The CAP and Green Agriculture
Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Institute for Public Policy Research
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781872452241
The Common Agricultural Policy
Author : Wyn Grant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 1997-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349257311
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy which imposes high costs on taxpayers and consumers yet has proved very difficult to reform. Particular emphasis is placed on new developments affecting the shape of the CAP, including the outcome of the GATT Uruguay Round negotiations, Eastern enlargement, and developments in environmental policy. A distinctive feature of the book is the attention given to situating European agriculture within its global context and in relation to the food processing and agricultural supply industries.
The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy
Author : Johan F. M. Swinnen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,27 MB
Release : 2015
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781783484843
Book Description
This book is the first to document the reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to analyse the political and economic factors which determined the outcome of the negotiations. The policy (non-)reform will affect the world's global food security and agricultural ...
Farming for Us All
Author : Michael Mayerfeld Bell
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780271046327
Book Description
Farming for Us All gives us the opportunity to explore the possibilities for social, environmental, and economic change that practical, dialogic agriculture presents.
Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )
Author : Andy Clark
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 2008-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437903797
Book Description
Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.
Food, Farming, and Sustainability
Author : Susan A. Schneider
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
ISBN : 9781611636390
Book Description
Food, Farming, and Sustainability provides a survey of the unique network of laws that apply to agriculture, framed in the context of society's need for a sustainable, resilient food supply. Traditionally, agriculture has been favored in the law with exemptions, exceptions, and special rules that reflect the unique character of agricultural production. This book examines this special treatment, exploring its origin and its impact. The new edition provides updates to each of the prior chapters, incorporates new census data on agriculture in the U.S., explores the 2014 Farm Bill, and examines new developments in agricultural biotechnology law. It is an expanded edition that includes a new chapter on food safety and agricultural production and incorporates new readings on climate change and agriculture. The book continues its theme of providing a mix of readings in law and policy, using current events to highlight the challenges facing society in balancing social, political, economic, and environmental concerns. From its initial discussion of "agricultural exceptionalism" and industrial scale production to its concluding remarks on the future of our food system, this book is certain to provoke thoughtful discussion. The companion website at www.foodfarmingsustainability.com has been updated and will continue to supplement the readings.
Environmental Policy Integration
Author : Andrea Lenschow
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 12,10 MB
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136566449
Book Description
Integrating environmental policies into the policies of all other sectors is the core European environmental policy. But there has been no thorough investigation of the political process involved. This volume provides the first. It analyses the process of policy integration - the greening of public policy - across the relevant sectors and countries. It finds significant variation from sector to sector and from country to country, and analyses the reasons for this. (Surprisingly the UK, traditionally the 'dirty man' of Europe is far more actively engaged than environmental 'progressives' such as Germany.) It identifies the obstacles to integration and offers solutions for policy formulation, decision making and implementation at the relevant political levels.
Restoration Agriculture
Author : Mark Shepard
Publisher : Acres U.S.A., Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,81 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9781601730350
Book Description
Around the globe most people get their calories from "annual" agriculture - plants that grow fast for one season, produce lots of seeds, then die. Every single human society that has relied on annual crops for staple foods has collapsed. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel and many other needs - in your own backyard, farm or ranch. This book, based on real-world practices, presents an alternative to the agriculture system of eradication and offers exciting hope for our future.
Urban Agriculture Europe
Author : Frank Lohrberg
Publisher : Jovis Verlag GmbH
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 9783868593716
Book Description
"How can agriculture contribute to the sustainable development of European cities? How can agriculture and horticulture create vital urban spaces that have new social and ecological qualities and are also economically viable? Urban Agriculture Europe is the first comprehensive, transdisciplinary publication about urban agriculture in Europe. Apart from well-known examples of urban food gardens in Western European metropolises, this volume also studies innovative forms of periurban agriculture, bringing in experiences in Eastern and Southern Europe. The contributions approach urban agriculture from the point of view of social science, the economy, agricultural ecology, and spatial planning and address the role of citizens, involved parties, and politics, as well as operational models and planning tools. Case studies from Barcelona, Dublin, Geneva, Milan, Sofia, Warsaw, and the Ruhr Metropolis allow a comparative view of European practice. Statements from involved parties and guidance for cities and regions round off the publication."--Page 4 of cover.
Building a Common Vision for Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Author :
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Food supply
ISBN : 9789251084717
Book Description
"Sustainability is at the heart of FAO's new Strategic Framework and is the specific focus of Strategic Objective 2, which aims at sustainably increasing the provision of goods and services from agriculture, forestry and fisheries. This report is the outcome of intensive consultations and discussions aimed at developing a common approach to FAO's work on sustainability. That process was conducted in a climate of cross-sectoral collaboration that drew on the contributions of leading FAO and external specialists in crops, livestock, forestry, capture fisheries, aquaculture and natural resources. The report provides the vision, the key principles and indications on the way forward to transition towards sustainable food and agriculture. It builds on the Organization's long experience in developing sustainability concepts, approaches and tools, and offers a common platform for a vision of the agriculture sector and of the inter-sectoral synergies that will eventually make agriculture more productive and sustainable."--Publisher's information.
