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Doidge, Mary

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor

Doidge, Mary
Contact Information
Address: 

Macdonald-Stewart building, MS3-043

Phone: 
514-398-2026
Email address: 
mary.doidge [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 

B.Sc. University of Guelph
B.A. University of Guelph
M.Sc. University of Guelph
Ph.D. Michigan State University

Biography: 

Mary Doidge received her Bachelor鈥檚 degrees at the University of Guelph, where she went on to get her MSc in Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics. She then attended Michigan State University where she earned her PhD in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. After her PhD, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at the Ohio State University. She joined McGill鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences in January of 2020. Her work takes a behavioural approach to agricultural economics, examining farmer decision-making under risk and uncertainty.

Active Affiliations

Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, member
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, member

Current research: 

Professor Doidge鈥檚 current research projects include understanding how crop insurance influences farmers鈥� incentives to adapt to climate change risk, how farmers make land use decisions, and how best to design incentives to promote best management practice (BMP) adoption to improve environmental quality.

Areas of interest: 

Professor Doidge鈥檚 research examines farmer decision-making in the context of land use, crop insurance, conservation, and climate change adaptation behaviour, among others. She is interested in farmers鈥� on-farm economic decisions in the face of risk and uncertainty, and how insights from other social sciences can be applied to the study of agricultural economics.

Courses: 

AGEC 332. Farm Management and Finance.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Managing and financing a farm business. Topics include: the decision making process, farm management and economic concepts, the analysis of financial statements, farm planning and budgeting, input management, investment analysis, risk in financial management, the acquisition and cost of capital.
  • Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGEC 331 or AGEC 350
  • Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent

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AGEC 425. Applied Econometrics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

The theory and application of econometrics to empirical issues in agriculture and environment. Diagnosis and treatment of standard violations of the assumptions underlying ordinary least squares.
  • Fall
  • 3 lectures
  • Prerequisites: AEMA 310, AGEC 200 and AGEC 201 or equivalents

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AGEC 450. Agribusiness Management.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Strategic management of agricultural and food businesses. Analysis of internal and external factors and competitive forces affecting agribusinesses. Formulation of business strategy and solutions to strategic problems. Case-based course designed to enhance students' problemsolving and decisionmaking skills. Integration of knowledge and tools from various economics and business disciplines.
  • Winter
  • 3 lectures
  • Prerequisites: AGEC 231, AGEC 330, AGEC 332 and an accounting course, or approval of instructor

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