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Learn the history and purpose of Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues and search articles below.

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.
  • Any material from an article, editorial, comment, and so on can be excerpted for use by media, academia, business, students, or any other organization as long as full credit is given to the author of the article and to Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues.
  • Likewise, any table or figure can be reproduced (or excerpted) from Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues as long as full credit is given to the author and to the journal.

YearTitleSubjectAuthor(s)PDF
2008The Beef Industry in France: Gearing Up to Demand?marketingPierre Sans
Guy de Fontguyon
OPEN
2008The Evolution of Grain Trading Organizations in Australia: Applying the Cooperative Life CyclecooperativesDerek Brewin
Michelle Bielik
Brian Oleson
OPEN
2008Innovation, Rurality and Human Capital in Food ProcessingproductionDerek Brewin
Vahid Omidvar
OPEN
2007International Standards for Regulating Trade When BSE Is Present: Why Are They Being Ignored?tradeWilliam A. Kerr
Laura J. Loppacher
Jill E. Hobbs
OPEN
2007The Potential for Canadian Branded Beef Steaks in the U.S. Market: Results from an Experimental AuctionmarketingDillon M. Feuz
Wendy J. Umberger
Chris R. Calkins
OPEN
2007Comparing Canadian and U.S. Cattle Feeding Pricing Practices and Perceptions of Pricing IssuestradeClement E. Ward
Jared G. Carlberg
Andrea Brocklebank
OPEN
2007Price Discovery and Captive Supply Implications for the Canadian Beef IndustrymarketingClement E. Ward
Ted C. Schroeder
OPEN
2006Using Biotechnology to Lower Production Costs of Biofuels in Canada: Will it Hinder the Growth of an Export Industry?biotechnologyLaura J. LoppacherOPEN
2006The Impact of Mad Cow Disease in Quebec: What to Do with Animal Carcasses?policyNancy Bergeron
Marie-France Gagnon
OPEN
2006Water for Life Strategy in Alberta: Changing Priorities in Canadian Water Policy?policyLorraine A. Nicol
K. K. Klein
OPEN
2006Recent and Emerging Water Policy Reforms in AustraliapolicyHenning BjornlundOPEN
2006Evaluating Non-Price Water Demand Policies During Severe DroughtsenvironmentEric Schuck
Rebecca Proft
Reagan Waskom
OPEN
2006New Directions in Consumer Behaviour ResearchmarketingSean B. Cash
Ellen W. Goddard
OPEN
2006Reducing Transaction Costs by Regulating Canada's Organic IndustrypolicySimon WeseenOPEN
2006The Relationship between Farmers' Values and the Decision to Practise Agrotourism: An Exploratory StudyproductionMaurice Doyon
Laurent Bourdeau
Isabelle Charron
OPEN
2006Kill or Shill: Processing Capacity and Cattle Prices with a Closed BordertradeJames Rude
Jared Carlberg
OPEN
2006Price and Product Pooling: Impact on Development and Operation of Differentiated Value ChainsproductionJill E. Hobbs
William A. Kerr
OPEN
2006Who Owns Carbon? Property Rights Issues in a Market for Greenhouse GasespolicyTravis Allan
Kathy Baylis
OPEN
2006The Role of State Trading Enterprises and Their Impact on Agricultural Development and Economic Growth in Developing CountriestradeGeorge N. VlontzosOPEN
2006Imputing Dairy Producers' Quota Discount Rate Using the Individual Export Milk Program in QuebecproductionMaurice Doyon
Catherine Brodeur
Jean-Philippe Gervais
OPEN
