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Book SynopsisThis 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. It 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 environmental and agricultural policy and modelling.
Table of Contents1: 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 USA 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 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 Zealand 8: 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 European Union, United States 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 Brazil 13: 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 U.S. 16: Environmental compliance costs in developed country agricultures: implications for trade and competitiveness
