Challenges and policy options in the global bio‐economy: introduction and overview
介绍并总结了全球生物经济中几个重要议题的专题讨论，包括应对气候变化不确定性的新制度、农业生产与消费的结构转型、生物燃料政策以及消费者态度变化。
Abstract Agricultural economics is at the nexus of the major policy options surrounding the global bio‐economy. The outputs from agriculture have expanded beyond the traditional food, feed, and fiber to include fuel and other nonfood applications as well as environmental goods due to recent technological developments and changing consumer demands. Numerous policy questions have arisen within the bio‐economy. This article introduces and summarizes several invited panel sessions on issues of special importance in the global bio‐economy: new institutions of dealing with uncertainty and increased volatility related to climate change; structural transformations in agricultural production and food consumption and their effect on development; biofuel policies and development; and determinants of changes in consumer attitudes to new products and technologies.