Wood pellets are one of the most promising alternatives to fossil fuel in Canada. Using wood pell... more Wood pellets are one of the most promising alternatives to fossil fuel in Canada. Using wood pellets for heating allows saving on heating source expenses as compared to fossil fuels. Moreover, direct carbon emissions from wood pellets are regarded as carbon neutral since regrowth of vegetation captures and stores carbon that already exists in the atmosphere. Using wood pellets as a heating fuel for greenhouse vegetable production is expected to result in less greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. Increasing the domestic consumption of wood pellets for greenhouse heating in Canada would reduce the environmental impact of energy consumption. This study investigates the potential of using wood pellets as an alternative fuel for commercial greenhouses in Quebec. This study applied a life-cycle analysis to demonstrate the energy flows and environmental consequences of using wood pellets for greenhouse vegetable production. The results found that greenhouse gas emissions from wood pellets are lower than natural gas in greenhouse operations.
The Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Jun 22, 2001
... land prices (Table 4). TABLE 1 Physical Characteristics Name Sour ce of d ata De scrip tion .... more ... land prices (Table 4). TABLE 1 Physical Characteristics Name Sour ce of d ata De scrip tion ... Live Survey A binary variable indicating if the seller or buyer is involved in animal production ... Whether or not the land purchase was located in the Richelieu/Saint Hyacinthe valley area ...
In Section 3.3 of Chapter 3 we have reviewed the environmental problem of the East and South East... more In Section 3.3 of Chapter 3 we have reviewed the environmental problem of the East and South East Asian countries. We also discuss the policies adopted by the respective government.
The current study evaluates the economy wide impact of trade liberalization in the ASEAN region a... more The current study evaluates the economy wide impact of trade liberalization in the ASEAN region along with China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN + 3) by the year 2020 using the GTAP framework. The study also assesses the environmental impact of the trade liberalization in the region focusing on the seven environmental indicators (CO2, CH4, N2O, BOD, COD, Suspended Solid and Industrial Waste).
This paper investigates the reinforcing and balancing regulatory pressures that are impinging on ... more This paper investigates the reinforcing and balancing regulatory pressures that are impinging on the performance of agricultural and food biotechnology-based activity in Canada. Regulatory agencies are in the process of adjusting their procedures to take into account disruptive innovations in biogenetics, proteomics, pharmacogenomics, and bioinformatics (Burrill and Company 2000; Christensen 1997; The Economist 2000).1 This adjustment has become necessary because governments need to balance emerging tensions between the informational needs of consumers and investors. Information requirements of the regulatory agencies are changing. Part ofthe outcome of the regulatory process is to satisfy the informational needs of consumers and investors concerning the technology. Regulators need information on health and safety of new biogenetics-based products (transgenic crops, feeds, and foods), consumers demand information about product characteristics, and investors are in need of information on intellectual property rights (lPR) and administrative process. The objective of this paper is to identify endogenous pressures, and their time delays, that are responsible for regulatory change in the plant agricultural biotechnologyarea. An influence diagram, the initial step ofthe system dynamics (SD) method, makes explicit the role of information flows as a limiting factor for use by the various parties, and as a means of controlling strategic transactions that influence efficiency and the distribution of wealth. This method is employed to clarify informational
This paper addresses, on both theoretical and empirical fronts, the task of endogenizing the hous... more This paper addresses, on both theoretical and empirical fronts, the task of endogenizing the household sector in a rectangular input–output (IO) model. The formulation of Miyazawa (1976) for square models is extended to the development of an impact matrix for rectangular models. This allows for the numerous household revenue sources to be built into the model. A closed model with non-homogeneous households is developed where individuals are modelled individually and by industry. The perform ance of the non-homogeneous household sector model is compared with a model that has a homogeneous household sector. The model with the non-homogeneous household sector is more sensitive to changes in wages and salaries than to changes in final demand.
Wood pellets are one of the most promising alternatives to fossil fuel in Canada. Using wood pell... more Wood pellets are one of the most promising alternatives to fossil fuel in Canada. Using wood pellets for heating allows saving on heating source expenses as compared to fossil fuels. Moreover, direct carbon emissions from wood pellets are regarded as carbon neutral since regrowth of vegetation captures and stores carbon that already exists in the atmosphere. Using wood pellets as a heating fuel for greenhouse vegetable production is expected to result in less greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. Increasing the domestic consumption of wood pellets for greenhouse heating in Canada would reduce the environmental impact of energy consumption. This study investigates the potential of using wood pellets as an alternative fuel for commercial greenhouses in Quebec. This study applied a life-cycle analysis to demonstrate the energy flows and environmental consequences of using wood pellets for greenhouse vegetable production. The results found that greenhouse gas emissions from wood pellets are lower than natural gas in greenhouse operations.
The Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Jun 22, 2001
... land prices (Table 4). TABLE 1 Physical Characteristics Name Sour ce of d ata De scrip tion .... more ... land prices (Table 4). TABLE 1 Physical Characteristics Name Sour ce of d ata De scrip tion ... Live Survey A binary variable indicating if the seller or buyer is involved in animal production ... Whether or not the land purchase was located in the Richelieu/Saint Hyacinthe valley area ...
In Section 3.3 of Chapter 3 we have reviewed the environmental problem of the East and South East... more In Section 3.3 of Chapter 3 we have reviewed the environmental problem of the East and South East Asian countries. We also discuss the policies adopted by the respective government.
The current study evaluates the economy wide impact of trade liberalization in the ASEAN region a... more The current study evaluates the economy wide impact of trade liberalization in the ASEAN region along with China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN + 3) by the year 2020 using the GTAP framework. The study also assesses the environmental impact of the trade liberalization in the region focusing on the seven environmental indicators (CO2, CH4, N2O, BOD, COD, Suspended Solid and Industrial Waste).
This paper investigates the reinforcing and balancing regulatory pressures that are impinging on ... more This paper investigates the reinforcing and balancing regulatory pressures that are impinging on the performance of agricultural and food biotechnology-based activity in Canada. Regulatory agencies are in the process of adjusting their procedures to take into account disruptive innovations in biogenetics, proteomics, pharmacogenomics, and bioinformatics (Burrill and Company 2000; Christensen 1997; The Economist 2000).1 This adjustment has become necessary because governments need to balance emerging tensions between the informational needs of consumers and investors. Information requirements of the regulatory agencies are changing. Part ofthe outcome of the regulatory process is to satisfy the informational needs of consumers and investors concerning the technology. Regulators need information on health and safety of new biogenetics-based products (transgenic crops, feeds, and foods), consumers demand information about product characteristics, and investors are in need of information on intellectual property rights (lPR) and administrative process. The objective of this paper is to identify endogenous pressures, and their time delays, that are responsible for regulatory change in the plant agricultural biotechnologyarea. An influence diagram, the initial step ofthe system dynamics (SD) method, makes explicit the role of information flows as a limiting factor for use by the various parties, and as a means of controlling strategic transactions that influence efficiency and the distribution of wealth. This method is employed to clarify informational
This paper addresses, on both theoretical and empirical fronts, the task of endogenizing the hous... more This paper addresses, on both theoretical and empirical fronts, the task of endogenizing the household sector in a rectangular input–output (IO) model. The formulation of Miyazawa (1976) for square models is extended to the development of an impact matrix for rectangular models. This allows for the numerous household revenue sources to be built into the model. A closed model with non-homogeneous households is developed where individuals are modelled individually and by industry. The perform ance of the non-homogeneous household sector model is compared with a model that has a homogeneous household sector. The model with the non-homogeneous household sector is more sensitive to changes in wages and salaries than to changes in final demand.
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