Economic Studies on Food, Agriculture, and the Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Food, Nutrition & Quality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Differing U.S. and European Perspectives on GMOs

      • C. Ford Runge, Gian Luca Bagnara, Lee Ann Jackson

      Pages 3-13

   3. The Italian Legislation on Intellectual Property Rights Related with GMOs

      • Eleonora Sirsi

      Pages 15-21

   4. Child Nutrition and Economic Growth in Vietnam in the 1990s

      • Paul Glewwe, Stefanie Koch, Nguyen Bui Linh

      Pages 23-45

   5. Large Scale Retailers and Diffusion in the Agri-Food System of the ISO 9000 Certified Quality Management System

      • Maurizio Canavari, Roberta Spadoni, Domenico Regazzi, Federica Giacomazzi

      Pages 47-56

   6. Vertical Coordination and the Design Process for Supply Chains to Ensure Food Quality

      • Luciano Venturini, Robert P. King

      Pages 57-87

3. Land & Resource Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Water Scarcity: Institutional Change, Water Markets, and Privatization

      • Cesare Dosi, K. William Easter

      Pages 91-115

   3. Evaluation of the Recreational Uses of Rural Land: A Case Study

      • Guido Maria Bazzani, Davide Viaggi, Giacomo Zanni

      Pages 117-131

   4. The Value of Licenses for Recreational Use of Natural Resources

      • Michele Moretto, Paolo Rosato

      Pages 133-151

   5. Analysis of Land Prices under Uncertainty: A Real Option Valuation Approach

      • Glenn D. Pederson, Tamar Khitarishvili

      Pages 153-168

4. Agriculture & Rural Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Assessing Strategic Programs for Sustainable Local Development: A Case Study

      • Stefano Stanghellini, Tecla Mambelli

      Pages 171-183

   3. Reinterpreting Structural Change in U.S. Agriculture

      • Philip M. Raup

      Pages 185-200

   4. Risk Management: From the Researcher to the Farmer

      • Vernon Eidman, Kent Olson

      Pages 201-218

   5. New Paradigms in Rural Development: Some Lessons from the Italian Experience

      • Donato Romano

      Pages 219-240

   6. Principles of Rural Tourism Development

      • William C. Gartner

      Pages 241-252

5. Environment & Markets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

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   2. Market-Based Mechanisms for Environmental Improvement

      • Jay S. Coggins, Paolo Rosato

      Pages 255-267

This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the Joint Conference on Food, Agriculture, and the Environment, which was held in Bologna, Italy, on June 12-14, 2001. This was the seventh gathering of a biennal meeting born from a cooperation agreement between US and Italian academic and research institutions. This round of the Conference was organized in the Faculty of Agriculture in Bologna by the Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Engineering (DEIAgra) and the CNR Land and Agri-System Management Research Centre (GeST A-CNR) of Bologna. There were two main reasons for the choice of this location: fIrst, the Conference was dedicated to Maurizio Grillenzoni and Franco Alvisi, two colleagues and friends who passed away in recent years, and who committed themselves and played an important role in developing the collaboration agreement and promoting the past Conferences; second, in the year 2000 the Faculty of Agriculture in Bologna celebrated its fIrst centennial, and this Con­ ference was part of a wide set of events organized to highlight the relevant role of the Faculty in the research activity, both at an Italian and international level. The Conference papers were articulated both in plenary and concurrent sessions, dealing with key topics for agricultural economists. A structure similar to the Conference was adopted for grouping the papers into the four sections contained in this book: • food, nutrition, and quality, focusing i. e.

• agriculture
• development
• economic growth
• environment
• forestry
• growth
• paper
• production
• sustainability
• tourism

• Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  Maurizio Canavari

• Centro di Studio sulla Gestione dei Sistemi Agricoli e Territoriali, CNR, Bologna, Italy

  Paolo Caggiati

• University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

  K. William Easter

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