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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Trade Policy, Trade Liberalisation

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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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  Fisheries, international trade and sustainable development: policy discussion paper

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006

  This policy discussion paper aims to provide an overview of the key linkages, tensions and policy debates on the relationship between fisheries and international trade.
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  A note on local and regional procurement of food aid and its potential for transforming African grain markets

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2006

  When emergency food aid needs to be distributed, where should it come from?
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  Liberalising agricultural trade and developing countries

  2003

  This paper presents the key issues debated at a conference on the liberalisation of agricultural trade and the interests of developing countries which took place prior to the WTO Doha Round negotiations on agriculture.
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  Impact assessment of trade liberalisation in oilseeds sector: a case study of Rajasthan

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2006

  This paper considers ways in which relevant stakeholders, including producers, intermediaries, and consumers will be able find answers as to how fast and effectively they can integrate themselves into a globalising/liberalising economy, given the recent removal of quantitative restrictions in some areas of trade.
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  The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the case of the Philippines

  Third World Network, 2006

  This report uses case studies from the Philippines’ vegetable and poultry sector to illustrate the social effects of globalisation and trade liberalisation on rural producers, and on the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) involvement in the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) project.The authors find that trade liberalisation has increased import
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  The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the experience of Ghana

  Third World Network, 2006

  This study is part of a research project on the impact of globalisation and liberalisation on poor rural producers in developing countries. It takes as a case study the experience of Ghana and its agricultural sector.
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  Non-reciprocal preference erosion arising from MFN liberalization in agriculture: what are the risks?

  World Trade Organization, 2006

  This paper estimates the risk of preference erosion for non-reciprocal preference recipients in the agricultural sector as a consequence of most-favoured nation (MFN) tariff cuts.
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  Global and EU agricultural trade reform: what is in it for Tanzania, Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa?

  Trinity College, Dublin, 2005

  This discussion paper focuses on the effects of total agricultural trade liberalisation (TAL) in Uganda and Tanzania using the Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM) which estimates the effects of total agricultural liberalisation (TAL) on:prices and terms of trade on changes in supplydemand and trade flowson welfare effects for producers and consumers.Estim
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  Agricultural liberalization in multilateral and regional trade negotiations

  Institute for the Integration for Latin America and the Carribean, 2005

  For most Western Hemispheric (WH) countries, agriculture is a sensitive sector, absorbing a considerable portion of the economically active population and representing a high percentage of GDP and exports. Thus, agriculture is a strategic issue for all Latin American countries for both regional and multilateral trade negotiations.

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