agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
19-Feb-2016
Otago
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is defending a controversial sheep farm in Saudi Arabia, saying that the project has helped nudge New Zealand closer to a free trade deal with the Gulf states.
18-Feb-2016
Ecofin
L’association sud-africaine des importateurs et exportateurs de viande (AMIESA) est prête à recevoir plus de 60 000 tonnes de volailles en provenance des USA.
17-Feb-2016
Scoop
New Zealand First is blasting the government for poor quality “free trade” agreements and exposing New Zealand farming to questionable Chinese investment.
17-Feb-2016
Thai PBS
The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand and other livestock groups yesterday protested against the country's move to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement claiming that doing so would bring enormous damages to Thailand's livestock industry.
11-Feb-2016
EurActiv
The European Commission's proposal to allow the sale of 35,000 tons of duty-free Tunisian olive oil in 2016 and 2017 has once again come under fire.
9-Feb-2016
KHRC
The full implementation of EPA, may shift consumption away from local products, to EU goods.
5-Feb-2016
ISC
Kim-Hwang Kyeongsan, General Secretary of the Korean Woman Peasants’ Association, explains the government’s recent rice policy that hurts rice farmers and impacts Korea’s food sovereignty and how FTAs make it worse.
3-Feb-2016
The Ecologist
With TTIP negotiations proceeding apace, environmental and sustainable farming groups must stay actively protect our hard-won - albeit imperfect - GM laws.
2-Feb-2016
The Japan Times
There is growing concern among Japanese farmers that the country’s rice-producing capabilities are diminishing in the face of international trade pacts such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
2-Feb-2016
Khmer Times
The sweet promise that the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) would pave the way for a single market among the 10-member bloc of more than 600 million people at the end of last year has so far excluded sugar exports from Cambodia.