The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the competitiveness and environmental challenges that it faces. The federal government...

China, Japan and Korea have deployed a multiplicity of co-operation efforts at different levels of government to promote air quality and curb transboundary pollution. This paper identifies the existing arrangements for air quality co-operation in North East Asia and provides guidance to advance...

This article is a study of the then proposed 1971 U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the long history of developing U.S.- Canadian cooperation that preceded it. The article suggests that this experience: (1) offers guidance for the solution of problems that other programs of...

This paper uses a case study from the Canadian Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) to consider agricultural adaptation strategies developed by small-scale vegetable farmers, focusing on their interactions with government support initiatives. Farmers (n=40)...

Spanish Abstract: El nicho de mercado creado por el Comercio Justo (CJ), basado en principios de solidaridad y de cooperación, ha atraído la participación de las grandes multinacionales. Dichas empresas utilizan como instrumento de inserción al CJ diversos sellos y programas de...

The more than US$ 1 billion market value of organic coffee makes this the single most important organic product imported into North America. The report includes information from the only annual survey of the industry (2007) and reveals total volumes and estimated value as well as which nations...

All advanced industrialized societies face the problem of air pollution produced by motor vehicles. In spite of striking improvements in internal combustion engine technology, air pollution in most urban areas is still measured at levels determined to be harmful to human health. Throughout the...