec: What to Do with Animal Carcasses? | policy | Nancy Bergeron Marie-France Gagnon | OPEN |
| 2006 | Water for Life Strategy in Alberta: Changing Priorities in Canadian Water Policy? | policy | Lorraine A. Nicol K. K. Klein | OPEN |
| 2006 | Recent and Emerging Water Policy Reforms in Australia | policy | Henning Bjornlund | OPEN |
| 2006 | Evaluating Non-Price Water Demand Policies During Severe Droughts | environment | Eric Schuck Rebecca Proft Reagan Waskom | OPEN |
| 2006 | New Directions in Consumer Behaviour Research | marketing | Sean B. Cash Ellen W. Goddard | OPEN |
| 2006 | Reducing Transaction Costs by Regulating Canada's Organic Industry | policy | Simon Weseen | OPEN |
| 2006 | The Relationship between Farmers' Values and the Decision to Practise Agrotourism: An Exploratory Study | production | Maurice Doyon Laurent Bourdeau Isabelle Charron | OPEN |
| 2006 | Kill or Shill: Processing Capacity and Cattle Prices with a Closed Border | trade | James Rude Jared Carlberg | OPEN |
| 2006 | Price and Product Pooling: Impact on Development and Operation of Differentiated Value Chains | production | Jill E. Hobbs William A. Kerr | OPEN |
| 2006 | Who Owns Carbon? Property Rights Issues in a Market for Greenhouse Gases | policy | Travis Allan Kathy Baylis | OPEN |
| 2006 | The Role of State Trading Enterprises and Their Impact on Agricultural Development and Economic Growth in Developing Countries | trade | George N. Vlontzos | OPEN |
| 2006 | Imputing Dairy Producers' Quota Discount Rate Using the Individual Export Milk Program in Quebec | production | Maurice Doyon Catherine Brodeur Jean-Philippe Gervais | OPEN |
| 2006 | Une Revue des Enjeux Économiques Liès au Commerce International des Bioproduits | production | Maire-Ève Gosselin Jean-Philippe Gervais | OPEN |
| 2006 | Economic Impacts of Proposed Limits on Trans Fats in Canada | policy | Richard Gray Stavroula Malla Ken Perlich | OPEN |
| 2005 | Greenhouse Gas Policy and Canadian Agriculture | policy | Murray Fulton Monika Cule Alfons Weersink | OPEN |
| 2005 | Alternative Co-operative Structures for the Agri-food Sector: An Exploratory Study | cooperatives | Maurice Doyon | OPEN |
| 2005 | CAIS Program Structure and Performance: Evidence from Ontario | policy | Al Mussell Larry Martin | OPEN |
| 2005 | Positive Market Effects from a Meatpacking Plant Opening: Perceptions and Reality | marketing | Jonathan T. Hornung Clement E. Ward | OPEN |
| 2005 | Trading Biofuels - Will International Trade Law Be a Constraint? | trade | William A. Kerr Laura J. Loppacher | OPEN |
| 2005 | Do Decision Makers' Debt-risk Attitudes Affect the Agency Costs of Debt? | policy | Getu Hailu Ellen W. Goddard Scott R. Jeffrey | OPEN |
| 2005 | On-farm Manure Storage Adoption Rates: the Roles of Herd Size, Spreading Acreage and Cost-share Programs | environment | Eric Schuck | OPEN |
| 2005 | Will the Kyoto Protocol Be Good for the Environment? Implications for Agriculture | environment | Rochelle Pancoast James Gaisford | OPEN |
| 2004 | Modeling Bioterrorism in the Livestock Sectors of NAFTA Members | trade | Karen M. Huff Karl D. Meilke Calum G. Turvey John Cranfield | OPEN |
| 2004 | Irrigation Management Research Needs in an Era of Changing Water Use Priorities | resources | Raymond J. Supalla | OPEN |
| 2004 | Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Agriculture: Commitments, Cooperation and Conflicts | environment | William A. Kerr Shannon L. Hall | OPEN |
| 2004 | The Convention on Biological Diversity: Opportunities and Constraints for Agricultural Systems in Canada | environment | Ken W. Belcher | OPEN |
| 2004 | Profiling Consumer Trend-setters in the Canadian Healthy-foods Market | marketing | Gale West Bruno Larue | OPEN |
| 2004 | Differences in Canadian and U.S. Farm Structure: What the Canadian Farm Typology Shows | production | Robert A. Hoppe Deborah Niekamp David Banker Ken Nakagawa | OPEN |
| 2004 | Recent Changes in Farm Structure: A Canada-U.S. Comparison | production | Brian Biggs Paul Murray Robert Dubman Kenneth Erickson Penni Korb | OPEN |
| 2004 | Economic Features of Canadian Organic Food at the Mass-market Retail Level | trade | James Vercammen | OPEN |
| 2004 | Coping with Natural and Institutional Drought | environment | Eric Schuck Marshall Frasier | OPEN |
| 2004 | Strategic Policy Issues for Agricultural Research in Canada | policy | George L. Brinkman | OPEN |
| 2004 | Agro-terrorism and the Grain Handling Systems in Canada and the United States | policy | William Nganje William W. Wilson James Nolan | OPEN |
