This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy. What have been the recent trends and what are the implications for future economic development and policy making? Where does EU bioeconomy policy sit within an...

This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy. What have been the recent trends and what are the implications for future economic development and policy making? Where does EU bioeconomy policy sit within an...

A long view -- Growth and crisis in the pre-fossil era -- The big change -- How other regions coped -- Agriculture and the welfare state : emerging problems -- The neoliberal decades -- Looking into the crystal ball -- Where there's a will, there's a way

Agricultural production experiences a shift in underlying institutions during the last years. Importance of private stakeholders like retailers, processors, consumers as well as tax payers is, emerging. Eligibility for single farm payments and marketing of products is linked to compliance with,...

1. Introduction -- 2. Bioeconomy Economics and Policy -- 3. European Integration: A Historical Overview -- 4. European Agriculture and the Bioeconomy: A Historical Overview -- 5. EU Institutions and Decision Making Processes -- 6. EU Budgetary Politics and Its Implications for the Bioeconomy --...