Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology
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Email
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scott.jeffrey@ualberta.ca
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Phone
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(780) 492-5470
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531 General Services Building
9007 - 116 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H1
Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Deans Office
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Email
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scott.jeffrey@ualberta.ca
About
Job/Research Area
Production and Resource Economics, Agricultural Business Management
Awards
- 2011 ALES Faculty Teaching Award
- 2003 - Agriculture Club Teaching Excellence Award
- 2003 - Outstanding Journal Article, Review of Agricultural Economics
- 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 - Faculty Teaching Wall of Fame
Research
Major Responsibilities/Research Interests
- Productive Efficiency in Canadian Agriculture
- Agricultural Risk Management
- Environmental Issues and Agricultural Production Management
- Farm Level Economics of Ecosystem Service Production
An introduction to methods and tools that are used to solve linear quantitative problems. Emphasis is on the use of these techniques for economic analysis in applications related to agriculture, food, forestry, and the environment. Classroom examples, laboratory assignments and computer tutorials are provided to give practice in applying quantitative tools to empirical problems. Prerequisite: Mathematics 30-1.
Winter Term 2021
Winter Term 2022
Browse more courses taught by Scott Jeffrey
Impacts of fragmentation and neighbor influences on farmland conversion: A case study of the Edmonton-Calgary corridor
Author(s): Qiu, F., L. Laliberté, B. Swallow and S. Jeffrey
Publication Date:
2015
Publication: Land Use Policy
Volume: 48
Page Numbers: 482-292
Economics of riparian beneficial management practices for improved water quality: A representative farm analysis in the Canadian Prairie region
Author(s): Jeffrey, S.R., S. Koeckhoven, D. Trautman, B. Dollevoet, J.R. Unterschultz and C. Ross
Publication Date:
2014
Publication: Canadian Water Resources Journal
Volume: 39
Page Numbers: 449-461
Estimating yield response to temperature and identifying critical temperatures for annual crops in the Canadian prairie region
Author(s): Robertson, S.M., S.R. Jeffrey, J.R. Unterschultz and P.C. Boxall
Publication Date:
2013
Publication: Canadian Journal of Plant Science
Volume: 93
Page Numbers: 1237-1247
Analysis of production efficiency of beef cow/calf farms in Alberta
Author(s): Samarajeewa, S., G. Hailu, S.R. Jeffrey and M. Bredahl
Publication Date:
2012
Publication: Applied Economics
Volume: 44
Page Numbers: 313-322
The Economics of Wetland Drainage and Retention in Saskatchewan
Author(s): Cortus, B.G., S.R. Jeffrey, J.R. Unterschultz and P.C. Boxall
Publication Date:
2011
Publication: Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics
Volume: 59
Page Numbers: 109-126
A Data Envelope Analysis to Assess Factors Affecting Technical and Economic Efficiency of Individual Broiler Breeder Hens
Author(s): Romero, L.F., M.J. Zuidhof, S.R. Jeffrey, A. Naeima, R.A. Renema and F.E. Robinson
Publication Date:
2010
Publication: Poultry Science
Volume: 89
Page Numbers: 1769-1777
The Impacts of Agriculture Support Programs on Wetland Retention on Grain Farms in the Prairie Pothole Region
Author(s): The Impacts of Agriculture Support Programs on Wetland Retention on Grain Farms in the Prairie Pothole Region
Publication Date:
2009
Publication: Canadian Water Resources Journal
Volume: 34
Page Numbers: 245-254
Cost Efficiency for Alberta and Ontario Dairy Farms: An Inter-regional Comparison
Author(s): Hailu, G., S. Jeffrey and J. Unterschultz
Publication Date:
2005
Publication: Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics,
Volume: 53
Issue: 2-3
Page Numbers: 141-160
Farm-Level Modeling for Bigger Issues
Author(s): Weersink, A., S. Jeffrey and D. Pannell
Publication Date:
2002
Publication: Review of Agricultural Economics
Volume: 24
Page Numbers: 123-140