Exporting rutabagas seeds to Nepal would benefit Canadians in many different ways. The creation of new job opportunities would be an important economic benefit to Canada. To provide the seeds, farmers need to cultivate rutabagas to produce them, and because rutabagas are a biennial plant, it takes two years for the plant to produce seeds (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2014). Farmers would need to be given incentive to let their rutabagas grow for two years to produce the seeds instead of the one year to produce the root. Since the Nepalese would be using this primarily as a food source, farmers can profit from companies providing them with contracts to produce seed. In NORSECO’s warehouse in Laval, Quebec, jobs would be created for the locals in helping the company process large amounts of seeds (NORSECO, 2013). Also, shipping the seeds across Canada, and across the Pacific Ocean to Nepal, would create job opportunities within trucking and air companies.
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