Economics Section

Program description | Key messages | Clients | Contact information | Publications

Program description

The Economics Section:

Analyzes the competitiveness of the primary and processing industry in Alberta.
Provides economic and competitiveness analysis of the impact of trade developments.
Analyzes the economic impact of environmental stewardship practices.
Leads in providing economic, risk and competitiveness analysis about Land-Use Framework.
Develops and provides business management information for producers.
Provides advice and develops margins for crop and livestock for the Agri-Stability Program.
Assesses the economic impact associated with food safety, foreign animal and plant diseases, non-tariff trade barriers and WTO negotiations on the agriculture industry.

Key messages

Expand research on the competitiveness of Alberta’s primary and processing industries.
In partnership with public and private sector delivery agents, develop economic information and risk management tools and information to meet producer needs.
Assess the impact of foreign animal and plant diseases, trade disruptions, World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and other risks and opportunities that impact the agriculture industry.
Assess the economic impact of environment stewardship practices on Alberta producers.
Provide economic analysis and assessment of safety net options for Alberta producers.
Represent agriculture’s interests in the economic and modeling portion of the Land-Use Framework process.

Clients

Section clients include the following:

Ministry staff and agencies
Primary producers
Agri-businesses (e.g., financial institutions, processors, traders and marketers)

Contact information

The main contact for the Economics Section is 780-422-3771.

Name	Title	Phone	Area of Responsibility
Philippa Rodrigues E-mail: philippa.rodrigues@gov.ab.ca	Director	780-427-2799	Section Responsibilities
Lorraine Kohlman E-mail: lorraine.kohlman@gov.ab.ca	Section Administrator	780- 422-3771	Administrative support to the Economics Section
Zoia Komirenko E-mail: zoia.komirenko@gov.ab.ca	Senior Agricultural Economist	780- 422-5027	Economic modelling and research, including economic impact analyses of irrigation development issues, crop and livestock diseases and trade issues.
Anatoliy Oginskyy E-mail: anatoliy.oginskyy@gov.ab.ca	Senior Production Economist	780-427-5390	Economics of beef production Farm finance Business and risk management Applied economic research Liaise with internal and external stakeholders
Emmanuel Laate E-mail: emmanuel.laate@gov.ab.ca	Senior Crop Economist	780-422-4054	Provincial production economics research for horticulture, specialty crops and beekeeping Economic information and expertise Competitiveness in primary and value-added agriculture and agri-food Evaluate industry competitiveness
Manglai E-mail: ml.manglai@gov.ab.ca	Production Crops Economist	780-422-4056	Production economics for grains and oilseeds Applied economic research and analysis Agri-Profit$ for crops – benchmarks and budgets Liaise with internal and external stakeholders
Anne Huennemeyer E-mail:anne.huennemeyer@gov.ab.ca	Research Economist	780-422-2903	Agricultural economic research Research on opportunities in the value-added industry Leads economic feasibility studies
Olu Oyewumi E-mail: olu.oyewumi@gov.ab.ca	Economic Modeller	780-422-3945	Provide economic modelling expertise and leadership to the Ministry and agri-food industry Conduct applied economic research and analysis Develop and maintain economic models
Pauline VanBiert E-mail: pauline.vanbiert@gov.ab.ca	Research Analyst	780-415-2153	Annual dairy cost study Coordinate AgriProfit$ cost of production studies for crops, livestock and specialty crops
Ann Boyda Email: ann.boyda@gov.ab.ca	Livestock Economist	780-422-4088	Applied economic research on livestock and meat value-chains Cost of production research on cow/calf, feedlot, sheep and hog industries in Alberta Applied research on various livestock related topics
Shukun Guan Email: shukun.guan@gov.ab.ca	Research Analyst	780-415-2154	Develop new modules/software programs Modify and revise current programs

Publications

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