Food Crisis 101
(The Farm Bill, Trade, Strategic Reserves and Related Issues)
KEY (to acronyms)
IATP: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
APAC: Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
NFFC: National Family Farm Coalition
CIDSE: “Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la
Solidarité” (International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity)
Ritchie: Mark Ritchie, Former President of IATP
Harkin: Iowa Senator Tom Harkin
Brad: That’s me.
BRIEFLY
Brad: video Farm Bill and Food Crisis
Brad: The Farm Bill Train (song)
CHEAP PRICES VS HIGH PRICES
https://znetwork.org/zblogs/farm-justice-primer-a-farm-bill-primer/
GRAIN RESERVES, PRICE CEILINGS
APAC: Reserves Protect farmers and buyers
APAC: Must Administer Reserves Well
APAC: Blame lack of reserves lst, not Ethanol
APAC: Bare cupboard? There is no cupboard!
IATP: Reserves and Hunger
IATP: “Why We Need Reserves”
IATP: “WTO and Food Reserves”
IATP: Local, Regional, Global Reserves
FARM BILL & TRADE (examples)
Harkin: Trade as part of Harkin-Gephardt Farm Bill
IATP: Report: Trade as part of Sugar Policy (several links)
IATP: Fact Sheet: Trade & Sugar Policy
IATP: “Manage Global Production”
Brad: “WTO Africa Group with NFFC, Not EWG,” https://znetwork.org/zblogs/wto-africa-group-with-nffc-not-ewg-by-brad-wilson/
Brad: “Via Campesina with NFFC: Support for Fair Farm Prices,” https://znetwork.org/zblogs/via-campesina-with-nffc-support-for-fair-farm-prices-by-brad-wilson/
Brad: “Food Sovereignty as Government Intervention,” https://znetwork.org/zblogs/food-sovereignty-as-government-intervention/
Brad: “False on the Food Poverty Crisis: 25 Online Examples,” https://znetwork.org/zblogs/false-on-the-food-poverty-crisis-25-online-examples-by-brad-wilson/
Brad: “Why U.S. Farmers Oppose ‘Free’ Trade,” https://znetwork.org/zblogs/why-u-s-farmers-oppose-free-trade/
WTO WRONG ON FARM SUBSIDIES
IATP: WTO Blue Box for Subsidies
IATP: Brazil Vs US Cotton at WTO
APAC: Green Subsidies for WTO?
APAC: Cut Amber Box Subsidies 60%?
APAC: Corn & WTO Green Subsidies
APAC: WTO Blue Box Special
IATP: WTO Agriculture Basics
APAC: WTO Problem Vs WTO Solution
IATP: WTO Agriculture Glossary
EUROPEAN CAP SUBSIDIES
IATP: Euro CAP Subsidies Intro
IATP: U.S. Farm Politics & CAP
IATP: WTO, Blue Box, Doha
Brad: Europe Misunderstands Subsidies
Brad: Rebutting UK’s kickAAS
Ritchie: The European Plan (cf. http://www.iatp.org/documents/impact-of-gatt-on-world-hunger)
EXPORT DUMPING
IATP: US Dumping Update
IATP: US Dumping
IATP: WTO & Dumping
Trade War
Ritchie: Alternatives to Agricultural Trade War
MORE DEPTH
IATP: Grain Reserves vs. Volatility
IATP: Farm Bill for the Hungry
IATP: High Prices = Opportunity
IATP: Trade & Reserves
IATP: Comprehensive WTO Summaries
See also my “Farm Justice Primer.”
*NOTE: This project focuses US and other policies affecting the “farm price” issue, such as cheap farm prices from 1980 to 2006, and increases in some prices starting in about 2007. The prices of corn, soybeans and rice rose to where they were consistently above zero vs full costs. It was then widely and falsely reported that these were “skyrocketing,” “record high prices.” Among the issues covered are export dumping, farm subsidies (i.e. as misunderstood by trade negotiators), and measures to address high prices (i.e. Farm Bill Price Ceilings to trigger putting Reserve Supplies on the Market). There is also a section on similar European (CAP) policies.
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