This book includes 6 chapters examining the relevance of transgenic crops in food production, prices and the environment. It initially describes the historical evolution of biotechnology and defines key terms, before moving on to explore transgenic technology and food regime concepts. It analyses...

Legislative and assurance scheme requirements for standard and alternative indoor and outdoor broiler and turkey production systems are described. Generally, health and welfare are protected to various extents by a series of input requirements, largely related to stocking density, light,...

This chapter presents the impacts that EU accession is bringing to the development of the tourism sector in Slovenia and especially to the development of Slovenia as a tourism destination brand.

This chapter first discusses the importance of tourism to the Turkish economy and describes the country's principal tourism resources and attractions by region. It then provides a brief account of the likely impacts both of EU enlargement and of Turkey's EU accession on Turkey's tourist industry....

This chapter first describes the evolution of the tourism industry in Estonia from the Soviet era down to the transition era (1991-94) and then to the period of EU accession (1995-2003). It then introduces the Estonian National Tourism Development Plan 2002-05 and 'Brand Estonia', and describes...

This chapter examines the impacts of EU accession on Hungarian tourism. It is revealed that in the relatively short period since EU accession, practical changes have proved to be the most important immediate impacts of EU membership, notably the expansion of the low cost airline market and the...

This chapter examines current patterns and trends in Czech tourism in terms of the administration of tourism, foreign exchange receipts and expenditure, inbound and outbound travel, method of transport, and the role of budget airlines. It also explores the impacts of EU accession on tourism...

This book addresses European tourism within the framework of an enlarged European Union of 25 members. It looks at the substantial reorientation of the organizational framework of European tourism and its profound implications for future structural and geographical patterns of development....

This chapter concludes a book that looks into the tourism implications of accession for the EU's most recent member states, those countries that still wish to join, and those that are directly or indirectly affected by EU enlargement. One key conclusion is that it is difficult to generalize about...

A set of issues which may be particularly relevant in the context of preparing for and implementing the accession of the CEECs to the EU in the agricultural sector are described. These issues include: reforms and CEEC agricultural transition; price and trade policies; structural change and...