Richard Gray, University of Saskatchewan

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Saskatchewan profile.

Risk and production economics Economics of nutrition Agricultural marketing Grain transportation and other infrastructure Agricultural innovation and research funding mechanisms

Latest papers

An economic analysis of private incentives to adopt DNA barcoding technology for fish species authentication in Canada.
Genome · 2015 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Adapting to new environments: agriculture and rural economies in the 21st century
SSHRC · 2005 · Co-investigator
$300,000
Transformative change in biosphere greenhouse gas management
SSHRC · 2002 · Co-investigator
$282,985

All 2 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

An economic analysis of private incentives to adopt DNA barcoding technology for fish species authentication in Canada.

Ugochukwu AI, Hobbs JE, Phillips PW, Gray R

Genome2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/gen-2015-0033 PMID: 26577715

Adapting to new environments: agriculture and rural economies in the 21st century

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Knowledge Impact in Society

Keywords: agriculture; adaptation; innovation; environment; rural economies; governance; policy; regulation

$300,000

Transformative change in biosphere greenhouse gas management

Co-investigatorSSHRC2002National Research Network on the Human Dimensions of Biosphere Greenhouse Gas Management

Principal investigators: Fulton, Murray E.

Keywords: greenhouse gas management; carbon credit trading; contracts; agriculture; forestry; endogenous policy; rural impacts; option values; uncertainty; transformative change; R&D; carbon sequestration

$282,985

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Risk and production economics Dear Professor Gray, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "An economic analysis of private incentives to adopt DNA barcoding technology for fish species authentication in Canada." (2015), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]