Agriculture

Unsold Coffee Piles Up in Ivory Coast

Reuters | February 25, 2002 | by Anne Boher MAN, Ivory Coast - Unsold coffee is piling up in Ivory Coast's main growing region near the peak of the season as exporters await details of a promised subsidy scheme before buying, farmers and buyers said.

Number of U.S. Farms Declines in 2001

USDA | February 26, 2002 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is blaming a decline in the number of farms operating in the United States on adverse weather, lower commodity prices, and land competition.

USTR Seeks Industry Input on Possible Challenge in Biotech Dispute

Inside US Trade | February 15, 2002 U.S. trade officials met yesterday with representatives of agriculture, food processing and biotechnology sectors in an effort to gauge support for a possible U.S. World Trade Organization challenge to the European Union's three-year hold on allowing new genetically modified organisms onto its market.

Major Traders Throw Cold Water on Calls for ""Development Box"" in Agriculture Talks

International Trade Reporter | Volume 19 Number 7 | February 14, 2002 | By Daniel Pruzin

Developing Countries Could Earn Three Times the Aid They Receive if Subsidies Are Removed, WTO Says

Associated Press | February 7, 2002 | BY: TOM MALITI; Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya - Developing countries stand to earn at least three times more in exports than the international aid they currently receive if developed countries drop domestic agricultural subsidies, the World Trade Organization's top official said Thursday.

EU bans Chinese Animal Products, Citing Chloramphenicol Contamination

Food Chemical News | February 04, 2002

Activists at Brazil Forum Say Traditional Farming Threatened by Intellectual Property Rules

Associated Press | February 2, 2002 | By Tony Smith PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Ask Wilson Campos about intellectual property rights and the Costa Rican will tell you they are designed by multinational companies to make farmers like him dependent on expensive, patented seeds.

European Commission Opts Not To Push For End Of GMO Moratorium

Inside US Trade | January 25, 2002

China Bans More Meat Imports As Food Health Measures Stepped Up

Agence France Presse | January 31, 2002 China has destroyed allegedly contaminated meat products from Brazil, Argentina, Israel and Spain and suspended the import of pig offal from several countries including the United States and France, state press said Thursday.

Australian Minister Urges Japanese To "Eat Australian" In BSE Scare

Agence France Presse | January 30, 2002 Australian agriculture minister Warren Truss urged Japanese consumers to "eat Australian, eat safely" Wednesday as the mad cow crisis here continued to dampen beef sales.