Micro Data Record Research Agriculture and Food Research Michael Trant Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada January, 2003
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Micro Data Record Research Agriculture and Food Research
Michael Trant Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada January,
2003
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3 Agriculture Division Crop Statistics Horticulture Statistics
Livestock Statistics Financial Statistics Whole Farm Data Project
Census of Agriculture Research & Analysis Spatial Analysis
& Geomatic Applications
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4 Analysis and Development Section food and agriculture issues
strengthen capacity for research and analysis co-ordinate research
and analysis initiatives develop research partnerships with other
departments and universities publications VISTA newsletter
Agriculture Working Paper Series
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5 Research Opportunities Objective is the publication of the
results of analytic work in a Statistics Canada working paper
series, Statistics Canada Publications (printed and internet), and
academic Journals Doctorate and post-doc research Research Fellows
(faculty) Research opportunities for masters candidates Research
partnership arrangements
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6 Micro Data Access Research Data Centres social statistics
collected from individuals and households Household data,
expenditures Health statistics Labour statistics Statistics Canada
Ottawa all business statistics irrespective of the size of the
business Farm survey data Census of Agriculture
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7 Requirements 1.Research Proposal Special SSHRC application
for social statistics micro data research in RDC Application to
Division Director for social and business statistics micro data
research in Ottawa 2.Sign contract on researchers rights and
responsibilities 3.Consent to a security clearance 4.Agree, as a
deemed employee to abide by the: oath/affirmation of secrecy
Provisions of the Statistics Act Conflict of Interest and Post
Employment Code
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8 Research Proposal Requirements Clear description of research
objective and hypothesis Description of methodology Explain why
this research is of value and how it will advance our
knowledge
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9 Summary Research opportunities with Statistics Canada RDCs
SSHRC managed research application for work with Statistics Canada
micro data on social statistics Statistics Canada Ottawa Proposal
to Division Director for work in Ottawa with Statistics Canada
micro data on business statistics Fellows and Post Doctoral
Programs Research Partnerships with Statistics Canada Analysts Mike
Trant, Agriculture Division for food and agriculture and trade and
the environment as it affects agriculture
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10 Research Results Agriculture and Food Statistics
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11 Agriculture and Food Sectors Farming 2% of GDP Food
Processing 2.4% of GDP Food Retailing 2.6% of GDP Agriculture and
Food sectors 7% of GDP
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12 Agriculture Sector 246,000 farms Cash receipts = $30 billion
2 % of GDP - nationally Wheat production = 27 mt Corn production =
9 mt Barley production = 13 mt Canola production = 9 mt Soybeans
production = 3 mt Cattle = 13 million head Hogs = 12 million
head
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13 Food Processing Sector Food processing industry is the third
largest manufacturing industry Food processing industry contributes
2.4% to total GDP Food processing industry is catering to changes
in Canadian households (aging population, single person, single
parent, culturally diverse)
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14 Food Retailing Sector Food is the second largest retailing
sector Food distribution contributes 2.6% to GDP The sector faces
increased competition from non- food retailers and international
food retailers. Food prices have been rising more slowly than
prices in general.
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16 International Comparison the food industry totaled 1.3% of
GDP in the United States, 2.0% in Germany, 1.3% in the United
Kingdom. using purchasing power parities, Canada has surpassed the
United States, Germany and the United Kingdom in productivity (as
measured by value added per worker).
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17 Research Results Agricultural Labour and Employment
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18 Recent trends in farm employment farm employment - measured
by main-job agriculture - saw steep declines between 1999 and 2001
but begins to rebound in 2002 (LFS) down 6% in 1999 down 13% in
2000 down 11% in 2001 up 10% in the first 10 months of 2002
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19 Main-Job in Agriculture (000s) Figure 3: Farm employment
drops between 1999 and 2001 and begins to rebound in 2002 Source:
Labour Force Survey, seasonally adjusted
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20 Where is the decline decline greatest on farms operated by
self-employed farmers with no employees paid employees in
agriculture unchanged decline in unpaid employees working on farms
more second-job agriculture farmers fewer spouses and children
working on the farm with their main-job in agriculture
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21 Lack of farm profits may be pushing some people off the farm
farm profits unchanged, and at historically low levels for a number
of years, non-farm opportunities better farm expenses have matched
the rise in farm receipts net incomes stabilizing between 4 and 5
billion dollars over the past 20 years (constant dollars)