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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Boston, MA, : CABI, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.13
• Soggetto topico: Agricultural laws and legislation - Compliance costs; Agriculture and state; Agriculture - Economic aspects; Agriculture - Environmental aspects; Environmental policy
• Altri autori: BrouwerFloor FoxGlenn JongeneelR. A
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The economics of regulation in agriculture
• ISBN: 1-283-90356-3; 1-84593-591-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910626111003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II