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Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries: volume two: quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform
2007Among the many reasons that agricultural trade reforms are important, two stand out: the importance of agriculture in developing countries and the slow growth of agricultural trade from developing countries to developed countries.DocumentIndia and the agreement on agriculture: civil society and citizens' engagement
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007This 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.DocumentA fair farm bill for the world
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007The 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.DocumentDoha: a dangerous numbers game
Focus on the Global South, 2007With all the attention on reducing tariffs for developing countries, what has happened to the development goals of the Doha Round?DocumentThe negative impact that agriculture rules on trade and finance have on women, families and communities
International Gender and Trade Network, 2006This 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.DocumentLiberalising agricultural trade and developing countries
2003This paper presents the key issues debated at a conference on the liberalisation of agricultural trade and the interests of developing countries which took place prior to the WTO Doha Round negotiations on agriculture.DocumentAgriculture & 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.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.