Traduction de «farm work study » (Anglais → Français) :

Several studies and reports (United Kingdom Foresight "The Future of Food and Farming", the on-going work on agriculture foresight carried out by the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, the 2009 OECD report on "Challenges for Agricultural Research", etc.) advocate for ambitious research programmes in agriculture.

(Return tabled) Question No. 565 Mr. Mark Holland: With regard to Correctional Services Canada's (CSC) prison farm program: (a) what is the plan for the prison farm lands over the next 15 years, broken down annually, and what is the anticipated cost to CSC to manage the lands, and is any profit anticipated and, if so, what is it; (b) is CSC planning on renting out these lands and, if so, what sort of process will be put into place to decide who the tenants will be, and how much is CSC anticipating it will make annually on the rental of these lands; (c) how many inmates have participated in the prison farm program over the past 15 years ...[+++], broken down annually and by institution, and how many of these participants have gone on to work in agricultural or related sectors; (d) what, if any, studies, documentation or advice did CSC rely on in their decision to terminate the prison farms program, when was it received and who provided it; (e) what, if any, studies, documentation or advice did CSC receive showing the psychological, social, financial, environmental and health benefits of the prison farm program, when was it received and who provided it; and (f) what is CSC doing to replace the food that was provided through the prison farm program, and what is the annual cost to CSC of outsourcing this food, as compared to the food derived through the prison farm program over the next five years?

Question No. 63 Mr. John Cummins: With regard to the expansion of the Roberts Bank Port Facility to include a third berth and a second terminal as per the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and related Side-Agreements, the Memorandum of Agreement between the Tsawwassen Band and the Vancouver Port Authority, and the related Settlement Agreement between the Tsawwassen Band, Canada, British Columbia (B.C.), Vancouver Port Authority, B.C. Ferry Services, B.C. Rail Ltd and B.C. Transportation and Financing Authority: (a) how many acres (or hectares) of farm land will be used for Roberts Bank port and rail related developments now underway ...[+++] or under study; (b) with the completion of the Roberts Bank port expansion, including both the third berth and second terminal, what plans, if any, are there to use the Brunswick Point farmlands; (c) is the affected Roberts Bank farmland presently protected by the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve designation; (d) does the Tsawwassen Final Agreement address the issue of farmland protection and if so, how; (e) will the farmland continue to be protected by the Agricultural Land Reserve designation following ratification of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and, if not, why; (f) did the Vancouver Port Authority undertake to work jointly with the Tsawwassen Band to ensure the removal of the Agricultural Land Reserve designation from the farmland and, if so, why and what alternate measures did it put in place to protect farmland adjacent to the Roberts Bank port, rail and highway expansion; (g) did the Vancouver Port Authority agree to jointly develop with the Tsawwassen Band a container handling facility on the farmland protected by the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve designation and, if so, why did the Vancouver Port Authority enter into such an agreement rather than develop container handling facilities further inland in a less environmentally sensitive area; (h) did the Vancouver Port Authority agree that the land would be leased at lease rates ...

This major programme, which is expected to last for two to three years, is divided into two separate parts, each of which will receive the same amount of financing : - the recovery/protection of flooded farm land, through construction of medium-sized polders and raising of the level of roads. The works will be carried out in only two areas but will serve to develop appropriate methods and technology which could then be used on similar areas in the future ; - the carrying-out of major hydraulic, hydrological, economic and development and environment ...[+++]al impact studies, with a view to drawing up a master plan to regulate and make full use of Lake Titicaca's enormous water resources in Peru and Bolivia and the whole related complex (Desaguadero - Lake Poopo - Salars) in Bolivia.

The prize has been awarded to Mr Stambogli for this journalistic work over a long period and his knowledge and approach to European problems, and to Mr Schroeder for his study "Der Agrarische Grossbetrieb in Baden-Wuerttemberg" (large farms in Baden- Wuerttemberg), which is a study of such farms from their origins through to the time of the Mansholt-Plan.