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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... Organic Agriculture Movements International Monetary Fund International Plant Protection Commission International Standardisation Organisation Life - Cycle Analysis Ministry of Agriculture , Food and Fisheries ( UK ) ix Meat and Bone ...
... Organic Agriculture Movements International Monetary Fund International Plant Protection Commission International Standardisation Organisation Life - Cycle Analysis Ministry of Agriculture , Food and Fisheries ( UK ) ix Meat and Bone ...
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... Organic Consumers Association ( US ) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Organisation Internationale des Epizootiques Polychlorinated Biphenyl Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Technical Barrier to Trade ...
... Organic Consumers Association ( US ) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Organisation Internationale des Epizootiques Polychlorinated Biphenyl Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Technical Barrier to Trade ...
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... organic character makes food spe- cial and this is clearly expressed in the ' necessary presence of the " natural " at both the beginning and the end of the systems of food provision - both in agriculture and in palatability ' ( Fine ...
... organic character makes food spe- cial and this is clearly expressed in the ' necessary presence of the " natural " at both the beginning and the end of the systems of food provision - both in agriculture and in palatability ' ( Fine ...
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... organic ) waste produced and the considerable amounts of energy used in these industries ( Oosterveer , 2004 ) . " 10 Globalising food supply chains are often considered the cause of threats for the safety of the food itself . " For ...
... organic ) waste produced and the considerable amounts of energy used in these industries ( Oosterveer , 2004 ) . " 10 Globalising food supply chains are often considered the cause of threats for the safety of the food itself . " For ...
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... organic character of food is often used to explain developments in the sector . For ex- ample , Boyd and Watts ( 1997 ) suggest that the specific nature of ' just - in - time ' practices in the US broiler industry derives in particular ...
... organic character of food is often used to explain developments in the sector . For ex- ample , Boyd and Watts ( 1997 ) suggest that the specific nature of ' just - in - time ' practices in the US broiler industry derives in particular ...
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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