Agriculture

Clinton Pushes for China Trade in Midwest

The Washington Post / By Matthew Vita / Washington Post Staff Writer

Clinton Preaches Benefits of China Deal to Farmers

By Deborah Charles SHAKOPEE, Minn. (Reuters) - President Clinton took his campaign for freer trade with China to America's heartland on Friday, standing in a barnyard to tell some Minnesota farmers how they would benefit from the trade legislation.

Peruvian to Lead WTO""s Agricultural Negotiations

By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, May 8 (IPS) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was finally able to overcome a difference of opinion that got in the way of the agricultural committee's normal operations: it named Peruvian negotiator Jorge Voto-Bernales president of this strategic negotiating arena.

Corporate Farming Starting in India

Times of India MYSORE: The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha chief Prof M.D. Nanjundaswamy on Friday bitterly criticised the state government's move to allow the big corporate houses into the field of farming in the guise of encouraging bio-technology and said, the KRRS will oppose the allotment of land to the Reliance group of industries.

India Forwards WTO Details of Tariff Swap Deal with U.S.

GENEVA--India has revealed details of a tariff swap agreement with the United States which will provide exporters with improved access to the Indian market for certain agricultural goods while raising tariffs on others farm products.

According to OECD, Global Prospects Will Be Largely Influenced by Situation in China

EU Could Begin to Export Cereals Without Subsidies from 2004; Concerns Over American Subsidies

African Trade Bill Includes Provisions on EU Goods

The Wall Street Journal / By DAVID ROGERS, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- Bananas and beef are stowaways on a bill before Congress to promote trade with Africa in textiles and apparel.

Cassava Can Play

Reuters ROME -- The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which finances farm projects in poor nations, were cited as saying in a joint statement today that cassava, long neglected by policy makers, has huge potential to reduce world hunger as it is a cheap, resilient crop that can substitute for wheat.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Praises China, Warns of US Trade Scepticism

Agence France Presse BEIJING, April 25 (AFP) - US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman Tuesday praised China's market-opening efforts while warning of increased scepticism to free trade back home.

Slow Progress Towards Sustainable Agriculture Since Rio, FAO Warns

Reference No.: 3221 / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations