By Choe Sang-Hun | International Herald Tribune Nov. 24, 2005 South Korea’s Parliament ratified a trade pact on Wednesday that opens the domestic market wider to rice imports, brushing aside strong opposition from the nation’s farmers. The move pushed through by the administration of President Roh Moo Hyun was aimed at underscoring South Korea’s commitment […]
Its less than 20 days before the MC6 commences in Hongkong, refresh your knowledge about the event by reading through this info straight from the WTO website itself 🙂 The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference will be held in Hong Kong, China, 13–18 December 2005. In general, ministerial conferences are the WTO’s highest decision-making body, meeting […]
VietDHRRA conducted a series of consultations on the WTO AoA last September 2005. Below are some pictures from the event. You may also download the consultation report here
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Nov05/12) By Kanaga Raja, Geneva, 9 Nov 2005 Agriculture lies at the centre of the Doha Round and is the engine of the negotiations, the Group of 20 developing countries stressed on 9 November in a Ministerial press statement. In what appeared to be a response to […]
FNN will hold its 3rd General Assembly on 3-4 December 2005 in Prey veng Province, Cambodia The objectives of this event are: 1. To share experienses and progress of farmer association 2. To spread the FNN statute among the member and observers 3. To discuss and approve internal regulations; activities, plan and budget of FNN […]
1. Asia Partnership for Human Development (APHD) is an association of 22 Catholic development agencies from Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Drawing inspiration and vision from scriptures and the Catholic Church’s social teachings, APHD works in solidarity with the poor, marginalized and oppressed peoples of Asia in their efforts for empowerment, development, and the promotion of their dignity and rights. The partnership commits itself to sharing, learning and capacity building in the context of the Asian realities of poverty, exploitation and exclusion, and the unfolding challenges of globalization.
2. In its regional advocacy work, APHD collaborates with Asia General (AG) partners ANGOC, AsiaDHRRA, SAWTEE and SEACON. At the global front, it strengthened its solidarity with Caritas Internationalis and its trade advocacy partner CIDSE. These collaborations are vital to APHD as it supports national advocacy work of partner agencies on sustainable agriculture, food security, and farmers’ rights, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and seed rights, and other trade-related issues centering on the WTO negotiations on TRIPs and agriculture (AoA).
The sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization is scheduled in December 2005, in Hongkong. Agriculture, through the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) undertaking, is still top of the agenda. With Asian farmers bearing the brunt of lopsided global agricultural trade policies, this sector should be well-informed about developments on this issue and should be […]
Results of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Cambodia have consistently proven that small farmers can increase rice production while reducing fertilizer, seed and water inputs. SRI has led to significant yield increases with both traditional and international rice varieties.
