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WTO Head Says Trade Restrictions Mounting

By Jonathan Lynn April 9, 2009

International commerce risks being strangled by a gradual buildup of restrictions that could undermine policies to revive the world economy, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said March 26. WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said there were no signs of an imminent descent into intense tit-for-tat protectionism. “The danger today is of an

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Research, Trade Top Priorities For Farmers

By Alex Binkley April 2, 2009

“There just simply isn’t the return in cereals and pulses under our system to spur private research at the levels necessary.” – DOUG ROBERTSON, ALBERTA GRAIN FARMER AND GGC PRESIDENT More basic agriculture research and improved trade deals will go a long way toward helping Canadian farmers be competitive internationally, farm groups say. Grain Growers

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UN warns food output could fall, prices rise

By Martin Roberts February 5, 2009

“While arguments for supporting small farms are sometimes dismissed as based on a romantic attachment of peasant agriculture, the evidence shows that with the right policy framework, small farming can be a viable route out of poverty.” – CHATHAM HOUSE REPORT A recent drop in food prices could discourage farmers from sowing crops and cut

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World food system exploits consumers: activist

By Ron Friesen December 4, 2008

Raj Patel held up a Snickers bar, examined the list of ingredients and proclaimed it the key to understanding the world’s food system. The list included cocoa, likely from the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer and an employer of child labour. It also included lecithin, an emulsifier made from soybean oil, found in

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India’s biofuel target risks food price row

By Mayank Bhardwaj, Rajkumar Ray October 23, 2008

India on Sept. 11 set an ambitious 20 per cent target for biofuels use within a decade, threatening to revive the food-versus-fuel debate just as global food prices stabilize to the relief of poor consumers and governments. Prices of grains like rice and wheat have fallen from record levels in 2007 and early 2008 as

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World Bank sees tougher times in developing nations

By Lesley Wroughton October 16, 2008

“What we’re now moving into is the phase where one has to look more broadly at the danger of developing country growth and there it depends on policies they take and the support we and others can give them.” With world attention trained on resolving a financial crisis in western economies, World Bank president Robert

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Developing world leaders urge action on food

By Lesley Wroughton October 16, 2008

Developing world leaders said Sept. 23 that escalating food costs were exacting a heavy toll on the poor and called for global action to reverse the trend, which threatens to undermine economic growth. The impact of higher global food prices was raised by leaders in speeches to the annual United Nations General Assembly gathering, where

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U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, hogs recoup losses

Safeguards leave ‘cars for cows’ deal in peril

Relief as new China ruling lowers EU pork tariffs

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