Battling Papaya Sticky Disease: Challenges and Strategies
Impact of Viruses on Papaya Plant viruses are formidable adversaries when it comes to producing high yielding crops, causing significant harm to global agriculture, and …
International
Blogs that focus on agriculture abroad and Canada’s international relationships
Regulation of Genetically Edited Crops in Latin American and Caribbean Countries
According to the United Nations (2019), the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Approximately 2.3 billion people globally live in moderate …
Canadian Innovation vs. the EU Definition of Sustainability
The following article was originally posted by The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), on September 7, 2023: Canadian innovation beats EU precaution in agriculture sustainability: Stuart Smyth for …
Welfare Impacts from Mexican Canola Imports
Canola trade between Mexico and Canada has a significant history and continues to be an important aspect of their bilateral trade relationship. Canola, a crop …
GMO Indecision of the Chinese Superpower
China is a superpower. In 2021, China accounted for 18% of the world’s population and had the second largest GDP with USD 17.73 trillion. Since …
The Inconsistency of EU Neonicotinoid Regulation
The following article by Graham Brookes was originally posted by PG Economics Limited, on February 20, 2023: European Court ruling on neonicotinoids further highlights muddle …
Export Bans Just Compound Problems
Preventing trade in food products creates more harm than good Bans on exported food products seem to be announced on a near-monthly basis. In December …
Can palm oil production be sustainable in Indonesia?
Claire Owen Agribusiness Undergraduate 2022 Can sustainable intensification alleviate agricultural production of oil palm in Indonesia? Palm oil is in many of the products that …
Mexico to Willingly Increase Consumer Prices for Chicken
Still in Limbo In December 2020, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador publicly declared that Mexico would ban all imports of genetically modified (GM) corn …
Canada’s Contribution to Feeding the World
For much of the latter half of the 20th century, Canada was often referred to as the ‘breadbasket of the world’, due to the high …