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While market integration can increase national income and improve nutrition, it also "globalizes" potential threats to livelihoods, human health and the environment...

Emad Mekay | ipsnews.net WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (IPS) – Concern is brewing among advocacy groups and civil society organisations that […]

By Bhagirath Lal Das | Delhi, India, 13 Feb 2006 | http://www.twnside.org Doha opened the door in 2001 for correcting […]

By Jey T. Ponce | Philrice Online Virgilio Bautista of Santo Domingo Nueva Ecija has been a farmer since childhood. […]

In view of the current instability in Metro Manila, The AFA, AsiaDHRRA secretariats and our local hosts PAKISAMA and PhilDHRRA […]

HA NOI — As early as two o’clock in the morning, vegetable sellers in Dong Du Commune of Gia Lam District in the capital city of Ha Noi start their busy day’s work. They collect vegetables from farmers to take to wholesale markets, from where containers can be filled to be exported to countries in the EU and North America.

After the intense negotiations - and protests - at Hong Kong, the WTO claims a global trade deal is still possible by the end of this year. Head of Panos London’s globalisation programme, Jon Barnes, analyses the issues at stake and looks at the dynamics of the trade body.