GlobalGAP is an important private standard in the food sector. Our work consists of two essays. First essay investigates into geographic diffusion of GlobalGAP. We use a panel from 2008 to 2012 for 170 FAO member countries to analyze GlobalGAP diffusion in the agricultural sector as a whole as...

Handelsbeschränkungen; Exportkontrollen; Ernährungskrisenpolitik; Länder der ehemaligen Sowjetunion; Funktionsfähigkeit von Agrarmärkten; Effizienz von Wertschöpfungsketten für Nahrungsmittel; Preistransmission; Preisvolatilität; Wetterextreme; Globale Ernährungssicherheit

The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (CAP) has a long tradition. After World War II, agricultural and food production in Europe was substantially weakened and unable to provide sufficient food for the domestic population. The CAP emerged from this situation, with the objectives...

China’s agricultural productivity has achieved remarkable accomplishments in agricultural sector after China’s accession to World Trade Organization (WTO). According to National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC), the total meat production in 2018 is 43% more than in 2000, and the total...