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Dr. Weersink's
research interests are in the effectiveness of environmental policy in the
agricultural sector (on environmental quality goals), profitability of farming
systems, biophysical simulation and farm optimization models; evaluating
consequences of bio-product development on farmers and explaining the dramatic
changes in macroeconomics.
His
present research projects are: a) Evaluating the consequences of bio-product
development on farmers and b) Assessing the effectiveness of environmental
policies within the agricultural sector. In the former, the project started by
examining whether local bioproduct efforts by provincial governments would
benefit Ontariocrop farmers experiencing low output prices. However, the
rapid rise in crop prices stemming from global macroeconomic changes has
shifted the focus to explaining the reasons for these dramatic changes and
their implications for the agricultural sector. The latter project has been his
main area of research over the last decade. One part involves assessing the
profitability of farming systems and the reasons for their use by farmers. A
second component assesses the tradeoffs between environmental quality and farm
profitability between farming systems and involves calibrating a biophysical
simulation model to predict residual levels and combining it with a farm
optimization model. The final part examines the effectiveness of policies to
achieve environmental quality goals, including the water allocation policy,
wetland policy and carbon policy.
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Researcher Information
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Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Alfons Weersink is a Professor in the Department of Food,
Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.
He is a panel member of the Agricultural Management Institute and in the past, he
was President of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society and. He received
his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Honours at the University of Guelph,
his Master of Science in Applied Economics atMontana State University,
and his Doctorate at Cornell University.
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Researcher Information
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Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Weersink, A., Hailu, G., Fox, G., Meilke, K. & von Massow, M., The World Food Crisis: Causes and Implications for Ontario Agriculture, Working Papers 46503, University of Guelph, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2008.
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Jatoe, J., Yiridoe, E., Weersink, A., and Clark, J.S. Economic and Environmental Impacts of Introducing Land Use Policies and Rotations on Prince Edward Island Potato Farms. Land Use Policy. 2008. 25:309-319.
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Pannell, D., Hailu, G., Weersink, A. and Coad, A. More Reasons Why Farmers Have So Little Interest in Futures Markets. Agricultural Economics. 2008. 39(1):41-50.
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Rajsic, P., and Weersink, A.. Do Farmers Waste Fertilizer?: A Comparison of Ex Post Optimal Nitrogen Rates and Ex Ante Recommended Rates by Model, Site and Year. Agricultural Systems. 2008. 97(1-2):56-67.
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Tiwari, A., VanLeeuwen, J.A., Dohoo, I.R., Keefe, G.P. and Weersink, A. Estimate of the Direct Production Losses in Canadian Dairy Herds with Subclinical Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis Infection. The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 2008. 49(6):569-76.
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Researcher Information
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Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
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