Global food security: ethical and legal challenges : EurSafe 2010, Bilbao, Spain, 16-18 September, 2010

Food security will exist when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (as stated in the Rome Declaration in 1996). Given the dimension of the current global foo...

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Corporate Author: European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics Congress < 2010, Bilbao, Spain> (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Pub. 2010
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Summary:Food security will exist when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (as stated in the Rome Declaration in 1996). Given the dimension of the current global food crisis, food security means adopting effective and specific actions at individual, household, national, regional and global levels. Food security invites us to reflect upon ethical principles like human equity, justice between current and future generations, respect for human dignity and sustainable food production. We strive to maintain our basic ethical convictions and engage in societal debates about other important values. While we do this, we may have to change our ways of life and learn to create new priorities in the face of global r
Item Description:"The papers collected in this volume and presented at EurSafe's 9th Congress ... EurSafe 2010 was organized by the Inter-University Chair of BBVA Foundation-Provincial Government of Biscay in Law and the Human Genome (Universities of Deusto and of The Basque Country)"--Preface. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
pt. 1. Climate change policies and food security -- pt. 2. Sustainable agriculture and aquaculture for global food security -- pt. 3. The role of local breeds and traditions in sustainable agriculture and aquaculture -- pt. 4. The role of biotechnology in food security and ethical and legal aspects of bioscience patenting -- pt. 5. Eating, nutrition and health : ethical and legal considerations -- pt. 6. Food labelling and consumer protection -- pt. 7. The role of ethical engagement and public participation in EU food governance -- pt. 8. Ethics of bioenergy production -- pt. 9. Animal welfare -- pt. 10. Animal biotechnology -- pt. 11. Animal research and animal disease control -- pt. 12. General questions on animal ethics -- pt. 13. Teaching ethics, animal welfare and law for the biosciences and agri-food sector -- pt. 14. Ethics, food policies and the case of GMO's -- pt. 15. Ethical, legal and social issues concerning new systems, components and foodstuffs
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (532 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9086867103
9789086867103
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-710-3

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