MFRE Speaker: Jean Philippe Gervais, Farm Credit Canada

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Jean Philippe Gervais, Vice president and Economist of Farm Credit Canada will speak to the MFRE Students this Friday, Nov 25 about Economics and Valuation. Everyone is invited!

Economics and Valuations

Date: Friday, November 25, 2022

Time: 3:00-4:30 PM

Location: MCML 160

 

J.P. Gervais is Vice-President and Chief Agricultural Economist at FCC. He has over 20 years of experience analyzing domestic and international agricultural policies and markets, and his insights help guide strategy and monitor risk throughout the corporation. He’s frequently a featured speaker at national and international conferences, addressing global trends and the linkages to agri-food markets. In addition to acting as an FCC spokesperson on economic matters, J.P. provides commentary on the agriculture industry through videos and the FCC Ag Economist blog.

Prior to joining FCC in 2010, J.P. was a professor of agricultural economics at North Carolina State University and Laval University. He also held the Canada Research Chair in Agri-Industries and International Trade at Laval. J.P. is Past-President of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University in 1999

Topics covered during the seminar: the role of FCC and its offerings, the role of an economist at a financial institution, and the type of economic research the ag-econ FCC research group does

 

Many thanks!

Olivier

Olivier Ntwali, MFRE
Academic Program Manager
Master of Food and Resource Economics| Land and Food System
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Macmillan Building – 348A- 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone: 6047718961| olivier.ntwali@ubc.ca| http://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/

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