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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... Global regulation of fish in the space of flows and the space of places 215 9.1 Combining food governance in the global space of flows and the space of places 229 Tables 1.1 World exports in agricultural products 1.2 Top 15 vi Figures.
... Global regulation of fish in the space of flows and the space of places 215 9.1 Combining food governance in the global space of flows and the space of places 229 Tables 1.1 World exports in agricultural products 1.2 Top 15 vi Figures.
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Issues and Challenges Peter Oosterveer. Tables 1.1 World exports in agricultural products 1.2 Top 15 food exporting and importing countries ( 2000 ) 1.3 Approximate share of world production traded across borders 5.1 Number of BSE cases ...
Issues and Challenges Peter Oosterveer. Tables 1.1 World exports in agricultural products 1.2 Top 15 food exporting and importing countries ( 2000 ) 1.3 Approximate share of world production traded across borders 5.1 Number of BSE cases ...
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... exports in agricultural products ( index : 1990 = 100 ) Agricultural products 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Volume world production 103 106 113 116 117 121 122 123 Volume world export 110 120 130 137 140 141 147 149 Unit value ...
... exports in agricultural products ( index : 1990 = 100 ) Agricultural products 1992 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Volume world production 103 106 113 116 117 121 122 123 Volume world export 110 120 130 137 140 141 147 149 Unit value ...
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... exports only represent a small percentage of their total production . Wheat , for 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 ...
... exports only represent a small percentage of their total production . Wheat , for 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 ...
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... export of agricultural products from one country to another . Global food trade has become more and more an integrative element of globalised food supply chains whereby raw materials produced by agriculture are used as inputs for the ...
... export of agricultural products from one country to another . Global food trade has become more and more an integrative element of globalised food supply chains whereby raw materials produced by agriculture are used as inputs for the ...
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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