Agriculture

Agriculture to Get Industry Status: Plan Being Prepared for Corporate Farming

Dawn, Karachi / By Rauf Klasra ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: An incentive package to attract local and foreign investment in corporate agriculture farming is being prepared, which envisages giving farming the status of industry, a five-year tax holiday, exclusion of big landholdings from future land reforms and no tax at district level.

Global Farm Subsidies: Indian Farmer is the Loser

Deccan Herald, Bangalore, India / By Devinder Sharma

Trade, Agriculture, and Climate Change

This assessment exposes the ways that current agricultural trade policies contribute to rising greenhouse gas emissions by substantially increasing the energy intensity of food production, processing, packaging and distribution systems.

StarLink Corn: The First GMO Snafu

This article appeared in the Wedge Co-op Newsletter, December 2000/January 2001. Overview on how StarLink Corn, not approved for human consumption, ended up in the food supply.

WTO Agreement on Agriculture: Strategic Issues for India

The Hindu AS MANDATED under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), signed in April 1994 at Marrakesh, the developed countries are to implement the terms of the Agreement on Agriculture by end 2000 and negotiations between all member countries to further the cause of trade reforms are to be carried out during the current year.

WTO Will Cast Shadow Over New U.S. Farm Bill

By Gene Lucht Iowa Farmer Today DES MOINES - Forget for a moment the discussion about what type of farm bill will benefit farmers the most. Remember, policy makers also need to consider what type of farm bill will be allowed under international trade agreements.

Farmers Fear WTO Will Be a ""Disaster""

The Daily Star In the third of a four-part series, Louisa Follis looks at what joining the WTO might mean for Lebanese agriculture With 195,000 agricultural producers in the country, about 25 percent of the population consists of farmers and their families, directly dependent on the sector. A further 15 percent of people in Lebanon are indirectly dependent on agriculture.

Agriculture at the Heart of Climate Change Solution

Central to any successful effort will be a re-consideration of how we produce food from the farm to the fork.

Public Interest Groups Criticize Bayer Refusal To Comply With FDA Proposal To Ban Antibiotic Used In

On November 30, Bayer Corporation decided against immediate compliance with a proposed FDA ban on use of its product, Baytril, in poultry. Eleven health, consumer and public interest groups issued this press release criticizing Bayer, and warning its refusal blocks protection of public health.

US-Apples/China Competition From Chinese Apple Crops Frustrates U.S.

EFE News Service | November 27, 2000 Washington, Nov 27 (EFE).- The competition from imported Chinese apples has reduced the prices of apples produced in Virginia nearly by half this year, despite an excellent harvest, according to industry officials.