All Events
Richard Vyn presented "Comparing Returns for Grain Corn Production under Various Marketing Strategies" at the Southwest Agricultural Conference at Ridgetown on Jan 6-7/10 and at the FarmSmart conference on Jan 23/10.
Prof. Brady Deaton recently was a participant in The 16th Annual Environmental Sciences Symposium hosted by the University of Guelph on January 16, 2010. The title of his presentation was “Economics and Environmental Policy”. For symposium details please visit http://www.uoguelph.ca/~envsymp/.
Roshen Epaarachchige presented his PhD Thesis Proposal on Wed., Feb. 3rd at 4:15 pm in McLN 319. The title of his presentation is "The Impact of Health, Nutrition and Health Care Product Information on Consumer's Propensity to Adopt Preventative Health Care Behaviors: An Economic Analysis of Demand for Micronutrient-Vitamins.". The Examining Committee: Brady Deaton, Chair and Andreas Boecker, Sven Anders, Getu Hailu and Alfons Weersink.
Cody Burdett's Master of Science thesis defence took place on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 11:00 in Room 319, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of his thesis is "The Use of Traceability to Combat the Economic Drivers of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing: A Case Study."
Jacob Kerkhoff, M.Sc. student in the Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics department, spent two months at Wageningen University (the Netherlands) through the Erasmus Mundus International Exchange Program.
Jacob wrote a blog about his stay in Holland at http://observationcapsules.wordpress.com/.
The final oral examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Edward Olale took place on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in Rozanski Hall, Room 106. The title of his presentation is: "Income Diversification Among Fishing Communities in Western Kenya".
Sean Field's M.Sc. Thesis Defence and Final Examination was held Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 101 of the J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of his thesis is "Examining the Determinants and Impact of Asian Vegetable Production: A Case Study on the Livelihoods of Ghanaian Smallholders".
Lingling Yu's M.Sc. Thesis Defence and Final Examination was held on Friday, September 18th, 2009 in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building at 2:30 pm. The title of her thesis is "Consumer Demand for Convenience Chicken Meat Products in Canada".