International Acclaim

It has only been since spring that Petr Prochazska graduated from the Master of Science program at NSAC, but already his research has drawn the attention of the international academic community. A paper written by Mr. Prochazka and Dr. Stephen Clark of NSAC’s Department of Business and Social Sciences was accepted for presentation to the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) association meetings in Gothenburg, Sweden.

. “It is exciting that they are so interested in research results related to mandated crop rotations coming from our Department,” says Dr. Clark who was also chair of Petr’s committee. “It’s nice to see that Petr’s work has generated such respect from international Environmental Economists in such a short time.”

It has only been since spring that Petr Prochazska graduated from the Master of Science program at NSAC, but already his research has drawn the attention of the international academic community. A paper written by Mr. Prochazka and Dr. Stephen Clark of NSAC’s Department of Business and Social Sciences was accepted for presentation to the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Association Meetings in Gothenburg, Sweden. “It is exciting that they are so interested in research results related to mandated crop rotations coming from our Department,” says Dr. Clark who was also chair of Petr’s committee. “It’s nice to see that Petr’s work has generated such respect from international Environmental Economists in such a short time.”

Petr’s work on mandated crop rotations in PEI has generated a lot of excitement particularly in Europe. His results are showing that mandated crop rotations work best in relatively stable economic environments. With new international trade agreements, Europeans are moving away from relatively stable, controlled economic environments to more market based, fluctuating and economic environments.

Research results coming from Petr’s research has already had an impact at the national level, where results were presented to a national workshop showcasing the results of all of Canadian Agricultural Policy Research Networks in Ottawa in January. “Insights resulting from Petr’s results were deemed so important that they were chosen above approximately twenty other projects funded by the Farm Level Policy Research Network to showcase policy relevant research”, explained Dr. Clark. “I had complements from Environmental Economists across Canada on the quality of the research results.”

The Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS) in Prague has offered Mr. Prochazka a position in the Faculty of Management and he will continue to work with Dr. Clark, who is an Adjunct Professor with CULS.