This Working paper provides an update of an earlier paper entitled "A Profile of Employment in the Agri-Food Sector" (WP No. 1-97). The previous paper covered the period from 1984-1995; in this paper information for 1996 and 1997 has been added. The information provided in this report is derived...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the demand and supply of information within the agriculture sector. This study has three components to meet this goal: i) a review of the literature, ii) a survey of Canadian farmers, and iii) interviews with agribusiness firms and government agencies.