Agriculture

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Grain Farmers Already Feeling WTO Squeeze

South China Morning Post | January 29, 2002 | By Mark O'Neill in Beijing Despite the nation being a World Trade Organisation member for less than two months, farmers in the northeast are feeling the impact in terms of rising stocks, lower prices and unpaid wages.

We Can""t Lose Any More Farmers

Agri News | By Jean Caspers-Simmet | January 29, 2002 AMES, Iowa -- Sustainable farming methods promoted by Practical Farmers of Iowa and other groups can help save the planet, says Mark Ritchie, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

An Introduction to the Development Box

The Development Box proposal has been put forward by a number of developing country delegations at the WTO, and will be discussed at the Committee on Agriculture at its February 2002 meeting. This background briefing is produced by a number of NGOs that support the proposal.

FAO Urges Removal Of Potent Drug From Food Chain

Reuters | January 24, 2002

Italy Says Countryside, Consumers Key in CAP Reform

Reuters | January 24, 2002 ROME - Rural development and respect for the consumer and the environment are the main planks of an Italian proposal on medium-term Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, the Farm Ministry said yesterday.

Canada Wheat Board Investigation Deadline Extended by Trade Representative

January 23, 2002 | By Rossella Brevetti

Agriculture Key To Afghan Recovery

REUTERS reports that the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization believes peace and long term economic stability in war-ravaged Afghanistan depend on rebuilding agriculture. "The shortest path to national stability will be for the rural population to return to their fields and produce the nation's food," the FAO said in a statement.

US Farm Subsidy Package to Hurt Global Producers

Asia Pulse | January 15, 2002 340 billion S175.47 billion) subsidy package for farmers in the United States would depress world agricultural prices and hurt Australian producers, according to new study by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).

Mayor Announces Year""s Agro-Subsidy Program

The News (Mexico D.F.) | Jason Lange, The News Staff | Januayrry 16, 2002 The mayor on Tuesday announced the city will give 154 million pesos (US$17.1 million) this year in subsidies to farmers in the capital's rural zones.

Meeting the Asian Biotech Challange

Farm Progress | Ed Maixner | 1/16/2002 American crop producers and food manufacturers remain surprised and somewhat bewildered over the import regulations issued in China late last week for genetically modified products.

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