The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy

The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy
Author: Johan F. M. Swinnen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN: 9781783484843

This book is the first to document the reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to analyse the political and economic factors which determined the outcome of the negotiations. The policy (non-)reform will affect the world's global food security and agricultural ...

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2020

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2020
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9264748210

This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all six continents, including the 36 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 13 emerging economies.

The World of Organic Agriculture

The World of Organic Agriculture
Author: Minou Yussefi-Menzler
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1136535233

The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, numbers of farms and specific information about commodities and land use in organic systems. The book also contains information on the global market of the burgeoning organic sector, the latest developments in organic certification, standards and regulations, and insights into current status and emerging trends for organic agriculture by continent from the worlds foremost experts. For this edition, all statistical data and regional review chapters have been thoroughly updated. Completely new chapters on organic agriculture in the Pacific, on the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture and on organic aquaculture have been added. Published with IFOAM and FiBL

Rigged Rules and Double Standards

Rigged Rules and Double Standards
Author: Kevin Watkins
Publisher: Oxfam
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2002
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780855985257

A critical and detailed analysis of inequalities of world trade systems.

Making Better Policies for Food Systems

Making Better Policies for Food Systems
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2021-01-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9264967834

Food systems around the world face a triple challenge: providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population; supporting livelihoods for those working along the food supply chain; and contributing to environmental sustainability. Better policies hold tremendous promise for making progress in these domains.

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2019

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2019
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9264834974

This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all 6 continents, including the 36 OECD countries, the 6 non-OECD EU Member States, and 12 emerging economies. It is a unique source of up-to date estimates of support to agriculture using a comprehensive system of measuring and classifying support to agriculture – the Producer and Consumer Support Estimates (PSEs and CSEs), the General Services Support Estimate (GSSE) and related indicators – which provide insight into the increasingly complex nature of agricultural policy and serve as a basis for OECD’s agricultural policy monitoring and evaluation.

Livestock's Long Shadow

Livestock's Long Shadow
Author: Henning Steinfeld
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251055717

"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean

Agricultural Trade Policy and Food Security in the Caribbean
Author: Deep Ford
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251057476

Agricultural trade is a major factor determining food security in Caribbean countries. In these small open economies, exports are essential, whilst imports provide a large part of the food supply. This book examines various dimensions of trade policy and related issues and suggests policies to address trade and food security and rural development linkages. It is as a guide and reference documents for agricultural trade policy analysts, trade negotiators, policy-makers and planners in both the public and private sectors.

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2012-02-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9264167447

This conference proceedings from the OECD Conference on Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS), held in Paris inJune 2011, discusses experiences and approaches to AKS explores how to foster development and adoption of innovation to meet global food security and climate change challenges.

Food Security, Food Safety, Food Quality

Food Security, Food Safety, Food Quality
Author: Ines Härtel
Publisher: Nomos/Hart
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781509911318

Today security, quality and the availability of food are very important. The complex relations of the above mentioned issues evole in different fields of law. This book edited by Ines Härtel and Roman Budzinowski covers a wide range of topics via analysis and discussion in the European context, such as the right to food, Common Agricultural Policy, contractual relations and value chains in the agri-food sector, organic farming, food production safety issues, questions of food labelling, Health Claims, Novel Food, Patents, the role of institutions such as EFSA, the responsibility of trade and CSR. Legal frameworks, essential concerns and future developments of food security, food safety and food quality are the basis for discussion and solution finding.