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  The need for Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanisms for agriculture in the WTO: a situational analysis

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This paper argues that developing countries need to identify the areas in multilateral trade rules that are required to facilitate the achievement of goals in food security, livelihoods and rural development needs.
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  Impacts of trade liberalization under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) of the World Trade Organization: a case study of rice

  Asia Pacific Research Network, 2002

  This paper asks whether or not Thailand is going to benefit from the multilateral trade mechanism according to the Agreement on Agriculture. More particularly, whether or not the small-scale farmers are going to benefit from the agreement.The paper demonstrates that, even as Thailand calls itself an ‘agricultural country’, agricultural products are valued only as commodities.
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  Introduction to the development box: finding space for development concerns in the WTO's agricultural negotiations

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2003

  This paper introduces the Development Box, a package of proposals made by a dozen or so developing countries concerned that existing WTO rules for agriculture are undermining food security and rural livelihoods in their countries. The Development Box (DB) offers possible exceptions to the trade rules to meet the needs of countries with few resources and urgent food security needs.
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  Implementation issues of the Agreement on Agriculture and its implications for developing countries

  Economic Research Foundation, India, 2001

  The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) was an attempt to impose discipline on global agricultural trade by removing trade distortions resulting from unrestricted use of production and export subsidies and import barriers, both tariff and non-tariff.
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  The agreement on agriculture

  ActionAid International, 2002

  Agricultural trade is of vital importance for developing countries, accounting for a large share of GDP and being primary source of employment, livelihoods and basic food for the majority of population.
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  Food and trade: the WTO development challenge

  Canadian Council for International Co-operation, 2002

  In 1994 WTO members introduce agriculture into the multilateral trade negotiations in order to foster free trade in agricultural products and eliminate three types of trade barriers, such as domestic support, market access and export competition.
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  Impact of the WTO agreement on MENA agriculture

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000

  This paper reviews the status of MENA agriculture trade and policies in relation to the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture and future WTO negotiations.
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  Bold development box proposals meet with stiff resistance (WTO Agreement on Agriculture)

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002

  Since the Seattle Ministerial developing countries have sought to introduce a ‘development box’ that would allow them more flexibility in implementing the Agreement on Agriculture.This article outlines the various proposals and responses and charts the progress of negotiations.Among proposals were provisions that:developing countries should be able to exempt staple crops important t
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  Agriculture in Developing Countries and the WTO

  Solagral, 2002

  A collection of 11 papers from Solagral covering a range of issues relating to WTO and bilateral agreements on trade of agricultural products between developed and developing countries up to, but not including, the Doha Ministerial.
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  African agriculture in the WTO framework

  African Economic Research Consortium, 1999

  This paper attempts to analyse what impact the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) will have on African agriculture within the new WTO framework.The paper begins with a broad analysis of the structure and growth of African agriculture and identifies key internal and external factors that seem to explain the structure and performance of Africa’s agricultural production and trade.

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