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Farmers' rights in India: a case study
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006India is among the first countries in the world to have passed Farmers’ Rights and plant variety protection legislation. This study analyses the achievements, barriers and limitations of India’s approach so far.DocumentTanzania: focus on impact of agricultural subsidies
Tanzania Online, 2005This press release examines the impact of subsidies to farmers in the North on the development of local markets and industries in Tanzania.The findings include:heavy cotton subsidies in the US make it difficult for Tanzanian producers to competethe beef, wheat, dry products, and non-traditional markets like spices have also suffered from subsidies abroadthe markets have become mDocumentAgriculture & NAMA negotiations: searching for the landing zone
Centre for Trade and Development, 2006This Centad working paper takes a critical look at the Hong Kong Ministerial text on agriculture and Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA).DocumentThe international trends in plant variety protection
Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2005This paper looks at international trends in Plant Variety Protection (PVP), a form of intellectual property rights for plant varieties. The Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement of the World Trade Organization promotes the standardisation of plant variety protection regimes with common levels of protection for all countries.DocumentBuilding on the July Framework Agreement: options for agriculture
International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, USA, 2005This issue brief is intended to provide negotiators and other interested stakeholders with an independent analysis of options for elaborating the “July Framework Agreement” as negotiations between WTO members move towards the development of concrete negotiating modalities at the Hong Kong Ministerial in December 2005.DocumentForthcoming changes in the EU banana and sugar markets: a menu ofoptions for an effective EU transitional package
Overseas Development Institute, 2005Preferential access under the EU’s Sugar and Banana Protocols has supported large income transfers to a number of ACP countries. These transfers will be reduced under proposed reforms to the EU’s sugar and banana markets which are due to take place at the end of 2005.DocumentEU sugar reform; the implications for the development of LDCs
Department for International Development, UK, 2005This study argues that the granting of unlimited duty-free access under the EBA (Everything But Arms) Agreement will coincide with reform of the EU sugar regime, which is expected to lead to significant price reductions in the EU market.DocumentAgricultural trade reform and the Doha development agenda
World Bank, 2005This working paper examines the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade reform over the next decade.DocumentUnderstanding the issues: what's the matter with trade?
Norwegian Church Aid, 2005This is a set of papers that address the questions: do equal rules really allow poor producers to receive a fair share of the trade wealth and does the current free trade system represent equal rules at all?