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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... chocolate 3.2 8.1 Farmers ' markets in the UK Fairtrade criteria for coffee 8.2 An example of the complications involved in MSC labelling : the Hoki case 20 2220 24 29 34 43 50 201 211 Glossary BSE Bt CAAR CAP CBD CP EC EEZ EFSA viii Boxes.
... chocolate 3.2 8.1 Farmers ' markets in the UK Fairtrade criteria for coffee 8.2 An example of the complications involved in MSC labelling : the Hoki case 20 2220 24 29 34 43 50 201 211 Glossary BSE Bt CAAR CAP CBD CP EC EEZ EFSA viii Boxes.
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... example , is the world's largest export crop among the cereals , but only 17 per cent of the global wheat production is exported . The remaining 83 per cent is consumed in the producing countries themselves . The US , Aus- tralia and ...
... example , is the world's largest export crop among the cereals , but only 17 per cent of the global wheat production is exported . The remaining 83 per cent is consumed in the producing countries themselves . The US , Aus- tralia and ...
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... food products are transformed technically as well as socially and cul- turally during this process of globalisation . For example , the tortilla , which started as the staple food of the Mayan and Aztec Introduction 5.
... food products are transformed technically as well as socially and cul- turally during this process of globalisation . For example , the tortilla , which started as the staple food of the Mayan and Aztec Introduction 5.
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... considered the cause of threats for the safety of the food itself . " For example , the growth in international food trade has meant that pathogens that were once confined 6 Global governance of food production and consumption.
... considered the cause of threats for the safety of the food itself . " For example , the growth in international food trade has meant that pathogens that were once confined 6 Global governance of food production and consumption.
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... examples of bird flu in Asia in 2004 and 2005 , and foot - and - mouth disease in the UK in 2003 ) . In addition ... example in an immediate 18 per cent decline in the beef exports from the US to Japan ( Leuck et al . , 2004 ) . In ...
... examples of bird flu in Asia in 2004 and 2005 , and foot - and - mouth disease in the UK in 2003 ) . In addition ... example in an immediate 18 per cent decline in the beef exports from the US to Japan ( Leuck et al . , 2004 ) . In ...
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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