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  Breaking new ground: livelihood choices, opportunities and tradeoffs for women and girls in rural Bangladesh

  IDL Group, 2004

  This report discusses the type and nature of changes that Bangladeshi rural women and girls perceive as the most important. The report, based on field analysis, finds that women and girls are participating in and in many cases driving changes in rural areas of Bangladesh.The report highlights the fact that significant changes are taking place in rural life throughout Bangladesh.
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  Can an agricultural commodity be de-commodified, and if so, who is to gain?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  This paper stresses the imperative of directly enhancing agriculturally-based productive incomes of poor people, owing to the weaknesses of agricultural redistribution mechanisms both at a local and global level.The author uses the example of coffee farmers - generally located in the poorest countries - who have suffered badly in recent years, with the price of coffee beans at an all time low l
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  Comparing EU free trade agreements: agriculture

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  Free trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and its respective trading partners reinforce the Uruguay Round process on a bilateral basis.
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  Achieving agricultural development through agricultural trade seminar: Being heard – integrated agriculture's views into trade policy making

  International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, USA, 2004

  This paper discusses the latest issues in making all agricultural participant's voices count in formulating agricultural trade policy.The main points noted in the paper include:local issues and some national issues that affect every day farm life receive the greater attention of farm leaders, particularly in developing countriesthe insight and influence of farmer leaders needs to be
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  Impact of trade liberalisation on Philippine corn prices

  SANREM CRSP West Africa, 2003

  This paper analyses Philippine corn prices and the policy environment for the crop in terms of import policies, tariffs, and other trade policies embodied in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-World Trade Organization (GATT-WTO).Comparative analysis of trends between the pre-GATT years (1990-1995) and the post-GATT years (1996-2000) was done for the highest corn-producing regions in the
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  Dumping on the world: how EU sugar policies hurt poor countries

  Oxfam, 2004

  This paper details the issues surrounding the European Union’s policy with regards to the sugar market, discussing the implications for development countries.Highlights of the paper include:European Union sugar policies hamper global efforts to reduce povertyexport subsidies are used to dump five million tonnes of surplus sugar annually on world markets, destroying opportunities for
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  Technology and globalisation: who gains when commodities are de-commodified?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This paper, from the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, discusses coffee markets, growers, the chain of production and consumers in the light of globalisation and technology.Conclusions of the paper include:coffee has long been characterised as a commodity with falling terms of trade and volatile pricesthere is a growing uneven distribution of income in the globa
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  Trips with everything? Intellectual property and the farming world

  Food Ethics Council, 2002

  This report briefly outlines some general issues arising in intellectual property (IP), in addition to discussing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in the World Trade Organization.
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  Intellectual property rights and concentration in agricultural biotechnology

  Cornell University Library, 2003

  This paper explores the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and structural change in the agricultural biotechnology industry.
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  Dialogue on agricultural trade reform, subsidies and the future of small and family farms and farmers

  UK Food Group, 2004

  This paper presents the main inputs to a conference on agricultural trade reform, subsidies and the future of small and family farms and farmers held in May 2004. It reports on a survey conducted for the U.K.

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