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Dumping without borders: how US agricultural policies are destrying the livelihoods of Mexican corn farmers
Oxfam, 2003This document calls on the ministers attending the WTO talks in Cancun in September 2003 to act for Mexican farmers, who are facing a crisis as the markets for both corn and coffee collapse.DocumentThe electronic journal of governance and innovation
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003This issue of eAfrica examines the critical issues and the demands for trade-offs that Africa can expect form the defenders of unfair trade at the fifth WTO Ministerial in Cancun. It outlines two aggressive tactics that Africa could use to win a better deal and how Africa needs to make fundamental changes if it is to exploit even the modest trade access it has now.DocumentFarmers' privilege under attack
GRAIN, 2003This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’.DocumentAgrobiodiversity strategies to combat food insecurity and HIV/AIDS impact in rural Africa
Development Gateway, 2003On the basis of participatory field research conducted in different rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper demonstrates that agrobiodiversity and the associated indigenous knowledge are relevant forces to combat food insecurity and the HIV/AIDS crisis.DocumentDeveloping countries: victims or participants, their changing role in international negotiations
Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, 2003This paper questions how developing countries can effectively participate in international negotiations as they become an increasingly important part of the international system.The author addresses the following questions:Can developing countries participate effectively in these negotiations, and can they obtain benefits from such participation?What lessons can be learnt from pastDocumentAgriculture technology diffusion and price policy
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002This collection of papers are the proceedings from the EDRI/IFPRI 2020 network policy forum on “Agriculture Technology and Price Policy in Ethiopia”.Objectives of the policy forum were to achieve:a better understanding of the theoretical foundation of the relationship between prices and the dissemination of agricultural technology at different stagesawareness of the analytical toolsDocumentPrimary animal health care in the 21st century: shaping the rules, policies and institutions
Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2002Report summarising the presentations, discussions and recommendations of an international conference held in October 2002 to examine issues around the changing policy environment for the provision of veterinary services.DocumentAgriculture policy reform in the ECA transition economies, 1991-2002: an assessment of the World Bank’s approach
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 2003This desk study evaluates the World Bank’s contribution to policy reform in the agriculture sector of the ECA transition economies, covering the period 1991-2002.Findings:ECSSD’s assistance program has grown substantially. The Bank’s lending and administrative spending are twice the mean for all Bank regions.DocumentTrade and development at the WTO: issues for Cancún. Seventh Report of Session 2002–03
UK Parliament, 2003This paper presents the UK Parliament’s recommendations for Cancun and for a genuine development round.Development-friendly agreements on specific issues:Agriculture: There must be substantial reductions in trade-distorting domestic support, export subsidies and tariffs, so that developing countries can trade their way out of poverty.