Agriculture

Us Corn Exporters Relieved At Starlink Export Okay

By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. grain exporters expressed relief on Friday after the government lifted export restrictions on shipments tainted with traces of an unapproved biotech corn, allowing shipments of previously banned corn to Latin America, Asia and Europe.

U.S. Trade Rep. Follows Farmers Union Urging for Wheat Dumping Investigation

For Immediate Release October 24, 2000 / Contact: Clarence White, Washington NFU Office, 202-314-3191, [email protected]

Cairns Group Takes "Baby Steps" Toward Ending Global Subsidies

By Pro Farmer Editors / Mike Jubinville, Editor of Pro Farmer Canada

Update on Trojan Trade Reps, Golden Rice and the Search for Higher Ground: "Golden Goosed?"

October 12, 2000 Rural Advancement Foundation International

Canada Says WTO the Only Way on Food Talks

Reuters | by Patrick White QUEBEC CITY - Canada said yesterday that problems affecting agriculture could only be settled through the World Trade Organisation and that those negotiations could only succeed if developing countries were involved.

Worry Remains Whether Tacos Are Made Of Unapproved Biotech Grain

First It Was Kraft, Now Mission's Pulling Food From Shelves Company Will Now Use Only White Corn For Flour Mix WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2000

Patented Genes Like Bonded Labor?

Geneva, 4 Oct (Chakravarthi Raghavan) -- In a paper (Doc IP/C/W/209) submitted to the recent meeting of the Council for TRIPS, the United States has suggested that patenting of life forms does not amount to ownership but only preventing others from taking certain actions.

Agriculture: New Advances in Agriculture Mean More Food for Africans

By Nana Rosine Ngangoue COTONOU, Oct 16 (IPS)- Even with the poor climatic conditions and ineffective agricultural policies that have prevailed in Africa over the past few years, the development and introduction of new, disease-resistant crop varieties have meant larger yields and less famine.

Agriculture: Cairns Leaders Launch European Offensive

By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Oct 16 (IPS) - The rural entrepreneurs of the Cairns Group member countries are joining their governments to form an anti-protectionist bloc, fighting for agricultural liberalisation in the talks underway at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

New OECD Draft Nears U.S. Proposal on Agriculture Export Credits

Inside US Trade A new draft agreement on agriculture export credits moves closer to the U.S. proposal limiting the terms of government-backed loans to 18 months for cereals, oilseeds and cotton but cuts back on U.S. demands for extended pay-back periods for the world's poorest countries, according to industry and international government sources.