Food safety concerns have boosted the Asian demand for quality food in general and products of geographical indications in particular. This book shows how Asian countries are empowering regions and enterprises involved in differentiation strategies, and the effects that this regulation can have.

This book explores how better governance can help Africa to achieve structural transformation (understood to be the reallocation of factors of production across and within sectors to better support inclusive development), which history has shown to be key to sustained, inclusive growth. The book...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the wheat production developments in the Eurasian region and assesses the potential contribution of the region to domestic and international food security. In particular, the book covers policy and institutional developments of the agricultural sector...

This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes...

Ernährung wird heute vor allem unter ernährungstechnischen, medizinisch-gesundheitlichen oder weltanschaulichen Aspekten (z.B. Vegetarianismus, Veganismus usw.) diskutiert. Obwohl die Nahrungsmittelindustrie einen der wichtigsten Märkte darstellt, werden Fragen der Nahrungsmittelproduktion,...

This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...

1. Introduction and Summary -- 2. How Trade Can Boost Food Security -- 3. The Long History of Food Globalization -- 4. The Evolution of Food Trade Patterns since 1960 -- 5. Market-Distorting Policies: Long-Run Trends and Short-Run Insulation -- 6. Estimating Trade, Welfare, and Poverty Effects...

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...

Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market...

Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Introduction and Overview -- Are Biofuels the Best Use of Sunlight? -- Perennial Grasses as Second-Generation Sustainable Feedstocks Without Conflict with Food Production -- Present and Future Possibilities for the Deconstruction and Utilization of Lignocellulosic...