Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
The Lethbridge Research and Development Centre (Lethbridge RDC) was established in 1906 in Lethbridge, Alberta. It is one the largest facilities within Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) network of 20 research and development centres.
The Centre is associated with one satellite location: Vauxhall Research Farm.
Areas of Research
The Lethbridge RDC leads research on beef cattle production systems (health and welfare, food safety, microbiology); crop production (agronomy, breeding, genetics, pathology) and sustainable production systems under dryland and irrigated conditions associated with farming in a semi-arid climate.
Research activities focus on supporting the long-term competitiveness of the sector while reducing the environmental footprint of agricultural practices and maintaining the health and productivity of the agro-ecosystem.
Search Research projects from the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre to learn more about what we do.
Sector Needs
The Lethbridge RDC supports innovative research, development, technology and knowledge transfer activities related to the following AAFC Science Sector Strategies:
- Forages and Beef
- Dairy, Pork, Poultry and Other Livestock
- Biodiversity and Bioresources
- Cereals and Pulses
- Oilseeds
- Horticulture
- Agro-Ecosystem Resilience
Meet our Scientists
Find out more about the scientists at Lethbridge Research and Development Centre through their profiles below.
You can also visit the Fields of Science campaign featuring 11 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists from coast to coast. Discover why they chose to pursue a career in agriculture and learn more about their research.
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Scientists and researchers
Publications
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Tingley, J.P., Low, K.E., Xing, X., Abbott, D.W. (2021). Combined whole cell wall analysis and streamlined in silico carbohydrate-active enzyme discovery to improve biocatalytic conversion of agricultural crop residues, 14(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13068-020-01869-8
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Klassen, L., Reintjes, G., Tingley, J.P., Jones, D.R., Hehemann, J.H., Smith, A.D., Schwinghamer, T.D., Arnosti, C., Jin, L., Alexander, T.W., Amundsen, C., Thomas, D., Amann, R., McAllister, T.A., Abbott, D.W. (2021). Quantifying fluorescent glycan uptake to elucidate strain-level variability in foraging behaviors of rumen bacteria, 9(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00975-x
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Ensing, DJ, R Bourchier, R De Clerck-Floate, V Miller, S Turner, C Moffat. 2021. 30 years of biological control of invasive spotted knapweed in British Columbia. ISCBC Invasive Species Research Conference, Virtual, 06-07 October 2021.
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Catton H, van Herk W, Saguez J and Svendsen E (2021) Guide to pest wireworms in Canadian
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Prairie field crop production. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Dufton, S.V., Laird, R.A., Floate, K.D., Otani, J.K. (2021). Diversity, rate, and distribution of wheat midge parasitism in the Peace River region of Alberta, Canada, 153(4), 461-469. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2021.7
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Willsey, T., Patey, J., Vucurevich, C., Chatterton, S., Carcamo, H. (2021). Evaluation of foliar and seed treatments for integrated management of root rot and pea leaf weevil in field pea and faba bean, 143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105538
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Moote, P.E., Bescucci, D.M., Polo, R.O., Uwiera, R.R.E., Inglis, G.D. (2021). Comparison of Strategies for Isolating Anaerobic Bacteria from the Porcine Intestine, 87(9), 1-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00088-21
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An, H., Owens, J., Beres, B., Li, Y., Hao, X. (2021). Nitrous oxide emissions with enhanced efficiency and conventional urea fertilizers in winter wheat, 119(3), 307-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10705-021-10118-9
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Zhang, X.M., Smith, M.L., Gruninger, R.J., Kung, L., Vyas, D., McGinn, S.M., Kindermann, M., Wang, M., Tan, Z.L., Beauchemin, K.A. (2021). Combined effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol and canola oil supplementation on methane emissions, rumen fermentation and biohydrogenation, and total tract digestibility in beef cattle, 99(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab081
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Charles F. Nicholson, Emma C. Stephens, Birgit Kopainsky, Philip K. Thornton, Andrew D. Jones, David Parsons, James Garrett,
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Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Case examples and priority information needs,
Agricultural Systems,
Volume 188,
2021,
103030,
ISSN 0308-521X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103030.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X2030891X)
Abstract: Analyses of food security with agricultural systems models often focus on indicators of food availability, with limited treatment of the other three dimensions: food access, stability and utilization. We illustrate how three indicators of access (food consumption expenditures, a food insecurity scale and dietary diversity) and their stability can be incorporated into a dynamic household-level model of a maize-based production system in the Kenya highlands and a dynamic regional model of sheep production and marketing in Mexico. Although stylized due to limits on empirical evidence, the analyses suggest that inclusion of multiple access indicators can provide insights because the indicators respond differently to production shocks, demand growth and programs providing production subsidies. We also illustrate how to examine stability of food security outcomes in response to shocks using metrics of hardness (ability to withstand shocks) and elasticity (ability to return to previous conditions). The data required for more widespread empirical implementation of these methods include measurement—preferably at frequent intervals over time—of food access indicators, but also their determinants and linkages to outcomes in agricultural systems models. Analyses of food access and stability will be most valuable for assessments of food security impacts of climate change, when food systems are undergoing transformative change and to identify priority interventions and target audiences.
Keywords: Food security; Agricultural systems models; Food access; Stability
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