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CFFO Blog's Blog – June 2011 Archive (4)
The CFFO Commentary: Evaluating the Value of Dollars spent on Environmental Projects
June 24, 2011
In a world of limited financial resources, choosing the best environmental projects and the targets to be met can be difficult for policy makers. Recently, Dr. Anna Roberts from the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria, Australia, shared an approach to establishing and evaluating environmental improvement goals.
The approach is known as INFFER, which is short for Investment Framework for Environmental Resources. The key point of… Continue
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The CFFO Commentary: Profitability in the Ontario Food Chain Extends to Input Suppliers
June 17, 2011
The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario has said repeatedly that a sustainable Ontario agriculture needs to be profitable for all those in the food chain. Typically, most people view the food chain as only extending upwards from farmers to processors and retailers. But the reality is that it extends much further than that conception to include both consumers and farm input suppliers.
That reality was spelled out in a recent letter I… Continue
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The CFFO Commentary: Healthy Food Processing Sector Creates Opportunities for Our Farmers
June 10, 2011
The Agri-food Asset Map highlights the strengths that Ontario has to offer as a place for…
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The CFFO Commentary: Helping Out In The Rebuilding of An Agricultural Sector
By John Clement
June 3, 2011
The University of Guelph and Njala University in Sierra Leone have entered into a unique arrangement to strengthen the African institution’s ability to help in the rebuilding and development of agriculture and community service. As part of that arrangement, a delegation from the Sierra Leone university recently toured Ontario to gain a sense of how our province has put together a strong working relationship between farmers, producer groups,…
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