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    Rethinking agricultural input subsidies in poor rural economies

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2008
    Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in agricultural input subsidies in Africa, together with the emergence of innovative subsidy-delivery systems. This brief argues that these developments, together with new insights into development processes, make it necessary to revisit the conventional wisdom on subsidies.
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    Tropical and diversification products: strategic options for developing countries

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2008
    This paper aims to provide strategic options for developing countries regarding the liberalisation of tropical products.
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    The development dimension of the agriculture negotiations

    South Centre, 2007
    This policy brief identifies development concerns underlined in proposals presented by developing countries in the WTO agricultural negotiations. It argues that the negotiations have resulted in painful concessions and little gains for developing countries but continue to perpetuate imbalanced rules in favour of developed countries.
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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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    A fair farm bill for the world

    Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007
    The U.S. Farm Bill has had a dramatic impact on agricultural economies across the globe. This paper reflects on ways to improve U.S. farm policy in support of small farmers, rural development and livelihoods around the world. Specifically, it looks at how the Farm Bill directly affects trade, subsidies, dumping, food aid, market concentration and public health.
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    The guessing game. How the U.S. play agriculture trade in 2007

    Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007
    This brief discusses what position the United States is likely to take if WTO trade talks are revived in 2007.
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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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    Concentrated market power and agricultural trade

    WTO Watch Trade Observatory, IATP, 2006
    Much of the discussion of competition policy reflects a preoccupation with protecting consumers against the power of organised production. However, this paper argues that in agriculture, the dominance of major corporations enables them to undermine proper market functioning, with deleterious effects on farmers.
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    Analysis of the potential impact of the current WTO agricultural negotiations on government strategies in the SADC region

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
    This study identifies how the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could potentially constrain government action to achieve food security in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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    Global agriculture and the Doha Round: market access is the key

    Economic Research Service, USDA, 2006
    Agricultural tariffs have proved one of the most difficult areas under World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations but, the Economic Research Service argues here, tariff reductions that improve market access are key to achieving the benefits of trade liberalisation.

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