Quality as Value-added Bioeconomy: Analysis of the EU Policies and Empirical Evidence from Polish Agriculture

Quality as Value-added Bioeconomy: Analysis of the EU Policies and Empirical Evidence from Polish Agriculture

Mariusz MaciejczakWarsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland The paper is an attempt to assess the extent to which policies designed and implemented for bioeconomy development in the European Union address the societal expectations for holistically perceived quality delivered not only with…

Bioeconomy and the Production of Novel Food Products from Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues under the Context of Food Neophobia

Bioeconomy and the Production of Novel Food Products from Agro-Industrial Wastes and Residues under the Context of Food Neophobia

Paraskevi Tsimitri and Anastasios MichailidisAristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceEfstratios LoizouInstitute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research, Institute (IUNG-PIB), PolandTechnological Education Institute of Western Macedonia, GreeceFani Th MantzouridouAristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceKonstantinos GkatzionisUniversity of Birmingham, UKUniversity of the Aegean, GreeceEdiriisa…

Changes in Farms’ Environmental Sustainability in Poland – Progress or Regress?

Changes in Farms’ Environmental Sustainability in Poland – Progress or Regress?

Wioletta WrzaszczInstitute of Agricultural and Food Economics – National Research Institute In the year 2012, the European Commission adopted the strategic document underlining the need for bioeconomy development, which requires the implementation of sustainable agriculture. In view of the above, the need…

Spatial Pattern of CAP Measures Promoting Agroforestry in Hungary

Spatial Pattern of CAP Measures Promoting Agroforestry in Hungary

Arnold Csonka, Tibor Bareith, and Veronika Alexandra GálKaposvár University Faculty of Economics, HungaryImre FertőKaposvár University Faculty of Economics and Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Agroforestry is a sustainable form of land management that optimizes…

Evaluation of Agricultural Reactivation on Abandoned Lands in Poland

Evaluation of Agricultural Reactivation on Abandoned Lands in Poland

Stelios RozakisTechnical University of Crete, GreeceInstitute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG-PIB), PolandRobert BorekInstitute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG-PIB), PolandEuropean Agroforestry Federation, Montpellier, France Cultivation of abandoned land can moderate indirect land use change induced by increased food and…

The Economic Impacts of US Tariffs for Fuel Ethanol and Biodiesel

The Economic Impacts of US Tariffs for Fuel Ethanol and Biodiesel

Michael HelmarUniversity of Nevada, RenoStanley R. JohnsonNational Center for Food and Agricultural Policy and University of Nevada, RenoRobert J. MyersMichigan State UniversityJarrett WhistanceUniversity of MissouriHarry BaumesUS Department of Agriculture This article provides a review of production, price, and trade data for fuel…

New Breeding Techniques and Their Possible Regulation

New Breeding Techniques and Their Possible Regulation

Esra Seyran and Wendy CraigBiosafety Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy New breeding techniques (NBTs) are gaining greater uptake in plant breeding programs around the world, due to their greater precision and potential to reduce varietal development times….

Public Perceptions of Genetically Engineered Nutraceuticals

Public Perceptions of Genetically Engineered Nutraceuticals

Kofi BritwumUniversity of MaineAmalia YiannakaUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnKaroline KastanekJohn Deere We examine public attitudes and purchase intentions for genetically engineered (GE) nutraceuticals that either offer general health benefits or disease prevention/treatment. A survey that elicited views on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), preferences and…

Identifying GM Crops for Future Cultivation in the EU through a Delphi Forecasting Exercise

Identifying GM Crops for Future Cultivation in the EU through a Delphi Forecasting Exercise

Ian D. McFarlane, Philip J. Jones, Julian R. Park, and Richard B. Tranter University of Reading, UK This article reports on a Delphi forecasting exercise carried out to identify crop traits that could feasibly be introduced to the advantage of arable farmers…

Implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard: Will Consumers Use QR Codes to Check for Genetically Modified (GM) Ingredients in Food Products?

Implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard: Will Consumers Use QR Codes to Check for Genetically Modified (GM) Ingredients in Food Products?

Meghnaa TallapragadaClemson UniversityWilliam K. HallmanRutgers, The State University of New Jersey The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard of 2016 mandates the disclosure of Genetically Modified (GM) ingredients in food products in the US by including text, a symbol, or a digital link…