Global Governance of Food Production and Consumption: Issues and ChallengesEdward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 294 pages The provision of food is undergoing radical transformations throughout the global community. Peter Oosterveer argues that, as a consequence, conventional national governmental regulations can no longer adequately respond to existing and emerging food risks and to environmental concerns. This book examines these challenges. |
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... countries ( 2000 ) 1.3 Approximate share of world production traded across borders 5.1 Number of BSE cases per country on 31 March 2001 3 3 6.1 Models and GM food governance 6.2 GM crops worldwide 6.3 European area under Bt maize 6.4 ...
... countries ( 2000 ) 1.3 Approximate share of world production traded across borders 5.1 Number of BSE cases per country on 31 March 2001 3 3 6.1 Models and GM food governance 6.2 GM crops worldwide 6.3 European area under Bt maize 6.4 ...
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... countries have been confronted with crises about the safety of food or about the environmental risks in using particular production or processing methods . The subject of this book therefore fits well into the contemporary public and ...
... countries have been confronted with crises about the safety of food or about the environmental risks in using particular production or processing methods . The subject of this book therefore fits well into the contemporary public and ...
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... countries dominate the international trade in food products . * Table 1.2 Top 15 food exporting and importing countries ( 2000 ) Exporters Value ( $ bn ) Share in world ( % ) Importers Value ( $ bn ) Share in world ( % ) USA 70.87 12.7 ...
... countries dominate the international trade in food products . * Table 1.2 Top 15 food exporting and importing countries ( 2000 ) Exporters Value ( $ bn ) Share in world ( % ) Importers Value ( $ bn ) Share in world ( % ) USA 70.87 12.7 ...
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... countries are responsi- ble for about 60 per cent of both global food exports and imports . ( See Ta- ble 1.2 ... countries themselves . The US , Aus- tralia and Canada have two - thirds of total exports between them and almost 80 per ...
... countries are responsi- ble for about 60 per cent of both global food exports and imports . ( See Ta- ble 1.2 ... countries themselves . The US , Aus- tralia and Canada have two - thirds of total exports between them and almost 80 per ...
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... countries are Japan , Russia and China , also varying according to the particular type of meat concerned ( Einarsson , 2000 : 10-12 ) . Fish is traded heavily as well , reaching to around 33 per cent of the total world fish production ...
... countries are Japan , Russia and China , also varying according to the particular type of meat concerned ( Einarsson , 2000 : 10-12 ) . Fish is traded heavily as well , reaching to around 33 per cent of the total world fish production ...
Contents
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a conceptual framework | 41 |
4 Governments and the governance of food | 63 |
reflexive modernity and the BSE crisis | 81 |
6 Governing genetically modified food in the global network society | 111 |
7 Turning blue into green? | 147 |
labelling as new arrangements? | 193 |
9 Conclusions | 222 |
References | 236 |
The most important arguments used by proponents and opponents of GM foods | 274 |
The international environmental instruments influencing fisheries | 276 |
Index | 278 |
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