Policy News
22 Nov 2005 Tanzania and Uganda move on commodities
Six African countries call for inclusion of commodities in WTO Doha negotiations
26 October 2005 Irish Minister for Agriculture and Food meets WTO chief Lamy
Warns that further CAP reform must not be forced by a new WTO agreement.
1 August 2005 Chairman Groser's Status Report on the Agriculture Negotiations
Identifes the key issues to be resolved in the WTO agriculture negotiations to arrive at a first approximation of the modalities before the Hong Kong Ministerial.
13 July 2005 EU Commission proposes a Joint Declaration on EU development policy
Proposal recognises the role of policy coherence and calls for more investment in agriculture and rural development.
8 July 2005 The Gleneagles G8 summit
The Summit made some significant promises but are they sufficient and will they be delivered?
23 June 2005 IIIS discussion paper on sugar preferences just published
Examines implications of EU sugar reform for preference-receiving developing countries
15 June 2005 Oxfam lambasts the effect of rich country agricultural subsidies on poor countries in new report
New Oxfam Briefing Paper argues that agricultural dumping has a devastating effect on poor countries.
