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Agricultural issues and policies. Volume 4 /
Agriculture is one of the defining elements of a nation. This series consists of analyses on a variety of agricultural issues including (but not limited to) the developments, policies, programs, trade, trends and economics of agriculture. Topics will be seen from a U.S. perspective, but not to the e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Agriculture issues and policies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- AGRICULTURAL ISSUES AND POLICIES VOLUME 4; AGRICULTURAL ISSUES AND POLICIES VOLUME 4; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND AGRICULTURE; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; REPORT ORGANIZATION; AIR; WATER; ENERGY; CHEMICALS; Chapter 2 AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROGRAMS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES*; SUMMARY; U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS; ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL TRADE; USDA'S AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROGRAMS; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; Chapter 3 BEE HEALTH: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; SUMMARY; COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER (CCD).
- OVERVIEW OF SELECTED BEE SPECIESCLASSIFICATION OF BEES; IMPORTANCE OF BEE POLLINATION; CHANGES IN BEE POPULATIONS; FACTORS AFFECTING BEE HEALTH; PESTS AND DISEASES AFFECTING HONEY BEES; IDENTIFIED FUTURE NEEDS; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; Chapter 4 DEREGULATING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA AND SUGAR BEETS: LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES; SUMMARY; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT; LEGAL CHALLENGES OF APHIS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND INJUNCTIONS; PROPOSALS FOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
- Chapter 5 FIXING OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM: BENEFITS TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES*BENEFITS OF COMMONSENSE IMMIGRATION REFORM FOR THE U.S. AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY; BENEFITS OF COMMONSENSE IMMIGRATION REFORM FOR WORKERS; BENEFITS OF COMMONSENSE IMMIGRATION REFORM FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES; SUPPORT FOR COMMONSENSE IMMIGRATION REFORM FROM KEY AGRICULTURE AND RURAL STAKEHOLDERS; INDEX.