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Grain Transportation In Canada: Some Critical Issues And Implications For Research *
Author(s) -
TYRCHNIEWICZ E.W.,
TANGRP OM P.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1968.tb02417.x
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , grain trade , port (circuit theory) , transport system , business , transport engineering , economics , engineering , agricultural economics , political science , mechanical engineering , law
This paper brings attention to important issues bearing as grain transportation in Canada and research implications. Critical issues considered are: the grain delivery quota system, grades, rail line abandonment, export port problems and potentials, new grain transport technology and rate regulation. While a number of improvements are suggested the need for a hard objective evaluation of the total grain transportation system is strongly stressed, so as to develop an optimum system .