Policy Briefs
Comprehensive research reports of The Simpson Centre's findings and policy recommendations under its three core pillars: Ag & Economics, Ag & Society, and Ag Literacy.
2025
- Enhancing Agricultural Research and Development for Sustainable Growth in Canada
- A Case for Reinforcing Agri-food Research and Development Spending: Where Does Canada Stand Internationally?
- Canadian Agriculture and Food Research Effectiveness and Competitiveness: A Time-Series Analysis of Public & Private Funding Envelopes
- Digital Transformation in Canadian Crop Production: A Scoping Review of Emerging Technologies, Trends, and Policy Gaps
2024
- Navigating Climate Change: Alberta’s Carbon Program for Sustainable Agriculture
- Enhancing Canada’s Beef Exports and Competitiveness in the Global Market
- Policies Affecting the Efficiency of Beef Production in Alberta: A Supply Chain Analysis
- Assessing the Viability of Smaller Municipalities: The Alberta Model
- Sustainable Innovation in the Canadian Agri-food Sector: Past, Present & Future
2023
- Agriculture Matters: An Overview of Party Visions
- Agriculture Matters: Primary Producers' Voices on Policy in Alberta
- Agriculture Matters: The Role of Political Parties in Shaping Agriculture Policy
- Implicit Market Segmentation and Valuation of Angus Bull Attributes
- Simulation of the Impact of Rangeland Management Strategies on Soil Health, Environmental Footprint, Economic Impact, and Human-Edible Nutrient Conversion from Grasslands in the Central and Northern Great Plains of the United States
- Planning to Fail: A Case Study of Canada’s Fertilizer Based Emission Reduction Target
- Alberta’s Role in the Global Agri-Food Marketplace – Part B: Illustrated Data
2022
- Additives and Offsets. A Partial Life Cycle Analysis of 3NOP Supplementation in Alberta Beef Production
- Agricultural Stakeholder Outreach: Attitudes & Perceptions Towards Nitrous Oxide Reductions in Crop Production
- Agricultural Stakeholder Outreach: Attitudes & Perceptions Towards Methane Reductions in Beef
- Are Offsets Enough? A Partial Cost Benefit Analysis of Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Adoption for Dryland Wheat Production in Alberta
- Beef and Plant Protein: Stronger Together
- Mitigating Non-Tariff Measures in Agriculture: Preferential Trade Agreements and Conversations
- Carbon Credit Systems in Alberta Agriculture
- Near-Term Nitrous Oxide Reduction Options
- The Ruminant Rationale
- Near-Term Methane Reduction Options
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Agriculture: Policies and Reduction Measures
- Global Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Enteric Methane
- Global Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Direct Fertilizer-Based Emissions
- Carbon-Credit Systems in Agriculture: A Review of Literature
- Western Canada’s Flooded Supply Chain
2021
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Agriculture: Estimates and Measurements
- A Primer on Carbon Tax Relief for Farmers
- Alberta’s Role in the Global Agri-Food Marketplace – Part A: Digging Deeper
- Alberta’s Argiculture GHG Emissions and Canada’s National Target
- Shaping Agricultural Policies in the Anthropocene Era: What Can We Learn from the DPSIR Framework?
- Interprovincial Trade Barriers in Canada: Options for Moving Forward
- Strengthening Canada’s Food System by Reducing Food Waste
- Alberta Agri-Food Futures
- Canadian Agri-Food Export Opportunities in a COVID-19 World
2020
- Canada’s Food Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Grown Locally, Harvested Globally: The Role of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canadian Agriculture
- Family Farmers to Foreign Fieldhands: Consolidation of Canadian Agriculture and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
- Vulnerabilities and Benefits of Megascale Agrifood Processing Facilities in Canada