Ken Belcher

Associate Professor, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business, and Economics, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Graduate Chair, School of Environment and Sustainability

Designations

• Doctor of Philosophy in Resource and Environmental Economics, University of Saskatchewan
• Master of Natural Resources Management, University of Manitoba
• Bachelor of Science and Agriculture in Animal Science, University of Manitoba

Email: ken.belcher@usask.ca
Phone: (306) 966-4019

Areas of Interest

• Ecological economics
• Resource and environmental economics
• Environmental policy
• Climate change
• Wetland and wildlife conservation policy

Recent Grants/Awards

• Management of Agricultural Landscapes with Wetlands and Riparian Zones: Economic and Greenhouse Gas Implications, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Ducks Unlimited Funding. September 2005 – March 2009.
• Lower Souris Ecological Goods and Services Pilot. Lower Souris Watershed Committee Inc., Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) Funding. March 2007 – March 2009

Select Publications

• Warren, J., C. Lawson, and K.W. Belcher. 2008. The Agri-Environment. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK.
• Belcher, K.W., A. Germann and J. Schmutz. 2007. Beef with environmental and quality attributes: preferences of environmental group and the general population consumers in Saskatchewan, Canada. Agriculture and Human Values. 24:333-342.
• Farnese, P.L. and K.W. Belcher. 2006. Wetlands in agricultural landscapes: a legal and policy context. Law Science and Policy. 3(1): 33-58.
• Samarawickrema, A.K. and K.W. Belcher. 2005. Net greenhouse gas emissions and the economics of annual crop management systems. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 53:385-401.
• Belcher, K.W. and J. Schmutz. 2005. Management of the prairie landscape through strategic consumer-producer co-operatives. Prairie Forum. 30(1):55-72.
• Belcher, K.W., J. Nolan and P.W.B. Phillips. 2005. Genetically modified crops and agricultural landscapes: spatial patterns of contamination. Ecological Economics. 53:387-401.
• Belcher, K.W., M.M. Boehm, and M.E. Fulton. 2004. Agroecosystem sustainability: A system simulation model approach. Agricultural Systems. 79:225-241.
• Belcher, K.W, M.M. Boehm and M. Fulton. 2003. An agroecosystem scale evaluation of the sustainability implications of carbon tax and carbon credit policies. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 22(2): 75-97.
• Belcher, K.W, A.L. Hobbs, and W.A. Kerr. 2003. The WTO and environmental sustainability: is there a conflict? International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. 2(1):2-18.

Current Courses

• ENVS 898.3 - Environmental Economics and Policy Making

Current Research

• Targeting of Canadian Agri-Environmental Policy
• Wetland and Riparian Conservation Policy and the Role of Carbon Markets
• Compensation Required to Encourage Wetland Conservation in Saskatchewan
• Appropriate Policy Measures and Ecological Goods and Services
• Value of Recreational Leases to Saskatchewan Landowners

Other Courses

• IPRM 102.3 - Environmental Studies Economics
• RRM 212.3 - Introductory Resource Economics and Policy
• BPBE 430.3 - Intermediate Resource Economics