Second Workshop On A Framework For The Sustainable Use Of Plant Protection Products In The European Union
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Pesticides
Despite a history of several decades of pesticide regulation, continuous innovation, and considerable practical experience with using pesticides in agriculture, the environmental impact of pesticide use continues to be of serious concern.
CAP and the Rural Environment in Transition
In recent years policy makers have had to respond to criticisms of the environmentally damaging role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The 1992 reform of the CAP partly addressed the criticisms by reducing the incentives to intensify production and by promoting the beneficial effects of agriculture on landscape and biodiversity. In assessing the consequences of these changes it is important to bear in mind the variability of agricultural production systems and of environmental conditions in different EU Member States. Uniform responses or single environmental outcomes from a change in agricultural policy are unlikely. The book therefore addresses addresses the environmental effects of agricultural policy reform from the different national perspectives. In providing an overview of the role of the CAP in the rural environment in transition, it explores key linkages between agricultural policy and the physical environment, landscape and biodiversity. The book is aimed at policy makers and researchers in the fields of agricultural and environmental economics and rural geography, interested in the linkages between agricultural policy and the environment.
Food and Health in Europe
Author: Aileen Robertson
language: en
Publisher: WHO Regional Office Europe
Release Date: 2004-01-28
Poor nutrition, foodborne disease and lack of secure access to good food make an important contribution to the burden of disease and mortality in the WHO European Region. Better diets, food safety and food security will not only reduce or prevent suffering to individuals and societies but also help cut costs to health care systems and bring social and economic benefits to countries. People's chances for a healthy diet depend less on individual choices than on what food is available and whether it is affordable. Policies to benefit health through good food and nutrition must extend beyond the health sector to include sectors ranging from agriculture and food processing, manufacturing and trade to transport, retailing, catering and advertising. Food and nutrition policies should be coordinated so that public health is given due priority in the making of food policies by non-health sectors. This publication discusses in depth the components of food and nutrition policies and the evicence of supporting them. It higlights the urgent need for integrated, multisectoral food and nutrition policies to encourage the sustainable production of food, its safety and the provision of food of high nutritional quality for all. [Editor]