ICT and Agriculture

Building a regional future Marcelo Bosch .-- ICTs as a tool for overcoming asymmetries in Latin American agriculture Mônica Rodrigues .-- “The impact of ICTs on agriculture is huge”, interview with Raúl Hopkins .-- Priorities and policies for ICT use in the Bolivian agricultural sector Víctor Vásquez Mamani .-- “To strengthen the impact of ICTs on public institutions, the end user must be established as the central objective”, interview with Hugo Chavarría .-- “ICT development must be focused on the small producer”, interview with Blas Espinel .-- “Our experiences can be replicated in the region”, interview with Francine Brossard .-- facts and figures.

Sustainable development in international law making and trade: International food governance and trade in agriculture

This timely book provides an accessible insight into how the concept of sustainable development can be made operational through its translation into legal terms. Understood as a multidimensional legal principle, sustainable development facilitates coherent international law making. Using this notion as an analytical lens on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, the book considers the unresolved question of what a sustainable and coherent agricultural trade agreement could look like.

Towards a new balance of trade in agriculture

Trade in agriculture is linked to a whole range of economic, environmental, societal and future interests. For this reason, international regulation of trade in agricultural goods is highly contentious. While mainly directed towards an opening of markets, the WTO Agreement on Agriculture also has some entry points for ‘non trade concerns’. However, the agreement still looks like a casual patchwork that allows rather unsystematic ally for exemptions, without explicitly exposing the grounds that allow for them. The question arises of how the agreement could be drafted in a more structured way, in order to make sure that the economic objectives are efficiently pursued, and at the same time that human rights and environmental concerns are adequately taken account of? The concept of sustainable development provides for a methodical ‘seven step’ framework that gives guidance on integrated decision making processes. In this paper, this framework is partially applied to the Agreement on Agriculture. This working paper served as an introductory note to a brainstorming workshop on the subject that took place on 27 March 2009 at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern.

Agriculture, Food and the TTIP: Possibilities and Pitfalls. CEPS Special Report No. 99/December 2014. TTIP Series No. 3 and Paper No. 1 in the CEPS-CTR project “TTIP in the balance’’

Progress in agriculture and food issues in the TTIP talks will largely be determined by the level of ambition in the negotiations as a whole. If ambitions are modest, a low-level agreement could probably be reached that includes some limited commitments on agricultural market access and food regulations. These could include promises of mutual support in the area of opening up agricultural markets through the WTO and of further Transatlantic cooperation in trying to resolve conflicts over food regulations. Bolder ambitions would allow more scope for tackling the difficult problems, though at the cost of time. It would be unfortunate if the opportunity were not taken to make some significant progress in removing some longstanding irritants in the area of agricultural policy and food regulations: this is where the economic gains are likely to be significant and the spill-overs useful. This paper argues the case that it is worthwhile making the effort to secure a constructive and imaginative agreement on agriculture and food regulations in the TTIP. A fairly detailed suggestive list of potential sub-deals in agro-food, supported by the analysis in the paper, is the most concrete one of a series of policy conclusions

National Potato Grade Labeling Act. Hearings before a subcommittee, Eighty-fifth Congress, first session, on S. 1315 and S. 1393, bills to authorize the National Potato Grade Labeling Act, which provides quality requirements for, and the inspection, certification, and labeling of Irish potatoes. May 21-22, 1957.

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Muscle Shoals. Hearings, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 139, S. 2372, S. 2747, S. 3214, and H.R. 518, bills relative to the completion of Muscle Shoals.

George W. Norris, chairman.

Migratory bird refuge act : hearings ... Sixty-ninth Congress, first session on H.R. 7479, a bill for the purpose of more effectively meeting the obligations of the existing migratory bird treaty with Great Britain ... February 15, 1926.

"Serial G"

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year .

Reports for 1881-1882 issued in 1 vol.

Food and agriculture act of 1965. Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, first session.

Hearings held June 16, 1965- S. 399, 598, 891, 939, 994, 1563, 1702, 1794, 1838, 2025, 2079, 2110, 2111, bills to maintain farm income, to stabilize prices, and assure adequate supplies of agricultural commodities to reduce surpluses, lower Government costs, and promote foreign trade, to afford greater economic opportunity in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Food and agriculture act of 1965; report, together with supplemental, minority, and individual views, to accompany H.R. 9811.

Caption title.

Control of aphids. Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Aphid Infestation on H. R. 10502 [and others] April 24, 1956.

"Serial no. 84-XX."

Rural development. Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, first session, on S.1612 ... S.2223 ....

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Farm labor program. Hearings, Eighty-second Congress, first session, on S. 949, a bill relating to the stabilization of defense farm labor; S. 984, a bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949; and S. 1106, a bill to facilitate the obtaining of an adequate supply of workers for the production and harvesting of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes. March 13-16, 1951.

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Policies and programs of the Department of Agriculture. Hearing, Eighty-third Congress, 1st session. March 25, 1953.

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Price spreads on poultry and eggs. Hearings, Eight-third Congress, second session, on price spreads on poultry and eggs and government financing of the poultry industry. December 2-3, 1954.

Mode of access: Internet.