2006Une Revue des Enjeux Économiques Liès au Commerce International des BioproduitsproductionMaire-Ève Gosselin
Jean-Philippe Gervais
OPEN
2006Economic Impacts of Proposed Limits on Trans Fats in CanadapolicyRichard Gray
Stavroula Malla
Ken Perlich
OPEN
2005Greenhouse Gas Policy and Canadian AgriculturepolicyMurray Fulton
Monika Cule
Alfons Weersink
OPEN
2005Alternative Co-operative Structures for the Agri-food Sector: An Exploratory StudycooperativesMaurice DoyonOPEN
2005CAIS Program Structure and Performance: Evidence from OntariopolicyAl Mussell
Larry Martin
OPEN
2005Positive Market Effects from a Meatpacking Plant Opening: Perceptions and RealitymarketingJonathan T. Hornung
Clement E. Ward
OPEN
2005Trading Biofuels - Will International Trade Law Be a Constraint?tradeWilliam A. Kerr
Laura J. Loppacher
OPEN
2005Do Decision Makers' Debt-risk Attitudes Affect the Agency Costs of Debt?policyGetu Hailu
Ellen W. Goddard
Scott R. Jeffrey
OPEN
2005On-farm Manure Storage Adoption Rates: the Roles of Herd Size, Spreading Acreage and Cost-share ProgramsenvironmentEric SchuckOPEN
2005Will the Kyoto Protocol Be Good for the Environment? Implications for AgricultureenvironmentRochelle Pancoast
James Gaisford
OPEN
2004Modeling Bioterrorism in the Livestock Sectors of NAFTA MemberstradeKaren M. Huff
Karl D. Meilke
Calum G. Turvey
John Cranfield
OPEN
2004Irrigation Management Research Needs in an Era of Changing Water Use PrioritiesresourcesRaymond J. SupallaOPEN
2004Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Agriculture: Commitments, Cooperation and ConflictsenvironmentWilliam A. Kerr
Shannon L. Hall
OPEN
2004The Convention on Biological Diversity: Opportunities and Constraints for Agricultural Systems in CanadaenvironmentKen W. BelcherOPEN
2004Profiling Consumer Trend-setters in the Canadian Healthy-foods MarketmarketingGale West
Bruno Larue
OPEN
2004Differences in Canadian and U.S. Farm Structure: What the Canadian Farm Typology ShowsproductionRobert A. Hoppe
Deborah Niekamp
David Banker
Ken Nakagawa
OPEN
2004Recent Changes in Farm Structure: A Canada-U.S. ComparisonproductionBrian Biggs
Paul Murray
Robert Dubman
Kenneth Erickson
Penni Korb
OPEN
2004Economic Features of Canadian Organic Food at the Mass-market Retail LeveltradeJames VercammenOPEN
2004Coping with Natural and Institutional DroughtenvironmentEric Schuck
Marshall Frasier
OPEN
2004Strategic Policy Issues for Agricultural Research in CanadapolicyGeorge L. BrinkmanOPEN
2004Agro-terrorism and the Grain Handling Systems in Canada and the United StatespolicyWilliam Nganje
William W. Wilson
James Nolan
OPEN
2004Challenges for Water Researchers in Alberta in a Climate of Policy UncertaintypolicyK. K. Klein
Lorraine Nicol
Danny G. Le Roy
OPEN
2004WISE - A Multidisciplinary Water Research Institute in Southern AlbertaresourcesElwin G. Smith
K. K. Klein
OPEN
2004Integrating Marginal Cost into Pricing-to-market Models for U.S. Agricultural ProductsproductionSayed H. Saghaian
Michael R. Reed
OPEN
2004U.S. Ethanol Policy: Is It the Best Energy Alternative?policyOtto C. Doering IIIOPEN
2004Effectiveness of Best Management Cropping Systems to Abate Greenhouse Gas EmissionspolicyAndreas Meyer-Aurich
Alfons Weersink
Susantha Jayasundara
Claudia Wagner-Riddle
OPEN
2004Ethanol and Biodiesel in Canada: Can They Help Meet Canada's Kyoto Commitment?policyK. K. Klein
Robert Romain
Maria Olar
Nancy Bergeron
