Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation Frittering Away Food Security /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Yeung, May T. (Συγγραφέας), Kerr, William A. (Συγγραφέας), Coomber, Blair (Συγγραφέας), Lantz, Matthew (Συγγραφέας), McConnell, Alyse (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
• Θέματα: International economics.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; International Economics.

This Palgrave Pivot investigates barriers to international agricultural trade caused by a lack of standardized maximum residue levels (MRL) for pesticides. As upwards of ninety percent of the food entering international supply chains will show pesticide residues, this issue poses a serious threat to...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Why Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides are an Important International Issue
• 2. The Importance of Trade for Food Security
• 3. Incentives, or Not, for Governments to Remove Asynchronous MRLs as Trade Barriers
• 4. The Economics of International Harmonization of MRLs
• 5. Previous Examinations of MRLs
• 6. Case Studies of Trade Problems Related to MRLs
• 7. What Do Administrators Say?
• 8. Institutional Initiatives to Deal with Internationally Asynchronous MRLs
• 9. The Way Forward. .