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Apr 5, 2000

South Asian Preferential Trade Deal Has Failed: Bangladesh

Agence France Presse DHAKA, April 5 (AFP) - Bangladesh Wednesday said that a preferential trade agreement among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations had failed to boost regional trade.
Apr 5, 2000

Biotech Activists, 04/05/00: BASF Investing in Potential of AgBiotech

April 2000 / ISB News Report
Apr 5, 2000

Melchett Tells Court of His Fear of GM Crops

The Guardian, UK / Wednesday April 5, 2000 Lord Melchett, executive director of Greenpeace, told Norwich crown court yesterday that genetic modification of crops was one the most frightening things he had come across, and he was convinced the government was keen to pursue the technology.
Apr 5, 2000

Down on the Farm with the WTO

by
Mark Ritchie
Published in the Spring 2000 issue of the magazine Whole Earth and also in the Spring 2000 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog under the title "WTO Think-In". Agribusiness had long argued that the industrial model of agriculture was inevitable and there was no alternative to globalization and homogenization.
Apr 4, 2000

Saudi Arabia""s Bid to Join WTO Picks Up Steam

By John Zarocostas GENEVA, April 4, (UPI) - Saudi Arabia's Minister of Commerce, Osama Faquih, said today in Geneva the Kingdom's six-year bid to join the World Trade Organization has picked up momentum.
Apr 4, 2000

Study Tries to Alter Hog Myths

March 31, 2000 / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS University of Nebraska-Lincoln For years farmers and small-town business owners have speculated about the economic impact of large hog operations on their communities, but a study released Thursday attempts to clear up some of the myths.
Apr 4, 2000

Organic Farming Skyrockets in U.S. - USDA Study

Reuters Financial Report / Mar 30, 2000 / By Barbara Hagenbaugh WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. farm acres dedicated to producing organic vegetables, fruit, herbs and livestock surged nearly 50 percent from 1995 to 1997, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday.
Apr 4, 2000

U.S. Grains Council Says One of Brightest Markets Traded Away in Clandestine Negotiations

U.S. Newswire WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The following was released today by the U.S. Grains Council: "The U.S. Grains Council is deeply disappointed over a recent agreement between the United States and India with respect to increased corn and sorghum tariffs in the WTO," says Kenneth Hobbie, USGC President and CEO, in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky.