This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy. What have been the recent trends and what are the implications for future economic development and policy making? Where does EU bioeconomy policy sit within an international context and what are the financial frameworks behind them? Volume I explores the economic theory of bioeconomy policy, as well as European integration, European agriculture, EU budget and future developments in EU agriculture policies.

Autorentext
Liesbeth Dries is Associate Professor in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Wim Heijman is Professor of Regional Economics in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Roel Jongeneel is Assistant Professor in the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, and Senior Scientist at Wageningen Economic Research, The Netherlands.
Kai Purnhagen is Associate Professor in the Law and Governance at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

**Justus Wesseler** is Professor and chair of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. His research work is on bioeconomy economics and policies. The major focus is on the contribution of value chains to improve sustainability and the impact of new technologies and regulations on the value chain in this respect. He is member of the International Consortium of Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR), co-editor of AgBioForum, and coordinator of the EU funded project Monitoring the Bioeconomy (BioMonitor). He is the Series Editor for Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies.

Inhalt

Part I

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Bioeconomy Economics and Policy

Part II Institutional Framework

Chapter 3. European Integration: A Historical Overview

Chapter 4. European Agriculture and the Bioeconomy: A Historical Overview

Chapter 5. EU Institutions and Decision Making Processes

Chapter 6. EU Budgetary Politics and Its Implications for the Bioeconomy Chapter 7. WTO Rules on Domestic Support for Agriculture and Food Safety: Institutional Adaptation and Institutional Transformation in the Governance of the Bioeconomy

Chapter 8. Future Developments of the Institutional Framework

Part III Agriculture

Chapter 9. Common Market Organisation

Chapter 10. Direct Income Support and Cross-Compliance

Chapter 11. Animal Health Policy

Chapter 12. Plant Health and Plant Protection Policies

Chapter 13. Environment and Agriculture

Chapter 14. Assessment of the CAP after 2020