Handbook of Agri-Food Law in China, Germany, European Union - Food Security, Food Safety, Sustainable Use of Resources in Agriculture

This book offers a new and differentiated overview of Agri-Food Law against the background of national and global integration of markets, and compares for the first time important aspects of the agricultural, environmental and food law of China and Germany / the European Union. In addition to the basics, it discusses a wide range of issues, such as the respective legal regulatory structures for food security, food safety, geographical indications of origin, climate protection, fertilizers, plant protection products, genetic engineering, water protection, soil protection, land resources and organic farming. In addition, it addresses key environmental impacts and developments in order to create integrated value chains. The increasing fusion of upstream and downstream areas is becoming apparent from primary production, to the refinement and trade up level, and even to consumption. Agri-Food Law is now productively taking these important developments into account with regard to the aforementioned countries.

List of contents

1 Agri-Food Law - Term, Development, Structures, System and Framework by Ines Härtel and Dapeng Ren.- 2 Food Security and Food Safety Law by Ines Härtel and Huajiang Yu.- 3 Land Resources Law by Hanna Schmelz and Shuxing Yang.- 4 Genetic Resources Law by Christina Flaskühler and Xinhui Yu.- 5 Regulations concerning Pesticides and Fertilizers by Anne-Kristin Mayer and Heng Wang.- 6 Water Resources Law by Elisa Aust, Clemens Wirbel and Tian Zhang.- 7 Soil Protection Law by Klaus-Christian Fritzsche, Lena Jahrmarkt and Yumei Li.- 8 Climate Change Law by Christina Flaskühler and Yumei Li.- 9 Genetically Modified Organisms Law by Johanna Monien and Yuanyuan Cai.- 10 Organic Farming Law by Mathias Olbrisch and Li Wei.- 11 The Right of Geographical Indications of Agricultural Products and Food by Ines Härtel and Lian Zhong.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Ines Härtel

Chair of Public Law, Administrative, European, Environmental, Agricultural and Food Economic Law, Faculty of Law, European University, Germany 

Judge, Supreme Administrative Court for Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany

Adjunct Professor at China Agricultural University of Beijing

Summary

Illuminates the current big points and megatrends of nutrition economic law/Agri-Food Law in China, Germany, European Union Gives the first overview of the legal framework sustainable use of resources in Agriculture in China and European Union Provides a pioneer work in the field of comparative Agri-Food Law

Product details

• Assisted by: Ine Härtel (Editor), Ines Härtel (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2019
• EAN: 9783319884646
• ISBN: 978-3-31-988464-6
• No. of pages: 657
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 237 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 1039 g
• Illustrations: V, 657 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Management, B, International Law, Private International Law, Agriculture, Law and Criminology, Public International Law, European law, Conflict of Laws, comparative law, Food Science, Agricultural science, Law—Europe, Sustainability Management, Business & the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Industrial management—Environmental aspects, Food—Biotechnology, Food & beverage technology