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Record Nr.

UNINA9910626111003321

Titolo

The economics of regulation in agriculture : compliance with public and private standards / / edited by Floor Brouwer, Glenn Fox and Roel Jongeneel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Boston, MA, : CABI, c2012

ISBN

1-283-90356-3

1-84593-591-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrouwerFloor

FoxGlenn

JongeneelR. A

Disciplina

338.13

Soggetti

Agricultural laws and legislation - Compliance costs

Agriculture and state

Agriculture - Economic aspects

Agriculture - Environmental aspects

Environmental policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; PART I: PUBLIC CONCERNS - A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 2. The role of cross compliance in greening EU agricultural policy; 3. State and federal responses to increasing input intensity in the US; 4. Canadian agricultural environmental policy: from the right to farm to farming right; 5. Decentralized, outcome oriented management of agricultural environmental issues in New Zealand; 6. Voluntary certification schemes and legal standards in the EU; PART II: TRADE, COMPETITIVENESS AND PUBLIC CONCERNS - A COMMODITY APPROACH

7. Environmental and health standards in the dairy sectors of the EU, the US and New Zealand8. An EU/US perspective on nutrient management policies and growth hormone bans in the beef sector; 9. Good agricultural and environmental conditions in the EU and their implications for international trade in cereals; 10. Trade effects of environmental and animal welfare standards in the hog sectors of the



EU, US and Canada; 11. Environmental standards in the fruits and vegetables sector of Spain; PART III: EMERGING POLICY PERSPECTIVES

12. Evaluating WTO institutions for resolving trade disputes involving non-tariff measures: four cases involving Brazil13. Meeting standards in EU agriculture: the changing policy context; 14. The pollution haven hypothesis and the location of livestock production: two North American case studies; 15. Cost effectiveness of sediment abatement policies in potato production: assessing policies in Canada, the Netherlands and the US; 16. Environmental compliance costs in developed country agricultures: implications for trade and competitiveness; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q

RS; T; W

Sommario/riassunto

This work debates and investigates the cross-compliance system - whereby farmers comply with certain standards relating to the environment, food safety and animal and plant health. The book discusses cross-compliance in the context of existing standards, on-farm costs and the competitiveness of farm businesses. Analysing the economics of regulation both within the internal market of the EU and the broader world market by examining a broad range of agricultural products. This resource will be of value to agriculture and resource economists, policy makers, researchers and students in environment