Agriculture came under WTO rules in 1995 as a result of the Uruguay Round agreements. It has been difficult for farmers in many countries to adjust to GATT rules and disciplines, but all appreciate that in an increasingly interdependent world, national policies have to be adjusted to one another in an orderly way. IFAP believes that farmers need a rules-based system for international trade. However, for IFAP trade liberalisation should not be regarded as an end in itself. Rather it should serve to ensure that economic growth and greater integration of the world economy fulfils it potential to enhance the livelihoods of farm families throughout the world, contributes to the eradication of poverty, and promotes an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable path for agricultural development.


IFAP session on “An agreement on agriculture that promotes global development”, to be held during the WTO Public Forum, Geneva, 5 October 2007.

 

Update on WTO Doha Round Negotiation, by Jack Wilkinson, 27 September 2007, Lima, Peru, Meeting of the IFAP Latin America and Caribbean Committee.

 

Summary of the IFAP session on agriculture “Outstanding Issues in Agriculture and Impacts on Farm Policies”, WTO Public Forum, Geneva, 26 September 2006.

 

WTO Public Forum: Make a difference for farmers incomes. IFAP Press release, 26 September 2006.

 

 IFAP Report on the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference. Hong Kong, 13-18 December 2005.

 

Update on the WTO Negotiations. IFAP Brief Note. November 2005.

 

Update on the WTO Negotiations. IFAP Briefing Note. September 2005.

 

Summary of the IFAP session on agriculture in the trade negotiations “Outstanding Issues in Agriculture and Impacts on Farm Policies”, WTO Public Symposium, Geneva, 21 April 2005.

 

"Produits Spéciaux et Mesures de Sauvegarde Spéciale : Régime et Opportunités des Mesures de Défense Commerciale", par Isabelle Mamaty, analyste des produits de la FIPA. Dialogue régional : L’Agriculture Ouest Africaine à l’épreuve de la Libéralisation des Echanges. Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, 9-10 mars 2005.   (French only)

 

World Trade Organisation negotiations on agriculture: Towards an agreement

    on agriculture without forgetting farmers. Press Release, 21 April 2005.

The WTO July Framework Package and Beyond. IFAP Briefing Note. November 2004.

  OECD Trade Committee: IFAP's presentation, 19 October 2004.

 

  Farmers’ demand for WTO negotiations on agriculture. IFAP Brief.  July 2004.

 


  World farmers to the WTO Ambassador Tim Groser:  Farmers’ demands for WTO. Press  release. July 2004.

 

  Cancun - moral victory for developing countries by David King, IFAP Secretary General, September 2003.


  Over view of the WTO Agreement on agriculture, by David King, IFAP Secretary General. Presentation to 3rd World Dairy Producers Round Table, Pretoria, South Africa, 5-7 May 2003


  Agricultural Trade and the WTO Negotiations: Concerns and Consensus

     Among Farmers' Organisations. Farmers Consolidated Statement.

     November 2002.

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