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  India and the agreement on agriculture: civil society and citizens' engagement

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  This paper explores civil society advocacy on the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and how it influences the trade policy process and facilitates citizen engagement in the Indian context.
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  The negative impact that agriculture rules on trade and finance have on women, families and communities

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2006

  This article examines the impact of the Agreement on Agriculture on the ability of developing countries to achieve food security and sustainable livelihoods for their farmers, using the dairy industry in Kenya as a case study.The author concludes that Kenya’s dairy industry faces a gloomy future, a situation that threatens the livelihood of 600,000 or more small holders and their families.
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  Agricultural trade reform and the Doha development agenda

  World Bank, 2005

  This 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.
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  Planting the rights seed: a human rights perspective on agriculture trade and the WTO

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005

  The report critically examines the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Agriculture (AoA).
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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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  Introduction to the development box: finding space for development concerns in the WTO's agricultural negotiations

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2003

  This paper introduces the Development Box, a package of proposals made by a dozen or so developing countries concerned that existing WTO rules for agriculture are undermining food security and rural livelihoods in their countries. The Development Box (DB) offers possible exceptions to the trade rules to meet the needs of countries with few resources and urgent food security needs.
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  Implementation issues of the Agreement on Agriculture and its implications for developing countries

  Economic Research Foundation, India, 2001

  The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) was an attempt to impose discipline on global agricultural trade by removing trade distortions resulting from unrestricted use of production and export subsidies and import barriers, both tariff and non-tariff.
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  The agreement on agriculture

  ActionAid International, 2002

  Agricultural trade is of vital importance for developing countries, accounting for a large share of GDP and being primary source of employment, livelihoods and basic food for the majority of population.
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  Food and trade: the WTO development challenge

  Canadian Council for International Co-operation, 2002

  In 1994 WTO members introduce agriculture into the multilateral trade negotiations in order to foster free trade in agricultural products and eliminate three types of trade barriers, such as domestic support, market access and export competition.
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  Bold development box proposals meet with stiff resistance (WTO Agreement on Agriculture)

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002

  Since the Seattle Ministerial developing countries have sought to introduce a ‘development box’ that would allow them more flexibility in implementing the Agreement on Agriculture.This article outlines the various proposals and responses and charts the progress of negotiations.Among proposals were provisions that:developing countries should be able to exempt staple crops important t

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