Meet Prof. Brady Deaton Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Brady Deaton describes his inspiration to study natural resources and their allocation at the University of Guelph. 

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Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College

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Text: Prof. Brady Deaton
Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
McCain Family Chair in Food Security
Brady: I study natural resources, particularly water and land, 
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and the allocation of those resources.
This is particularly important and 
exciting because these are fundamental
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to the health, wealth and economic
development of most regions around the world.
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Brady: One of the reasons why I was so 
inspired to focus on research related to
land is that when I spent time in Lesotho, which is a country in Southern Africa,
I noticed how fundamental land and the ownership of land and the right
to use land, was to food security and the well-being of that community. 
It was the key driver, I thought, in the production 
process of crops, which were key to sustainable 
development and I wanted to understand
everything about land and how it was
allocated and the rules governing it and
I continued to study that in graduate school and then I've continued to research it.

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Brady: The most exciting aspect of my work is 
taking something from the idea stage and working with colleagues and students to
develop that idea in a way that can be researched, and then finding results from that research
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that have policy importance.

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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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