Tanzania introduces farm support in face of continued low prices In the face of a forecast 800,000 tonne surplus of cotton for 2004/05 and accumulated global stocks of 8.66 million tonnes, cotton prices have fal... 03/10/2004
The debate on EU sugar-sector reform The EC proposals for sugar-sector reform were published in July 2004 and basically amount to adoption (as expected) of the ‘fall in price’ option.... 22/09/2004
African ministers support west African proposals On May 27th-28th 2004 African trade ministers meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, called for the elimination of cotton-sector subsidies over a three-year p... 21/09/2004
The EU commodities plan and cotton-sector initiative are approved Commission proposals for a commodities action plan and cotton initiative were approved by EU Ministers on April 27th 2004. The main objective of t... 19/09/2004
The EC is open to concessions to the G-90 Speaking at the opening of the Caribbean-EU EPA negotiations Commissioner Lamy urged Caribbean governments to play a positive role in re-launching... 15/09/2004
Sensitivity of sugar-sector reform is emphasised Sugar-sector reform is ‘very sensitive’, since any reform ‘will have repercussions on the sugar-producing developing countries’, according to the... 14/09/2004
LDC proposal for improved sugar access The LDC sugar group presented a proposal to the European Commission on March 3 rd 2004 designed ‘to safeguard their current and future access to t... 14/09/2004
Cotton briefing is released ‘Briefing notes on the reform of the EU cotton regime’ by CAFOD, CIDSE and CARITAS Europe, were released in February 2004. The briefing highlights... 14/09/2004
ACP-EU JPA calls for action on the coffee crisis The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Brazzaville adopted a resolution on the crisis in the international coffee market calling for,... 20/05/2004
EU beef subsidies in 2002 On November 15th 2002 the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service issued a brief report reviewing EU aid in the beef sector. It bro... 20/05/2004