| Policy Discussion Paper (2007) | |||||||||||||||
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| ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH-RELATED STANDARDS INFLUENCING AGRICULTURE IN AUSTRALIA Randy Stringer and Kym Anderson This report is part of a five-country study focusing on how environmental and human health related standards apply to the agricultural sector. The overall study is coordinated by the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) in the Netherlands. The five countries include Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand and the USA. Each country study provides an overview of its agricultural sector; explains government policy objectives; outlines public sector approaches to the various environmental and health-related issues confronting agriculture; details a comprehensive inventory of environmental and health-related regulations; and draws out key economic implications of complying with both current and prospective environmental and health-related policies, particularly as they impact on the international competitiveness. Keywords: Environmental and food ... | |||||||||||||||
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