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  US producers reap cotton subsidies and destroy African livelihoods

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Massive US cotton subsidies are encouraging over-production and export dumping and driving down world cotton prices. What are the consequences for producers in developing countries? Are US subsidies illegal under WTO rules? If they are allowed to continue, will this put an end to hopes that agricultural exports could lift Africans out of poverty?
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  Banning pesticides: about time?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  The pesticide industry’s global Safe Use campaign has reportedly produced a dramatic decline in pesticide-related health and environmental problems in Guatemala. Does the campaign live up to its claims or is it undermining effective pesticide hazard reduction?
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  Poisonous pesticides: reducing risks for developing country farmers

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Pesticides poison tens of millions of people in the developing world each year. Is this because farmers do not follow instructions? Could dangerous pesticide use be reduced without affecting food security? How can regulatory frameworks be tightened and safety awareness increased?
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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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  WWF Briefing Series: a guide to Cancun and the environment

  WWF Cancún Page, 2003

  Series of briefing papers presenting WWF recommended actions for the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization in Cancun.
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  How much does it hurt? Measuring the impact of agricultural trade policies on developing nations

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This issue briefing from IFPRI documents an attempt to quantify the economic cost of agricultural trade policies of industrialised countries on developing nations economies using an economic model based upon data from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP).
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  Pro-poor irrigation management transfer?

  International Water Management Institute, 2003

  This briefing argues that Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) can contribute to rural poverty by aggravating existing inequities within irrigation schemes or introducing new ones.
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  Improving water productivity: how do we get more crop from every drop?

  International Water Management Institute, 2003

  This briefing demonstrates that agriculture currently consumes 70% of the world's developed fresh water supplies and that by improving the productivity of water used for agriculture by 40%, it is possible to reduce the amount of additional freshwater withdrawals needed to feed the world's growing population to 0. The briefing asks: what steps can policy makers take now?
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  The US war on biosafety: renewed aggression by a rogue state

  Greenpeace International, 2003

  This document explores US actions on GMO trade and argues that the US is attempting to obstruct the comprehensive labeling and traceability legislation that is expected to replace the current moratorium.
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  On the road to Cancún: a development perspective on EU trade policies

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  Part I: This section gives an outline of policy perspectives that inform EU trade policies as well as a development perspective in examining those policies. It discusses the issue of adjustment in the EU and evaluates the EU's track record in the liberalisation of key industries of interest to developing countries.

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