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    Global value chains in the agrifood sector

    United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2006
    This paper discusses agriculture and poverty reduction in the context of globalisation. Taking the global value chain perspective (GVC), it analyses the trends in agribusiness and their consequences for strategies to eradicate poverty through increasing export growth.
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    Policy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007
    This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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    Pricing farmers out of cotton: the costs of World Bank reforms in Mali

    Oxfam, 2007
    This paper argues that recent changes to the cotton price-setting mechanism in Mali promoted by the World Bank have wider repercussions for the Malian economy and are likely to jeopardise the existing poverty-reduction strategy. Falling prices are increasing poverty in cotton-growing areas and worsening food insecurity and indebtedness.
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    A survey of findings on the poverty impacts of agricultural trade liberalization

    Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006
    The purpose of this survey is to review the available empirical evidence on the impacts of agricultural trade liberalisation on poverty.
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    A fair Farm Bill for America

    Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007
    This paper outlines the basics and the history of the US Farm Bill, and examines why the deregulation of agriculture has failed. It also maps out how the Farm Bill affects not just farmers but many different aspect of society including energy, health, conservation, the environment, market concentration, labour and immigration, and hunger.
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    The guessing game. How the U.S. play agriculture trade in 2007

    Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007
    This brief discusses what position the United States is likely to take if WTO trade talks are revived in 2007.
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    A row to hoe: the gender impact of trade liberalization on our food system, agricultural markets and women’s human rights

    Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007
    This paper examines how women have been affected by changes in the food system within the global context of international trade and investment. The author outlines the need for further research to deepen the understanding of why women must be involved in policy decisions that affect agriculture and food security.
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    The negative impact that agriculture rules on trade and finance have on women, families and communities

    International Gender and Trade Network, 2006
    This article examines the impact of the Agreement on Agriculture on the ability of developing countries to achieve food security and sustainable livelihoods for their farmers, using the dairy industry in Kenya as a case study.The author concludes that Kenya’s dairy industry faces a gloomy future, a situation that threatens the livelihood of 600,000 or more small holders and their families.
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    Concentrated market power and agricultural trade

    WTO Watch Trade Observatory, IATP, 2006
    Much of the discussion of competition policy reflects a preoccupation with protecting consumers against the power of organised production. However, this paper argues that in agriculture, the dominance of major corporations enables them to undermine proper market functioning, with deleterious effects on farmers.
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    Analysis of the potential impact of the current WTO agricultural negotiations on government strategies in the SADC region

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
    This study identifies how the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could potentially constrain government action to achieve food security in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

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