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Book SynopsisThis Festschrift in honour of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. P. Michael Schmitz covers theoretical as well as empirical works on challenges prevailing in the food and agricultural sector. Discussions of conflicts between social and ecological requests of citizens and market outcomes are provided. The contributors discuss options of policy interventions as well as their limitations. Empirical facts that can contribute to a more evidence based policy formation are also presented. The book itself consists of two parts: «agri-food markets and policies» and «agriculture, trade and development». Topics covered are moral, markets and policies, farm animal welfare, fat taxes, agricultural derivatives markets, future food value chains, free trade agreements, food security, food waste and climate change.
Table of ContentsContents: Ulrich Koester: Morals, Markets and Policies: Views with a Focus on Food and Agricultural Markets – Monika Hartmann/Johannes Simons/Kakuli Dutta: Farm Animal Welfare: A challenge for Markets and Policy – Roland Herrmann/Rebecca Schröck/Matthias Staudigel: From Policy Analysis to Evidence-based Food Policy Recommendations: Some Thoughts on ‘New’ Policy Instruments – Michaela Kuhl: Regulation of Agricultural Derivatives Markets – Christian Fischer: The Future Food Value Chain – Martina Brockmeier/Tanja Engelbert/Janine Pelikan: Impacts of an EU-USA-Free Trade Agreement on Developing Countries – Jong-Hwan Ko: EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement and Its Impacts on Agriculture in Consideration of a Different Level of Regional Aggregation: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach – Alan Matthews: Food Security and WTO Domestic Support Disciplines post-Bali – Khandaker M. M. Rahman/Mohammad I. A. Mia/Mohammad Z. Abedin/Mohammad Z. Rahman: Production and Wastage of Rice in Bangladesh – Mirza Nomman Ahmed: Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and the Relevance of Adaptation: The Case of Pakistan.
