Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Farm Tour-Poultry
This farmer from Burkina Faso has a poultry flock at home. He also grows cotton, maize, peanuts, and cowpeas.
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Resolution of the Brazilian WTO Export Credit/Farm Program Case
Ten years ago this coming September a WTO dispute resolution panel ruled that the U.S. had not honored its WTO commitments on agricultural export credit program...
Rebuild the African Breadbasket with the Power of Fertilizer and Promise of Biotechnology
Africas farmers must do better.
The population of our continent continues to grow, but our ability to produce food remains stuck in the past. Experts say th...
U.S.-Brazil WTO Case Discussion Framework
The U.S. and Brazilian governments announced a framework for discussions related to a WTO case won by Brazil on trade-distorting U.S. export credit and cotton p...
TRADE: African Producers Press Rich Nations on Cotton Subsidies
IPS - Inter Press Service
By Danielle Kurtzleben
July 23, 2009
www.ipsnews.net
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - Representatives from four major cotton-producing...
Expansion of Biotech Crop Plantings in 2008
Continued expansion in the worldwide acreage of biotech crops is the result of economic and political forces. Farmers adopt them to increase yields and/or lowe...
U.S. Cotton Again at the Center of WTO Doha Round Talks
If the Doha Round of WTO negotiations is revived in coming weeks, U.S. cotton programs will be a critical part of the debate. WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy ...
The Farmers Choice
"Now, in regards to the Friends mentioned above, I couldnt help thinking of a line from a comedian I once heard. He said, some people are afraid of heights. Not...
The Biotech Crops Story is More Than Just Increased Acreage
"When the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its report on plantings of biotech crops around the world in 2...