Agriculture
- Dumping on the poor: the Common Agricultural Policy, the WTO and International Development
- This paper critiques the EU's Common Agricultural Policy as a mechanism that promotes over-production and dumping of cheap goods that undercut local markets in developing countries. At the same time tariffs and other obstacles prevent agricultural producers in these countries from accessing the European markets for their own goods. The paper calls for the EU to support the proposal for the a proposal for a "development box" in the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture, which would change the rules to allow governments the right to protect small-scale farmers from influxes of cheap goods.
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- Rising food prices: time for a revolution in global food policy?
- ( A. Evans / Child Rights Information Network , 2008)
- Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for intern...
- Supporting temporary markets to prevent excessive concentration in food retailing damaging both poor consumers and small farmers
- ( P. Moustier / Making markets work better for the poor , 2006)
- The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the...
- Developing agricultural practices that will achieve food sovereignty
- ( P. Mulvany / UK Food Group , 2007)
- The article focuses on the debates and discussions that took place at the Nyéléni 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty, which was held in Mali, representing organisations across various secto...
Trade liberalisation of tropical products: what are the options for developing countries?
- ( S. Perry / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development , 2008)
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This paper aims to provide strategic options for developing countries regarding the liberalisation of tropical products. It considers options for the Latin American countries seeking “fullest...
- Commodity booms can be an opportunity for Africa if accompanied by strong public policy
- ( African Economic Research Consortium , 2007)
- Since 2004, many sub-Saharan African countries have been experiencing a boom in the prices of their primary commodity exports. This paper summarises findings about how to manage commodity booms in oil...
- The U.S. should repeal its rice programme to reduce costs for itself and poor countries
- ( D. Griswold / CATO Institute, Washington , 2006)
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Rice is the world’s most important, most protected and most subsidised food commodity. This study describes the distortions in global rice markets caused by interventions such as the U.S. ric...
Innovative practices for connecting small-scale producers with local and regional markets
- ( International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007)
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Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared ...
- Inherent problems with the Doha round
- ( T. Hertel;R. Keeney;L.A. Winters / Vox , 2007)
- The multilateral trade negotiations of the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda appear once more to be on the brink of collapse. This article asks why agriculture, a sector that contributes so little t...
Can a value chain task force help facilitate smallholder growth?
- ( M. Chitundu;K. Droppelmann;S. Haggblade / US Agency for International Development , 2007)
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Smallholder farmers operate in vertical supply chains, so an understanding of key opportunities and constraints up through the value chain becomes necessary for sustaining smallholder growth. Yet m...
- Why have the EU and the US resisted agriculture liberalisation in the Doha round?
- ( W., H. Furtan;A. Guzel;K. Karantininis / Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy , 2007)
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The Doha Round has been slow to achieve a reduction in the level of agricultural protection. This remains the case notwithstanding the substantial economic benefits that would arise from a more lib...
