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Póliticas comerciales y seguridad alimentaria: Reproducción de la Memoria Anual 2002-2003 del IFPRI by Watkins, Kevin, von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok

“…Instead of distorting the marketplace, rich nations must pay more than lip service to the ideal of free and fair trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the arena to do so internationally. …”
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Trade policies and food security: Essays from IFPRI's 2002-2003 Annual Report by Watkins, Kevin, von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Gulati, Ashok

“…Instead of distorting the marketplace, rich nations must pay more than lip service to the ideal of free and fair trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the arena to do so internationally. …”
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Integrating market chain assessments with zoonoses risk analysis in two cross-border pig value chains in Lao PDR by Okello, Anna L., Tiemann, Tassilo T., Inthavong, Phouth, Khamlome, Boualam, Phengvilaysouk, Ammaly, Keonouchanh, Soukanh, Keokhamphet, Chattouphone, Somoulay, Virasack, Blaszak, Kate, Blacksell, Stuart D., Okello, Walter O., Allen, John

“…Objective Lao PDR’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization necessitates a greater understanding of the patterns and risk of livestock production in order to better align national policy with the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. …”
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IFCN Dairy Conference 2007

“…En la actividad participan representantes de la Internacional Dairy Federation (IDF), de la World Trade Organization (WTO) y de la Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). …”
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The US animal insurance program: Rapid expansion at a growing cost to taxpayers by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…US livestock product exports have grown significantly in recent years, and such support potentially exposes US exports to challenges by foreign suppliers through the dispute settlement mechanism at the World Trade Organization.…”
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Negotiating agricultural trade in a new policy environment by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…Growth in agricultural trade has been facilitated in part through the rules-based system established under the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). …”
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Agricultural policy in disarray: Reforming the farm bill—An overview by Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W., Goodwin, Barry K., Sumner, Daniel A.

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Why some are more equal than others: Country typologies of food security by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Thomas, Marcelle

“…This paper reviews several approaches to creating country typologies of food (in)security conditions and then updates Díaz-Bonilla et al.’s 2000 IFPRI paper Food Security and Trade Negotiations in the World Trade Organization. The exercise uses five variables: domestic food production per capita (constant dollars per capita); a combination of calories and protein per capita; the ratio of total exports to food imports; the ratio of the nonagricultural population to total population; and a variable based on the mortality rate for children under 5. …”
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Navigating the trade landscape: A Latin American perspective building on the WTO 13th ministerial conference by Piñeiro, Valeria, Campos Azofeifa, Adriana, Piñeiro, Martin

“…The countries of the Americas must continue to support efforts to strengthen the multilateral trade system, ensuring that it is open, transparent and science-based, as well as to effectively participate in discussion forums such as the ministerial conferences of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Amidst this scenario, international trade plays a vital role in transforming food systems, by interconnecting them and contributing to creating a more sustainable global food system. …”
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High food prices: The what, who, and how of proposed policy actions by von Braun, Joachim, Ahmed, Akhter, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok, Hoddinott, John F., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Rosegrant, Mark W., Ruel, Marie T., Torero, Maximo, van Rheenen, Teunis, von Grebmer, Klaus

“…A second set of actions-a resilience package-consists of the following steps:; 5. calm markets with the use of market-oriented regulation of speculation, shared public grain stocks, strengthened food-import financing, and reliable food aid;; 6. invest in social protection;; 7. scale up investments for sustained agricultural growth; and; 8. complete the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. Investment in these actions calls for additional resources. …”
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Situation analysis on South African animal medicines, animal health and animal residues in foodstuffs by Molefe, S.M., McCrindle, C.M.E., Botha, C.J., Makita, K., Grace, Delia

“…International standards in line with Codex, World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), are followed, in line with international obligations. …”
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Need for advocacy for effective participatory crop improvement and plant genetic resource enhancement: Case studies on rice-breeding processes from Khotang and JaJarkot Districts,... by Ghale, Yamuna

“…The trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPs) agreement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a major threat to crop and variety development and genetic resource enhancement. …”
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Agricultural policies in Vietnam: producer support estimates, 1986-2002 by Nguyen, Hoa, Grote, Ulrike

“…Vietnam has become a member of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), signed several bilateral trade agreements and is currently negotiating accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). First positive results of the reform process became visible in the early 1990s when poverty declined to a large extent. …”
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Philippine agricultural and food policies: Implications for poverty and income distribution by Cororaton, Caesar B., Corong, Erwin

“…The special product arguments of the World Trade Organization increase the pressure to maintain the existing high levels of food protection in the country. …”
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