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

This study investigates impacts on Western Canadas rural communities that may result from land usage change from conventional agriculture to that of forestry, in part or in whole. Many of Western Canadas rural communities in the agriculture regions near the tree line have developed around cash crops...

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Main Author:	Ward, Jared Shane
Other Authors:	Olfert, M. Rose
Format:	Others
Language:	en
Published:	University of Saskatchewan 2007
Subjects:	communities rural agriculture impacts forestry
Online Access:	http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-08012007-155214/

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spelling	ndltd-USASK-oai-usask.ca-etd-08012007-1552142013-01-08T16:32:55Z Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities Ward, Jared Shane communities rural agriculture impacts forestry This study investigates impacts on Western Canadas rural communities that may result from land usage change from conventional agriculture to that of forestry, in part or in whole. Many of Western Canadas rural communities in the agriculture regions near the tree line have developed around cash crops (cereal/oilseeds) and livestock production. Through the Government of Canadas 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. Olfert, M. Rose Noble, Bram F. Hesseln, Hayley Partridge, Mark University of Saskatchewan 2007-08-03 text application/pdf http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-08012007-155214/ http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-08012007-155214/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to University of Saskatchewan or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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spellingShingle	communities rural agriculture impacts forestry Ward, Jared Shane Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
description	This study investigates impacts on Western Canadas rural communities that may result from land usage change from conventional agriculture to that of forestry, in part or in whole. Many of Western Canadas rural communities in the agriculture regions near the tree line have developed around cash crops (cereal/oilseeds) and livestock production. Through the Government of Canadas 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.
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title	Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
title_short	Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
title_full	Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
title_fullStr	Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
title_full_unstemmed	Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
title_sort	agriculture to forestry in western canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
publisher	University of Saskatchewan
publishDate	2007
url	http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-08012007-155214/
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Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities

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