Review of international assessments for the Canadian International Initiative on Agri-environmental Issues |
Apr 2008
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This IISD report is an interpretive analysis of the findings of the three aforementioned assessments. It summarizes the results of each assessment (in the Annex) using agriculture as its reviewing lens and identifies and analyzes the main implications of these findings for Canadian agriculture in light of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)’s policy goals (in the main document). Thus, this report consists of two documents: the main report and an Annex.
The goal of this main report is to present the analysis. It first outlines the methodology by which the analysis was undertaken. Then, it provides context by briefly introducing the three scientific assessments and describing the overarching drivers of change they identify and presenting the key policy options they advocate. All three assessments present the findings of scenario exercises based on various assumptions and choices about the future. This report also briefly describes these scenarios since they are referred to in the summaries in the Annex and influence some of the interpretive analysis and conclusions. Finally, the report concludes by looking at the usefulness of the three assessments for AAFC’s purposes and proposing a number of questions that may stimulate further reflection on the future of agriculture in Canada.
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