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Apr 05, 2018

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On yesterday’s program we heard from Jean Marie Uwizeyimana, agri-food statistician with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, about how many people are employed in the agri-food industries in our province. Today, he breaks down some of those numbers, starting with gender.

Interview with Jean Marie Uwizeyimana (1:42 minutes) (802 Kb)

Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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