| 2004 | Challenges for Water Researchers in Alberta in a Climate of Policy Uncertainty | policy | K. K. Klein Lorraine Nicol Danny G. Le Roy | OPEN |
| 2004 | WISE - A Multidisciplinary Water Research Institute in Southern Alberta | resources | Elwin G. Smith K. K. Klein | OPEN |
| 2004 | Integrating Marginal Cost into Pricing-to-market Models for U.S. Agricultural Products | production | Sayed H. Saghaian Michael R. Reed | OPEN |
| 2004 | U.S. Ethanol Policy: Is It the Best Energy Alternative? | policy | Otto C. Doering III | OPEN |
| 2004 | Effectiveness of Best Management Cropping Systems to Abate Greenhouse Gas Emissions | policy | Andreas Meyer-Aurich Alfons Weersink Susantha Jayasundara Claudia Wagner-Riddle | OPEN |
| 2004 | Ethanol and Biodiesel in Canada: Can They Help Meet Canada's Kyoto Commitment? | policy | K. K. Klein Robert Romain Maria Olar Nancy Bergeron | OPEN |
| 2004 | Member Commitment and the Market and Financial Performance of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool | marketing | K. A. Lang M. E. Fulton | OPEN |
| 2003 | Implicit Contracts and the Grey Market for Fertilizer in China | contracts | Murray Fulton Konstantinos Giannakas Xiao Yunlai | OPEN |
| 2003 | Economic Impact of Fusarium Head Blight in Malting Barley: Blending Margins and Firm-Level Risk | production | William Nganje Demcey Johnson | OPEN |
| 2003 | Traceability for Food Safety and Quality Assurance: Mandatory Systems Miss the Mark | policy | Elise Golan Barry Krissof Fred Kuchler Kenneth Nelson Gregory Price Linda Calvin | OPEN |
| 2003 | Traceability in Meat Supply Chains | policy | Jill E. Hobbs | OPEN |
| 2003 | An Economic Analysis of the Potential Influence of Carbon Credits on Farm Management Practices | policy | Alfons Weersink Stanley Joseph Beverly D. Kay Calum G. Turvey | OPEN |
| 2003 | Firm-level Forces Underlying Concentration in Agriculture | environment | Al Mussell Larry Martin | OPEN |
| 2003 | Indirect Effects of Pesticide Regulation and the Food Quality Protection Act | policy | Sean B. Cash David L. Sundig Aaron Swoboda David Zilberman | OPEN |
| 2003 | Evaluating Consumer Response to GM Foods: Some Methodological Considerations | policy | Leonie A. Marks Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Steven S. Vickner | OPEN |
| 2003 | The Building Block Simulation Approach to Program Assessment: The Case of Agriculture Canada's Meat Hygiene Program, 1970-1984 | policy | George L. Brinkman | OPEN |
| 2003 | Labelling Policy for GM Foods: Pragmatism in Action or Policy Failure? | policy | Michele Veeman | OPEN |
| 2003 | The WTO and the Cartagena Protocol: International Policy Coordination or Conflict? | policy | Grant E. Isaac | OPEN |
| 2002 | A Review of Causes for and Consequences of Economic Concentration in the U.S. Meatpacking Industry | marketing | Clement E. Ward | OPEN |
| 2002 | Putting Globalization and Concentration in the Agri-food Sector into Context | policy | David Sparling Erna van Duren | OPEN |
| 2002 | The Great Emu Bubble: A Retrospective Look at a New Industry Failure | trade | Calum Turvey David Sparling | OPEN |
| 2002 | Investigating Canadian Chicken Importers' Preferences Towards TRQ Import Licensing Mechanisms | policy | David Surprenant Jean-Philippe Gervais | OPEN |
| 2002 | The Future of Canadian Wheat Exports to Japan: Comparing the Japanese and South Korean Noodle Flour Markets | trade | Renee B. Kim Michele Veeman James Unterschultz | OPEN |
| 2001 | Dimensions of Competitiveness: Lessons from the Danish Pork Industry | policy | Jill E. Hobbs | OPEN |
| 2001 | Was the Pea Futures Contract Doomed to Fail? An Analysis of the 1995 Canadian Contract | contracts | N. V. Lyster M. L. Lerohl J. R. Unterschultz | OPEN |
| 2001 | Voluntary Cost-Share Programs : Lessons from Economic Theory and Their Application to Rural Water Quality Programs | trade | Alfons Weersink Ross McKitrick Mike Nailor | OPEN |
| 2001 | Prairie Crop Diversification | marketing | Elwin G. Smith Douglas L. Young Robert P. Zentner | OPEN |
| 2000 | The Role of Contract in Quality Assurance | contracts | Yoram Barzel | OPEN |
| 2000 | GMOs: The Economics of Consumer Food Safety Issues | policy | Jill E. Hobbs Marni D. Plunkett | OPEN |
| 2000 | Limiting Biotechnology? Information Problems and Policy Reponses | biotechnology | Marni D. Plunkett James D. Gaisford | OPEN |
| 2000 | Impact of Identity Preservation of Non-GMO Crops on the Grain Market System | trade | Jennifer M. Vandenberg Joan R. Fulton Frank J. Dooley Paul V. Preckel | OPEN |
| 2000 | The Changing Pattern of China's Agricultural Trade | trade | Kevin Z. Chen | OPEN |