Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and TourismPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Canadian Wheat 301 Decision
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and TourismPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Durum Wheat, Semolina and Pasta Quality
Author: Joël AbecassisPublisher: Editions Quae
ISBN: 9782738009975
Category : Durum wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Canadian Wheat Board
Author: Andrew SchmitzPublisher: University of Regina Press
ISBN: 9780889771345
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Canadian Wheat Board is a monopoly seller of western Canadian wheat, durum, and barley for human consumption, and feed wheat for export. In this study, the authors first examine Canada's position in the world wheat & barley markets and the Board's role relative to multinational grain companies (MGCs). Chapter 3 presents the regulatory framework governing the Canadian grain industry. The single- desk selling concept of the Board is examined from a theoretical perspective in chapter 4. This chapter also describes the structure of the world wheat & barley trade in which MGCs play key roles. Recent changes in government policies in the US, the European Union, and Canada are discussed in chapter 5. Chapter 6 discusses state trading in grain, the World Trade Organization (WTO) attempts to discipline state trading enterprises, and the Board's impact on trade in the WTO context. Chapter 7 covers the numerous confrontations concerning Canada-US grain trade. Chapter 8 focuses on the debate over creation of a dual market for feed barley. Chapter 9 examines the Charter of Rights case brought against the Board by barley producers & organizations. The focus of chapter 10 is grain transportation, its regulatory framework, and the Board's roles in the grain transportation system. Chapter 11 examines the Board's economic performance. Chapter 12 discusses the marketing of flax and canola in order to better understand how the Board can achieve price premiums and eliminate inefficiencies when marketing grains. The Board's ability to introduce additional price & marketing flexibility is discussed in chapter 13, including the implications of providing the option for using futures markets. Chapter 14 explores the debate over dual marketing and its viability for western Canadian grain producers. The final chapter draws overall conclusions.
Growing Resistance
Author: Emily EatonPublisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887554407
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
In 2004 Canadian farmers led an international coalition to a major victory for the anit-GM movement by defeating the introduction of Monsanto's genetically modified wheat. Canadian farmers' strong opposition to GM wheat marked a stark contrast to previous producer acceptance of other genetically modified crops. By 2005, for example, GM canola accounted for 78 percent of all canola grown nationally. So why did farmers stand up for wheat? In Growing Resistance, Emily Eaton reveals the motivating factors behind farmer opposition to GM wheat. She illustrates wheat's cultural, historical, and political significance on the Canadian prairies as well as its role in crop rotation, seed saving practices, and the economic livelihoods of prairie farmers. Through interviews with producers, industry organizations, and biochemical companies, Eaton demonstrates how the inclusion of producer interests was integral to the coalition's success in voicing concerns about environmental implications, international market opposition to GMOs, and the lack of transparency and democracy in Canadian biotech policy and regulation. Growing Resistance is a fascinating study of successful coalition building, of the need to balance local and global concerns in activist movements, and of the powerful forces vying for control of food production.
Cereal Biotechnology
Author: Peter C. MorrisPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849308994
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The application of biotechnology to food processing has been one of the most important and controversial recent developments in the food industry. With this in mind, Cereal Biotechnology analyzes the practice, potential benefits, and risks of using genetic techniques in cereal processing. This major new text provides both plant molecular biologists and those in the cereal processing industries with a comprehensive overview of the subject.
Bibliographic Guide to Government Publications 2001
Author: GK HallPublisher: Thorndike Press
ISBN: 9780783896526
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Indexes for Abstracts of Reports and Testimony
Author: Grain quality in international trade : a comparison of major U.S. competitors.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922245
Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Agricultural Outlook
Author: When Wheat Was King
Author: André MagnanPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774831162
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Over the course of a century, the Canadian Prairies went from being the breadbasket of the world to but one of many grain-growing regions in a vast global agri-food system. Magnan traces the causes and consequences of this evolution, from the first transatlantic shipments of wheat to the controversial dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board. When Wheat Was King reveals how farmers, governments, and consumers, over successive periods, responded to industrialization, international trade rules set by the US, the liberalization of global markets, and the consolidation of corporate power. The result is a fascinating look at how regional, national, and international politics have influenced agriculture and food industries in Canada, the UK, and around the world.