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Question: Eating local in Quebec: buzz or real potential to encourage? Remember that you must provide an analysis that will help your Minister to better understand the problem (the interest - if any - of the local food market) and to explain the result of your conclusion in relation to the question posed. Advice : o Start by identifying the concepts to use o Think about the incentives of the actors of the sector o Think like an economist (at the margin, scarcity, opportunity cost) o Think about the new concepts you learned in class in order to qualify the analysis

Avenues of analysis: *Has the pandemic really changed the demand for local food products? * Do vegetable producers in Quebec really face greater uncertainty in the market than in field crops? Is the integration of cereal production into the international market a guarantee of balance and stability? What is fueling uncertainty in these agricultural markets and how do you see this holding you back? * How do market structures (competition, concentration, etc.) influence the prices of local food products in Quebec? What do we know about consumers' willingness to pay for local food products versus other food products? *How does the inflation context affect demand forecasts for local food products in Quebec? * Are the speeches and political measures in favor of Quebec food products credible and coherent? * Some related concepts: willingness to pay, limits of economic policy, consumer theory, international trade theory, uncertainty, agricultural market instability, black swan, complexity economics, markets and prices, etc. The goal is not to answer all these questions. You are free to approach the main question from any angle, as long as you mobilize economic theory and the concepts learned in class to offer an original, clear and nuanced economic analysis and story.

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