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Mr. ROGER RUKUNDO
Department of Agricultural Economics & Consumer Science, LAVAL UNIVERSITY

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Published: 03 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Analysing production systems from a circular economy (CE) perspective helps to pinpoint interventions to mitigate the environmental footprint by improving resource use efficiency, waste recovery, and prolonged product usage, recycling and reuse. Few studies exist on the measurement of CE at the micro-level. Additionally, available metrics/indicators address only certain aspects of the CE’s socio-economic metabolism, ignoring important components of the CE concept. Other frameworks propose a single indicator that aggregates and summarizes several facets of CE. This study develops a holistic approach for designing indicators with a structured methodology and an analytical framework to assess CE at the micro (unit of production) level in agriculture. The proposed approach is based on the ECOGRAI method for indicator development, and on validation of the methods with experts and final users via an application to egg production in Canada. Twenty-five performance indicators (PI) were generated for 11 decision variables that were selected as important for the sector. This resulted in a practical tool that proposes fourteen actions to improve the economic circularity (EC) of egg farms. Our methodological approach could be replicated to assess CE performance in other agricultural sectors.

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Roger Rukundo; Stéphane Bergeron; Ibrahima Bocoum; Nathan Pelletier; Maurice Doyon. A Methodological Approach to Designing Circular Economy Indicators for Agriculture: An Application to the Egg Sector. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8656 .

AMA Style

Roger Rukundo, Stéphane Bergeron, Ibrahima Bocoum, Nathan Pelletier, Maurice Doyon. A Methodological Approach to Designing Circular Economy Indicators for Agriculture: An Application to the Egg Sector. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8656.

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Roger Rukundo; Stéphane Bergeron; Ibrahima Bocoum; Nathan Pelletier; Maurice Doyon. 2021. "A Methodological Approach to Designing Circular Economy Indicators for Agriculture: An Application to the Egg Sector." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8656.

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Published: 15 October 2019 in Sustainability
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We investigated the relationship between income inequality and all-cause mortality in 87 regional county municipalities (RCMs) of Quebec (Canada) while accounting for time lags and effects of other socioeconomic variables. We presumed to be true that income inequality entails stress and depression. Thus, these phenomena were tested as mediating factors. The data used consist of eight (8) area-based chronological variables: mortality rate, Gini index, disposable income, criminality rate, number of physicians, density of population, and the proportion of people reporting feeling stressed or depressed. The association between income inequality and mortality was analyzed using the generalized method of moments (GMM) approach with local fixed effects to control unobservable characteristics. Our results show that higher income inequality led to a significant increase of mortality rate with a time lag of 5 years when socioeconomic characteristics were held constant. As expected, households’ disposable income and mortality rate were negatively associated. Moreover, mortality rate was positively associated with population density and negatively associated with the number of physicians. Finally, only depression showed the potential to act as a mediating factor. Based on our findings, we suggest that, over time, income inequality, by amplifying depression phenomena, increases the mortality rate in Quebec’s RCMs.

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Ibrahima Bocoum; Aurelas B. Tohon; Roger Rukundo; Catherine Macombe; Jean-Pierre Revéret. Effect of Income Inequality on Health in Quebec: New Insights from Panel Data. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5700 .

AMA Style

Ibrahima Bocoum, Aurelas B. Tohon, Roger Rukundo, Catherine Macombe, Jean-Pierre Revéret. Effect of Income Inequality on Health in Quebec: New Insights from Panel Data. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5700.

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Ibrahima Bocoum; Aurelas B. Tohon; Roger Rukundo; Catherine Macombe; Jean-Pierre Revéret. 2019. "Effect of Income Inequality on Health in Quebec: New Insights from Panel Data." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5700.