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FEATURE Sale via internet: end of middle man for agricultural products

Sale via internet: end of middle man for agricultural products

The new ‘liberating’ direction of European agriculture is looking more closely at the consumer market when it comes to establishing prices and demand for agricultural products on the continent. The internet is taking over from Marx in the agricultural revolution

by Concha Hierro @ // 27/04/09 - 3 Comment

common agricultural policy, society, internet, fair trade, politics, agriculture

ANALYSIS Common agricultural policy under pressure

Common agricultural policy under pressure

The current surge in farming prices has led to a reconsideration of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Can the CAP, put in place following the Second World War, adapt itself to the new rules of the market?

by franck lirzin // 20/11/07

INTERVIEW Michel Barnier: 'we won't be naive about agriculture'

Michel Barnier: 'we won't be naive about agriculture'

The French minister of agriculture on the farm subsidies (CAP) reform which the European commission will present in November

by Adriano Farano @ // 21/09/07

competition, brussels, western eu, european union, politics, european commission

INTERVIEW Fabienne Bruguière: ‘the agricultural world can be hostile to women’

Fabienne Bruguière: ‘the agricultural world can be hostile to women’

The forty-something winemaker from the Pic St. Loup commune in France’s Langeudoc region on love, green fingers and the increasing role of women in wine-making

by Marta Smietana @ // 25/07/08

weinanbau, mas theleme, fabienne bruguiere, wine, languedoc, brunch

ANALYSIS Enough steel for 8 Eiffel Towers

Enough steel for 8 Eiffel Towers

France's 'transport revolution' takes place on 10 June, when the first phase of 'TGV Est', Europe's fastest railway link, opens

by nicholas newman // 07/06/07

europe, economy, transport, paris, france

ANALYSIS Preserving the status quo

Preserving the status quo

Once again, agriculture is at the very heart of WTO talks, this time taking place in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December. How far are interested parties prepared to compromise to reach an agreement?

by nicolas brookes // 12/12/05 - 1 vote

FEATURE In Senegal, farmers versus Europe

In Senegal, farmers versus Europe

Small-time Senegalese producers are speaking out against the Economic Partership Agreements (EPAs) negotiated on 8 and 9 December at Lisbon. For them, the battle against famine means being opposed to market liberalisation

by Alexandre Polack @ // 06/12/07

lisbon, agriculture, third world, world affairs, senegal, western africa

INVESTIGATION Reaping the benefits of reform?

Reaping the benefits of reform?

European farmers fear for their future as the prospect of further liberalisation of the agricultural market looms on the horizon.

by míriam rodríguez // 12/12/05

INTERVIEW "CAP reforms are trying to do everything, but are achieving nothing"

"CAP reforms are trying to do everything, but are achieving nothing"

Where is money from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) going? In an interview with café babel, French economist, Pierre Boulanger, stresses the changes needed for a CAP that is opaque and increasingly dated.

by alice desthuilliers // 12/12/05

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French obstinacy threatens WTO

After the budget, the issue of agriculture is tearing Europe apart. In refusing any reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), France undermines European unity at the WTO talks.

by fanny costes et prune antoine // 05/01/06

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Urban discoveries in Tel Aviv

One professor introduced me to his architect friend, and I had the pleasure of joining his tour around the deserted, but very interesting areas of Tel Aviv. I hope his project will succeed and the areas will be preserved for community/cultural purposes.

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France and Britain go to war over regulator

A war is looming between Britain and France, and Nicolas Sarkozy has his missiles pointed squarely at the City of London.The French president made some unusually undiplomatic comments this week gloating over his Agriculture Minister, Michel Barnier, being appointed as European Commissioner for the internal market. That position is ...

GulfStreamBlues by GulfStreamBlues on gulfstreamblues

Zapatero: the left's last hope?

Spain’s rather shy, gentle prime minister Jose Luis Zapatero has never been one to seek out the limelight. But with the EU’s top jobs now all handed out, Zapatero has become the lone Socialist voice at the top level of the EU. In fact, the Spanish prime minister ...

GulfStreamBlues by GulfStreamBlues on gulfstreamblues

Tocqueville, the Third Way and Obama

"I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress." Tocqueville The city of Saint-Louis has been known as ...

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The Turkish Love for Protest

Protests have always been a way for people to pass the time on the weekends and as the rest of Europe adopts less rowdy methods of change, we are comforted in knowing we will always be louder.

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