OPEN
2004Member Commitment and the Market and Financial Performance of the Saskatchewan Wheat PoolmarketingK. A. Lang
M. E. Fulton
OPEN
2003Implicit Contracts and the Grey Market for Fertilizer in ChinacontractsMurray Fulton
Konstantinos Giannakas
Xiao Yunlai
OPEN
2003Economic Impact of Fusarium Head Blight in Malting Barley: Blending Margins and Firm-Level RiskproductionWilliam Nganje
Demcey Johnson
OPEN
2003Traceability for Food Safety and Quality Assurance: Mandatory Systems Miss the MarkpolicyElise Golan
Barry Krissof
Fred Kuchler
Kenneth Nelson
Gregory Price
Linda Calvin
OPEN
2003Traceability in Meat Supply ChainspolicyJill E. HobbsOPEN
2003An Economic Analysis of the Potential Influence of Carbon Credits on Farm Management PracticespolicyAlfons Weersink
Stanley Joseph
Beverly D. Kay
Calum G. Turvey
OPEN
2003Firm-level Forces Underlying Concentration in AgricultureenvironmentAl Mussell
Larry Martin
OPEN
2003Indirect Effects of Pesticide Regulation and the Food Quality Protection ActpolicySean B. Cash
David L. Sundig
Aaron Swoboda
David Zilberman
OPEN
2003Evaluating Consumer Response to GM Foods: Some Methodological ConsiderationspolicyLeonie A. Marks
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
Steven S. Vickner
OPEN
2003The Building Block Simulation Approach to Program Assessment: The Case of Agriculture Canada's Meat Hygiene Program, 1970-1984policyGeorge L. BrinkmanOPEN
2003Labelling Policy for GM Foods: Pragmatism in Action or Policy Failure?policyMichele VeemanOPEN
2003The WTO and the Cartagena Protocol: International Policy Coordination or Conflict?policyGrant E. IsaacOPEN
2002A Review of Causes for and Consequences of Economic Concentration in the U.S. Meatpacking IndustrymarketingClement E. WardOPEN
2002Putting Globalization and Concentration in the Agri-food Sector into ContextpolicyDavid Sparling
Erna van Duren
OPEN
2002The Great Emu Bubble: A Retrospective Look at a New Industry FailuretradeCalum Turvey
David Sparling
OPEN
2002Investigating Canadian Chicken Importers' Preferences Towards TRQ Import Licensing MechanismspolicyDavid Surprenant
Jean-Philippe Gervais
OPEN
2002The Future of Canadian Wheat Exports to Japan: Comparing the Japanese and South Korean Noodle Flour MarketstradeRenee B. Kim
Michele Veeman
James Unterschultz
OPEN
2001Dimensions of Competitiveness: Lessons from the Danish Pork IndustrypolicyJill E. HobbsOPEN
2001Was the Pea Futures Contract Doomed to Fail? An Analysis of the 1995 Canadian ContractcontractsN. V. Lyster
M. L. Lerohl
J. R. Unterschultz
OPEN
2001Voluntary Cost-Share Programs : Lessons from Economic Theory and Their Application to Rural Water Quality ProgramstradeAlfons Weersink
Ross McKitrick
Mike Nailor
OPEN
2001Prairie Crop DiversificationmarketingElwin G. Smith
Douglas L. Young
Robert P. Zentner
OPEN
2000The Role of Contract in Quality AssurancecontractsYoram BarzelOPEN
2000GMOs: The Economics of Consumer Food Safety IssuespolicyJill E. Hobbs
Marni D. Plunkett
OPEN
2000Limiting Biotechnology? Information Problems and Policy ReponsesbiotechnologyMarni D. Plunkett
James D. Gaisford
OPEN
2000Impact of Identity Preservation of Non-GMO Crops on the Grain Market SystemtradeJennifer M. Vandenberg
Joan R. Fulton
Frank J. Dooley
Paul V. Preckel
OPEN
2000The Changing Pattern of China's Agricultural TradetradeKevin Z. ChenOPEN

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