Chapter 3. EU Food Quality Policy: Geographical Indications
Chapter 4. Public and Private Food Standards
Chapter 5. Health and Nutrition: Policy, Consumer and Industry Perspectives
Chapter 6. Future Developments in the EU Food Sector
Part II Rural Areas
Chapter 7. A Public Good Perspective on the Rural Environment: Theory and History
Chapter 8. Market Mechanisms and the Provision of Environmental and Social Services
Chapter 9. Nature Conservation and Agriculture: Two EU Policy Domains That Finally Meet?
Chapter 10. Public Policies for Social Innovation in Rural Areas
Chapter 11. Rural Resilience as a New Development Concept
Chapter 12. EU Rural Development Policies: Present and Future
Part III Bio-Based Economy
Chapter 13. Present and Future EU GMO Policy
Chapter 14. EU Biofuel Policies for Road and Rail Transportation Sector
Chapter 15. Bio-Based Economy Strategy
Chapter 16. Opportunities and the Policy Challenges to the Circular Agri-Food System
Chapter 17. Future Developments in EU Bio-Based Economy
Liesbeth Dries is Associate Professor in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Wim Heijman is Professor of Regional Economics in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Roel Jongeneel is Assistant Professor in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, and Senior Scientist at Wageningen Economic Research, The Netherlands.
Kai Purnhagen is Associate Professor in the Law and Governance at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Justus Wesseler is Professor and chair of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. His research work is on bioeconomy economics and policies. The major focus is on the contribution of value chains to improve sustainability and the impact of new technologies and regulations on the value chain in this respect. He is member of the International Consortium of Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR), co-editor of AgBioForum, and coordinator of the EU funded project Monitoring the Bioeconomy (BioMonitor). He is the Series Editor for Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies.
This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy. What have been the recent trends and what are the implications for future economic development and policy making? Where does EU bioeconomy policy sit within an international context and what are the financial frameworks behind them?
Volume II explores the EU food sector, as well as food law and legislation, rural development in the EU, bio-based economy strategy, the circular economy and and bioenergy policies.